Someone in my apartment complex is passive aggressive

This can't be right

Wisconsin man tells police he's done something wrong

By Andy Rathbun
arathbun@pioneerpress.com

Updated: 10/14/2010 02:28:12 PM CDT

An Osceola, Wis., man called police late Saturday night to report some criminal activity — his own.

Paul M. Frees, 30, met with an officer at the Osceola Police Department after saying he wanted to "get some things off his chest," according to a criminal complaint. At the police station, he told the officer he had been buying marijuana from someone in Stillwater about every other week and had sold some of the pot to a friend in Osceola.

Frees told police he had flushed the marijuana down the toilet and thrown a scale and pipe in a garbage can in his apartment before coming to the station, the complaint states.

Frees gave an officer permission to search his home. A postal scale, empty pill bottle, two zipper-lock bags and a "one-hitter" pipe were found in a garbage can, according to the complaint.

Frees was charged Monday with possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. He has pleaded not guilty.

A call to Frees' home was not immediately returned Thursday.

Andy Rathbun can be reached at 651-228-2121.

This makes zero sense to me. A guy walks into the police station, admits he bought and share pot, then allows the police to search his home. During the search they find a one hit pipe and he still pleads not guilty? Now that takes balls. Congratulations dude, you're an idiot.

10 year reunion

Like a ten year high school reunion you aren’t sure if you want to attend, I’ve decided to take a look back at the NFL draft class of 2000 and see what that class looks like as we prepare to head into the 2010 NFL season. For the sake of space I will only be looking at the first round, and Mr. Irrelevant.

1. Cleveland Browns- Courtney Brown

2. Washington Redskins – LaVar Arrington

3. Washington Redskins – Chris Samuels

4. Cincinati Bengals – Peter Warrick

5. Baltimore Ravens – Jamal Lewis

6. Philadelphia Eagles – Corey Simon

7. Arizona Cardinals – Thomas Jones

8. Pittsburgh Steelers – Plaxico Burress

9. Chicago Bears – Brian Urlacher

10. Baltimore Ravens – Travis Taylor

11. New York Giants – Ron Dayne

12. New York Jets – Shaun Ellis

13. New York Jets – John Abraham

14. Green Bay Packers – Bubba Franks

15. Denver Broncos – Deltha O’Neal

16. San Francisco 49ers – Julian Peterson

17. Oakland Raiders – Sebastian Janikowski

18. New York Jets – Chad Pennington

19. Seattle Seahawks – Shaun Alexander

20. Detroit Lions – Stocker McDougle

21. Kansas City Chiefs – Sylvester Morris

22. Seattle Seahawks – Chris McIntosh

23. Carolina Panthers – Rashard Anderson

24. San Francisco 49ers – Ahmed Plummer

25. Minnesota Vikings – Chris Hovan

26. Buffalo Bills – Erik Flowers

27. New York Jets – Anthony Becht

28. Indianapolis Colts – Rob Morris

29. Jacksonville Jaguars – R Jay Soward

30. Tennessee Titans – Keith Bulluck

31. St Louis Rams – Trung Canidate

Mr. Irrelevant – Mike Green Chicago Bears

So not horrible classes in the first round, 13 of the 31 first round picks (41%) have been selected to at least one Pro Bowl. However taking a closer look at these players showed a trend that kind of surprises me. Of 31 selections only 10 players still play in the NFL and only two for their original teams. This class also features one player in jail (Burress) one in the Indoor Football League (Warrick) and one free agent (Lewis). Mr. Irrelevant Mike Green also no longer plays in the league. I always used to think that the players that held out for money were just greedy, but after writing and researching this it became clear to me they should hold out for money, hold out for as much as they want. Coaches bounce around from team to team for a long time, owners will own their teams for decades. It’s very clear these players only have a small window to earn their money. Granted I’ll be working into my 60’s to make even half of what they will make, but I don’t have to contend with a broken down body and possibly life long physical injuries as part of my job. So from now on to players I say go out and grab that cash and hopefully we will see you on the field in ten years.

