bymagajones

This blog’s gonna be a little scattered.  I’m disappointed that Green Bay lost – not surprised, but annoyed that they lost to the 49ers.  More on that later.

Jim and John Harbaugh – these two guys are killing me.  I know they’re two years apart, but they look identical.  It doesn’t help that their names are so similar.  I don’t understand; all the potential names out there, and their parents name them JIM and JOHN?!?!?  Okay, so you want ‘normal’ names.   What about Phillip, Greg, Martin, Alex?  There are tons of books devoted to the subject.  They have to have quite a few male family members between the two of them with names that don’t start with “J”.  I’m just saying that imagination is a wonderful thing.  Use it.  Please.

Okay, moving on.

Actually, no.  I’m not finished.  Look at the Manning family.  We have Peyton and Eli.
Peyton.
Eli.
See how they start with different letters?  They even went a little crazy and changed up the syllables.  I can’t imagine it was that much more difficult to come up with these two names than it was to come up with Jim and John.

Okay.  I’m really ready to move on now.

The 49ers.  I’ve mentioned it in an earlier blog, about Colin Kaepernick’s moving to starting QB ahead of Alex Smith, how it just hasn’t set right with me.  I’ve had a little time to sort it through a little more.

I’m the first to admit that I’m not privy to what’s going on there behind the scenes, and the 49ers aren’t my team.  Maybe Alex Smith wasn’t a team player.  Maybe he was acting a little entitled.  Maybe he was a nice guy, and he just got hit with the being drafted over Aaron Rodgers in the 2005 draft turnabout.

Did Jim Harbaugh make the right decision in putting Kaepernick out there?
              It’s been proven that the answer is yes.

Did he do his job as head coach, making sure he had a winning team?
              Ditto.

Did he handle it correctly as a human being?
              This is the sticking point for me, where it just doesn’t feel right in my gut.  Logic aside, it just doesn’t feel like it was handled correctly.  Is there a way to lay out something like this correctly to the public and press?  Maybe not.  Is it Harbaugh’s job to worry about how we feel about it?  Probably not.  Besides, the press will quickly focus on the first two questions and ignore my last one as long as Kaepernick continues to win.

Part of me doesn’t want to like Kaepernich, I really don’t.  Only thing is, he seems like a sweet kid, hardworking and earnest.  Darn it.

Same subject, different discussion:

I’m glad Peyton Manning is back and is doing well.  I am.  However, I’m ecstatic that the Ravens won.  There’s so much passion on that team that I can’t help but root for them.  Besides, Ray Lewis’ danse is so adorable and energetic.  I need to get my fill before it’s gone.

I’m slowly evolving from just a Green Bay fan to becoming a football fan.  I’m getting to know the other teams way too much.  I’m having opinions about head coach decisions, watching all those shows that discuss upcoming games and evaluate past ones.  I have people on those shows that I don’t particularly like (okay, it’s only one person so far: I can’t stand Merril Hoge, so much so that I’ve stopped watching “NFL Primetime”, because he’s on it.  What’s worse than hearing his opinions is when I actually agree with him – which does happen once in a while and leaves a bad taste in my mouth.  What’s even worse than that is that we share the same birthday, although I can take solace in the fact that he’s five years older than I am.  Hey, I’ll take what I can get.) and people that I enjoy (pretty much everyone else).  I’ve even started watching games that don’t involve Green Bay.  What the what?

Next subject.  And it’s not football!

I took my 10-year-old nephew, Little Iolaus, to see “Wreck It Ralph” today, and I was pleasantly surprised.  I actually really enjoyed the movie, unlike some others that I’ve taken the kids to see (no names, but that Alvin and the Chipmunks movie where they meet the Chipettes made me want to gouge out my eyes and puncture my eardrums and “Rango” made me want to take a nap during the show so I could at least make some effective use of my time).  I highly recommend it.