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Dear A. J. Smith

You suck!

Vincent Jackson went to Tampa Bay for something like $26 million guaranteed over two years.  Really?  Really.

That's 2 mil under the $15 million one-year contract you'd have to have given him as a franchise player.  Now he's going to turn around that team and, guess what?  Well, this is what, A. J. Smith -- Vincent Jackson is 1000 times more likely to win a Superbowl now.  That's what.

How many Superbowl rings are worn by the players you traded away, A. J. Smith?  Too many.  Actually I'm glad I don't know because I'd be crazy pissed off even more (crazypissedoff) than I am now.

And I am crazy pissed off!

Enough to become a Saints fan.  That's where you traded Drew Brees.  Or the Falcons so I can cheer for Michael (The Burner) Turner, whom you traded.  Or... shit, A. J. I can't remember how many Chargers you traded to (or let get away to) the Patriots.

After the great Rodney Harrison went there, I sort of died a little inside and started building a Voodoo doll that is overweight, wears a Hawaiian Aloha shirt, smokes a cigar, kisses Dean Spanos' ass and has a smirk on his face that looks like it's eaten more shit than all the Chargers fans have eaten losses in the last five years.

All I need is some hair or toenails and then I start hitting it with the intelligence stick.

Grow a brain, A. J. Smith!  Quit trading away our best players.  Or, really, this is what I guess I'm really saying, trade your own sorry drafting ass to Oakland!

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Free Advice To Dean Spanos

Dean?  Dean!  Over here. 

Dean, you need therapy.  You probably don't think you do but you totally do and here's why. 

You fear your father.  You are about seven years old whenever he's around and about 12 all other times.  Yes, this means you're emotionally disabled.  And it wouldn't bother me in the least if you were this way and didn't run the team I have been following since we were both seven (really, not emotionally-dammagedly).

I should know.  I'm nine emotionally.  Mine has to do with my mom. She was like your dad in many ways.  Self absorbed; prone to fits of anger that are scary for a 7-12 year-old (and one stuck in that age range emotionally); probably drinks too much; and, here's the big one Dean; incapable of giving you the love you need, desire and deserve.

This is the crux of my problem with you, Dean Spanos.  Your father didn't love you when you needed him to so you try to replace him in your social and work life.  The problem is that you keep creating the dysfunctional family dynamic with everyone you interact with.

Yes.  A. J. Smith is your father.  You fear him like you did your father; you resent him like you did your father; he doesn't love you like your father despite all you've done for him.  And, here's another big one Dean: A. J. Smith bullies you like your father.

You ned to realize that you can stand on your own, Dean.  That you are an adult capable of making decisions.  That your father, and people like him, need to respect you.  You love him but he needs to treat you like an adult.  Maybe too late for your father who has progressing dimentia.

Which is why you need therapy.  If you cannot make peace with your father -- and yourself for allowing your father to treat you the way he did -- you will continue to bring him and people like him into your personal and professional relationships.

The personal relationships are your business but owning a professional football franchise means you need to look to the thousands of fans and the millions of dollars we spend and, for our sake, hire a general manager who will not kick you around mentally, financially and emotionally.

Get the help you so desperately need and so richly deserve!  Then, once you can breathe again without resentment, fear and the damage of decades of mal treatment, look up to the sky, see the sunshine, smile at the children -- the children who who deserve to be loved like you weren't. 

Then hire a general manager who's not a fucking asshole.

Love,

Kevin Six

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Paterno, Sandusky and What We Now Know

One of the most interesting things about this whole child sexual abuse scandal is how it has unfolded on Sports Talk Radio.  This is a testosterone-laden man fest all day on the radio and I listen on occasion because I am a Chargers fan.

I heard more than one sportscaster speak frankly about his feelings this week. I have heard grown men come to terms with child sexual abuse in front of a radio audience and about 99% of them did so with intelligence and humility.

