I Love the Flyers, but...

I love the Flyers but I have one issue with the team.

Right now I'm watching the game against the Habs (what's a Hab, by the way??) and the fans are decked out in orange shirts... an "orange crush" as they call it.

But here's the issue I have...the Flyers hardly even have any orange in their freakin jerseys anymore!

For whatever reason, a couple of years ago, the Philadelphia Flyers management and marketing mavens decided to take out the classic orange color out of the sweaters. Now their home jerseys are black just like 68% of the other teams out there. (Okay, that's an unofficial calculation, but probably close to being true.)

When the Flyers wore the orange uni's, you KNEW the Flyers were playing. Now, the Flyers look like every other team out there. I miss the orange identity.

But at least the orange lives on in the stands...

Johnny Dawkins... Flying out of Duke to Coach Stanford

Most 76ers fans of the 90s will remember the unique kick-leg jump shot of Johnny Dawkins and his steady play as point guard playing alongside the likes of Charles Barkley and Kurt Nimphius. Now Dawkins is flying the coop at Duke to coach the Cardinal of Stanford. Good for him and good move for Stanford... he must have good experience not only as a player but as an assistant coach next to Coach K.

Lest you thought you'd get away with just informative news story, allow me to add some interesting side notes for thee:

-Johnny Dawkins had 29 career blocks in the NBA in 9 pro years. At this rate it would have taken Dawkins about 130 "Johnny Dawkins Years" @ approximately 3 blocks per year to equal the total number of blocked shots that Manute Bol had in his rookie year alone (397 blocks in 1985-6 for Washington).

-Conversely, Manute Bol tallied 171 assists in 10 years. At that rate, he'd take 35 Manute Bol Years to reach Dawkins' assist mark in his best year 1989-90 at 601 assists.

So take that for what it's worth.

At any rate, best of luck to Coach Dawk. I look forward to seeing a familiar face in the land of the Cardinal...