"But you hate people."*/**

Well, the name’s in the paper in the morning. (Yeah, I’m gonna make you go look. Hey, maybe even pay. Those Page 2 columns should be pretty good. And there’s a big ol’ Brakettes gamer.) If you recognize the name, you’ve been paying pretty close attention to this organization, haven’t you? Press conference scheduled for Monday at noon. One assistant coach — who’s been a pro head coach — sounds like a given; he has strong ties to the head coach. Another assistant had yet to be resolved last I heard. Also, they’ll announce an Islanders exhibition game in Bridgeport on Sept. 30, probably the new uniforms, maybe a couple of other things.

Obligatory New Haven reference: the new head coach (and, if the name’s right, one of the assistants) played with a future Nighthawk who has one of the best names ever.

Ryan Caldwell and Wade Dubielewicz signed their qualifying offers, so take them off the free-agent lists.

Keep those five-year teams coming. Some interesting choices in there from you early submitters.

And, in baseball, I’m a little torn over this. Heart=happy. Head=worried about heart. (“Are there any balls down there?”*)

*-Quotes from Clerks through Tuesday in honor of next week’s opening of Clerks II (not “Hardly Clerkin’,” unfortunately.) Though sticking with the clean ones limits the pool, we’ll try to make them relate at least a little to the topic at hand.
**-How does this relate? Next line is “Yes, but I love gatherings. Isn’t it ironic?” That’s how.

Michael Fornabaio