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4.13/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Reviewed from notes made on 12/16/10.
The Freedom of two years after the freedom pours orange with a tint of pink into a large snifter. The brew is completely see-through and that adds a nifty flair to the overall appearance. A tiny, tiny pure white head burns off immediately and leaves a speiderweb of film atop the body. The lacing is elegant and coats the glass in spindly clumps and lines of small dots. The carbonation bubbles are miniscule and journey at a medium jaunt through the beer.
The smell is what results when guava and hops get it on. It is a seriously wicked scent, ripe with off-the-chart tropical fruit and sweet citrus aromas. The bitterness of the hops hides way behind the sweet fruit smells. There is a bit of crusty bread in the scent profile and the guava calls to mind delicious girly lotion.
Mmmm, hop bitterness is certainly not buried by the sweet fruits in the taste. In fact, bitter grapefruit hops really shine through all of the other flavors, with the guava addition lingering behind the bitter hop taste. Caramel malts give just enough of a boost to hold up the middle of the sip, but an all-out assault of grassy and grapefruit hop bitterness slams my palate at the finish.
Never more than light to medium-bodied, the mouthfeel is all about how the bitter hops attack my palate and suck all moisture from my mouth. Scratch that. There is a decent amount of creaminess in the middle of a pull, but then sucking nothingness at the end. The carbonation is effervescent and complements the bitterness well.
This is a seriously interesting IPA and ranks high up there for me in the hierarchy of Short's PA/IPA line. The guava makes the aroma really unique, while the hops really carry the flavor. I hope they release this yearly, as I really enjoy it. It is so bitter that it would be difficult to session, but one per sitting would be very satisfying.
Serving type: bottle
12-20-2010 03:30:58 | More by TCHopCraver
4.45/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A very interesting brew... After having mango mama i was really excited to try this one. Pours crispy clear and beautiful with a good amount of white frothy head that disappears quickly. Smells like hops and guava. Doesn't tast all that different than daisy cutter with guava added. Fairly subtle but good. A bit weak on the mouthfeel but overall very drinkable
Serving type: bottle
12-20-2010 00:18:55 | More by Urbancaver
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4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle from Plum Market. Bottled 11/24/10.
Pours a hazy, deep golden color with a two-finger white head. Head retention and lacing are moderate to good. The aroma of guava jumps out of the glass along with other tropical fruit and citrus smells. There is also a considerable biscuit malt aroma. Moderately sweet guava and tropical fruit flavors up front with a strong grainy, biscuity malt flavor cutting the sweeter hops on the midpalate. The finish is quite bitter and dry with lots of lingering tropical fruit/guava and lighter biscuit malt notes. Alcohol is pretty well-hidden. Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation and a dry finish. The intensely bitter finish limits drinkability somewhat, as does the interesting, but not very complex, flavors. Overall, a really good IPA from Short's and Half Acre. The guava really comes through, and the flavors, while not complex, are pleasant and refreshing.
Serving type: bottle
12-19-2010 22:39:31 | More by WeisGuy
3.88/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
$2.30 for a 12oz single @ Jacks. No ingredients listed on the website. A collaboration with Half Acre Beer Co in Chicago.
Pours out to a clear light amber forming a modest white head with average retention and sparse lacing. Mild carbonation. The aroma is sweet with spicy resinous hops with a touch of that skunky Amarillo and the mango of Centennial. Very nice. Sits on top of a sweet malt nose. Mouthfeel is soft and smooth with a medium body. The taste is very very good. I get the skunky MJ of Amarillo with a nice flash of white pepper (since they are going for the Ween thing here), and a touch of some acidic fruit...I dunno if it's Guava or not, but it lightens the body and adds a peculiar fruity sourness. The bitterness is a little sharp, above medium. The finish is dry. Aftertaste of grapefruit pith.
This is a decent IPA with some peculiar qualities. I might buy it again in a pinch.
Serving type: bottle
12-18-2010 18:43:22 | More by Mitchster
4.1/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A- Golden color, semi transparent, about a finger of head when poured, a little lacing
S- Piney/citrusy, it actually reminded me a lot of spruce pilsener
T- A nice piney bitter IPA
M- Medium body and good mouthfeel
D- I only bought a single, but I wish I had at least another one.
A great IPA. Lets hope they bottle this more than once.
April 2012 notes- Really glad they brewed this again. I'm loving the pineapple, pine nose and citrus taste. Shorts puts out a lot of different offerings but every now and then, they hit it out of the park. Changed overall to a 4.0.
Serving type: bottle
12-18-2010 02:46:42 | More by 33nickadams
4.05/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
12 oz. bottle.
Pretty damn clear golden apricot body. Finger of tight, gauzy, eggshell-white head. Some lacing. Ridiculously citrusy nose! Definite guava too. Grapefruit and grapefruit rind, mandarin orange, and passion fruit as well. Sugary malt presence in the background.
Toasted malts up front. Big citrus juice flavor follows. Grapefruit, guava, and lemon dominate. Acidic, bitter, and even a bit tart. Spicy, cookie-ish malt underneath it all. Grassy, herbal bitterness mixes in near the finish. Candied malt sweetness resonates with bitter citrus hops in the finish. Medium-bodied, with a slightly slick feel. A very citrus-y IPA, and if you like that kind of thing, seek this out!
