Check out this film and follow one man’s journey meeting others with his name across multiple continents. A great way to learn about different lives around the world. Watch and enjoy.
Daily Archives: July 2, 2010
Apology
I have been blogging for 5 years now — almost every single day. In all of that time we have posted more than 10,000 comments from our readers, and I have never had an issue with hate mongering or racist remarks, until today. And for that I apologize, as our filter somehow got passed and a comment from a reader made its way onto my blog. We have never had this happen before, and we will be doubly vigilant to make sure something like this never happens again.
I am ashamed to have a reader post something that got shared with all of you. If you happened to read it, we sincerely apologize. The comment has been taken down and that user will be banned from my site.
And shame on that one individual for his tonality, his word choices, and his hateful, racist outlook. Simply unacceptable and unforgivable. Despicable in every way.
I am truly hurt and troubled by this experience, and we will make sure it never happens again.
Can We All Handle the Truth?
Michael Wilbon writes a great column here.
An individual great player doesn’t guarantee a championship — teams win championships. Sometimes it takes time for a franchise to weather the storms and win a title. Cook slowly to perfection.
8 player rotations are the norm in basketball –13 to 15 players on a team. In the NBA, 3 core players are the foundation, but a team needs to be 8 players deep to contend for a championship. Role players matter. Team chemistry matters. Coaching a consistent system matters. Lots of hard work to be done. Very few have figured it out. Winning a championship is the hardest accomplishment to reach in business, I believe.
In the NHL, free agency is important, but hockey is the ultimate team game. 23 active players on a roster. The best players play 24 minutes or so per game. In the NBA, a great player sees 40 plus minutes of action per game. And the NHL has a hard cap. Make a mistake in free agency in the NHL, and it is a huge set back for a team, more so in the NHL than the NBA right now.
We have been truthful to our fan bases on our plans — about how we view free agency, and how we intend to rebuild the Wizards and get the Capitals to the next step of excellence. I know some folks don’t agree with the plans. Time will tell who is right and who is not right, but to be surprised (as some fans are) that we aren’t making a big splash in free agency, is incomprehensible to me. We have been very straight forward with our plans and strategy.
11 and 5
Mystics have come alive.
11 and 5.
No excuses to NOT come out and watch a game. We are playing good basketball and we are getting positive results.
We are closing in on the first place spot — just 1.5 games back. Kudos to the organization.