Paul Owens built the only Phillies World Series team in 1980.
by Michael Gill
Think back to 1980 in the city of Philadelphia.
That season, the Eagles were in the Super Bowl and won their first NFC East title under the direction of Jimmy Murray. The Flyers, built by Keith Allen ended the 1979-80 season with a league best 116 points. Meanwhile, Pat Williams and his Sixers won the NBA’s eastern conference with a 59 win season and the boys of summer won the teams only World Championship under the direction of Paul Owens.
Those sure were the days, all four teams in contention for league titles, but in Philadelphia fashion all but one fall short.
Now all four of the cities pro sports teams are again in contention, but who is now recognized as the best architect in the city. The Sixers Ed Stefanski, Phillies GM, Pat Gillick, Paul Holgren of the Flyers and the Andy Reid/Tom Heckert duo of the Eagles all have their defining moments but have each shared some scrutiny.
Lets start with the newest of the bunch, Stefanski. Its hard to argue what he has done since replacing Billy King in such a short amount of time. Stefanski traded away the popular Kyle Korver and received virtually nothing in return but cap flexibility. Then this off season, he traded away a few spare parts, including former first-round pick Rodney Carney, in a deal that opened the door for Stefanski’s biggest move to date – signing Elton Brand. Getting Brand has legitimized the Sixers into a contender almost overnight, along with re-signing restricted free agent Louis Williams has finally given a pulse back to the Sixers dying fan base. Read the rest of this entry »
As I promised in my last post about the coolest goalies’ masks, here is the follow up entry: The Worst. I feel like I first have to say why I think certain masks are cool and others aren’t. I use pretty much three criteria to make my judgments. One: Does the mast properly represent the player’s team? Two: Is there anything on the mask that just doesn’t belong or is incredibly out of place? And three: Basically, does it look cool? Most of these masks failed in every category. Some of them will truly make you wonder just what in the hell some of these people were thinking when they submitted their ideas to their designers. So here we go: the ugliest goalie masks in the NHL… (In no particular order)
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