Porter's Hot Takes: McCoy, Murray, Giles, Colangelo

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- What a sports week in our city.

From LeSean McCoy, to Chip Kelly, to DeMarco Murray, to Jerry Colangelo, to Ken Giles, to Claude Giroux's goal even, it was a dream week for Philly bloggers and radio hosts. It all culminates on Sunday, when Shady returns to the Linc.

Sometimes, while all of this stuff is unfolding, I think: Maybe it's me? Maybe I'm the crazy one. 

LeSean McCoy returns

So Shady doesn't want to take back his racial comments toward Chip and he doesn't want to explain them either.

Therefore, people keep asking Shady about the comments. And then, Shady asks, 'Why do you keep asking about the comments?' And then, the media reminds him of the comments he made in May. And then, he stands by his comments again.

It's like a never ending cycle that no one can wrap their head around. Am I in banana land?

Hey, dude: If you're not going explain why you implied Chip was a racist and you're not going to take back the comments, then people are going to keep asking! He's like a three year old.

Dad: Timmy, do you like pizza

Timmy: Yes

Dad: Why?

Timmy: I don't know. 

Dad: But you like pizza right?

DeMarco Murray is upset

DeMarco Murray had 1,845 rushing yards last year. He then signed a five-year, $40 million contract with the Eagles and in his first season on his new team, Murray has 569 yards heading into Week 14.

So he sat next to Jeffrey Lurie on the plane and told him he's frustrated.

OK? What's the big deal?

OF COURSE he's frustrated.

Why wouldn't he be frustrated? And because he's frustrated -- the day after his team upset the defending Super Bowl Champions and he had less carries than Kenjon Barner, mind you -- Murray has been called everything from a "locker room cancer" to "stand off-ish."

He's in trade rumors now and some even think he should be cut today!

What a world we live in.

Ken Giles traded for four players

We're mad when we keep players for too long and we're mad when we trade players too early. I'm beginning to realize we just like to get mad!

For years we've yelled and yelled and yelled about how awful Ruben Amaro Jr. was and how old fashioned the Phillies were. So, the Phillies finally fire Ruben, hire a young GM -- 35-year-old Matt Klentak -- who, THANK GOD, embraces analytics. And Klentak makes a savvy trade acquiring prospects and building for the future and we're mad! Face palm.

The kicker? Mike Sielski writes a creative satire piece making fun of all the lunatic fans upset at the trade and ESPN's Buster Olney think's he's actually being serious and people should be outraged at the fact that the PHILLIES ARE TANKING. Yes, he used the word TANKING.

We're doomed, officially.

Jerry Colangelo hired by the Sixers

As an admitted "trust the process" disciple, I hate everything about this hire. OK fine, if Colangelo is here solely to use his USA basketball relationships to lure star players to Philly, then I'm all for it -- but we all know that ain't the case.

Colangelo, in TWO DAYS -- when he came up for air from bragging about his four decades of NBA experience (he never mentioned all of his zero championships though...weird) -- admitted publicly that he wouldn't have joined the Sixers if he could be overruled by the current regime and that Adam Silver begged him to take the job.

The Sixers were young. They were cutting edge. They didn't care what people thought, wrote, or said. They were trying to build, slowly -- but confidentially -- a team with dynasty type potential. All that seems like it's gone now and even if it works one day, Sam Hinkie detractors will give the new 76-year-old chairman all the credit.

Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor, Robert Covington, all the cap space in the world, four first-round picks (potentially the No. 1 overall pick), pick swaps, Dario Saric, and Joel Embiid.

HINKIE WAS DOING JUST FINE.