Today is a special day for those of us who are in tune with the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Canton, Ohio based institution has announced their Finalists for the Senior and Coach sections, and while we love the selections, the choices are not we thought.

The Senior candidate is Cliff Branch, who while we believe is a worthy inductee, is not one we thought, based on what we heard.  Reports indicated that it might be Ken Riley or Randy Gradishar, both of whom are worthy, but Branch is not a usurper in the march to Canton.

Branch is currently ranked #11 on our current list of those to consider for the Hall.  The former Raider was a three-time First Team All-Pro, and four-time Pro Bowler, and he also won three Super Bowls.

Vermeil won Super Bowl XXXIV with the St. Louis Rams, and was the Coach of the Year that season.  He had a pro record of 120-109.

Based on previous nominations, we expect that both Branch and Vermeil will enter Canton.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our congratulations to both Cliff Branch and Dick Vermeil for achieving this step, and we hope they will both be inducted in 2022.

Damn.

A legendary drummer, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, passed away today at the age of 80.

From London, England, Watts joined the Stones in 1963, and was with the group until he died.  Considered one of the most versatile and proficient drummers of his era, or any other, Watts was the backbone of what can only be described as the greatest rock and roll band of all-time.

No other description fits.

The Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, their first year of eligibility. 

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends, and family of Charlie Watts.

Rock and Roll heaven got a lot more harmonious today as Don Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, passed away at age 84.

The Everly Brothers (Don and Phil) were masters of harmony and were part of the early Rock and Roll fabric.  The Everlys signed their first major contract in 1956, and a year later, they had their first major hit, with “Bye Bye Love”.  Success continued for the pair, with “Wake Up Little Susie”, “All I Have to Do is Dream”, “Bird Dog”, “(Till) I Kissed You” and “Cathy’s Clown”.   

The Everly Brothers were part of the inaugural Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class in 1986, and would also be inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends, and family of Don Everly.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 Boston Bruins.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NHL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note, that this is our first revision in one year, but several players climbed in the rank.

As always, we present our top five immediately, though nothing has changed in this upper-tier.

1. Bobby Orr

2. Eddie Shore

3. Ray Bourque

4. Phil Esposito

5. Milt Schmidt

You can find the entire list here.

Patrice Bergeron, who has won four Frank J. Selke Trophies as the NHL’s top Defensive Forward, moved up one spot to #13.

Brad Marchand, who is now a four-time post-season All-Star, climbed five spots to #23.  

David Krejci, who was a two-time leader in Plus/Minus inched up one spot to #34.

2020 Rocket Richard winner, David Pastrnak, also moved up by one.  He is now #36.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.