Allright!!! Derek Venckus, of the Tennessee Venckus', hit TundraTalk last night. To use one of his sports guys phrases, his back was against the wall and he just took it shift by shift and put it in the back of the net, top shelf, back where gramma keeps the cookies. That is Derek in the
picture with Craig Newsome of the Green Bay Packers. Lambeau Field is the place he used to spend a lot of time. I worked with Derek in Green Bay, hell who am I kidding, we collected a check in Green Bay. Derek was the weekend sports geek. We both love sports and hate Joel Bernell. Joel Bernell was the ND at WGBA. Major dick.Derek made his play to be in the posse on TT. If you want to listen to said podcast CLICK HERE or just use the link to the right. On TT we spoke on many things. Soccer reared its ugly and boring head again. There are lots of good sports stories and work stories on this one. Derek was a bubble guy to get in the posse and I think he may have just put himself over the edge on this one. This one is a great listen, but it is a bit long, so plan accordingly.
Derek is also the dude that coined my nickname in GB "Sign Boy". He used to show highlights from the Gamblers games on the weekends and would always show a different sign of mine during the highlights. Therein lies the birth of a legend. From then on I was known as Sign Boy and Donna was Dubbed, Sign Boys Wife. Wow, it almost brings a tear to my eye thinking back to that magical time. Derek was a great TV sports jockey and is now employed in the real world.
I have some video of Derek doing his thing rapping on the news talking about Sign Boy. This clip was late in Sign Boy's career, just before I moved to Canada. Chris Riva is also in this clip. They are hyping up Sign Boy night at the Brown County Arena. Have a look. My favorite part is when Derek almost cracks up on the air when he sees a shot of me in the stands acting crazy. Classic.
Sign Boy in the News from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.
So there you have it. Derek Venckus on TundraTalk. Will Derek get the TT bump? Only time will tell.
Next up on the podcast the schedule calls for Cory to jump in. He told me that he may want to defer since he already did one. That would lead us to drop in Tony Mutzenberger. That is if he wants to lower himself to our level. I will let you know if he decides to give it a go. Things are getting interesting so pay attention.
Have a great day and GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!
