“I would have liked to have come out of the locker room with a little more fire and energy” Coach Kristo said.  That’s odd, watching the game I said the same thing.  One slight difference:  I’M NOT THE COACH OF THE TEAM!  Not to Pass the Buck (yeah I know), but I think that responsibility falls on you Coach.  Chairman Yi is out for the season, with his already steep learning curve hindered by injuries and poor coaching.    Yi did say that he “had a great year” but may not have been referring to anything basketball related (kind of like the summer I was unemployed & living at my Mom’s house.  I was in no way contributing to the greater good of the household, but got some great reading done).  Bogut continues his stellar play with a 21 pt, 16 boards performance & my man Ramon Sessions was again exemplary with an 11 pt, 7 asst game (he’s now leading the team with a +6 when he’s on the floor - for more information go to www.82games.com).  Redd got 28 pts, but I’m always reticent to praise guys who score for losing teams (see Davis, Ricky at Heat, Miami and Cancer, Team)

In addition to providing updates on our petition to hire Bill Simmons as Bucks GM (closing in on 1,000 signatures) & writing game recaps, we also like to help Bucks fans get to know the Bucks dance team  - ENERGEE!  First things first:  nice name Marketing team, combining fake enthusiasm with poor spelling, sounds like an energy drink whose contents have not yet been approved by the FDA.  Or perhaps the title of the Kick Off program for a corporate outing that employees are forced to attend.  Today’s profile is on Stacey, an Orthodontic Assistant from Wauwatosa.  Her motto:  “If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain”.  She’s obviously referring to the Bucks 2007/08 season.  Thanks for the pick-me-up Stace - what’s the ETA on when we get to that Rainbow??

Ramon Sessions.  Again.  Outhustled the hobbling Gilbert Arenas to get a jump ball and call time out.  Then with a second left hit the game winner.  Mr. Clutch played with heart and guts (the same way I played Nerf Hoops in my Mom’s basement in my early 20’s - hit my share of gamewinners also - but I’ll save those for my as yet unpublished book).  Shockingly, Villanueava got a 24 & 12, and Bogut continues to excel, getting a 20 & 10 while singing selections from Phantom of the Opera (see, what I’m doing here is that Bogut wears a mask - thought about making an ”Eyes Wide Shut” reference but I’ve never met anyone who has sat all the way through that dreck).    Yi played 5 minutes and didn’t score.  Perhaps Sessions (and not Yi) is the rookie we all should be talking about.  Perhaps now we will

Rejoice Bucks Nation!  It appears that the Kohl and Kristy show have turned this team around (now, where’s that laugh track symbol)  Sure it was the 20-54 Knicks, who bypassed “Suspect Town” a long time ago, left the “Complete Disarray” station a few months after that and now are living in a nice suburb called “Utter Collapse”.  But a win is a win.  Wonderful performance by Redd, who may or may not have remarked after the game that scoring was much easier because the opposing teams in the past actually attempted to guard him.   Bobby Simmons got a 24 pt, 6 boards performance & Charlie Villeanueava tried to shoot the Bucks to a loss (4-13 from the field) but was not successful (Charlie at time-outs:  “Mike, you have to give me the rock”  Mike responds:  “oh right, I keep forgetting because I’m too busy making shots, next trip down the court Charlie”:)