This and That, But Mostly That

It's September, time for football and baseball to take over our thoughts as the long summer days start to turn towards those cold winter nights. Real estate wise, I wonder how many people realize the second busiest real estate season, begins after Labor Day and lasts until Thanksgiving. When is the busiest real estate season? That's an easy one, March, April, May and part of June until the kids get out of school. Incidentally, if your wondering, it is still very much a buyers market, especially for first time buyers. They don't have to worry about selling their current home and there's some great deals to be had out there.

As far as sports, The Detroit Tigers seem to be tripping all over themselves to fall out of the pennant and wild cards races. Many are blaming things on manager Jim Leyland. Fans tell talk show hosts and sports forums that "Leyland has to go." That his strategies are "outlandish and nonsensical." Well, last season every move Leyland made turned to gold. This year, he makes those same moves in the same game situations and the moves all seem to backfire. Yet Leyland did not rip the 17 wins that Kenny Rogers posted last year out of the pitching rotation, nor did they give Garry Sheffield shoulder problems, which took him away just after the All Star break, leaving the Tiger offense in shambles since.

Then there's the Michigan Wolverines, losers to Appalachian State. Is it time for the Lloyd Carr era to end? He's given the university to much of his time and effort to not be able to call his own shot. However, the currently 38 year long Bo Schembechler era at the school, must end once Lloyd steps down and that means no promotion from within. New blood and fresh faces are needed. It's time to go outside the Wolverine family for a younger coach who can give the program a good 20 or so years, just as Don Canham went outside of the Wolverine family to name 39 year old Bo Schembechler head coach back in 1969.