Serving type: bottle
12-18-2010 01:56:57 | More by alexgash
4.2/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
"talkin' to some joe
hangin' out shootin' shit
tries to tell me somethin'
i play it off legit"
Poured down the center of the DFH signature glass. Bone white head, standing two fingers tall, works its way back at a moderate clip. The sides of the glass are cakes by a sheet of moth eaten lacing. A nice cap remains throughout. Body is clear and bright, orange in color. Near text book appearance for an IPA.
Pure Guava. Fruit just oozes from the glass. Even with the glass sitting at arms length the Guava, citrus and tropical fruit scents are overwhelming my nose. The fruit does not become too overwhelming, a healthy dose of pine and pith help even out the hop bouquet. Subtle pale malt aroma falls beneath the massive blanket of hop.
With such a pungent hop aroma, it is a forgone conclusion the the hops will absolutely dominate the palate. While this is absolutely correct, how the hop flavor is presented is a bit surprising. Strong pine and pith flavors sting the tongue as the beer rolls across the tongue. The guava and citrus flavors emerge from beneath, as roles are seemingly reversed from what can be observed in the nose. You can really pick up similarities to other beers from the breweries involved. Familiar flavors from Daisy Cutter and Huma Lupa are standing out to me at various times as I enjoy the beer.
Medium bodied. There is a bit of an oily texture left on the tongue. The bitterness balances the sweetness rather well creating a bit of a drier finish.
I am a fan of this beer. Easily my favorite IPA that is coming out of Short's. I hope we see this one annually. Freedom of 78 is just a pleasure to drink. It would be no problem to drink a few of these in a sitting.
Serving type: bottle
12-17-2010 00:02:28 | More by kzoobrew
4.1/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Picked up a sixer of this tonight. Drank from big Duvel tulip. The beer poured a dark honey/amber color, with a solid two fingers of frothy eggshell-white foam. Given five minutes, the head died down but left some very bubbly lacing on the side of the glass.
The beer smelled absolutely fantastic. I've had my share of citrusy-hoppy IPA's, but this scent was just phenomenal. It's like being in the islands mon. There were chords of fruity aromas striking in my nose. Detected barely a hint of pineyness.
Taste is very guava-forward. Almost acidic. There is a very pleasant sour (sour like eating a grapefruit without sugar) quality. The hops catch up eventually though and provide some nice bitterness at the end.
Mouthfeel is light to medium, with a good amount of carbonation. This is a very drinkable beer. Three thumbs up!
Serving type: bottle
12-16-2010 04:39:11 | More by surlytheduff
Freedom Of '78 from Short's Brewing Company
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The FHWA has published a list of such programs in the Federal Register previously, and this list has been revised occasionally. Including Ohio, there are 23 States, the Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, the District of Columbia, 10 Canadian Provinces, and one Canadian Territory that have PI programs which the FHWA has determined to be comparable to, or as effective as, the Federal PI requirements. In addition, the FHWA is closing FHWA Docket No. MC-89-10, FHWA-97-2195 because interested parties know how to contact the FHWA by means other than the formal docket system to request that an inspection program be added to the list. DATES: This action is effective on February 19, 1998. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry W. Minor, Office of Motor Carrier Standards, HCS-10, (202) 366-4009; or Mr. Charles Medalen, Office of the Chief Counsel, HCC-20, (202) 366-1354, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 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The Good: The ship is clean, bright and new. The staff is wonderful, friendly and helpful. The NCL is so concerned about health issues they provide hand sanitizers as you enter the dining rooms and when you reboard the ship after a shore excursion. This was a relief especially when dining at the buffet.
Cabins are nicely appointed, not spacious but provided ample storage for a 2 week cruise.
The nightly entertainment was surprisingly decent and there was only one repeat in our back to back cruise. The live bands that played in various venues on the ship were very good.
The place to be when leaving a port is the Spinnaker Lounge, leaving Venice the first day at sunset, in a chair that is essentially a bed is a wonderful experience.
The Bad: Automatic tipping of $12 per person per day and 15% on bar drinks. This can really add up and it is easy to forget the automatic tip and tip on top of it when getting bar service.
The food in the basic dining room was essentially cafeteria food (with a lot of variety), not bad but not great. The deserts are tasteless and smack of frozen Sara Lee stuff from the supermarket. There are 2 no extra charge dining spots and we found the portions to be extremely small and food very over salted. There are a number of "specialty" restaurants that charge anywhere from $15-$25 per person in addition to what you paid for the cruise. The food is wonderful but every time I ate in one of the restaurants I felt ripped off. Essentially, if you want good quality food expect to pay extra, for our 2 week back to back cruise it would have been an additional $560.00.
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There is a horrible lack of lounge chairs in the pool area. Signs are posted indicating your belongings will be removed if you are not there for 30 minutes or longer. I NEVER saw anyone removing a person's belongings from a lounge chair that remained unoccupied for HOURS. I don't know what time these people get up in the morning but chairs were draped with towels, hats and books as early as 8:30am. There are lounge chairs on other decks but typically they were in places where it was too windy to be comfortable reading in September.
