The Goat Is Back In Town….

Ladies and Gentleman, introducing a now virus free (online anyway) GOAT…DIESEL!!!  My man D.A.G came out of the wilderness and tried a few things for me but like everything in life it was the last resort that solved our problem. At first, we thought it was our versions of Word that needed to be updated but when that didn’t work, I thought I was done for good.  So I get an email yesterday that says I need to update my anti-virus and BAAAM like a bottle of penicilin, Norton stopped that burning feeling my got when he tried to perfrom simple tasks…My computer now virus free I am ready to roll. (I can’t believe I made it through all that without a swine flu crack)

Some of you may ask, “How did you post about the playoffs and the Jays, if you computer was ‘broken’ “.  And then I’d be all “I know you are but what am I”.  (Sorry, I haven’t been on here in a while and I am excited OK)  This is something I actually had lined up before my comp went down but never really got to it.  We have ghostwriter, who has actually been with us from damn near the start.  Sin City (I just made that nickname up) he has posted about 6 stories on here and we are slowly going through the old stories and marking them. That way you all don’t get confused and think I learned how to write actual, entertaining story with structure as opposed to, well, THIS I guess…

Upcoming stories that you can look forward to being disappointed in: Anderson “The Sleep inducing Spider” Silva: What happened and what’s next?, GoatDiesel and Bryan Colangelo Sitting in A Bar…D-R-I-N-K-I-N-G, NHL Mock Draft, NBA Mock Draft, Playoff predictions and much much more….

LET’S GO RANGERS…GAME 7 IN WASHINGTON…ITS ALL YOU!!!

Peace!

Now you see it…Now you don’t…

I am literally writing this in the dark, well thats a lie, I just can’t see what I am writing.  I know the site has been “dormant” for about a week and the thing that sucks is I have A BUNCH to write about!!!  I MET  WITH BRYAN COLANGELO and had a pretty good convo with him, which I really want to share with you all.  Speaking of Bryan, I also want to let you guys know what I think of the Raps season, what went wrong and what they HAVE to do this off season to improve.  Then there is the NHL and NBA playoffs about to start.  I know I will miss the first few gamesof the NHL but I will be back with the match ups and the keys to each team getting out of the first round.

Like I “tweeted” earlier (man, thats the WORST word) the reason the website has been down is my tech wizard and personal Shaman DAG is in the jungle with no internets.  Thus leaving the GoatDiesel with formatting problems out the cornhole (man, thats the BEST word).  I am trying all I can with the pea brain I own but I still can’t figure this Houdini writing thing out.  I am hoping by the weekend I can kidnap and coax a web dude to help me out.

So PLEASE don’t give up on me, for once I am actually not being lazy and drinking my nights away.  Well I am not being lazy anyway…

Peace!

Breaking News: Raptors Trade Jermaine O’Neal!

As mentioned on GoatDiesel in the past, the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat have FINALLY completed the Jermaine O’Neal for Shawn Marion.  That deal right there I just mentioned, seems like a good deal but let me delve further into this for you.  Jermaine O’Neal will not make the journey to Miami himself, the Raptors have packed Jamario Moon and his disdain for the rim to Miami in return, we get the Matrix and Marcus Banks.  Seems cool right?  Ohhh GoatDiesel forgot to tell you, we also gave up A FIRST ROUND PICK!!!  YES!  The 21-34 Raptors that are bound for the lottery this season and probably NEXT traded a 1st round PICK!  What do they get in return you ask?  Marcus Banks!  Do I hate on Uncle Phil’s game? No, he is actually a REALLY good on the ball defender (which we are sorely lacking) and he is almost as fast as anyone in the league.  “So what’s your beef almighty Diesel?”, you ask?  His contract is UGLY!!!  We just took on 4M+ until 2012!  For those of you that aren’t aware 2010 and even ‘11 are years you WANT to be cap friendly, 2012?  Not so much.  So all I can surmise is either Colangelo has something up his versace laden sleeve or the he REALLY wants to pull a George Costanza and go out in glory.  He is about 1 move away from being WORSE than Rob Babcock, yes I SAID IT!!!

I will use this paragraph to apologize for all my CAPITALIZED LETTERS and exclamation marks!!!  I am really upset by this trade and almost cried when I read that this trade went down.

Well don’t let me do all the blabbering, what did you all think?  Hit me UP!!!

Peace!

Bosh Not Re-signing In 2010

I would be lying to you if I said I didn’t smile a bit when I first read that Chris Bosh told the Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo that he wasn’t going to re-sign with the team in 2010.  If you have been to this site before you know just how unimpressed I am with Bosh’s leadership, shot selection and attitude. This is a GREAT example of all of that, wrapped into one giant ball and thrown in the faces of the Raptors fans and organization.  Regardless if Chris felt this way before our slide into the basement of the Eastern Conference, he definitely should have kept this to himself or between him and Colangelo.  Bosh has essentially done what I have wanted forever, make all the Raptors fans to take off their rose coloured glasses and start judging Bosh like every other player, instead of giving him a free pass because “his teammates” aren’t up to par or whatever other crazy excuses I hear game in game out. 

Seriously, name ONE player you would take from the Cavs besides LeBron?  Ok, I know Bosh and LeBron are on different levels but what I am getting at is, you don’t necessarily need the best players on your team to win, you need a good leader and good team chemistry and we have neither.  The Cavs has bought into the team philosophy of (more…)