Blasting Off
Had an interesting conversation with Derek Anderson prior to Sunday night's game with Houston.
First off, he's thrilled to be a Rocket.
However, he took some major league shots at Blazers General Manager John Nash.
Anderson accuses Nash of telling people he was hurt when he wasn't. Anderson says there were times last year when he could have played, but Nash wanted to play the youngsters.
Anderson says Nash made it personal.
He says Nash should stop playing this kind of game with Ruben and just make a business decision and trade him.
Here's my opinion. Derek is soft. Always has been and always will be.
It was a running joke in the media as to what injury Derek would have this week.
He was completely unreliable. So for him to start playing the blame game isn't right.
I don't know if John Nash put Derek on the injured kist when he was healthy. All I know is that there are athletes in all sports who play with all sorts of injuries and Derek Anderson was never one of them.
Ron PivoRPivo@kgw.com