The NCL Gem is the only cruise I have ever taken and given the number of places we wanted to visit in 15 days it was the only realistic way to go. However, I did not get to spend enough time ashore rubbing elbows with the natives to get a real sense of the country and people which is the main reason we travel. I don't think another cruise will be in our future travels


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Hey everybody. Guess who's back? Well, kind of back anyway. After almost two weeks traveling with family, your favorite Los Angeles Clippers blogger (at least one of your favorites, hopefully) is now in Las Vegas, hanging at the NBA Summer League. A lot has happened since I hit the road -- let's take a quick fly-by.
At the time of my departure, the Doc Rivers saga (aka the Docudrama (tm)) was resolved, the NBA draft had happened and the Chris Paul re-signing was a foregone conclusion, so let's start with that baseline; when I left, Rivers was the coach, and the lineup looked like this:
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Point guard | Chris Paul | Eric Bledsoe | Open |
Shooting guard | Willie Green | Jamal Crawford | Open |
Small forward | Caron Butler | Open | Reggie Bullock |
Power Forward | Blake Griffin | Open | Open |
Center | DeAndre Jordan | Open | Open |
Obviously I'm leaving out guys like Malik Wayns and DaJuan Summers -- given the unguaranteed nature of those contracts, they were always placeholders. They might wind up on the roster, or they might not, but the Clippers are completely free to look for upgrades with impunity, and I'm guessing they'll find them.
That starting position, that baseline, isn't bad. It's essentially the same starting lineup that produced the best season in franchise history a season ago, the best second string backcourt in the league, a new coach with an NBA title on his resume, and a promising rookie. The issue remained, with Paul's new contract and Griffin's maximum contract kicking in, the team would be limited in the ways they could fill in the remaining roster spots.
And then there was Bledsoe. It's been clear for awhile that Bledsoe would be more valuable as a trade chip than as a player on the Clippers, simply because he plays the same position and is the same size as Paul. Almost any significant upgrade to the roster would need to come via a trade involving Bledsoe.
Based on the season and especially the playoffs, the Clippers most needed an upgrade on the wings, where their starters had been almost useless against Memphis. Names like Arron Afflalo and J.J. Redick had been in circulation as trade targets in exchange for Bledsoe, but the Clippers clearly needed more if they were going to give up the coveted Bledsoe. Or maybe Rivers, who continually expressed his overall satisfaction with the roster and seemed specifically to like Bledsoe, would hold on to the young dynamo and try to play him more with Paul.
On July 2, the Clippers pulled the trigger on a roster-shifting deal. Bledsoe and Caron Butler would go to the Phoenix Suns in a three team trade that landed Redick and Jared Dudley in Los Angeles. In one transaction, the Clippers had upgraded both wing positions, adding the one thing they most desperately needed as a team -- perimeter shooting. Redick is one of the really great shooters in the league, 39 percent from deep on his career. Dudley seems like the kind of player who will be much better as a role player on a good team than he was on a bad team in Phoenix, a proverbial glue guy, and his career three point percentage (.405) is even better than Redick's. Playing alongside Paul and Griffin should be a perfect fit for both of them and the Clippers will present rotation hell for defenses faced with the dilemma of helping on Paul's drives or Griffin's post ups or staying home on Redick and Dudley.
Almost as importantly, the deal preserved the mid-level exception for the Clippers to use to continue to fill out the roster. After the trade and the economical re-signing of Ryan Hollins for the NBA minimum, the depth chart looked like this:
Position | First string | Second string | Third string |
Point guard | Chris Paul | Open | Open |
Shooting guard | J.J. Redick | Jamal Crawford | Willie Green |
Small forward | Jared Dudley | Open | Reggie Bullock |
Power Forward | Blake Griffin | Open | Open |
Center | DeAndre Jordan | Ryan Hollins | Open |
The bad news -- under the new CBA, teams over the luxury tax threshold by more the $4M are not allowed to acquire players via sign and trade deals. Getting Redick forced the Clippers into a hard cap for the season. Going over the luxury tax by any amount would of course be new territory for the Clippers, but now the question was mostly out of their hands. They are simply not allowed to go higher than that $4M apron. With four to six roster spots yet to fill using a combination of the MLE, Bird rights and minimum contracts, the Clippers would be severely limited in what they could accomplish.
Matt Barnes was of course a key member of the team last season, the closer at the three. He wanted to stay with the team and the Clippers wanted to keep him, but after playing for the team for just one season, the Clippers could not use his Bird rights to pay him the salary he had frankly earned. To keep him, either Barnes would have to take a pay cut versus what he could get elsewhere, or the Clippers would have to eat into their MLE. On July 5, they opted for Door Number Two.
Signing Barnes for three seasons for something in the neighborhood of $3.3M per season is a fair deal for both the Clippers and Barnes, but it nonetheless left them looking at a roster without a legitimate backup point guard and very few options left other than signing a minimum salary vet. They could always re-sign Chauncey Billups -- but would either party really be happy with Billups playing a reserve role?
