“I’M HUMAN…I’M NOT PERFECT”…
THOSE ARE THE WORDS USED BY TIGER WOODS ON HIS OWN WEBSITE…
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING…
NOBODY EVER SAID HE WAS “PERFECT”…
BUT THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE…
THE MORE HE BECOMES…”HUMAN”…
MORE AND MORE IT IS BECOMING CLEAR TIGER WAS INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF AN AFFAIR…
THE PROBLEM IS THE WAY THAT INFORMATION IS BECOMING AVAILABLE TO US…
TO START WITH…TIGER WOODS IS NOW HIDING BEHIND A MEDIA BLACK OUT…
AND THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA ARE DRAGGING THEIR FEET…
UNWILLING TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS…FOR FEAR THEY MIGHT UPSET A SPORTS ICON…
INSTEAD THE DETAILS OF HIS CAR ACCIDENT ARE COMING TO US THROUGH THE TABLIODS…
AND THAT IS WHAT IS DRIVING THIS WHOLE MESS…
FOR EXAMPLE…TMZ IS NOW REPORTING…
TIGER TOLD A FRIEND HE WAS IN THE MAKRET FOR A…”KOBE SPECIAL”…
AS YOU KNOW…
IN 2005…AFTER A SEX SCANDAL…KOBE BRYANT BOUGHT HIS WIFE A $4 MILLION DOLLAR DIAMOND RING TO MAKE PEACE…
AND TOMORROW “US WEEKLY” WILL HIT THE STANDS WITH A FRONT COVER STORY THAT SAYS…
TIGER WOODS HAD AN AFFAIR WITH A LAS VEGAS COCKTAIL WAITRESS NAMED JAMIE GRUBBS…
ACCORDING TO US WEEKLY…
GUBBS THE RELATIONSHIP LASTED 31 MONTHS…
AND SHE HAS OVER 300 TEXT MESSAGES…AND VOICE MAIL FROM TIGER WOODS…TO PROVE IT…
RIGHT NOW…THE SMART THING FOR TIGER WOODS TO DO…IS FOLLOW THE LEAD OF DAVID LETTERMAN…
AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE STORY…
HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE…AND TELL THE TRUTH…
ANSWER ALL THE UNPLEASANT QUESTIONS…AND THEN GET ON WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE…
THERE IS A SIMPLE RULE IN LIFE…
WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A HOLE…THE FIRST THING YOU MUST DO…IS STOP DIGGING…
THE FANS AND THE SPONSORS DO NOT EXPECT TIGER WOODS TO BE PERFECT…
THEY JUST DO NOT WANT HIM TO BE…ROGER CLEMENS…
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Grey Cup
THERE’S GUT WRENCHING…
AND THEN THERE’S “RIP YOUR HEART OUT…STICK IT IN A BLENDER…AND HIT “PUREE”…
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT THE GREY CUP…TO BOTH THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS AND THEIR FANS…
THE ECHO OF…”TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD”…
WILL HAUNT “RIDER NATION” FOR THE REST OF THE CENTURY…
IN THE SAME WAY…THE SOUND OF…”TOO MANY MEN ON THE ICE”…
STILL HAUNTS DON CHERRY…
TO HIS CREDIT…CHERRY HAS ALWAYS SHOULDERED THE BLAME…
30 YEARS LATER AND HE STILL REFUSES TO IDENITFIED THE PLAYER THAT COST THE BOSTON BRUINS A SHOT AT WINNING THE STANLEY CUP…
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IS THE SAME APPROACH THE RIDERS ARE TAKING…
ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME…THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES MISSED A 43 YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT…
SASKATCHEWAN HAD PULLED OFF ONE THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN CFL HISTORY…
HOWEVER THE CELEBRATION DID NOT LAST LONG…
THE RIDERS WERE HIT WITH A 10 YARD PENALTY FOR “TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD”…
SECONDS LATER...DAMON DUVAL HIT FROM 33 YARDS…
MONREAL WINS 28-27…
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW…
SPECIAL TEAMS COACH KAVIS REED SENT ONE PLAYER ONTO THE FIELD AND ANOTHER WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OFF…
CLEARLY THE MESSAGE DID NOT GET THROUGH…
AFTER THE GAME…HEAD COACH KEN MILLER REFUSED TO IDENTIFY THAT PLAYER…OR POINT A FINGER…
MILLER WOULD ONLY SAY…”WE DID NOT SEE IT”…”WE THOUGHT WE’D WON THE FOOTBALL GAME”…
AS A RULE…IT’S EASY TO SPOT “THE GOAT”…
IT’S SCOTT NORWOOD…”WIDE RIGHT”…IN SUPER BOWL 25…
IT’S JACKIE SMITH…DROPPING A SURE TOUCHDOWN PASS IN SUPER BOWL 13…
IT’S BILL BUCKNER…IN THE 1986 WORLD SERIES…
AND IT’S JEAN VAN VEDLE AT THE 1999 BRITSH OPEN…
THE TRUTH WE MAY ALL GO TO OUR GRAVES NEVER KNOWING THREE THINGS…
THE BRUIN WHO JUMPED ON THE ICE DURING THE 1979 NHL PLAYOFFS...
