Bill Walsh 1931 - 2007: An Institution

Sad day folks. Bill Walsh has passed away after battling leukemia for about 3 years.
Walsh had to be one of the greater coaches in NFL history and was influential in the careers of so many other coaches who have gone on to win NFL championships that by default, its almost as if, Walsh has won at least 10 super bowls. Consider THESE names:
Seifert, Mike Holmgren, Dennis Green, Sam Wyche, Ray Rhodes and Bruce Coslet, Tony Dungy played for him... AND THESE GUYS taught: Mike Shanahan, Jon Gruden, Brian Billick, Andy Reid, Pete Carroll, Gary Kubiak, Steve Mariucci and Jeff Fisher.
Sheesh, if he were a University, he'd be Harvard, wrapped in Oxford, with wings for Yale, Stanford and Princeton!
I havent even mentioned how he was one of the champions for the cause of hiring and training black head coaches in the NFL as well.
Should I even start with the number of Hall of Famers he coached, or taught to coach? The list would go on forever, going all of the way back to his Stanford teams, I'm sure a wing could be erected in Canton for the number of players he coached who are in, or will be in the Hall.
Sad Day indeed. May Coach Walsh rest in peace

The Professor is out of the Cave. Democrats OUT of their MINDS

So its three and done.
The Professor is out of the Bar-Cave where he has been hiding since around May 23, 24, 2007 preparing for the California Bar (AKA... Killer BarTolla Legal Dreams Destroya).
Well, He's done. He took the Bar and honestly, thats the last you will hear about it from this place.
In the meantime, Ricci has been just enjoying life, striving to get Boldylocks Media Group launched and enjoying his Commune De Ricci in Mira Mesa California.
The pool at Commune De Ricci has been resurfaced, a piece of equipment was purchased that allows true "studio-esq music recording" and the front yard was attacked by the landlord to the extent that it actually looks nice.
Ricci has mainly been hanging around MSNBC's message boards while away, arguing with religious nuts (anyone who is religious is a NUT to Ricci), racists, discussing the merits of legalizing dog fighting (Black Sports Guy does not endorse dog fighting, but at least one member, Ricci, believes certain human delights can not be made illegal successfully, so instead of making laws, it would be better to legalize, in this case, dog fighting, and govern the "sport" in a manner that makes it somewhat more tolerable to those of us who dont plan on watching it anyway), NBA gambling -oh what a shock-, Kobe Bryant, Mike Vick, NFL/NBA Thugs and essentially any subject that warranted some fast finger typing.
Ricci made some friends out there on the MSNBC board, so he will keep returning, but with the Professor out of the cave, perhaps the blog will pick back up.

In the words of Rodney King "cant we all just get along"