Posts Tagged ‘ Consecutive Season ’

No More Excuses for the Mets

Nov 13th, 2009 | By Joe Pietaro | Category: Joe Pietaro, New York Mets, Top Story

Excuses are like ‘you-know-what’s.’ Everyone has one and they all stink. When it comes to the New York Mets, there is so much of that going on that it’s almost become comical if it weren’t so sad.
Two September collapses followed by a summer of long-term injuries to key components may be the big picture but [...]



Nets Still Have a Ton of Work to Do, But Will They Do It?

Jul 5th, 2009 | By Patrick Hickey, Jr. | Category: New Jersey Nets

After trading away another key member of their team at the draft for the second consecutive season, the New Jersey Nets’ star power is at all time low.
The Nets say they are trying to get smaller and more athletic, but it looks pretty obvious that they’re looking for as many ways to shed salary [...]



Gabrielle Schoeneweis: The Sad and Tragic News

May 22nd, 2009 | By Jimmy Scott | Category: Jimmy Scott, New York Mets, Top Story

There are four children without a mother tonight.  It doesn’t matter that Scott is a millionaire and it doesn’t matter that the children will be set financially for life.  All they care about is their mother is gone, longer than any road trip their father would ever take.  That is the tragedy here.
This hurts me [...]



Frank Back on Board

Apr 29th, 2009 | By Patrick Hickey, Jr. | Category: New Jersey Nets

After a month of speculation, New Jersey Nets head coach Laurence Frank will be sticking around through the rest of his contract, which is set to expire after the end of next season.
Missing the playoffs and winning just 34-games for the second consecutive season, the Nets brass still have faith in Frank’s ability as [...]



Nets Want to Get Better, But How?

Apr 24th, 2009 | By Patrick Hickey, Jr. | Category: New Jersey Nets

Despite the fact that many NBA insiders feel that the New Jersey Nets had a better season than they should have expected, staying at .500 for a good half of the season, the team itself feels they still have a ton of work to do before becoming the team they’d like to be.
Battling injuries [...]



More Moves Besides Guerin; Islanders Send Down Sim

Mar 5th, 2009 | By Brian Bohl | Category: New York Islanders

UNIONDALE, NY- Garth Snow pulled off a blockbuster two years ago when he packaged prospects and a first-round draft pick for All-Star 40-goal scorer Ryan Smyth. But two years later, the only trade deadline move the Islanders made was shipping Bill Guerin to Pittsburgh for a conditional fifth-round pick that might turn into a third-round [...]