Pete Carroll's Short Memory

I will be the first to admit that my passion for college football is minimal. I've spent the last few years working saturdays so it was always difficult to really get to see games or follow any team or any player. Despite this I do remember in January of 2009 when Mark Sanchez decided he would leave Pete Carroll's USC Trojans and head to the NFL. Pete Carroll is a coach who is used to getting what he wants, star recruits, star players and lets be realistic most USC scandals seem to get swept under the rug. So of course he was upset when his star quarterback decided it was time to head the NFL. After all this was the future of his team, the player he was counting on to lead his team for the next few years. I don't hold it against Pete Carroll for being upset about his star player getting ready to leave, but I do have a problem with the way he handled it. He had a tantrum and looked like a little child who had his favorite toy taken away. Instead of being happy that his star player was ready to move onto the next stage of his life and career he publicly dissed Sanchez and criticized his decision to leave, implying that he would not be ready for the NFL (Sanchez did only amass a 63.0 QB rating for the season, but did put together a shocking playoff run for the Jets throwing 4 touchdowns and 2 int and amassing a 92.7 rating). Now lets fast forward a few years. Pete Carroll decides to leave USC for the NFL. Abandoning his not only his current team, but all the players that he visited and recruited. Imagine being a 18 year old football prodigy and getting a visit from Pete Carroll, one of the best coaches in college history, promising you playing time, the chance to compete for a national championship, and being promised that for the time you are there, you will receive the best in coaching from Carroll himself. Now obviously I am assuming a few things in this conversation, but I don't think anyone will disagree that coaches will make almost any promise necessary to get the next young star on their team. Now imagine that you turn on SportsCenter one morning and see that the man that made you all those promises, that said all those great things to get you to commit to him and his program, decided he no longer wants to be a part of that program. I would imagine you would feel shocked, betrayed, maybe even lied to. After all you were promised a lot of things by someone who decided that it was time to move on, you committed to him and his program, and now that commitment seems pretty empty without the coach that talked you into it. All I'm saying Pete Carroll is take a look back, look how you acted when one player walked out on you. Imagine if all the players you just walked out on acted the same way. It's easy to be upset when something you love decides to move on from you, but apparently it's even easier to forget about it and then do the same thing to a whole program two years later.

Why Ryan Leaf isn't the worst of all time

I used to go to bed at night hoping somebody else like Heath Shuler might magically leapfrog me on those all-time bust lists. It never happened. Why? Because I am No. 1. I can't even think of anyone else in the ballpark that might be close to my combination of disappointment and failed expectations.''

-Ryan Leaf

As most NFL fans know Ryan Leaf has long been considered the biggest draft bust in NFL history, and honestly its pretty easy to see why. As the number two overall draft pick the expectations were extremely high. Not only did the Chargers sign Ryan Leaf to the largest signing bonus for a NFL rookie at the time ($11.25 million guaranteed) but Leaf himself only added to the hype and expectations with quotes like:

"I'm looking forward to a 15 year career, a couple of trips to the Super Bowl and a parade through downtown San Diego"

As we all know this was about as close to that dream as Leaf ever got, throughout a career marred by tantrums, "injuries" and contract disputes Leaf retired in 2002. During his brief career in the NFL, Leaf appeared in 25 games and made 21 starts. He completed 315 of 655 passes for 3,666 yards, with 14 touchdowns and 36 interceptions. Leaf's career passer rating was 50.0, much lower than the 78.9 league average between 2000 and 2003. Clearly Leaf was meant for a very specific spot in NFL history.

Now enter the 2007 NFL draft. JaMarcus Russell declares he will skip his senior year of college to enter the NFL draft. Coming off a MVP performance in the Sugar Bowl Russell had a tons of hype coming into the draft. To no ones surprise the Raiders could not resist a fast but really inconsistent and unproven player. Russell held out most of training camp before signing a six year deal with 31 million guaranteed cash. Now with his release on May 6th the record will show that the Raiders spent the first pick in the draft on a player who provided them with 25 starts and completed 354 of 680 passes (52.1%) for 4,083 yards, with 18 touchdowns and 23 interceptions. Russell was sacked 70 times and fumbled 25 times. Career wise Leaf's number in San Diego were indeed worse than Russell's which may lead some people to believe that there is no way Russell could be a bigger bust. However Leaf was only on number two pick while Russell was the number one overall pick of the draft. There have been other bad quarterback picked number one overall but none as fantastically bad as Russell.