THE RIDER WHO FAILED TO COME OFF THE FIELD IN THE 97TH GREY CUP GAME…
AND THE MAN WHO WAS STANDING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL AT DEALEY PLAZA…
MAYBE IT’S BETTER THAT WAY…
AND THEN THERE’S “RIP YOUR HEART OUT…STICK IT IN A BLENDER…AND HIT “PUREE”…
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT THE GREY CUP…TO BOTH THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS AND THEIR FANS…
THE ECHO OF…”TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD”…
WILL HAUNT “RIDER NATION” FOR THE REST OF THE CENTURY…
IN THE SAME WAY…THE SOUND OF…”TOO MANY MEN ON THE ICE”…
STILL HAUNTS DON CHERRY…
TO HIS CREDIT…CHERRY HAS ALWAYS SHOULDERED THE BLAME…
30 YEARS LATER AND HE STILL REFUSES TO IDENITFIED THE PLAYER THAT COST THE BOSTON BRUINS A SHOT AT WINNING THE STANLEY CUP…
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IS THE SAME APPROACH THE RIDERS ARE TAKING…
ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME…THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES MISSED A 43 YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT…
SASKATCHEWAN HAD PULLED OFF ONE THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN CFL HISTORY…
HOWEVER THE CELEBRATION DID NOT LAST LONG…
THE RIDERS WERE HIT WITH A 10 YARD PENALTY FOR “TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD”…
SECONDS LATER...DAMON DUVAL HIT FROM 33 YARDS…
MONREAL WINS 28-27…
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW…
SPECIAL TEAMS COACH KAVIS REED SENT ONE PLAYER ONTO THE FIELD AND ANOTHER WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OFF…
CLEARLY THE MESSAGE DID NOT GET THROUGH…
AFTER THE GAME…HEAD COACH KEN MILLER REFUSED TO IDENTIFY THAT PLAYER…OR POINT A FINGER…
MILLER WOULD ONLY SAY…”WE DID NOT SEE IT”…”WE THOUGHT WE’D WON THE FOOTBALL GAME”…
AS A RULE…IT’S EASY TO SPOT “THE GOAT”…
IT’S SCOTT NORWOOD…”WIDE RIGHT”…IN SUPER BOWL 25…
IT’S JACKIE SMITH…DROPPING A SURE TOUCHDOWN PASS IN SUPER BOWL 13…
IT’S BILL BUCKNER…IN THE 1986 WORLD SERIES…
AND IT’S JEAN VAN VEDLE AT THE 1999 BRITSH OPEN…
THE TRUTH WE MAY ALL GO TO OUR GRAVES NEVER KNOWING THREE THINGS…
THE BRUIN WHO JUMPED ON THE ICE DURING THE 1979 NHL PLAYOFFS...
THE RIDER WHO FAILED TO COME OFF THE FIELD IN THE 97TH GREY CUP GAME…
AND THE MAN WHO WAS STANDING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL AT DEALEY PLAZA…
MAYBE IT’S BETTER THAT WAY…
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Brendan Burke
SOMEBODY NOMINATE BRIAN BURKE FOR FATHER OF THE YEAR…
NO!!!
MAKE THAT FATHER OF THE DECADE…
TODAY ESPN BROKE THE NEWS THAT BURKE’S SON BRENDAN IS GAY…
IT WAS BRENDAN’S DECISION COME OUT…AND EVEN THOUGH BRIAN WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF HIS SON DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE IN PUBLIC BECAUSE OF HIS FEAR OF THE NEGATIVE REACTION…
BURKE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HIS SON…
IN THE WORDS OF BRIAN BURKE…“I STAND BESIDE HIM WITH AN AXE”…
THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS STORY…THE MORE YOU HAVE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THE COURAGE OF BRENDAN BURKE AND THE SUPPORT HE HAS RECEIVED BY HIS ENTIRE FAMILY…ESPECIALLY FROM HIS FATHER…
SO MUCH SO…THAT LAST SUMMER…
BRIAN AND BRENDAN ATTENDED “THE PRIDE PARADE” IN TORONTO…
BUT DO NOT KID YOURSELF…
THE CULTURE OF HOCKEY AND SPORTS IN GENERAL IS…HOMOPHOBIC…
JOKES AND SLURS ARE STANDARD IN EVERY DRESSING ROOM…
AND BRENDAN IS CURRENTLY THE STUDENT MANAGER OF THE HOCKEY TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AT OHIO...
