Colt Brennan should hold out for a Tahoe with spinning rims

Stupid people in decision-making positions exist in all professions and I’m sure you’re thinking of one right now. Just imagine the boneheads gathered around a table raising their hands like misplaced students in an advanced placement class voting to accept an early second-round draft choice from the Washington Redskins in exchange for Donovan McNabb. The deal got done for two reasons: The money was just way wrong to invest in McNabb at this stage of his career and “The Danny” in Washington has a history of throwing good money after bad so Donovan was trolled through the murky waters of the Potomac and Snyder surfaced like a bottom-feeding carp and bit the bait. And secondly the tailgating blue-collar morons who have been blaming all lost hopes and dreams in their underachieving lives on Donovan McNabb actually have a vote in this process because they pay for tickets and beer. The two horrid losses to the Cowboys in consecutive weeks at the end of last season in games where McNabb looked disinterested pretty much sealed the deal. Fans had just seen that movie too many times. Colt Brennan of Washington currently owns No. 5. Deion Sanders on his arrival in Dallas in 1995 gave no-name No. 21 Alundis Brice the keys to a new BMW 325i convertible, saying, “Now give me my damn jersey.” Colt Brennan should hold out for a Tahoe with spinning rims before he ships out.

DIAMOND STATE RELAYS - The Cape girls track team competed in the Diamond State Relays last Saturday held on the all-weather eight-lane track at A.I. duPont. The 4-by-800-meter relay team set a school record, 9:57.82, with a team of Ali Coning, Shanel Dickens, Hannah Pepper and Rebecca Pepper. The 4-by-200 team of Andrea Wells, Arvantis Smith, Hannah Pepper and Nikka Sample ran 1:51 placing fifth in the championship section.

The 4-by-400 team of Hannah Pepper, Kadijah Doughty, Jaxs Baughman and Shanel Dickens ran 4:20 placing second in their section.

In the field events Hannah Pepper won the triple jump 34-feet-6-inches with Rebecca Pepper placing third. Andrea Wells long jumped 16-feet-0-inches which was good for second place.

SNIPPETS - Tyler Townsend, the third-round pick of the Baltimore Orioles out of Florida International and Cape Henlopen, was expecting an assignment to the Delmarva Shorebirds this season but is currently rehabilitating a hamstring injury. Townsend may report in a couple of weeks depending on how quickly he heals.

Townsend reported to spring training in Sarasota in tip-top condition and ironically it is the super fit who are most prone to hamstring pulls maybe because big fat people don’t move fast enough.

Speaking as a former teacher and coach I can say that I’ve had more black men tell me they loved me during my life than any other single class of people. All scholastic coaches know what I’m talking about; you go through the battles together and gain loyalty and love forever.

The retirement of Bill Collick at Sussex Tech as dean of discipline and football coach will impact the flow of black students and all students to Raven Haven and to say otherwise is just not kicking it real. Jimmy Allen, former Cape and University of New Haven point guard, called and invited me to the Afro American Hall of Fame Induction Dinner on April 17 at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover.

I told him it was about time I was inducted into a Hall of Fame as an honorary Afro, that was followed by the sound of laughter through the cell phone towers. The inductees are Earvin Kelley, Frank Chandler Sr. and Major Hairston (baseball); Marianna Freeman, Joel Coppadge, Bobbie Dillard and Charles Rayne (basketball); Charles Gibbs and Ned Brown Jr. (track); William Simmons Jr. (bowling) and William Wilson (horseshoes). Horseshoes? I nominate Jake the Snake Holland of Lewes!

The banquet begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are $30. For information, call William Taylor at 762-9232, Harvey Riley at 736-1767 or Clem Jordan at 539-5050.