In the sneaky good signing of the summer in my opinion, the signing that makes everything else make sense, the Clippers convinced free agent Darren Collison to come back to L.A. at a rate of two seasons for about $4M. At $1.9M this season (the rest of the team's MLE) Collison is a steal. He has a working relationship with Paul from their days together in New Orleans, and he's a more than capable spot starter should the somewhat fragile Paul miss time. The Collison signing tied the off-season together. Losing Bledsoe as the backup point guard was softened by the addition of the speedy Collison to fill that role. Eating up a big chunk of the MLE to retain Barnes stung less when the remainder was sufficient to nab Collison. With the MLE now spent, the depth chart was really taking shape:
Position | First string | Second string | Third string |
Point guard | Chris Paul | Darren Collison | Open |
Shooting guard | J.J. Redick | Jamal Crawford | Willie Green |
Small forward | Jared Dudley | Matt Barnes | Reggie Bullock |
Power Forward | Blake Griffin | Open | Open |
Center | DeAndre Jordan | Ryan Hollins | Open |
The rotations at the one through the three look as strong as any team in the league, with the Clippers going three deep on the wings, where they struggled last season. And with every team in the league chasing three point shooting, the Clippers added two deep shooters better than either Jamal Crawford or Willie Green, two of their best three point shooters last season. It cost them Butler, their starting three and a true pro in his two seasons with the team, but the Clippers got younger and better on the wing in the process with two guys on reasonable contracts. A big win.
The team clearly lacks a quality third big, and the options are getting thin. They have the option of re-signing Lamar Odom, who filled that role last season, for any amount that keeps them below the luxury tax apron hard cap. I've believed all along that Lamar would be back with the Clippers next season (assuming he still wants to play basketball) simply because he would not seem to have many other options. If it's going to happen, it's a little baffling that it hasn't happened yet. Odom's defense and rebounding would be very useful, even if I've given up on him ever rediscovering his offensive game. But where is the announcement of his signing?
It's difficult to imagine the Clippers finding a better option than Odom with their available resources. Would a ring-chasing veteran big be willing to join the team with the lure of a contender and a decent role? Perhaps. Elton Brand's name has been mentioned (which is tough for some in Clips Nation to hear). Former Laker Metta World Peace cleared amnesty waivers recently and is certainly an option, again as a small ball four. Rumor has it that Al Harrington will be a free agent soon. Other names will surely surface. It's worth remembering that Barnes was a very late signing for the Clippers last season. For what it's worth, former Clippers Ronny Turiaf as well as Billups are no longer options, both having signed elsewhere at this point.
Regardless, that's where we stand at this point. There's a glaring hole where the third big should be, and between two and four roster spots total to be filled. (My guess is that the Clippers will enter the season with 14 on the roster, while preserving enough money to sign another minimum player during the season.) The spots could go to summer leaguers like Wayns and Summers and Samardo Samuels and Brandon Davies -- but if the Clippers hope to avoid taking a step backward in their frontcourt compared to last season, they'll need to sign Odom or someone better. If they can fill that hole, it will have been a productive off-season indeed.
Note 7/15/13 - 7:40 am from John Raffo:
Well, Steve's clearly been on vacation. There are a couple of critical things he missed in here, and rather than trying to repair them I'll just make some notes down here.
- First, before the Clips finalized the Redick/Bledsoe trade they renounced Lamar Odom. So, no Bird rights. He can only be paid the minimum. The problem is he can sign with anyone for that number, even the team across the hall, the one in purple and yellow.
- Second, there's been of lot of freely acknowledged discussion between the Clippers and Antawn Jamison coming in as a back up big. This seemed strange at first, until Doc Rivers came out last week and said (and I'm paraphrasing): "We're trying to build two teams, a big team, and a small team. We have the first, we're working on the second." So, I think the idea is that Jamison would be a cheap, effective "stretch four" that everyone's talking about. This also fits in with the rumor/acknowledgement that Alvin Gentry has a big hand in the Clips offense next season and perhaps, in the Clips acquisitions right now.
Of course, everyone around here (Lucas primarily, but everyone really) is upset by the idea that the Clips might not carry a traditional power backup for Griffin and Jordan that the only real "rim-protector" the Clips have on the bench is Ryan Hollins who has some very big holes in his game.
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OCZ has seen quite a bit of action inside of its walls this past year, and clearly, not all of it has been ideal. In fact, it wouldn't be a stretch to equate the goings-on inside the company to like being on a roller-coaster - the company has definitely had its share of ups and downs. In September, problems within the company began to become obvious to the regular watcher as Ryan Peterson, someone who had been with the company since its inception, stepped down. A month later, Board Member Ralph Schmitt stepped in.
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These issues contrast with the rumors around why Ryan stepped-down (or rather, was given the boot) - that he failed to get the company acquired. There were heavy rumors for months that Seagate was pursuing the company, though OCZ had never confirmed that at any point in time.
All of this is the lowest point of the roller-coaster, but there are thankfully a couple of highs. In the same interview, the company admitted that it had relied too much on a single NAND vendor, which led to shortages which in turn led to a stock price plummet. Schmitt is proud to say that the problem has now been remedied, and as of Thursday, OCZ's share price rose as much as 30%.
