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Leftover Ryder Cup thoughts: - You can second-guess Davis Love all you want about his captains picks, about who he played and when, and about the order he put out on Sunday, but none of his moves mean a thing if his players dont perform. Broncos Womens Jerseys . Its really as simple as that. - If I was Jose Maria Olazabal, I would have told Francesco Molinari to give Tiger Woods his final putt. It didnt really make a difference to the outcome and with the celebrations already taking place beside the green, it would have been the right thing to do. Whether the score was 14-14 or 14.5 to 13.5 made no difference; a tie is a win for whichever side has the Cup. - Up until Sunday, the crowds in Chicago were excellent. They cheered their side and rarely booed the opposition. There were some funny chants too, with the fans on the opening hole coming up with some good ones such as, "Cen-tral Time Zone" for the late-arriving Rory McIlroy and "Weve Got Majors" when Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley were taking on Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald. However on Sunday when the U.S. started to lose, there were too many ugly catcalls, too many off-side, rude and even horrible comments that tainted things. Ugly Americans, indeed. - If Justin Leonards putt was the touchstone for the Americans in the big comeback in 1999, another Justin – this time Rose – will be given credit for the biggest putt of the competition in 2012. The bomb he holed on 17 may have been the moment the Euros took over. Anyone who has seen that green close up knows just how crazy it was for Rose to make it. It was one tough putt. Of course the one on 16 and the one after on 18 werent bad either. - There are lots of second-guessers saying Love should have put out Mickelson and Bradley for the second time on Saturday despite the plea from Mickelson to the captain to do no such thing. What many forget is that if he was to put them in, another team would have to come out. Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar only played once before the Saturday afternoon session, Woods and Stricker sat in the morning and that came after Woods made seven birdies on his own ball in a losing cause the previous session. Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner were 2-0 and had already sat once, while Bubba Watson (the teams emotional leader) and Webb Simpson were 1-1 and had sat once. It would be a hard choice to make. If it was me, I might have put Stricker and Mickelson on the bench, and paired Woods with Bradley for the afternoon, sitting Watson and Simpson. - If the Euros had lost, do you think Olazabal would have been criticized for sitting a red-hot Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald for the same session? And for not ensuring his players knew what time their matches were? Winning changes everything, doesnt it? - Love may have been the best captain in terms of signifying what the Ryder Cup was all about. The guy downplayed all the military-war-type comments, saying this was just a friendly golf match. He never seemed to get too amped up about anything that was going on and he always had a smile on his face wherever he was, including in the press room after the crushing loss. It would be nice for the PGA of America to give him another turn at the helm, if he wants it of course. - One of the strangest stats of the week was that the Molinari-Woods match was the only one to be halved. Every other match was decided in full. In two Ryder Cups, Molinari has never earned a full point in a match. He has just two half-points to show for his play. Authentic Wes Welker Jersey . The HSBC Champions, which was won by Ian Poulter on Sunday, is currently the only one of the four World Golf Championship tournaments that isnt fully recognized by the PGA Tour. Peyton Manning Jersey . The Miami Dolphins wide receiver has changed his name back to the original Chad Johnson. http://broncosjerseys.ucigreeks.com/[/... . -- Teal Bunbury scored in the 20th minute to give Sporting KC a 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium on Saturday night. [url=http://broncosjerseys.ucigreeks.com/]Broncos Autographed Jerseys . Russell Martin hit a hard grounder off Alvarezs leg in the fourth inning Monday night and the ball caromed into shallow right field for an RBI single. Authentic Peyton Manning Jersey .C. -- Top-ranked LPGA Tour golfer Yani Tseng will play in the CN Canadian Womens Open.Some quick thoughts from the NHL on TSN panel on Sunday: Even before the season was over there were stories in the Vancouver newspapers that Alain Vigneault had maybe lost the room and that the team needed a new voice. Well Vancouver has won back-to-back Presidents Trophies and when I look at this first round loss I dont see a team that quit on their coach. It didnt look as though Vigneault had lost the room. If Daniel Sedin had been in this from start to finish, maybe the result is a little bit different. But full value to the Los Angeles Kings for winning the series, and from the Vancouver Canucks side: I suppose its possible Vigneault might not be back next year. There are really three reasons why you get rid of a coach. One is the sense the general manager feels its time for a change; that the coach has lost the room. The second is you want change for changes sake. There might be an owner, fans or media that says ‘We lost in the first round, we thought we were going to win the Cup, bring us somebodys head. And the third reason would be if Vigneault senses hes done everything he can and there might be other opportunities he could be interested in – where its almost a mutual thing – then thats a possibility too. Mike Gillis will know the temperature of that room better than anybody else, but this doesnt strike me as a fire the coach situation. Im not saying it wont happen; it just doesnt strike me as a fire the coach situation. Give Giroux his due I dont think theres any question that the Philadelphia Flyers are now definitively Claude Girouxs team. Put the C on his sweater right now. We dont exppect Chris Pronger back anytime soon if at all and Giroux proved in the playoff series win over Pittsburgh why he means so much to the Flyers. Von Miller Autographed Jersey. Over the course of the regular season Evgeni Malkin was the best player in the NHL while Giroux was one of the top two or three along with Steven Stamkos. In this series there was no question Giroux was the best player on the ice. In the big picture of the series 14 points in six games is an unbelievable performance. But in Game 6 in particular, when things were starting to slide for the Flyers, it was Giroux who on the first shift of the game set the tone. He knocked down Sidney Crosby and scored the goal for the Flyers. Giroux talked about the pressure before the game and how he wanted to embrace it and he did. He was the difference maker in so many regards in this series. Crosby not quite back to old level Sidney Crosby did have his moments in this series but wasnt always the dominating presence we are used to. He had the great first period in Game 1 on the goal to start things off. He had the great first period in Game 2 but sustained excellence was difficult to come by. In Game 3 the wheels came off for him and the Penguins. He got petulant, he got upset and he was unfocused. He had a good Game 4 but in Game 5 he took that hit from Malkin and almost from that point forward, he really wasnt a noticeable factor in the hockey games. The situation for Crosby is this: he played just 22 regular season games and his game on a consistent basis wasnt where Im sure he wanted it to be or where other people hoped it would be. ' ' '
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