I imagine it was not an easy topic for these men who never expected to talk, let alone share their feelings about it.  But the very nature of the crime is so personal, so troublesome and has so many affected parties that it is impossible to take emotions out of the equation.  And that's OK.

The sportscasting public and their loyal listeners have learned lessons that I have learned as a member of a Planned Parenthood theatre troupe 30 years ago -- and it's still hard for me to talk about.  But we learned some things that we hope we never have to use:

Feelings:  We heard about this third hand.  It didn't happen to us and we didn't witness it.  But just hearing about it brings up so many emotions.  Pity, anger, fear, anger, anger, anger.  And each one of us witnesses and everyone involved has every right to feel any and all of those emotions.  I think it's better that we talk about them as has been done on talk radio lately but everyone is different.  But no one can tell us how to feel and when to feel it.  This is our right.

Responsibility: The word victim is going to be brought up a lot and I want to be clear that when I speak of victims, I am speaking about the children who were abused.  Not the perpetrator who, it will come out in trial, was also a victim of abuse.  Once he became an adult, his responsibilities changed.  The child victims are the only ones who do not have the responsibility to report the crime.  There are  many reasons for this but basically it is because they are children in shock.  Every other adult who was involved, however peripherally, in the Penn State Scandal failed.  The adults who witnessed the abuse, heard the stories and those who held positions of responsibility failed and should be punished according to the laws and societal standards we have in place for such things.

The old boy network that is Penn State Athletics protected itself and has been dismantled because of it.  In its place is a wearier, wiser organization that understands their reporting responsibilities only too well.  As do we.  We have all thought about what we'd do.  But just in case you were wondering, here it is.

Reporting:

1.  If you hear about child abuse and child sexual abuse it is no longer good enough to report it to a superior.  You must also take it upon yourself to inform the local authorities and follow up.  You must do this regardless of how you are coerced to keep silent, to protect the network, to think of the families, to trust your superiors.

2. If you witness child abuse or child sexual abuse and you are an adult it is your right and responsibility to use any means necessary to stop it immediately.  Ask Mike McQueary about that; he witnessed a man sexually abusing a child while a graduate assistant at Penn State.  Sure he was young, probably shocked beyond belief and probably very low on the coaching totem pole.  He told his superiors and trusted them but did nothing to protect the victim in the moment.  He lives with the results of his inaction.  And people want to kill him.

3. If you are a child to whom this has happened, you should be able to tell an adult about this and have your dignity retained.  You should be able to be safe.  You should also, and this might be the hardest part for the rest of us, be able not to pursue action.  What would you do?

We know this now.  We have all thought what we'd do if we were in two of these situations and we all hope no one we love is ever in the third.  But our job for that person is to love, support and respect him or her.  Out reporting responsibility is clear.  We must assume we are the only one reporting and following up on that report.

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Senior Athlete of the Month: Justin Waney

Senior runningback Justin Waney ran for 241 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a 81 yard score in Clairemont's New Stadium Home Opener against Orange Glenn.

October 24, 2011 • David Pradel, Sports Editor  
Filed under Sports, Top Stories

]Senior running back and line-backer Justin Waney is one of the top football players at CHS. His power, tenacity on the gridiron and his cool, relaxed personality have made him a role model. He a top student too. Standing 6 feet tall and weighing 210 pounds, number forty-two Justin Waney is capable of playing on both sides of the field. Justin Waney has been chosen for The Arrow’s first Senior Athlete of the Month.

The Arrow decided to interview Justin about his plans for the future. According to college scouts Waney is a top player to watch for this season in San Diego.  He also looks to continue his success in college.

Not only does Waney play varsity football, he also plays varsity baseball. From freshman year he has maintained a 4.2 cumulative GPA. If he isn’t on the playing field, you can probably catch him on the San Diego beaches surfing and hanging out with his friends.

 

ARROW: How long have you been playing football? When did you figure out that you could be successful in playing this sport?

