It was overdue by years.

“Mad Mike” Milbury has stepped down as GM of thte New York Islanders following years of mediocrity and wheeling and dealing tha tsent away more talent than it brought in. Mike Chen shows who could have been on Long Island if Milbury wasn’t aiming for the quick fix perpetually. It should also be noted ownership woes did help undermine the Islander franchise for years and financial concerns did help propogate some trades…

But still — how the hell do you trade away Roberto Luongo, a project-top-prospect goalie for another project-top-prospect goalie in Rick DiPietro, setting the franchise back for years? That’s not putting down Rick who is stellar — that is putting down the fact Mike did not have faith in Luongo or Weekes to be rocks between teh pipes (as they have been elsewhere in the league).

Joe Theismann and the rest of the ESPN SUnday Night TV crew whined and cried for Sean Taylor’s soul when they saw him kicked out fo the football game. They pitted all guilt on Michael Pittman and the TV viewers at home were left to wonder what the full story was with what happened — though there wasn’t a story from how the announcer crew reported things. Officials made a bad call — even though Sean Taylor wasn’t exactly hopping mad or crying over this travesty — and that was the end of it.

The Skins ddin’t complain, Taylor went ot the Locker room but Theismann continued to pour out bile for the officials for some time later…

Hey Joe? Cram this up your ass and shut the hell up, you homer. You and those you work with displayed how far ESPN has fallen while working Saturday’s game for ABC. That was shoddy journalism through and through.