Carroll To Patriots?
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made a wager on the Lakers-Celtics where he says Pete Carroll would be interested in coaching the Patriots if they move to L.A.
Here's the full text of his wager where he proposes Boston sending the Patriots to L.A. if the Lakers win.
MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA WAGERS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM ON OUTCOME OF
LAKERS-CELTICS SERIES
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sent the following letter
today to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino making a friendly wager on the
outcome of the Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals series:
Dear Mayor Menino:
Tonight is truly an historic night. It is hard to believe that it has
been twenty one - long - years since the last time the Lakers beat the
Celtics in the NBA Finals. Tonight we renew this great American
tradition.
The only thing harder to believe is that it's been more than two
decades since the great Boston Celtics have tasted the sweet victory of
an NBA Championship. The year was 1986. Hair was big. Shorts were
short. And Michael Dukakis was preparing his historic run for
president.
I truly expected our great rivalry of the 1980s to carry into the 1990s
- particularly as the Lakers and Celtics continued to assemble a
pantheon of NBA legends: Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Derek Fisher,
Phil Jackson, Pervis Ellison, Bryant Stith, Vitaly Potapenko and Rick
Pitino.
So to commemorate this historic event, I say we scrap the tired
tradition of wagering regional trinkets or cuisine - and go big.
Let's really put it on the line: jobs, tradition, pride.
So here's my proposal:
If the Celtics win, we'll send you the best professional football
team L.A. has to offer: the Arena League's Los Angeles Avengers.
If the Lakers win, we get the Patriots.
I know what you might be thinking: "Villaraigosa must be nuts!
Bostonians would make out like bandits in that deal! With an indoor
arena team, the fans would not have to risk frostbite to see a
mid-September game. And with the smaller field, our coaches wouldn't
even need cameras to steal opponents' signals."
I'm sure my constituents might not be happy with this deal, but I am so
confident in the Lakers' victory that I am willing to put it all on
the line.
Oh, and to sweeten the pot, in the event of a Lakers victory you can
keep the Patriots' coach. We have a pretty good guy down the street
who might be interested in the job - and who probably still has the
gear.
I look forward to your response and a great finals series. My only
regret is that I will not be able to visit the Garden for a game. I was
hoping to experience first-hand the legendary Bostonian hospitality and
sportsmanship.
Good luck and Go Lakers!
Antonio R. Villaraigosa
"...where he says Pete Carroll would be interested in coaching the Patriots if they move to L.A. "
You are kidding right? It is one thing to say "my sources tell me..." because we can never truly know what your "sources" are really saying. But to completely make up a statment and then provide a link where anyone can see you are wrong is just insane. You are losing it, and it is sad to see.
scott youve got to be kidding me.
i like listening to stuff that you can only get because you are the default writer for usc.
but this type of shit, makes you worthless, and i really wish you never would have posted this.
i hope you read this, and then feel bad about yourself.
I never thought I'd register just to defend Scott, but I found this interesting and well worth the time spent reading.
Yeah, right. The UCLA guy has an opinion on Carroll. Personally, I think the HC would be Neuheisal, the OC would probably be Norm Chow, and the DC would probably be that other UCLA guy (sorry ... too much rum tonight).
OH OH----SAETrojan said the "s" word or the "s*it" word, whichever you prefer,-----sounds really p*ssed at WOLFIE!
Sine he'd be back in town, could they then put Matt Cassel in a Trojan uniform on Saturdays as honorary backup QB? Might as well start putting Sanchez' name on the Heisman.
i mean more just frustrated, especially now since the lakers lost.
id say the article was interesting, actually more funny than interesting, but the way that wolfie delivered it is simply such a microcosm of his persona. like it or not, he posts in a manner just to get people p*ssed off.
Did you make this up or did Tony Vilar really send this to the Mayor of Boston, if he did he's a real WANKER!
Wow Scott.... you are assuming Pete Carroll is who Mayor Viagra is talking about? I know you really meant Slick Rick didn't you? Does this mean you are giving Pete credit?? Must be a weak moment eh?
Now get back and keep dissing the song girls, what you love to whine about 24/7... slow day on the TMZ website looking for more trash and innuendo to gossip about?
SAETrojan-----------I can dig your post------------all of it---------------and Wolfie loves to, ah, er, tick us off.
Is it too late to make a Mirthala Salinas joke?
Mirthala Salinas in a Song Girl outfit! Naah.
Heh... you might be right. But I'll leave that to the mayor's discretion.