I hate to speak ill of a legend, but after watching last night’s match, I have to wonder whether it’s time for Memphis 901 FC to bring this “Tim Howard in Goal” experiment to an end. He looked sluggish last night against Birmingham, giving up 3 goals in 30 minutes. Having Howard as an active player was more of a marketing ploy to put butts in seats, and COVID-19 has prevented that from happening. Maybe it’s time for the next Memphis 901 FC goalkeeper to take over while having the best mentor he could possibly ask for.
Former Grizzly player and Tigers assistant coach Mike Miller has been introduced as the new head coach of Houston High boys’ basketball. He will coach his sons there. This is surely a stop on the way to an NCAA coaching career. Don’t high school coaches have to teach? How cool would it be to say that you have Coach Miller for third period P.E.?
For those wondering if Coach Penny still has the golden touch now that Mike Miller has left his coaching staff, wonder no more. Yesterday five-star center Moussa Cisse announced that he will reclassify to the class of 2020 and play for the Tigers this coming season if college basketball actually happens. He will help fill in a big hole in star power in the front court created when James Wiseman and Precious Achiuwa departed for the NBA.
Willie Nelson has rescheduled his Orpheum date for Monday, November 16. I wonder if the Orpheum takes out death insurance when a performer the age of Willie is booked?
Speaking of old people, the folks who own downtownolympics.com certainly took down their new website quickly after I linked to it in yesterday’s post! For those of you who missed it, it appeared to be a WordPress template for a company to which other companies outsource HR functions.
The Flyer’s Bruce V weighs in on the county’s plans to close the bars limited service restaurants and open the schools.
The Commercial Appeal asks if we will ever see buffets again. Marketing director Kelly Brock is interviewed about the Peabody’s brunch buffet, but there’s another reason Downtowners will want to click through to this article… SHORTY!!! The man who drew a crowd at the Silly Goose’s pasta bar for years has also drawn a crowd at Owen Brennan’s omelet bar for years.
Chef Michael Patrick of Rizzo’s was interviewed in this Fox 13 report of the Health Department looking for creative ways to allow restaurants to re-open at a higher capacity, including putting tables on sidewalks and parking lots.
You can get banned on some Facebook groups for talking about this, but this week Mendatius T. Roll and I tried the new Wendy’s Baconator flavored Pringles:
They’re good, but in no way do I think I’m eating a Baconator when I munch on them. Maybe Pringles will come out with a Mrs. B’s Sub flavored chip soon so Memphis Sandwich Clique will have something to talk about.
WMC Action News 5 has a look at the official report from the CDC’s visit to Memphis around the July 4 holiday. The report discusses the “trip wires” Health Department director Dr. Haushalter has talked about, conditions under which tighter restrictions would be immediately triggered. Dr. Haushalter is going to discuss the trip wires in today’s noon press conference.
Back tomorrow with more news, or later today if anything important comes up. WEAR YOUR MASKS!