From: mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers)
Subject: Re: EATING WORDS!
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 02:28:58 GMT
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In article <x4lnkl=.gordons@netcom.com> gordons@netcom.com (Gordon Storga) writes:

>Montana is old (for the NFL) and recovering from major surgery.  I don't

This is off-topic, but major surgery implies entering the major body
cavity.

>care about his back surgery recovery.  This is entirely different.  I

It is indeed different, but not necessarily any tougher to recover
from.

>don't think he'll be able to cut it.  That doesn't mean he won't look good
>from time to time (if he plays at all this year), it just means he'll
>resemble Steve Deberg a lot more.

I don't know what you're driving at here.  The biggest difference between
DeBerg and Montana is between the ears.  That hasn't diminished.

>Anyone can go to the Superbowl - buy a ticket.  

Ah, that incisive, biting Bowboy humor...

>If you mean he'll play in
>the SB again, I doubt it, at least not as a starter.  Let's put it this
>way - TEAMS get to the Super Bowl.  The 9ers haven't really upgraded that
>well since last year, and they missed the entire playoffs last year.

Counterpoint:  the Niners missed the postseason by the barest of margins,
and had they made it, most people I've heard agree they would have made
some serious noise, at least until they hit the Deadskins.  Also, when
you lose games the way they did to the Giants, Falcons and Raiders, one
gains an appreciation for the narrow difference between 10-6 and 13-3.

Also, how do you say they haven't improved from last year?  The Midget
is on IR and I'm betting we don't see much of his hulking presence all
year (sniff).  Amp Lee and/or Rickey Watters should provide the best
Niiners running game since '88.  Dana Hall is coming along slowly, but
there's nothing to suggest he won't be a star by year end.  The OL is
intact.  The holdout count is now zero.  Lynn Stiles is gone, as is
Charles Haley, aka the Human Attitude.  The biggest team deficiency is
at punter, and that's solvable (in theory).

The Niners ought to finish at 11-5 or 12-4, which is almost a lock for
postseason.  Once they're that far, a healthy Montana could very easily
rev it up and pick up One For the Thumb.  I'm not predicting it (yet), but
I can't think of any other NFC team I'd favor more.  (I'm withholding
judgement on the Vikes until the real season begins, or until the urine
tests return, whichever comes first...)

>At least the greatest QB retired at the top of his game.  Staubach didn't
>try to make "one more comeback" past his prime.

I was wondering whether the Storgameister could get through an entire
posting without repeating his fixation on Staubach being the greatest.
(One wonders why he's so vocal on this subject -- could the oh-so-
confident demeanor be a facade for his deep-seated insecurity that
stems from tieing his hero-worship to his legitimacy as a man?)  Oh
well, nice to see one constant in a changing world...
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