Monday morning quarterback (on a Tuesday)

Monday morning quarterback (Tuesday edition)


One who criticizes or passes judgment from a position of hindsight.
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With the long weekend, Monday morning quarterback shifts to Tuesday as we begin yet another week. Lot of stuff happened this weekend, so we are here to take a look back at the weekend that was.

We have to start with the Giants and the emotionally roller coaster they take you on game after game. Their slogan this year in case you haven't heard it, "Torture," and that was exactly what this series was.

Friday night might have been one of the worst nights in years as the Giants were on the verge of another classic and epic playoff collapse. But what a job they did this weekend in Atlanta to make Friday night a distant memory.

The NLCS starts Saturday night in Philadelphia with Tim Lincecum going up against Roy Halladay.

JUSTIN'S PICTURE PERFECT GOAL
What a great day Saturday was for the 8th grade soccer team, almost incredible if it weren't for ending the game in a tie.

Justin's free kick goal is (in my opinion) the best goal in the history of St. Mary's up until this date. Hopefully we'll have more goals like this to celebrate.

Take a look at the RAW video which will be below. You hear this clown in the background say, "Pass it to Jeremy," because it was a near impossible kick to make.

This shot was one from the pros, where you place it where absolutely nobody could touch it. The ball had to get past or above a wall of players and then the goalie. It was a World Cup type goal and I couldn't be more happy for Justin, who has come close on several occasions to scoring. If he hadn't banged one in by the end of the year, it might have haunted him the rest of his life.



GOALIES
The role of a goalie is like a quarterback in the NFL. You hear it a lot if you read or listen to sound bites, but goalies either get too much credit for a victory or too much blame for a loss.

For me, a goalie is someone who makes the stops when a team needs a stop the most. Unfortunately our goalies this weekend for both teams were unable to do so.

Up 1-0 with a chance to win for the first time this year, the ball that went by Mark needs to be stopped. Granted, I wasn't on the field and didn't have a clear look at the shot, but from what everyone has said, the ball shouldn't have gone in the net.

The 5th/6th graders surrendered five goals Saturday, but the first few goals of the game seemed to catch Daniel by surprise.

Both goalies I am sure would tell you they should've stopped those shots.

And it's unfair to direct blame at both goalies, because Mark has been forced into duty almost by default. Daniel has been goalie since day one and whether he embraces it or not is up for debate. But what they need to do more is try harder in practice. In practice, I have never seen them dive and go balls out for balls. They don't give it 100% in practice trying to keep balls out and if they don't do that in a setting with no pressure, how do they do it come game time?

VOLLEYBALL
The only volleyball that was played this weekend was the 8th grade game on Friday night. And we've beaten this into the ground as well with the lack of consistency in serving.

So without typing another screenplay, we'll say this. Until the girls can serve the ball over consistently, it will be the same result. Balls just need to get over the net.