When the still seas conspire in armor . . .
And her sullen and aborted currents . . .
Breed tiny monsters, true sailing is dead!
Say what you will about Jim Morrison, the dude could write a song. Mute nostril agony indeed. Here we are stuck in the doldrums. The Sargasso Sea. The Horse Latitudes of the sporting landscape. Sure, basketball and hockey are grinding inexorably to the playoffs, but this is the time of resting key players and healthying up for the playoff grind. The dog days of both those sports are in full swing, and teams are actively playing it safe and trying to avoid injuries.
Baseball is nearly here, but watching spring training games is like eating tofu at a steakhouse. Not very fulfilling and you will leave severely disappointed. Football? Well, that might as well be a mission to Pluto, the misbegotten planetoid. It is so far off in the distance that we can barely see it.
Even the draft is a month away. And we can talk about it but once you get past the first 5 picks, no one gets anything right. Look at ANY prognosticator (and yeah, I’m sure they’ll dig up Mel Kiper’s head and put it on some unsuspecting brain-dead accident victim, and crank up the hyperbole machine.
Do you guys have any favorite draft moments? Mel Tobin calling out the helmet-headed one springs to mind.
Also this draft. I think you all know which one this is:
1 Ronnie Lott 8 DB USC
2 John Harty 36 NT Iowa
2 Eric Wright 40 DB Missouri
3 Carlton Williamson 65 DB Pittsburgh
5 Lynn Thomas 121 DB Pittsburgh
5 Arrington Jones 122 RB Winston-Salem St.
6 Pete Kugler 147 NT Penn St.
8 Garry White 203 RB Minnesota
11 Ronnie DeBose 286 TE UCLA
12 Major Ogilvie 313 RB Alabama
12 Joe Adams 322 QB Tennessee St
I mean, who can forget Joe Adams? 3/4 of your defensive backfield in one draft is quite the mean feat. That and getting Hacksaw Reynolds and Fred Dean paved the way for Bill Walsh’s offense, which was already doing pretty well under Steve DeBerg, became the well-oiled machine that was the envy of the league, and still is.
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
Interesting, the first 5 picks were D guys and the last 5 out of 6 were O guys. I know by then Walsh knew he had something special in Montana. But getting all those DB’s and picking Hicks off the scrap heap was incredible. It’s been so long since we really scored in the draft that it seems like the monkey is firmly embedded on our backs.
I just had to add this one. they do a fantastic job of this song
that was just fun to listen to. Nice!
I went to Sequoia HS back in ’79 to watch the team try to find DBs.
Yeah, I liked it when they were in Redwood City. Things were way different then.
Anyone notice the 2 nose tackles! Got to be able to stop the run.
Lol, it also looks like we were drafting for need. We couldn’t stop anyone in 1980.
Hey lets hope for the best. Team has defensive needs too so getting the best guys in the draft should be paramount.
Used to see some of the players at Harry’s Hof Brau all the time.
Good place to get a roast beef dip.
Second concert I ever saw was BTO with Canned Heat.
And Flash Cadillac and his Continental Kids.
Anybody recognize that this is a cover of the classic song by The Band!
I let the heat out of the can and four hot Kings came out!
lol.
King Crimson is too fricking good. Loved ’em since Court of the Crimson King. Saw the Belew group in the 80s.
They are touring this year. I hear they are bringing 4 drummers. The SF show is 6-17. No venue has been picked.
Fox theater in Oakland 6-16 and 6-17.
I will be there.
Pretty good chance I’ll be there on the 17th. I’m trying to find somebody who wants to go. Not a ton of people who know who King Crimson is.
How big is the Fox theater? Sounds like a great place to see em.
Berger to your question regarding a Trade with TN.
It’s simply a shot in the dark, as to whether they covet someone that strongly.
Does give them an option to leapfrog JAX within the Division too.
It got my attention simply because the math adds up between us and them.
I’m fine with Pick 2. So long as they don’t waste it on a QB.
Better value on Defense IMO.
We will waste it on a QB except I don’t see that as a waste. We will draft Trubisky or use the pick to trade for Cousins. QB is a position that is hard to fill. If the biggest knock on a player is he started only one year, then he must be good.
This Goddamn draft can’t come soon enough. No one is talking about them but I wonder what Peters and Mayhew’s thought’s are about all this. We have a whole new staff of people trying to isolate the ‘RIGHT’ guys and they are supposed to be pros. So whatever we do I am going to go along with it just because I have to if I am going to believe we can turn this team around. To bad I don’t have a job making mocks and getting paid for it. I could do just about the same thing these guys are doing.
To keep myself busy Winder I analyze stats.
An-a-lyze. The root of the word, of course, is ANAL.
We all stand as good a chance as the ‘Pundits’ in terms of getting it right.
Having done this exercise for years, it all comes back to the GMs handling the ‘Slotting’.
It’s a gamble they take, not knowing what the other 31 GMs have in mind.
IS,WAS,ALWAYS WILL BE, a roll of the dice.
You want a guy badly enough, you turn in the card, and hope for the best.
Otherwise, you gamble on him being there in the next RD, or the RD after that.
It all adds up to pressure if you take a guy in RD1 that everyone thinks had a RD3 Grade.
On the flip-side, if the RD3 guy performs like a RD1 Pick, the GM looks like a genius.
That’s why they get the big bucks I guess?
Are you going to working or be watching it when we make our 1st pick?
Draft Party Berger. My place.
Anyone NFL Team Fan is welcome.
Bring something to share and, a beverage of your choice.
It’s a holiday in my World 😀
*Anyone ‘who’s an’ NFL Team Fan is welcome.
Believe it or not, I get a regular crowd that includes, Dolphins, Bears, Cowboys and Eagles Fans along with the expected NYJ/NYG Fans in this Area.
By far the best I’ve ever heard him do this song. Usually addiction songs bring me down but this one does the opposite. Wish I could have been there.
That’s the thing about the draft. You get past the first 6-8!pixks and everybody is 99% wrong. I’d do just as good as any Of these clowns that get paid to do it. NJ I’d say you would do much better than all of them.
Appreciate the kind words Chuck.
Truth be told, I’d do it for the 9ers at 1/2 Price and a place to live 😀
Would this qualify as the Immaculate Inhalation?
Franco Harris: “I have no pain, but if I ever do I’ll use marijuana.”
Similar perhaps, to, “I’m not a Neurosurgeon but, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.”
As long as we’re going musical classics……
RIP Joe…
And, I can never think of Joe Cokcer, without thinking of John Belushi, doing Joe Cocker.
RIP John…
I ordered Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen. it arrived this week and I played it twice yesterday!
Great minds Berger…Loved Joe Cocker 😀
Another guy I’ve seen multiple times and, he NEVER disappoints – BUDDY!
Another classic – With SRV…
And a great version with Mick and The Stones….
Buddy MuthaFuka Guy!
Good stuff. Very few Blues players left from the 50’s and early 60’s. He was fortunate enough to have spent a lot of time with greats like Sonny Boy, Howlin Wolf, and Muddy. He definitely had a unique singing voice and over the years lots of people continue to imitate him in that way. John Mayall was one of them.
Belushi did an impersonation like 2 months before Joe was scheduled to perform. It was great.
When they did it together I was crying from laughing so bard. Great stuff guys.
Never saw joe unfirtunately. Seen Buddy Guy a few times including the Hendrix tribute tour. Always great.
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