-So we've already had our say about Art's canning, but what does everyone else say? Ray Ratto wishes whomever the next coach is good luck and Gwen Knapp thinks it should be the Mulleted One (as does Don Banks on CNNSI). Raiders Fan House runs down a list of candidates as does Inside Bay Area. In the national sites, Deadspin wonders if Al and Art are the new Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner and ESPN's Mark Kreidler thinks Al needs to get over himself and hire some big name guy. Over in San Jose, Mark Purdy picks Bill Cowher out of his ass as a potential replacement.
-And while we figure all that out, what about Randy Moss?
-Sharks give Red Wings 3-0 head start, then rally for a 9-4 victory.
-The 49ers are going shopping and Glenn Dickey thinks Nolan has to take it to the next level.
-Nancy Gay is thinking it'll be a Chargers/Saints Superbowl. Oh, Nancy-- the curse of Schottenheimer rules all.
-Ira Miller previews this weekend's playoff games.
-What's up with Ike Diogu?
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What's up with Ike Diogu? It's called the Nellie Doghouse Conspiracy theory, and it's other victims this year include Troy Murphy and Patrick O'Bryant. Noticing a pattern? Yup, they're all "big men." And we know how Nellie loooooooves big men. Basically, he's making sure that the team has no other options than to play five guys 6'5" or shorter.
There's nothing wrong with Diogu and there hasn't been all season. There was nothing wrong with Troy Murphy either, news articles to the contrary aside (after all, they're just regurgitating the team line, not breaking any news).
SFist has actually been on the leading edge of this Nellie Doghouse conspiracy theory (actually, I think we started the theory and are the only believers -- for now).
Basically Nelson knows only one way to coach -- up-tempo. Additionally, because of his ego, he revels in the characterization the press has given him as "a mad genius" and enjoys being a small-ball martyr. Basically, whatever roster Nellie inherits when he joins a team he purposely scuttles into a small-ball team so that he can then wage a heroic six-foot-three struggle against common sense and the rest of the league. It's a way for him to get unique attention and he does it everywhere he goes regardless of whether it's the best thing to do or not.
And one of the ways he does it is by nit-picking all his big men to death as a way of validating his small-ball approach.
That's what's up with Ike Diogu.