Your “I GOT THINGS TO SAY!” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Mike McCarthy has OPINIONS about how the Packers treated him, and went deep with ESPN. Here are my pull quotes:  
  • He “did not see it coming” after the Arizona loss, or did he hear any of the boo-birds that preceded the game.
  • “It’s clear to me now that both sides needed a change.”
    • “Mark said it was an ugly loss, and it was time to make change. He said something about the offense and the special teams, and he didn’t think it was going to get any better. There was no emotion to it. That was hard.”  
  • “The emotional challenge of shifting from humiliation to reflection was a very important step in seeking clarity so I could personally grow from the experience of my entire Green Bay Packer career.”
    • “It was hard to swallow.” (Likely the first time he’s ever said that.)
  • Feel free to go read the whole thing.

• Not funny – Matt Stafford’s wife is getting surgery for a brain tumour.
  • She started having dizzy spells after giving birth, and developed vertigo soon after.
  • An MRI showed a benign tumour on her cranial nerve.

A sad anniversary in Canada today, as the nation marks one year since the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy.

The driver of the rig involved, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, pleaded guilty to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison for vehicular manslaughter, and will be deported back to India after his sentence concludes.

A positive that has come out of the tragedy is that organ donation awareness has increased, in part due to Logan Boulet signing his organ donation card on his 21st birthday. That act allowed his organs to be donated to six people who are now living extended lives due to his selflessness.

His family honoured that act by working to make April 7th “Green Shirt Day”, a day to promote & encourage organ donation awareness & registration.

April 7 will be inaugural Green Shirt Day https://t.co/xTmzFGTkX5

— Green Shirt Day (@GreenShirtDay) March 5, 2019

Sports Illustrated also produced a short documentary on Logan,

and now it’s all dusty in my classroom. No – you stop cutting those onions.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Senators at Rangers – 7:30PM | Sportsnet
  • Blues at Blackhawks – 8:00PM | NBCSN
• MLB:
  • Cubs at Braves – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
• NBA:
  • Raptors at Nets – 7:30PM | TSN4
  • Celtics at Heat – 7:30PM | NBATV
  • Rockets at Clippers – 10:30PM | NBATV
• NCAA:
  • CBI Basketball Tournament:
    • Finals Game 2: South Florida at DePaul – 8:00PM | ESPNU

Mike McCarthy: The 25th winningest head coach of all time, and yet the Jets passed him over for Adam Gase. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?!