UNLIKE ADAM LAMBERT PERFORMING AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS ON SUNDAY NIGHT…OR BRITNEY SPEARS AND MADONNA KISSING AT THE MTV AWARDS IN 2003…
THERE IS A DIFFERENT STANDARD OF TOLERANCE IN SPORTS…
WHICH MAKES THE DECISION BY BRENDAN BURKE TO “COME OUT” EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE…
HE PLANS TO GET HIS LAW DEGREE…AND ODDS ARE GOOD…HE PLANS TO BECOME A PLAYER AGENT…
OR WORK IN THE FRONT OFFICE OF AN NHL TEAM…
WHO KNOWS…PERHAPS ONE DAY HE BECOMES AN NHL GENERAL MANAGER…
WHATEVER HE DOES…IT WILL NOT COME EASILY…
THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS NEVER IS…
BUT IF THERE WAS NO JACKIE ROBINSON…THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO REGGIE JACKSON…AND NO DEREK JETER…
PERHAPS HIS FATHER PUT IT BEST…
“I HOPE THE DAY COMES…AND SOON…WHEN THIS IS NOT A STORY”…
AMEN!!!
NO!!!
MAKE THAT FATHER OF THE DECADE…
TODAY ESPN BROKE THE NEWS THAT BURKE’S SON BRENDAN IS GAY…
IT WAS BRENDAN’S DECISION COME OUT…AND EVEN THOUGH BRIAN WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF HIS SON DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE IN PUBLIC BECAUSE OF HIS FEAR OF THE NEGATIVE REACTION…
BURKE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HIS SON…
IN THE WORDS OF BRIAN BURKE…“I STAND BESIDE HIM WITH AN AXE”…
THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS STORY…THE MORE YOU HAVE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THE COURAGE OF BRENDAN BURKE AND THE SUPPORT HE HAS RECEIVED BY HIS ENTIRE FAMILY…ESPECIALLY FROM HIS FATHER…
SO MUCH SO…THAT LAST SUMMER…
BRIAN AND BRENDAN ATTENDED “THE PRIDE PARADE” IN TORONTO…
BUT DO NOT KID YOURSELF…
THE CULTURE OF HOCKEY AND SPORTS IN GENERAL IS…HOMOPHOBIC…
JOKES AND SLURS ARE STANDARD IN EVERY DRESSING ROOM…
AND BRENDAN IS CURRENTLY THE STUDENT MANAGER OF THE HOCKEY TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AT OHIO...
UNLIKE ADAM LAMBERT PERFORMING AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS ON SUNDAY NIGHT…OR BRITNEY SPEARS AND MADONNA KISSING AT THE MTV AWARDS IN 2003…
THERE IS A DIFFERENT STANDARD OF TOLERANCE IN SPORTS…
WHICH MAKES THE DECISION BY BRENDAN BURKE TO “COME OUT” EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE…
HE PLANS TO GET HIS LAW DEGREE…AND ODDS ARE GOOD…HE PLANS TO BECOME A PLAYER AGENT…
OR WORK IN THE FRONT OFFICE OF AN NHL TEAM…
WHO KNOWS…PERHAPS ONE DAY HE BECOMES AN NHL GENERAL MANAGER…
WHATEVER HE DOES…IT WILL NOT COME EASILY…
THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS NEVER IS…
BUT IF THERE WAS NO JACKIE ROBINSON…THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO REGGIE JACKSON…AND NO DEREK JETER…
PERHAPS HIS FATHER PUT IT BEST…
“I HOPE THE DAY COMES…AND SOON…WHEN THIS IS NOT A STORY”…
AMEN!!!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Roberto Luongo
THERE’S A REASON ROBERTO LUONGO IS THE CAPTAIN OF THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
GREAT LEADERS ALL SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON…
THEY DO NOT LOOK FOR EXCUSES…
AFTER 21 GAMES THE CANUCKS FIND THEMSELVES WITH A RECORD OF 11 AND 10…
GOOD ENOUGH FOR 11TH PLACE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
FANS AND THE MEDIA ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT…THE CANUCKS HAVE BEEN CRIPPLED WITH INJURIES…
AND THE NUMBERS BACK THAT UP…
VANCOUVER HAS ALREADY LOST 109 MAN GAMES DUE TO INJURY…
THE MOST OF ANY TEAM IN THE NHL…
WHEN THAT FACT WAS POINTED OUT TO LUONGO YESTERDAY…
