Monday, December 24, 2007

Merry Christmas. Now Hit the Road.

While I'm not much of a basketball fan, I have to give Chicago Bulls GM John Paxson a nod for having a complete lack of class and awful timing in deciding to fire (now former) head coach Scott Skiles today.

It's hardly news that the Bulls have been struggling all season, but to whack a coach on Christmas Eve (don't worry about Skiles - he'll get the salary owed him) is beyond the pale, plus the firing pulls sports journalists (local and national) who had previously hoped to spend Christmas with their families away to chase this fucking story.


I don't argue with Paxson's right to make personnel decisions - but couldn't he have waited 48 hours to pull the trigger?


Smooth, baby. Smooth.


Well, at least a certain caped crusader still understands the spirit of the season as demonstrated in Batman #219 where he pauses to sing carols with Jim Gordon’s boys amidst his endless war on crime.


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