From an enthusiast standpoint, the most exciting thing to happen with the company is with the launch of Vector, an SSD the company can brag about in many ways others can't - the controller, firmware and SSD itself were all built in-house. As Marco discovered just the other day, OCZ really does have a winner up its sleeves, as it offers "one of the fastest, most consistent performing solid state drives" HotHardware has ever tested. Now, if we can only get the price to go down just a wee bit.
So, what's next for the company? It plans to "Crank up the speed", of course. Without question, we'll definitely be seeing follow-up SSDs using OCZ's brand-new Barefoot 3 controller, and few companies will ever brush the opportunity of an acquisition off the table. When further questioned about that, Schmitt claimed that the company is never opposed to the idea, but that it'd rather hold off because "we believe the valuation of the company today should be higher even if based on the pure assets of the company". Fair enough.
Good for OCZ. I love their ram and the SSD'S. I hope they can stay on the upswing.
OCZ is a really good company, they just don't have a real foothold. In awhile I think they will get more popular though, especially if they keep up their SSD's
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There was a lot of celebration and outrage expressed over the weekend by politicians and voters alike after the House on Friday approved a global warming bill from Democrats.
The "cap and trade" bill won by a vote of 219-212. Eight Republicans voted for the bill, so if you look at just that, switching those votes to 'no' would have killed the bill.
Various groups quickly picked up on the internet like, "Removal of Turn Coat Republicans Who Voted for the Global Warming Bill," on Facebook, as Republicans vowed revenge against the Cap and Trade Eight.
The GOP eight were Bono Mack (CA), Castle (DE), Kirk (IL), Lance (NJ), LoBiondo (NJ), McHugh (NY), Reichert (WA) and Smith (NJ.)
For Democrats obviously, it was a major victory, as President Obama tried to capitalize on the momentum by scrapping a health care radio address set for Saturday and replacing it with one that urged the Senate to act on climate change.
"I'm confident that in the coming weeks and months the Senate will demonstrate the same commitment to addressing what is a tremendous challenge and an extraordinary opportunity," the President said after the vote.
The Senate will obviously be a much tougher nut to crack for the Democrats, since a filibuster seems almost assured.
But what if - what if - Democrats decide to try to jam this into the "budget reconciliation" process that they've talked about using for health care?
You know, the one where filibusters aren't allowed?
There had been talk about that a few months ago, so I wouldn't count it out.
We'll see what surfaces in the weeks ahead.
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Showtime did a better job of producing the Strikeforce show Saturday night than in the past. Some speculate that signing Manny Pacquiao encouraged Showtime to up the ante and spend more production bucks on the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament that began Saturday night in East Rutherford, N.J. It's obvious that Showtime is attempting to become more of a player in the premium cable, sports market.
The broadcasters did a solid job with Mauro Ranallo and Frank Shamrock doing most of the heavy lifting while CBS company man Gus Johnson steered the broadcast vehicle.
MMA announcers still get caught up in the fact that the apparently feel that their audience is comprised of all or mostly hard core, internet oriented fans who know every abbreviation, term, etc in today's MMA. That's far from true and the program's producers and the talents themselves have to address this matter if they truly want to attract more causal fans to the growing sport.
Does EVERY fan know what BJJ means? What exactly is a Kimora? Does any one ever mention that the gloves weigh 4 ounces and not 8 as they do in pro boxing. Amateur boxing uses 16 ounce gloves so isn't the 4 ounce glove matter a story? What is a 'heel hook' and what part of the foot, ankle, heel does it affect and why? Those are just a few of the examples that seemingly never get addressed on most MMA broadcasts.
Why doesn't Showtime produce succinct personality profiles on all the fighters who appear on their air to tell viewers who the fighters are? If it's redundant to hard core fans then so be it as they aren't leaving except to perhaps get up and go make a sandwich while the piece airs.
The shocking loss of Fedor obviously opens up the heavyweight tournament as Fedor was the heavy favorite to win the 8 man, single elimination competition. My wife mentioned to me that when Fedor stepped into the cage that he did not look to be in great shape and she had never seen him fight before. She heard all the Fedor accolades being put forth, well earned without question, but when the 'Last Emperor' stepped in the cage he looked like a smaller, older, bald guy who did not seem to possess the fire in his eye to right his last wrong inside the cage. No one can question Fedor's legacy or his amazing career in MMA but the Russian needs to seriously evaluate if he is going to continue in the sport and risk permanent injury especially if his heart isn't in it.
Even though Fedor intimated that he might 'hang up his gloves' Saturday night it seems like he might want to re-think his situation when he is less emotional and has had the time to think things through.
During the beating Fedor took from 'Big Foot' Silva I thought of how Fedor may have trained for this fight, the strategy that his trainers formulated, and what Fedor's overall management team did to prepare their bread winner for Saturday night's Strikeforce 's biggest event to date.
My consensus after sleeping on that subject was that Fedor's camp/management did him no favors. If my suspicious are somewhat accurate, then shame on them for misrepresenting what seems to be an honorable, God fearing man who has been an amazing warrior in carrying a large portion of MMA on is shoulders before UFC took the game to another level.
