Can Jerry Sloan manage my career?

Last night I saw the Utah Jazz defeat the New Jersey Nets in New Jersey.  It was nice to see because for the past 5 years I have gone to two Jazz games a year  – one in Madison Square Garden against the Knicks and one in the now named Izod Center.  And they have lost every one of those games.

Last night did not start out promisingly, with the Jazz scoring 7 points in the first quarter to the Nets’ 27.  But the Jazz made an amazing comeback and won.  Some things I believe I have commented on before about Nets games (and NBA games in general):

• Can teams stop with the bells and whistles. There is music and sound effects playing during the entire game, including while the players are actually playing – does Devon Harris or Deron Williams really need beat it playing as he dribbles up the court?).  The lights flashing look as if they are trying to give everyone an epileptic seizure and during every timeout nothing short of a three ring circus commences with the strippers posing as dancers, the acrobatic kids, streamers and music blaring.  It is literally an assault on the senses.
• At least the Knick city dancers resemble dancers, the Nets dancers are clearly strippers.
• Another thing I found nice is that there were a lot of Turkish people at the game showing support for Utah’s center Mehmet Okur.   No wonder David Stern likes lots of international players.

But it was a good pick me up after I got dumped by manager, the second time I have been dumped by a Jewish person this year.  Fool me once…  I am just hoping I get through 2008 without my family disowning me.  Maybe I just need to do some one stop shopping so if anyone knows a good Catholic comedy manager who likes cuddling, movies being ridiculed on stage and will only take 10% in a divorce let me know.