Pounder
12-01-2005, 12:47 PM
After all, someone needs to. With probably 600 actual souls watching last night's game, I doubt anyone else will.
NOTE: When the boxscore shows up, it'll probably show over 2,000. The Stampede actually headlined a doubleheader with a high school game prior. I believe the HS game had a comparably even crowd, some of whom might have stayed for the second game... and it's not like HS basketball is a really big deal around here. When it comes to the Stampede, I suspect I'm watching something becoming a ghost.
Too bad... if nothing else, this is a quirky team.
Matt Freije, the man who brought down the Nashville Rhythm by accepting $10,000 for 2 games. Well, I do doubt he's worth $240,000 a year (pro-rated per game from that Nashville paycheck, not what he's getting paid here), but a little power game and a 3-point shot rarely hurts when needing to stretch a defense. Nasty shiner on the left eye right now.
Ricky Sanchez, 18-year-old Puerto Rican International, skinny guy, can shoot, perhaps too deferential to teammates, but I like how he keeps the ball moving no matter what.
David Jackson... had to remember that he finished as a Duck. Quack! Intense fellow.
Jermaine Boyette, represents the Stampede's continuing attempt to show love to the Big Sky, carried Weber State really far... maybe shouldn't be a point guard, but he can shoot. Doesn't need acting classes (and I'm not talking about flopping- I mean his ability to show facially complex emotions without saying a word to the blind errrrrrr ref).
Eric Washington... who would have thunk (trying to fail the Sam Hill test) that a 6'4" shooting guard would turn out to be the team's second best low post defender?
Not to mention a token Kansas big stiff, a Brazilian sometimes international, and the not-so-token Boise State player whose legs might be skinnier than OUR arms... but Jermaine Blackburn can fly.
I still miss Sam Clancy, but I can have fun with this bunch while it lasts.
NOTE: When the boxscore shows up, it'll probably show over 2,000. The Stampede actually headlined a doubleheader with a high school game prior. I believe the HS game had a comparably even crowd, some of whom might have stayed for the second game... and it's not like HS basketball is a really big deal around here. When it comes to the Stampede, I suspect I'm watching something becoming a ghost.
Too bad... if nothing else, this is a quirky team.
Matt Freije, the man who brought down the Nashville Rhythm by accepting $10,000 for 2 games. Well, I do doubt he's worth $240,000 a year (pro-rated per game from that Nashville paycheck, not what he's getting paid here), but a little power game and a 3-point shot rarely hurts when needing to stretch a defense. Nasty shiner on the left eye right now.
Ricky Sanchez, 18-year-old Puerto Rican International, skinny guy, can shoot, perhaps too deferential to teammates, but I like how he keeps the ball moving no matter what.
David Jackson... had to remember that he finished as a Duck. Quack! Intense fellow.
Jermaine Boyette, represents the Stampede's continuing attempt to show love to the Big Sky, carried Weber State really far... maybe shouldn't be a point guard, but he can shoot. Doesn't need acting classes (and I'm not talking about flopping- I mean his ability to show facially complex emotions without saying a word to the blind errrrrrr ref).
Eric Washington... who would have thunk (trying to fail the Sam Hill test) that a 6'4" shooting guard would turn out to be the team's second best low post defender?
Not to mention a token Kansas big stiff, a Brazilian sometimes international, and the not-so-token Boise State player whose legs might be skinnier than OUR arms... but Jermaine Blackburn can fly.
I still miss Sam Clancy, but I can have fun with this bunch while it lasts.