The Norris & Davis Best Of - Week Of January 30th
This week's edition of The Norris & Davis Best Of includes an interview with Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe covering all sports related topics, and an interview with Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports on the Orioles off-season moves so far.
BOB RYAN
Bob joined Ed and Steve to talk about the Super Bowl, and if the Patriots are being criticized in Boston.
Bob started off by talking about Peyton Manning's legacy and if this game will change that saying "you view him in a totally different set of circumstances currently he's Alex Smith, and maybe not even that good...he has the components to surround him and he can maximize them." Bob also talked about Bill Belichick and if he is being criticized in Boston saying "he is being criticized by more people for the way he ran things during the season...he certainly approached the final game of the season in Miami in an unusual way."
When asked about Cam Newton's comments on being an African American QB Bob said "as usual an athlete should leave the historical references to people who know better...has he never heard of Randall Cunningham?...he's not the first but he's the best." Bob continued on the topic of Cam criticism saying "he's right about the hip hop culture, and it's an old white guy thing...we've gone long past the black quarterback thing."
Bob also talked about the Dennis Wideman incident of basically cross checking a referee from behind in the NHL saying "if he plays another second this season than that league is a disgrace...he's done, he's gone, see you later."
ROCH KUBATKO
Roch joined Ed and Steve to talk about the Orioles off-season moves.
Roch started by talking about Efren Navarro saying "Assuming he is still on the 40 man roster they'll give him a look but we've seen this before, look at L.J. Hoes...he's a left handed bat and he's hit over 300 in the minor leagues." Roch also didn't rule out a return of L.J. Hoes in the future because he is well liked by Buck and he wants to be an Oriole.
Ed asked Roch who could be the 5th starter for this team and Roch said "it could be Vance Worley, it could be Mike Wright...they're still looking but the challenge is they don't want to spend the money to bring in another starter even the second tier guys are too expensive."
Roch also talked about moves that could have been made this off-season and possible moves that still could be out there to be made.