For those that think the fight should have continued with Fedor not being able to see out of one eye, you need to be drug tested. The commission doctor made the ONLY call that he could have made in that situation and that was to stop the fight.
The size disparity between Silva and Fedor was overtly noticeable and was a significant factor in the fight in my opinion. Fedor needed to stay vertical, avoid being on bottom, and try to negate Silva's huge reach advantage. None of those things occurred.
I enjoy the tourney format and it gives Strikeforce a marketable, unique attraction to attempt to earn their share of the MMA market against the big dog in the yard, UFC. Let's hope that all the original entrants make it through the tournament process and that this tournament doesn't have to be re-booked on the fly for preventable reasons.
Understand this....I am a big Gina Carano fan and feel that Strikeforce is helped GREATLY by featuring women fighters as it gives SF something unique and exclusive to promote in their uphill struggle with UFC.
However, the interview with the lovely and talented Carano was unacceptable. No one allows a star of her magnitude who is 'returning' to be perceived in such an amateurish manner. Shame on Showtime for not protecting one of their biggest assets if they even realize that Gina Carano is one of their biggest assets who motivates male and female fans alike to tune in to her fights.
Hopefully Strikeforce will book Gina against someone with whom she matches up well and not throw her to Cris Cyborg who is untouchable, or so it seems, in today's marketplace.
I'm anxious to see if Carano will fully dedicate herself to getting back in the gym and push herself to unspeakable limits that all great fighters must do to be the best at their craft.
Thanks for Mauro Ranallo for the shout out on the Saturday night broadcast referencing yours truly when using my 'bowling shoe ugly' line. WE got besieged by those that heard it on Twitter @JRsBBQ.
Strikeforce could use a promo coach for their fighters. Maybe WWE HOF'er Dusty Rhodes could freelance and help them just as he helps the young wrestlers in WWE's developmental camp, FCW. Some of the Strikeforce fighter promos were akin to rasslin' promos on the indy circuit.
Some day more MMA fighters will 'get it' that the better that they can verbally communicate in an organic, believable albeit entertaining way, the more money they are likely to earn.
UFC has blown Toronto and the Rogers Centre nearly out of Ontario as ticket sales for the upcoming UFC event featuring GSP, among others, have been amazing. From what I read, virtually all the inventory for the venue has been sold and within hours of going on sale.
Emailer...For any wrestling fan to begrudge Jerry Lawler of getting the opportunities that are coming his way that hopefully lead to his first ever Wrestlemania bout is senseless and embarrassing to even address. It's beyond stupidity. King has been entertaining fans for 40 years and working in WWE for 18 years. If Jerry Lawler hasn't earned his opportunity to perform at Wrestlemania then no one in WWE has. No one.
In today's transitional marketplace where many younger talents are being given to the ball to run with and being provided, for many, with pre-mature opportunities, Lawler is arguably in the top three of all the fan favorites on Monday Night Raw along with John Cena and Randy Orton. King knows his craft, is a master in-ring psychologist, and will make who ever he performs with better.
I mentioned Dusty Rhodes in a tongue in cheek manner earlier in this blog regarding him coaching Strikeforce fighters on how to put sentences together that actually make sense. With that said, the Dream does a helluva job working with the rookies in FCW on their verbal development and encourages them think on their feet and to not work from a script for the lack of a better term.
Twitter @JRsBBQ....Let's use our heads here...IF I knew who was going to be the Host of Wrestlemania 27 that will be revealed on Monday Night Raw live from Anaheim Monday night, WHY would I spill the beans and spoil the surprise? I wouldn't because I'm smarter than I look (thank goodness).
Same goes for the 2/21/11 vignettes with the Johnny Cash lyric included. If you can't figure that one out to some degree please feel free to call a private detective. I 'think' that I know who those vignettes are touting but, again, I'll keep my opinions to myself.
Do that many fans simply hate sensible, surprises in the wrestling biz these days?
Twitter @JRsBBQ....We had another non Valedictorian who said that he'd been doing a great deal of research on the worn out topic of the "Montreal Screw Job' and that he knew that I was aware of what was going to go down that night before the show. Wrong again Einstein. Neither King or I knew what was going to occur which is the truth but the truth doesn't make for nearly as good a conspiracy theory for those folks with WAY too much time on their hands. More importantly, considering that everyone involved in that matter has seemingly moved on, why can't the fans?
Is today's pro wrestling product that bad that some fans have to revert back to a 14 year old piece of business to stay hooked to the genre?
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Emailer....I chose not to go into detail, as if I actually remembered or had the info, on what wrestlers over the years loved to frequent stip bars aka Gentleman's Clubs. Like I'm going to throw a married guy under the bus for any reason much less address such a silly question. I do remember that the late Dave Shelton aka the Angel of Death used to manage a Gentleman's Club after his wrestling days were over. The Godfather aka Charles Wright does the same, unless he's recently changed vocations, in Vegas. Charles was my domino playing buddy back in the day.
Good to see that USA Network is going to air the new, Tough Enough three times a week. As I have said before, Tough Enough is a major priority for WWE/USA Network and they are relying on a battle tested, outside production company to make this version of the reality show hot.