JW: I have been playing football for about nine years, and I first realized that I could succeed when I was attracting the interest from high school coaches at a junior player development camp when I was in eighth grade.

ARROW: In the four years playing HS football, what has been your favorite memory?

JW: My favorite memory was definitely our overnight weekend camp at SDSU my sophomore year.  We were very mischievous.

ARROW: Do you favor football more than baseball? Any other sports you tried out for?

JW: I love both baseball and football the same. Freshman year I played soccer, and it was a ton of fun. I was too used to running through people from football, so that got me into a little bit of trouble.

ARROW: Why do you play both runningback and linebacker? What do you like about playing both offense and defense?

JW: I like playing both sides of the ball because I grew up playing defense, and I fell in love with it. And then since coming to this school I’ve  played offense too.  I’ve fallen in love with that.  I couldn’t pick which one I like more, so I’ve  kept playing both.

ARROW: You’re a top football prospect  in San Diego. From freshman year to senior year, how have you changed to the player you are now?

JW: I’ve gotten a lot more experienced in the past  four years of school, because I’ve had great coaching.  I used to try and juke and dance when I ran, but I have finally accepted what coaches have always told me to do; get vertical and take a straight path to the end zone.

ARROW: What’s the best thing about playing high school football?

JW: The bond that you make with your teammates.  After spending a lot of time together, we turn into a family and we look out for each other.   Everyone on the team would go out of their way to help me out.

ARROW: What goes through your head when you are about to receive the handoff? Do you get nervous?

JW: Nothing really, instincts just take over.  When you start to think too much, that is when you start to make mistakes.

ARROW: From seeing you play multiple times, you are a power running back and hitter. Where does that come from? The aggression? The power? What’s pushing you to give 100% on the field?

JW: Hahah I don’t know, I just like hitting people.

ARROW: When you are running with the ball and a defender is coming right at you. Do you think about how you are going to break away from him, or is it reaction? What’s the feeling?

JW: It’s just reaction.  Of course it hurts a little bit running people over, but the feeling you get after makes it worth it.

ARROW: What has been your most memorable touchdown? Why?

JW: Probably the 82 yard run I had at our stadium in the opener against Orange Glen.  It was my first one ever on the new field, and it was the longest one I have ever had.

ARROW: What has been the hardest hit you have ever received?

JW: Probably against Coronado my freshman year.  They had this really good safety, and I had grown a little cocky from running over a lot of freshman kids. I came in kind of high thinking that I would easily run over him.  He speared me and stuck his helmet right into my stomach and took the air right out of me.  I thought I would never breathe again.  Ever since then, I’ve stopped underestimating people.

ARROW: What are your plans after high school? What do you want to major in?

JW: I want play football at a prestigious four- year university and probably major in business.

ARROW: We’re heard that you have been recruited by Stanford. Anything you can say about that?

JW: Yes, I’m talking to a few colleges right now, like Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton, West Point, Air Force and Stanford. But  I’m not really sure where I am going to go yet, just trying to keep all my options open.

ARROW: If you were to choose one word to describe your four years at CHS. What would it be?

JW: Unforgettable…I will never forget the time I have spent at Clairemont.

ARROW: Any moments you will cherish?

JW: I’ll miss those summer two-a-days when we practically lived at Clairemont, all the ice baths, pranks, food and music made it an amazing time.

ARROW: Tell us about your family:

JW: My family has always been there for me, taking me to all the college camps, buying me whatever equipment I’ve needed. They are great and I would be lost without them!

ARROW: Your family is from is of Indian descent, and it’s not everyday we see good American football players from India extraction?

JW: I think it’s pretty cool, I don’t think there are many Indian professionals or college players.

ARROW: Any shout outs for teammates/friends?

JW: A shout out to all my lineman for blocking for me! I Love you guys! I just want to say thank you to all my family and friends for everything they have done for me.

ARROW: What’s the best advice you have ever received?

JW: Don’t Think, Just Run!!! -Fritz

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