The New Initiative Is Here

Initiating change in 3.........2......1............

Didn't I tell you guys this was going to be face-breakingly awesome? In commemoration of the 2-year anniversary of my blog, I have completely changed the blog! Well, sort of. In a way.

The content I put out (as scarce as it has been because of the shitload of college work I've had the past couple weeks) will not be any different, however, it was time a change has been made. The reasoning for this? Not just to celebrate my 2-year blog anniversary in style. Actually, I thought of the change beforehand, realized the 2-year blog anniversary was in a week, and decided to do it then. But more importantly, I made this blog as a college freshman, pissed off that the Eagles had just played one of their most pathetic games in recent memory, tying the Bengals 13-13 and taking away 4 hours of my life that I am yet to get back. It was a terrible performance from everyone involved. Do I really want Andy Reid fired? In a way, yes, in a way, no. His play-calling, timeout management, and clock management can be the stuff of nightmares times, but then I look at some of the other things he did, including the Michael Vick rehabilitation project that has turned out better than anyone ever could have imagined, and I wonder just how many coaches could have done to Vick what Reid did. I am willing to venture not many. But again, the Eagles embarrassed themselves in so many ways that November afternoon. And I was merely a freshman.

Now I am a college junior. I have 2 full semesters of class left before I student teach. Pretty soon, I will enter the job market, looking for a career. It's coming sooner than I probably realize. I will have job interviews. People will want to be digging more into my life than I would care to know. What if they discover this? Somehow I do not feel guy who writes a sports blog with the title "Fire Andy Reid Now!" is something that's very professional. Not quite sure how, though.....

So where does the new title come from? The answer may surprise you: Joe Beninati. It's his call as the clock expired in Game 7 to complete the Flyers' 3-0 comebacks. His delivery of the call, as always for Joe B., was terrible. But something about the quote in a vaccum when Beninati is not screaming it, that kind of works and can be used in multiple situations in sports. As incredible as it may seem, I like it. A lot. Yes, even horrid announces like Joe Beninati can have a gem every once in a while.

The blog name change and the design are not the only changes, though. You may also notice that I have changed my username. Again, the reasoning is 2 fold. JFein was my nickname all throughout high school. I made this blog and my Blogger account coming off those years. I have not been called JFein by someone in person in 2.5 years now. Also, "Justin F." looks more professional, does it not? And in a way, I kind of feel it makes me more anonymous. Sure, all of you who are my online friends know what my true last name is from emails and what not, but when I apply for a job, I'd rather people not Google my name and have all this random sports-bloggy shit come up. Another reason for the professionalism? Nothing is done and done yet, so I can't say this with absolute certainty, but I am in the process of being promoted to a writer of SB Nation's The Brotherly Game. As a blog writer for a blog that gets slightly more hits than my Blogspot domain, "Justin F." is more professional than "JFein." Check TBG frequently to see if I have been added yet. While I won't have another post on it here, I will let you know via Twitter when, and if, I've been added. I've already changed my SB Nation username to "Justin F." You may have already noticed if you've read any of the comments sections of any of the Philadelphia SB Nation set of blogs in the past week and stumbled upon one of my comments. If possible, I have added the email address BloggerJustinF@gmail.com to my repertoire of email addresses. Try your best to use it as, though I will still check the other ones periodically.

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly for you, my URL will be changing. The new URL will be http://comeback-complete.blogspot.com/. However, because I do not want to leave everyone in the dark as I do not have everyone's email address (Scott, longley, all of the people who stalk and read my blog without commenting, etc.), this change will not be made until after the live blog on Sunday. From now until then, I will have a reminder at the top of my blog as well as I will post frequent reminders during the live blog, telling you to change your bookmarks or what not. Also, a note will appear at the top of the blog until Sunday. Sorry if it seems like I am going over the top, but I do not want to leave anyone out in the dark on this one. That is not a purpose of this nor an intention of mine.

I hope you enjoy the changes. Sure, it may seem awkward after 2 years of a lot of the same, but for my future, the evolution of my writing skills (seriously, compare the style of posts from 2 years ago to today; they could not be more different), the overall appearance and how I feel now, I felt it was something that needed to do. Enjoy! And as always, thanks for being such awesome readers and wonderful online friends. ;-)