Stick to Serving Starbucks Seattle and Stop the Whining!
by Bob Acton of
Sportingbet USA - now SuperBook.com -
It amazes me that the sport of football and the NFL to be morespecific talks about the importance of preparation and focus,yet in Super Bowl Forty, you would have thought the referee wereplaying defense for the Seahawks.
During the Seattle parade or whatever you want to call it inWashington a few days ago, coach Mike Holmgren commented to thefans that he didn’t realize when the team went to Detroit, thatthey would be required to not only play the Steelers, but alsothe referees!
Granted the performance by the referees was less then stellarin Motown, but while we have a moment, let’s talk about the inabilityof Seattle to make a big play when needed. While Ben Roethlisbergeris a talented quarterback, he is not exactly the quickest andone must wonder where the Seattle linebackers were when he scrambledfar to the left and still had the time to throw long back to hisright to a wide open Hines Ward.
With Seattle still in a tight battle to begin the second half,where were the defenders when Willie Parker scampered 75 yardsuntouched for his touchdown in the third quarter?
I guess it was the zebra striped officials playing Tight Endin Jeremy Stevens’s uniform Sunday and that would explain histerrible disease known as “dropsy’s!”
It’s unfortunate as well that Seahawks kicker Josh Brown wasunable to play Sunday and the NFL made one of their officialsdo the kicking, which resulted in two crucial missed field goals.
Why did the NFL not inform the Seahawks that Steeler receiverRandle El was a former quarterback at Indiana and that the Steelerswould be allowed to let him pass the ball Sunday?
I guess the poor communication on the headset between coachHolmgren and quarterback Hasselbeck that resulted in several secondsbeing wasted during the game, was that terrible head referee andhis crew’s fault right?
Seattle came to the Super Bowl complaining about a lack of respectthat they felt the football world had for them because they residein the Northwest. They vowed to give their best and enjoy themoment. Maybe that diaper company “Pampers” should contact Holmgrenand outfit him in one, as it would make for great comic relief!
