One Way Or Another, This Darkness Has Got To Give
March 5th, 2010 | 119 Views
Apparently what was once called Grateful Dead Ticket Sales still remembers my years of patronage as they gave me the first seat in the first row of Radio City Music Hall for Bobby and Phil’s Furthur show a few weeks back. I didn’t snap this pic, but it shows the Wall of Sound backdrop they projected at the show. I’m sure you recognize it from every installment of this wonderful project I have called JUSTICE IS COMING. I was looking at some of my final comments before the playoff loss in my “Justice Files Redux Deluxe” column today. The Chargers actually failed to realize anything I predicted during their four quarters of playoff football. Everything they accomplished in 2009 was predicated on them learning from the mistakes of the past. In the end, they proved they haven’t learned a fucking thing. All year long, we marveled at the way this team was keeping its cool (including the kicker) during crunch time. I wrote before that the game that the Jets might beat us, but that we weren’t going to lose. In other words, we wouldn’t implode. Boy, was I wrong. What’s worse is that when I hear guys like Vincent Jackson and Merriman shrug off our latest defeat with comments like “we just didn’t make the plays we were used to making,” I don’t see them learning from this failure either. VJ should have showed a little more regret towards the police as well, apparently. Shawne Merriman is complaining about his “high tender” offer and thinking about donating his salary? These guys just don’t get it. When LT said that guys were talking about their contracts before games, I don’t think he’s lying.
Which brings us to “L’Affaire LT.” Don’t get me wrong, FAITHFUL READER. I don’t think that we should have paid LaDainian Tomlinson his scheduled 2010 salary. But the fact that we were all forced watch LT’s career in San Diego, despite AJ Smith’s promise to the contrary, end in vain is yet another sickening chapter in recent Charger history. When I saw twenty powder blue #21 jerseys in the bargain bin at a local sports store while Drew Brees’ jersey was proudly display in the window, it really hit home what a shitty spot we are in.











