I don't get it Paul. What's going on this Tuesday?

For those of you wondering why Paul Silas got the boot yesterday as coach of the Cleveland Cavs, despite the fact that he had guided them to a respectable 34-30 record and the 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, I think I've found a clue. Apparently Paul made some, uh, questionable comments to the Cleveland media prior to the return of Carlos Boozer - who jacked the Cavs in the offseason by agreeing to a deal with Cleveland and then suddenly Benedict Arnold-ing it over to the Utah Jazz for more money - last week.

Clever Paul, when asked about Los' return, said "Well, we'll 'see you next Tuesday'," to which an astute sportswriter responded, "Uh, isn't the game tomorrow?" Paul, not exactly a master of subtle humor, clarified by commenting, "If you spell out see (C) you (U) next (N) Tuesday (T), what does that give you? That's what he is." Oh, OK. We get it now, Paul. You believe the man is a vagina.

I'm thinking Paul imagined it going a little differently, like he'd toss out a few sly and smirky yet obscure lines about Boozer and then be able to plausibly deny their true meaning. Instead, he immediately gets flustered when his feeble attempt at cleverness flops and all but tells the media, "Yo, that dude is a big, hairy cunt. Yeah, that's right - C-U-N-T, CUNT!"

Well, Paul got his medicine yesterday, but I'm wondering what's going on with the Cleveland media when the head coach of the LeBron Dynasty calling a guy a "cunt" in plain view of several media members doesn't even merit a mention in the next day's newspaper. Are they just so thrilled to have a player actually worth a shit in Cleveland (apologies to Bob Wickman) that they're willing to whistle and look the other way when a coach drops a C-bomb on a former player rather than risk LeBron sanctions? I've never thought of the Bay Area media as vicious - certainly not on the level of Boston and NY media - but I guarantee you if Mike Montgomery called Gilbert Arenas "Twirling With A Tutu", they'd be on him like Karl Malone on little Mexican girls.

The only reason this came to light was because a Jim Rome listener forwarded the audio to him. Rome discussed it on his show yesterday, doing what Cleveland's illustrious sports media failed to do - be a journalist. And when Jim Rome is a bastion of journalistic integrity, it sure doesn't reflect well on journalism as a whole.

It kind of makes you wonder what else we've been missing out on in Cleveland. Maybe Tim Couch's departure was less about his Pop Warner-caliber play than his outspoken promotion of Islamic jihad against America. Maybe Zydrunas Ilgauskas' post-dunk flava is actually a shout-out to his Nazi brotherhood (he does have a shaved head). Perhaps......sorry, I just can't think of a single Cleveland Indian besides Bob Wickman, and I already used him.

While I'm extremely disappointed in the Cleveland media, I'm comforted by the knowledge that Paul Silas will likely coach again in the NBA, enabling the birth of an instant classic fan taunt - "See you next Tuesday! Bum bum ba ba bum! See you next Tuesday! Bum bum ba......" Now that's a great time out.

You can listen to Paul's performance here.