This Week on the Blog

Alright, it was an up and down week.  Yanks discovered the extent of German's suspension, the Giants started their third coaching search in four years. the Rangers were up and down, and the Knicks were mostly up, then down. So let's see what's coming up.

Yankees: Seems like the Yanks should have made a trade by now. They still haven't announced Gardy, and that must mean they they expect one, too.  Remember, back in the oughts when the Yanks would hold off announcements until the commish got on them?  We'll see what happens here.  They've promoted their trainer to emeritus status and extended the trainer gig as art of their new fitness crew.  Let's hope that helps.  Still waiting on a trade or two.

Giants: The Giants began their coach hunt this week and have already interviewed Kris Richard, Mike McCarthy, Eric Bieniemy and are now interviewing Wink Martindale. They are reportedly meeting with Matt Ruhle on Tuesday, and if they don't hire him or someone by then, they'll meet with the two Patriot coaches Friday or next Saturday. Let's hope this ends Tuesday. I have fan fatigue.  Though it would also be intriguing if they hired Martindale today.

In other news they have extended Grant Haley for another year.  Not sure if that's for Saquon or whether they believe he still has upside under a new staff. They also signed their exclusive rights guys, like Chris Slade. So, business as usual - and frankly these coach hunts have become business as usual.

Rangers: the other night, the Rangers lost a game they probably should have won.  Kaapo Kakko had already had a goal and an assist when Quinn benched him for taking a penalty.  It was a penalty of aggression and not laziness, and the benching seemed way out of line - especially in a one goal game that they never tied.  Quinn himself had drawn a bench minor that lead to a goal in the previous game. Not sure what's going on, but this was not a good look for Quinn.  I thought he was the guy, but maybe he's not.

Knicks: the Knicks are now 6-7 under Mike Mitchell.  They should be 7-6, but they blew last night's game in the 4th period when they couldn't get needed stops. Still, the arrow is up and Mitchell Robinson is really breaking out.  How did Mitchell cure his fouling issue so quickly?  Why couldn't Fiz?

So there we are, Yanks still on hold, Giants could hire a coach, Rangers could start looking, and the Knicks look like they might have found one. I hope you find whatever you are looking for.