Spurs & Penguins, Steve Chacon

I'm slowly coming out of my self imposed sports moratorium. It's been my way of the Spurs not winning the NBA title. It's my way of the Pens losing in the Stanley Cup finals. It's my way of coping on how really bad the Astros are. As NFL camps open up, I'll emerge and enmesh myself in the sports I truly love.

Briefly on the Spurs and Pens
You know how far the Spurs have come as a franchise when a season is considered a failure when they don't win the NBA title. Winning four titles will do that to a team and it's fans. That's four more titles than most teams can claim. Obviously expectations will have to come down sometime. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobilli are on the downside of their careers. The window for a title is probably two, maybe three, years unless the team can add some top notch bona fide youth. I've heard fans and message boards talk about Plan 2010. Seems they believe the team has a plan to reload in 2010 and continue the success. That remains to be seen.

On the other end of the spectrum are the Pittsburgh Penguins. They boast youth and scoring in Sidney Crosby and resigned Evgeni Malikin. For the Pens the future looks bright. The plowed throw the Eastern Conference in the playoffs before being brushed aside in the Finals. While it was a disappointing result, it was also an unexpected run. I figured they were a year or two plus a defender and a top notch goalie from nailing it all down. The are obviously on the right track and hope they stay on course. Here's to hoping for a Stanley Cup dynasty.

Steve Chacon
My two cents. By now it's old news what happened in the Astros club house. Steve Chacon is history and Ed Wade has egg on his face. Chacon was already unhappy about his demotion to the bullpen and was agitating for a trade through his agent.

Obviously Chacon's behavior is unacceptable but Wade bares responsibility too. Wade lost his cool and told Chacon that he needed to "go look in the mirror." According the Ken Rosenthal, Ed Wade already has a reputation for his temper from his Philly days. Wade is supposed to be a team lead and should have taken the high road in this. He should have let Chacon throw his tantrum and then later suspend him for insubordination. Chacon had no intention of going to manager Cecil Cooper's office. That should have been the nail in his coffin and not the physical confrontation.