Autumn is often appreciated as the time when the leaves begin to turn, but Denver coach George Karl sees it as the season sports supporters turn toward games on the gridiron. He'd rather the association adopt what we're calling the "reverse bear strategy" and wait for winter before emerging from hibernation.
"When we start playing in late October, people are thinking football," he explained. True, but they're also thinking about how they hate raking leaves, anxiously awaiting an appearance from the Great Pumpkin and wondering whether they're too old to dress up for Halloween*.
The NHL isn't cowering over the competition; their year begins almost a month earlier than the NBA's^. The Florida Panthers aren't afraid of the Carolina Panthers, so Bucks need not be bothered by the Bucs. Paring the schedule is one proposition, but pushing it back because people are too preoccupied with pigskin is another.
A December delay won't dodge distractions. Unless Karl is convinced the assumed audience's attention wasn't focused on anything else of importance when the season opened on 12-25 in 2011. Evidently, Karl can't see the forest for the Christmas trees.
*or, if you're a woman, how much skin you can show without seeming like a skank.
^ that is, in the rare years they agree to play hockey.
Hey now, I take offense at the usage of the word "skank."
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