Scott Taylor's Blog, page 124

New Vikings Coach Has Major Decisions to Make

It’s an amazing world in which we live. Not 10 minutes after word had leaked out that Mike Zimmer was finally going to be given a chance to be a head coach in the National Football League, some smartass took … Continue reading →

In Order to Do a Lot of Good, Some Kids Need Your Vote

They are the kids who love to play the game. They are members of the Winnipeg Fort Garry North 10A1 White Team and they are in a national contest to do some good for our community. They need your vote. The … Continue reading →

Maurice Arrives and Apparently Saves the Day

Claude Noel is gone, Paul Maurice has arrived and the Winnipeg Jets look like a brand new team. Even the recently-comatose Andrew Ladd (who participated in a fight in the third period) played with a little enthusiasm on Monday night … Continue reading →

Noel Gone, Maurice Moves In. Might be Time to Gut This Thing.

On Sunday morning, the Winnipeg Jets fired head coach Claude Noel and assistant Perry Pearn. Was anyone surprised? The Jets  have lost five straight games, are 19-23-5, in last place in the Central Division and 12th in the West. As we … Continue reading →

They Even Booed The 50-50 Number.

Those who believe in the glass-half-empty theory probably thought, “Who cares if the Jets beat the Columbus Blue Jackets. That team isn’t any good anyway.” Those who look at life as the glass-is-always-half-full probably looked at Saturday night’s game this … Continue reading →

NFL Divisional Finals: No Upsets This Week

By Scott Taylor and Dave Petrishen It was upset week in the NFL in Week 1 of the post-season. Wild Card weekend produced two big upset winners – San Diego and New Orleans – and three road team winners – … Continue reading →

A Day of Musing…

Starting with a morning in which I turned on the Jets TSN 1290 radio rightsholders and essentially heard the following: “Acchhhhh!!!! Trade Wheeler, waive Byfuglien, fire the coach, sell the team!!!” And then watched on Facebook as my pal Al … Continue reading →

Jets Take the Air Out of Their Own Building

During a post-game TV interview on Tuesday night, Winnipeg Jets winger Olli Jokinen suggested the Jets took “the air out of the building.” That’s right, a Jets player conceded that the home team took the air out of its own … Continue reading →

Team Canada II Might Win Silver.

There is a hockey team out there with no way to get to the Sochi Olympics and yet I’d be prepared to bet they could win a medal. Maybe even silver. On Tuesday, GM Steve Yzerman announced Canada’s team for … Continue reading →

Jets Lose Entertaining Game to Pittsburgh, Go 0-3-0 on the Trip

Ask most Jets fans if they really believed — in their hearts — that their favorite hockey team would beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, and they’d tell you, emphatically, “No.” Heading into Sunday afternoon’s game, the Penguins had won … Continue reading →