Friday, June 10, 2011

Friday Firings: Kenny Britt, Oney Guillen, Iverson Return

Under most circumstances the HR Department fires a person or thing for a specific reason as opposed to just firing them outright because they have crossed some sort of proverbial line in the sand, but this week's edition of Friday Firings features 3 people who simply need to go away.

Britt outruns defenses but not the police.
Fire Kenny Britt - Titans WR Kenny Britt was arrested for marijuana possession and resisting arrest ONE DAY after pleading guilty to traffic-related charges stemming from an April incident in which he was going 71 mph in a 55 zone and then led police on a chase. Sadly Britt's rap sheet doesn't end there - he was arrested last year thanks to three unpaid traffic tickets and he stands accused of failing to pay a friend's bail bond. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell can't do anything until the league's labor dispute is settled, but Britt should definitely be suspended whenever play resumes and despite his obvious talents, the Titans would be wise to get rid of him.

Fire Oney Guillen -  Ozzie Guillen's son is at it again, and this time he has revealed some racist sentiment. In a tweet addressing the White Sox's top 2011 draft pick, Oney said: "Shocker the white sox pick another good athletic black kid. how about picking a good baseball player." Oney has gotten his dad in plenty of trouble before, and to his credit Ozzie essentially told his son to shut it. Ultimately, Oney is not a White Sox employee, the White Sox only drafted him in 2007 as a favor to Ozzie (he topped out in AAA where he played 1 game) and he needs to be quiet because he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Fire Allen Iverson Returning to the NBA - Iverson said this week that he wants to get back to the NBA. "Just give me a training camp," he said. "Maybe I've rubbed people the wrong way as far as saying the things I've said in my life and in my career. But if any team needs me to help try and win a championship in any capacity, I'm waiting." If NBA teams have any sense, he'll be waiting for quite some time. Iverson was a hall-of-fame calibre player, but he is simply not the answer to any team's needs anymore. He's 36 (with more than 900 pro games on his odometer), he only played 10 games in Turkey last season because of injuries and hasn't played a full season since his 2007-2008 campaign with Denver. He went to Turkey because no one in the U.S. wanted him last year, and AI has done nothing since to make those clubs change their minds. His NBA career should be finished.  

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