Monday, January 12, 2009

Max Kellerman's Monday Musings Vol XXXVIII - Giants Post Mortem

Today's Max Kellerman show started with a clip from the Dewey Cox movie of a song entitled "It's been a beautiful ride." Thus began a show devoted to a review of the ending of the Giants season.

In giving his initial take on the loss to the Eagles, Max offered the following reasons for the Giants loss including that: Eli did not rise to the occasion and that no Giant WR made plays they were not supposed to make. Max further explained that while the receivers made the catches they should have, they did not make exceptional plays to catch balls which were not perfectly thrown. He also made proper reference to how the lack of "an elite receiver like Plaxico Burress" allowed the Eagles to play differently against the Giants.

Max had an interesting rant about Plaxico, suggesting that the Giants could bring him back because they needed him, but that in so doing they would also give Plaxico a feeling that he was needed which could encourage him. Left unsaid on this show, (although previously discussed by Max on previous programs) was that once Plaxico received his big contract and realized his value to the team, his personal conduct became deplorable.

Unlike some other sports talk radio hosts, Max was willing to take calls from callers who were critical of the Giants and even of Max's personal observations. More than one caller reminded Max of his statement that Eli was the best QB in the NFL. Max responded by changing his characterization of Eli to "the best QB with talent around him", while stating that there are other quarterbacks who are better when they have to make plays because they have no talent on their team.

Since my work prevents me from calling in (or even listening to most of the show) I was unable to give my opinion of Eli on the air. Here's something to chew on - maybe Eli had a magical "year" which has now worn off. I use the word "year" in quotes for a reason. Eli went on a roll after the Minnesota game (Louie and Lundberg wrote a priceless fake news piece on the Max Kellerman webpage at 1050 on how Eli was the best Minnesota QB in that game since he threw more TD passes to Minnesota players than the Minnesota quarterbacks). The date of the next game - December 2, 2007 when the Giants beat the Bears 21-16. The Giants went 7-2 from December 2, 2007 through the Superbowl. This roll continued into the current season as the Giants went 11-1 through the end of November 2008. However, starting with the first game of December 2008 (the 20-14 loss against the Eagles) the Giants went 1-4 and Eli threw 2 TDs and 4 INTs. So maybe Eli's magical "year" was just that - a one year event.

Speaking of issues not observed or reported on by the press, I have to speak out about the signs which have been waved at the pro-Hamas rallies in New York and around the world. It seems like every news clip contains a shot of demonstrators waving signs which read "Free Palestine from the River to the Sea." Why is no one commenting about what the sign means? The demonstrators are showing their true colors - they seek the elimination of Israel so that there is a Palestinian state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. This hearkens back to the 1948 war when the day after the British left, Israel was attacked from all sides as the Arabs sought to "push the Jews into the sea." Sixty years later its still the same story - those seeking a Palestinian state do not want to see one side by side with Israel - they want to replace Israel with a state of their own.

But the media must have better things to report on...

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