Billy Donovan Next Celtic's Coach?

Ok, the last time I envisioned a leader of a Boston sports team, I kid you not, I thought Bill Belichick would make a great coach for the Patriots! I distinctly recall calling Ted Sarandis of WEEI's "Ted Nation" to give my thoughts when Pete Carroll was canned, and of course at that time Teddy and guest Kevin Mannix shot me down big time.

Why did I think he'd make a great coach? Because he was the genius assistant that every single time his teams played the Patriots, be it as coach of the Browns, or as the Tuna's defensive coordinator, he ALWAYS got in the quarterback's heads with great schemes, always!!! I've told Coach Belichick that myself in a letter many years later as well. I won't say 'I told you so,' but time has proven me right 3 championships later.

So here I am again, championing the next leader in Boston, the next head coach of the Boston Celtic's, coach Billy Donovan of the NCAA champs Florida Gators. Why? First and foremost his teams, like Belichick teams, are ALWAYS well coached and well prepared and play TEAM ball. He's won 2 consecutive NCAA titles, a great feat in today's world of parity. He has no ego. He's a local boy, and best of all, he's good buddies with, you guessed it, Bill Belichick (Belichick was a guest of his at the final game and has also given Billy's team pep-talks as well). And to me, ANYBODY Bill Belichick can intellectually connect with, has to have that"certain something." The Celts could do a whole lot worse than make a move on college basketballs's newest genius before he moves on to Kentucky.

Veracity TV appearance

Recently I was guest of Tom Sheff, the host of Veracity, which is a half hour weekly show on Newton's cable televsion. And may I say I enjoyed every minute of it! Most of the shows on Veracity focus on political issues and topics related to Newton, Mass. The host, Tom Sheff, is an old acquaintance of mine, so I may be biased in saying this, but besides being a very viable candidate to become the next mayor and leader of Newton, he is also a terrific host who has the ability to put all his guests at ease during the segment, as I have watched, witnessed, and now experienced. The show itself strayed from it's natural course as the main topic of discussion was the local sports scene and my blogspot. And being life-long sports fans from the Boston area, it's a never-ending topic for discussion for the both of us. Anyways, I just wanted to reiterate to any local citizens to make sure you catch, of course my airing in late April, and every airing of Mr. Sheff's show, as you will be informed and entertained.

Dead Silence

This is a new horror movie release that harkens back to one of the better Twilight Zone episodes; one in which killer ventriliquist dummies are on the loose. Remember the movie Magic? Some of that is in here, too. The plot summary involves a young woman who opens up a package that turns out to be a ventriliquist dummy, that, let's just say doesn't produce happy results. Her husband travels back to their childhood home to investigate the history of the dummy and the woman who made them. Needless to say there's a whole story behind all of it. Refreshing, in that for a horror movie in this day of age to not have the prerequisite lost teenagers spending half the movie having sex and then being sliced up. This movie has some real creepy moments and the dummy's are down-right evil! And quite the twist in the end as well. Thumbs up from me!

Children of Men

A quick review of a delight and unexpected surprise of what is really a "under the radar" new sci-fi dvd release. Starring Clive Owen, this is a story about the world, circa, 2027, in which all women are infertile and the youngest alive is 18 years old. Without giving away the details, as you can probably figure out, there happens to be a woman who is pregnant and the jist of the story is that Clive Owen, gets caught up in a plot to smuggle her out of London, with everyone, from the refugees to the London police, after them. It really is an interesting plot, lots of twists,turns, and action; and the filming technique makes you feel you're in the story. Really a terrific movie, huge thumbs up from me!