HE SNAPPED BACK WITH THIS RESPONSE…
“WHETHER WE’VE HAD INJURIES OR NOT…I DON’T THINK ANYONE ON THE TEAM SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH OUR RECORD…I’M NOT”…
THOSE COMMENTS WERE BACKED UP BY HEAD COACH ALAIN VIGNEAULT…WHO STATED…QUOTE…
“WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR GUYS WHO CAN PLAY BETTER THAN THEY’VE SHOWN SO FAR”…
YOU DO NOT NEED A G.P.S. TO KNOW WHERE VIGNEAULT WAS HEADED…
KYLE WELLWOOD HAS YET TO SCORE A GOAL THIS SEASON…
IN FACT AFTER 21 GAMES…WELLWOOD HAS JUST ONE ASSIST TO SHOW FOR HIMSELF…
ALEX EDLER IS A MINUS 5…THAT’S WORST “PLUS-MINUS” ON THE ENTIRE TEAM…
UNACCEPTABLE FOR A DEFENCEMAN MAKING OVER $3 MILLION DOLLARS A SEASON…
ALEX BURROWS HAS A MERE 4 GOALS…BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY…BURROWS HAS BECOME THE INVISIBLE MAN…
AND FINALLY…STEVE BERNIER…
DO NOT LET THE 2 GOALS IN COLORADO ON SATURDAY FOOL YOU…
MUCH MORE WAS…AND STILL IS…EXPECTED OF BERNIER THIS SEASON…
CERTAINLY GETTING DANIEL SEDIN BACK ON SUNDAY WILL BE A BIG HELP…
AND THE FACT THAT PAVOL DEMITRA IS BACK SKATING HAS TO BE EMBRACED AS GOOD NEWS…
BUT LIKE IT OR NOT…INJURIES ARE NOW A BIG PART OF THE GAME…
AND SUCCESS IN THE NHL NOW DEPENDS GREATLY ON HOW TEAMS DEAL WITH THAT ADVERSITY…
THE CANUCKS HAVE ENJOYED A 5 DAY BREAK…AND TONIGHT THEY PLAY A COLORADO TEAM PLAYING ITS 3RD GAME IN 4 NIGHTS…
ADD IT ALL UP AND IT MEANS ONE THING…
”NO EXCUSES”…
GREAT LEADERS ALL SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON…
THEY DO NOT LOOK FOR EXCUSES…
AFTER 21 GAMES THE CANUCKS FIND THEMSELVES WITH A RECORD OF 11 AND 10…
GOOD ENOUGH FOR 11TH PLACE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
FANS AND THE MEDIA ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT…THE CANUCKS HAVE BEEN CRIPPLED WITH INJURIES…
AND THE NUMBERS BACK THAT UP…
VANCOUVER HAS ALREADY LOST 109 MAN GAMES DUE TO INJURY…
THE MOST OF ANY TEAM IN THE NHL…
WHEN THAT FACT WAS POINTED OUT TO LUONGO YESTERDAY…
HE SNAPPED BACK WITH THIS RESPONSE…
“WHETHER WE’VE HAD INJURIES OR NOT…I DON’T THINK ANYONE ON THE TEAM SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH OUR RECORD…I’M NOT”…
THOSE COMMENTS WERE BACKED UP BY HEAD COACH ALAIN VIGNEAULT…WHO STATED…QUOTE…
“WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR GUYS WHO CAN PLAY BETTER THAN THEY’VE SHOWN SO FAR”…
YOU DO NOT NEED A G.P.S. TO KNOW WHERE VIGNEAULT WAS HEADED…
KYLE WELLWOOD HAS YET TO SCORE A GOAL THIS SEASON…
IN FACT AFTER 21 GAMES…WELLWOOD HAS JUST ONE ASSIST TO SHOW FOR HIMSELF…
ALEX EDLER IS A MINUS 5…THAT’S WORST “PLUS-MINUS” ON THE ENTIRE TEAM…
UNACCEPTABLE FOR A DEFENCEMAN MAKING OVER $3 MILLION DOLLARS A SEASON…
ALEX BURROWS HAS A MERE 4 GOALS…BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY…BURROWS HAS BECOME THE INVISIBLE MAN…
AND FINALLY…STEVE BERNIER…
DO NOT LET THE 2 GOALS IN COLORADO ON SATURDAY FOOL YOU…
MUCH MORE WAS…AND STILL IS…EXPECTED OF BERNIER THIS SEASON…
CERTAINLY GETTING DANIEL SEDIN BACK ON SUNDAY WILL BE A BIG HELP…
AND THE FACT THAT PAVOL DEMITRA IS BACK SKATING HAS TO BE EMBRACED AS GOOD NEWS…
BUT LIKE IT OR NOT…INJURIES ARE NOW A BIG PART OF THE GAME…
AND SUCCESS IN THE NHL NOW DEPENDS GREATLY ON HOW TEAMS DEAL WITH THAT ADVERSITY…
THE CANUCKS HAVE ENJOYED A 5 DAY BREAK…AND TONIGHT THEY PLAY A COLORADO TEAM PLAYING ITS 3RD GAME IN 4 NIGHTS…
ADD IT ALL UP AND IT MEANS ONE THING…
”NO EXCUSES”…
Monday, October 19, 2009
NHL injuries
INJURIES ARE NO EXCUSE!!!