I like the idea of USA broadcasting the WWE HOF Induction Ceremony on Monday night prior to MNR that follows WM27. The show will be slicker, better edited/produced and should be a fast paced, one hour show. I wonder if www.wwe.com will carry the 2011 HOF Induction Ceremony live on line on Saturday night?
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Wow, who would've thought that Brock and Fedor would get their ass handed to them a year ago?
With Fedor the thing is: A) his training camp as you mentioned and B) his motivation. I read about how Fedor used to literally fight for food on his table. He had nothing which resulted in him becoming very hungry for success. He wouldn't be technical like Anderson Silva or BJ Penn, but his drive and dedication would win him all fights. What happened? Just like Vito Corleone he became full. He doesn't have to fight for food anymore. And his training camp is out of fashion.
It's deadly in this sport - there's always someone who's hungry.
Submitted by Lou Never-Bough... on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 3:59pm Permalink
People wonder why the heavyweight division in boxing used to be better. Marciano, Ali, Frazier, Holmes, Norton, Tyson.... those guys were in a survival mode. They trained like maniacs.
Submitted by AdamTide on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 1:29am Permalink
I thought the trailer for the game was good but the game itself doesn't interest me. I was wanting more of a wrestling game but it looks to be more cartoonish. Such as Ultimate Warrior punching John Morrison 3 or 4 times while Morrison is IN THE AIR. Good grief.
Far as the 2/21/11. I think for the most part people have gone from excited to disappointed. I mean yet ANOTHER Undertaker 'return'? Yawn.
Submitted by J.R. on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 1:17pm Permalink
Your feedback is always so uplifting and postive and not a 'yawn.'
Submitted by Kenny T on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 2:49pm Permalink
J.r. when we talk about those that built up pro wrestling we rarely mention the great broadcastors. Announcers like Mr. Solie actually spoke to us, the audience, and educated us much the way you say MMA broadcastors should. Without YOU I do not think WWE would've broken through like it did in the late 90's. As good as the talent was, if you turn off the volume it wouldn't be the same show. I was NOT a fan of the somewhat ridiculous segments and writing of that era.. I WAS A FAN OF THE IN RING WRESTLING AND BROADCASTING. For that I tip my hat to you and say that any company would do great if they just read your weekly blogs and saw the errors in their ways.
As far as Hell Hooks, they do little damage to the ankle.. the damage (and it comes QUICK) is to the knee.. whether a typical Heel Hook or a reverse heel hook (like silva quickly tapped to) it can literally tear the medial or lateral ligaments off the bone in a snap. Yes, I do think it is important for these announcers to pin point these little details that would make a typical fan appreciate the sport more.
It is NOT Fedors camp..fedor has had the same camp for over 10 years..this is the camp that allowed him to beat a TOP NOTCH nogeria (not the one today that is still top 4 in the division but nothing like when fedor beat him). Bodyweight conditioning and training, like the great Karl Gotch and middle eastern wrestlers is BY FAR THE BEST TRAINING ONE CAN DO TO DEVELOP STRENGTH AND CONDITION THAT TRANSFERS OVER TO SPORTS. I've studied and trained in all training styles and feel this is a physiological fact.
Now, actually doing it with 100% effort is another story. I too, like your beautiful wife feel Fedor appeared less trained than usual. He never has been a lean person, but he lacked the strong shoulders and back of his past incredible wars and victories. To Fedors credit, to hold off and escape a shoulder choke as tight, deep and well positioned as the one sat night is INCREDIBLE. Silva trains at my Top Team and I can tell you he is a GREAT black belt... that was incredible. The docs did the right thing. let Fedor live to fight another day, if he so chooses. But he needs to find a reason to be motivated enough to train the way he did when he was great.
Jerry Lawler is one of the most deserving wrestlers EVER. He IS a pro wrestler. If I turned on the TV, had no idea who he was but watched him in that ring I would know he was head and shoulders above the rest. he really draws a viewer in. He should get what he deserves and the fans should get to actually watch a great wrestler perform instead of this superficial, over choreographed garbage performed by some guys that can care less about pro wrestling and couldn't even tell me who Lou Thesz was... THEY are underserving...
Enjoy your week, JR!!!
Submitted by Kenny T on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 3:15pm Permalink
I left out a couple topics, :)
In Boxing the Welters and below us 8 ox while anything above uses 10 ounce gloves. I agree with George Forman when saying that this and head gear in amatuer bouts is responsible for more brain damage to boxers. Boxers, because of teh so called protection, can absorb HUNDREDS of blows during a typical fight. Where as a typical MMA bout will have less than a quarter of that. Furthermore the standing 8 count is in itself hurting fighters. Another thing I've always been against since I first laced up a pair of gloves is WRAPS. Sure they protect the fighters hand..If your hands are to weak and delicate to absorb the punishment of your blows, what about my head ? Plus, when you wrap a hand with bandage or wrap you TIGHTEN the bones and make them more compact so no energy is dispersed throughout the hand. This makes a fist like a batering ram. Protect fighters by removing hand wraps!!!
