Nov 18, 2020
Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! We were forced to miss a show due to injury, but Greg's off the IR and we're back to talk Detroit sports! Along with the Birthday Game and the Jerk of the Week, this week's topics include:
The Detroit Tigers don't overthink it, hire the consensus best
manager on the market in AJ Hinch. Cue the moral pearl clutching
from a small but vocal part of the fan base over his role in the
Houston Astros' sign stealing scandal
Hinch builds a staff, looks outside the old boys network for his
pitching coach
Chicago White Sox double down on stupid, ignore the availability of
Hinch and hire a problematic 76 year old Tony LaRussa who was just
busted for a DUI
New Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver makes the first significant move
of his tenure by trading fan favorite SG Bruce Brown to the Nets.
The Pistons fan base reacted as if Chauncy Billups had been dealt,
instead of a replacement level guard
The NBA is in a mad rush to start the 2020-21 season in order to
earn that sweet, sweet TV money. Meaning the LA Lakers and Miami
Heat will have a mere 71 day off season
Detroit Lions blow another huge lead, needing a miracle comeback to
beat the Washing Football Team. The victory likely saved the jobs
of Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn...at least temporarily
Will another bad loss finally force the hand of Lions owner Shelia
Ford Hamp? Try to think like a Ford....we dare you
Isn’t this exactly how we saw the Lions' season playing out? The
Lions were in a prime position to clean house and reset the entire
franchise going into 2020. They owned the 3rd overall pick,
and a pair of franchise QBs in Tua Tagovailoa and Justin
Herbert available. But the Fords kept the current regime with a win
now edict. don't draft a QB, make short-term based decisions and
are now mired in the no-man's land of missing the playoffs and a
draft pick in the mid-teens
Greg calls out Patrica for his word salad filled post game pressers
and Al rants at the NCAA for pissing into the COVID-19 wind, then
wondering why they're wet
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