In sports, as in life, difficult decisions must be made every day. Should a person resign or be fired? Is it time to stay or go? Is punishment due, and if so, how severe? Is someone an asset or a cancer? What’s best personally and what’s best for business? Below are some hot topics and the appropriate decision for each:
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Instant replay: Dump it. College football playoff:
Use it.
NCAA basketball tournament: Leave it alone. College World Series:
Never move it. Olympic Games: Less commercialism, more amateurism.
Touchdown celebrations:
Less posing.
Championship celebrations: Less violence. Drew Bledsoe: Bench him. Tony Romo: Bench him. Troy Aikman: Start him. Floyd Landis: Test him. Ben Roethlisberger: Rest him. Buck O’Neil: Induct him. Pete Rose: Punish him. Pat Tillman: Remember him. Ricky Williams: Forget him. Alex Rodriguez: Trade him. Todd Sauerbrun: Punt him. Joe Torre: Keep him. Nick Saban: Fire him. Felipe Alou: Hire him. Larry Coker: Pity him. Mario Boggan: Notice him. Bob Knight: Recognize him. Tiger Woods: Appreciate him. Barry Bonds: Acknowledge him. Derek Jeter: Award him. Bud Selig: Replace him. Jay Cutler: Start him. Terrell Owens: Ignore him, bench him, trade him, waive him, cut him, fine him. Adrian Peterson: Draft him (very early). Bob Huggins: Watch him (very closely). Mark McGwire: Make him wait. Brett Favre: Final season. OU women’s basketball:
Final Four. OU men’s basketball: Bow up.
OSU men’s basketball:
Show up. OU football: Heal up. Rutgers football: Moving up. OSU football: Growing up. OSU defensive coordinator Vance Bedford: Grow up. Chris Paul: Re-sign him. Bill Parcells: Resign him. Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno: Ask them if it’s time. Miami and Florida International brawlers: No more ball this season.
World Series rainouts:
Let’s play two; bring day baseball back to the World Series. NHL: Fewer teams. NBA: Fewer games. WNBA: Fewer teams and games. NFL: More free TV. MLB: More drug testing. PGA Tour: Fewer tournaments. LPGA Tour: More exposure. Colin Montgomerie: Less time. Michelle Wie: More time. European Ryder Cup team: Less success. American Ryder Cup team: More competitiveness. Seattle SuperSonics: Let them go. Hornets: Let them stay.
John Rohde: 475-3314, jrohde@oklahoman.com; John Rohde can be heard Monday-Friday from 6-7 p.m. on WWLS-FM 97.9 and WWLS-AM 640, and on KYAL-AM 1550 in Tulsa.