Submitted by AdamTide on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 3:40pm Permalink
Hey ya asked for thoughts on the trailer/game and I told you what I thought. Too cartoonish. Far as 2/21/11 and Taker, how many returns has the guy had? It's gotten old. I'll add another, John Cena's act is old. He's had the exact same act for years now.
Here's some positives:Jerry Lawler. I don't have to watch Vince Russo written angles on RAW tonight. Brodus Clay will be a huge star in 2-3 years. Booker T has done pretty well announcing on Smackdown so far. I am very interested to see who is revealed as the Wrestlemania guest host tonight.
Submitted by jeffschn80 on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 5:08pm Permalink
I have seen the said game JR, i actually like it! I don't know what some people expect sometimes. Seems like if they aren't being a 'negative nancy' they aren't happy. Just Sayin. I like how it seems like an Old School arcade game and it takes me back to my younger years (im 30). In fact, If i had to give it a grade it would probably get an A-. Great blogs as usual JR, you are truly the best hands down, Better than the "brain" and even "Gorilla" God RIP. Ill never forget buying Survivor Series and hearing you and Monsoon doing the Smoky Mountain Tag Team Title Match, Truly one of my personal favorite wrestling calls EVER! Shows ya, it don't take the top card on the ppv to be the BEST. These things of course, are only ones Opinion :)
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Everton's impressive start to the season continued - as did striker Nikica Jelavic's goalscoring run - against a Southampton side whose top-flight inexperience was exposed at Goodison Park. • Blog: Stuttering Everton march onDavid Moyes' team equalled their best points haul of 13 from six Premier League matches from the 2004-05 season to cement their place just three points behind leaders Chelsea.
Jelavic scored twice to take his tally to 10 in his last 11 league matches after Leon Osman had cancelled out Gaston Ramirez's early opener.
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After such an impressive start the players were having to deal with the prospect of handling rising expectations but they were not so adept at dealing with Southampton's set-pieces.
From Adam Lallana's corner Ramirez was given the freedom of the penalty area to nod in the simplest of headers.
It was the Uruguay international's first goal in English football following his club-record £12million summer transfer from Bologna and the first time Everton have conceded in the opening 45 minutes of a Premier League game this season.
Southampton were to regret Jay Rodriguez's inability to hit the target - let alone test Tim Howard - when he outpaced the Toffees defence soon after.
Everton turned the game on its head in a 14-minute period which exposed all the flaws characteristic of a newly-promoted team.
Kevin Mirallas swung over a right-wing cross and although Jelavic threw himself at it he succeeded only in diverting it back to Osman who smashed the loose ball into the roof of the net from close range.
The goalscorer returned the favour when his through-ball sent Jelavic running through the inside-left channel but Paulo Gazzaniga's woeful positioning made it all-too-easy for the Croatia international to fire a shot across him.
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The visitors have the leakiest defence in the top flight and it was easy to see why as they were so open in the second quarter of the game they appeared to be in disarray.
Everton should have had the game wrapped up before the break; their confidence was highlighted by Mirallas' attempted overhead kick before Marouane Fellaini hit the crossbar with a header.
The Belgium international almost clinched the result early in the second half with a long-range effort tipped just wide by Gazzaniga before Osman and Mirallas also tried their luck from the edge of the box as their toothless opponents offered little in the way of resistance.
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For Southampton manager Nigel Adkins, a Birkenhead-born Liverpool fan, it proved to be an unhappy return to the region.
As far as Everton are concerned their progress could not be more serene and with trips to struggling Wigan and QPR up next there is every prospect of it continuing.
Scoring Summary
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Leon Osman (25') | Gaston Ramirez (6') |
Nikica Jelavic (32') | |
Nikica Jelavic (38') |
Everton | Southampton |
24 Tim Howard | 12 Paulo Gazzaniga |
5 John Heitinga | 3 Maya Yoshida |
6 Phil Jagielka | 6 Jose Fonte |
3 Leighton Baines | 2 Nathaniel Clyne |
23 Seamus Coleman | 22 Frazer Richardson |
21 Leon Osman | 10 Gaston Ramirez |
18 Phil Neville | 16 James Ward-Prowse |
22 Steven Pienaar | 8 Steven Davis |
11 Kevin Mirallas | 20 Adam Lallana |
7 Nikica Jelavic | 9 Jay Rodriguez |
25 Marouane Fellaini | 7 Rickie Lambert |
Substitutes | |
15 Sylvain Distin | Kelvin Davis 1 |
28 Victor Anichebe | Jos Hooiveld 5 |
19 Magaye Gueye | Richard Chaplow 27 |
1 Jan Mucha | Guilherme Do Prado 21 |
27 Apostolos Vellios | Jason Puncheon 42 |
34 Shane Duffy | Ben Reeves 29 |
8 Bryan Oviedo | Emmanuel Mayuka 24 |
Substitutions | |
Victor Anichebe for Nikica Jelavic (76) | Emmanuel Mayuka for Jay Rodriguez (81) |
Bryan Oviedo for Kevin Mirallas (80) | Richard Chaplow for Adam Lallana (90) |
Sylvain Distin for Leon Osman (90) | Ben Reeves for Nathaniel Clyne (81) |
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