THAT’S THE STANDARD LINE FROM ANY COACH…IN ANY PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUE…
YESTERDAY IN WINNIPEG WE GOT MORE PROOF OF THAT…
THE B.C. LIONS WON A FOOTBALL GAME WITHOUT THEIR STARTING QUARTERBACK AND WITHOUT THEIR STARTING RUNNING BACK…
BUT THE SITUATION IN THE NHL IS NOW GETTING OUT OF HAND…
LESS THAN 3 WEEKS INTO THE REGULAR SEASON…
AND ALREADY…THERE ARE “83” PLAYERS ON THE INJURY LIST…
THAT’S NOT AN “EPIDEMIC”…THAT’S A “PANDEMIC”…
THE LIST INCLUDES SOME VERY BIG NAMES…
THE LATEST INCLUDES MILAN LUCIC OF THE BOSTON BRUINS…
WHO WILL BE GONE FOR THE NEXT 4 TO 6 WEEKS AFTER HAVING SURGERY ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER…
ALSO ON THE SIDELINES ARE SUCH NAMES AS…
JOHAN FRANZEN AND PAVEL DATSYUK OF THE WINGS…
SHELDON SOURAY OF THE OILERS…
MARTIN HAVLAT OF THE WILD…
ANDRE MARKOV OF THE CANADIANS…AND JOE PAVELSKI OF THE SHARKS…
WITHOUT QUESTION THE HARDEST HIT ARE THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
WHICH NOW HAVE 5 REGULARS OUT OF THE LINE UP…INCLUDING…
DANIEL SEDIN…
PAVOL DEMITRA…
SAMI SALO…AND MATHIEU SCHNIEDER…
UNFORTUNATELY IN THE SALARY CAP WORLD OF THE NHL…THERE IS LITTLE OR NOTHING A GENERAL MANAGER CAN DO…
THE CANUCKS NOW FIND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRITICAL PART OF THEIR SCHEDULE…
13 GAMES IN 22 NIGHTS…INCLUDING 2…BACK TO BACK ROAD GAMES…
QUITE SIMPLY IT COULD COST THEM A PLAYOFF SPOT…
IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHY DOES THE LEAGUE DO THIS TO ITSELF…
IT’S NO SECRET THE CAUSE OF MOST OF THESE INJURIES IS THE SCHEDULE…
TOO MANY GAMES…IN TOO FEW DAYS…
WHAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE IS THE FACT…THE SCHEDULE IS COMPRESSED…BECAUSE OF THE OLYMPICS…
IT’S NO SECRET WHAT’S DRIVING THIS IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR…
GREED!!!
BOTH ON THE PART OF THE OWNERS AND THE PLAYERS…
BUT THE END RESULT IS…BAD HOCKEY…AND ULTIMATELY THAT’S JUST BAD BUSINESS…
THAT’S THE STANDARD LINE FROM ANY COACH…IN ANY PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUE…
YESTERDAY IN WINNIPEG WE GOT MORE PROOF OF THAT…
THE B.C. LIONS WON A FOOTBALL GAME WITHOUT THEIR STARTING QUARTERBACK AND WITHOUT THEIR STARTING RUNNING BACK…
BUT THE SITUATION IN THE NHL IS NOW GETTING OUT OF HAND…
LESS THAN 3 WEEKS INTO THE REGULAR SEASON…
AND ALREADY…THERE ARE “83” PLAYERS ON THE INJURY LIST…
THAT’S NOT AN “EPIDEMIC”…THAT’S A “PANDEMIC”…
THE LIST INCLUDES SOME VERY BIG NAMES…
THE LATEST INCLUDES MILAN LUCIC OF THE BOSTON BRUINS…
WHO WILL BE GONE FOR THE NEXT 4 TO 6 WEEKS AFTER HAVING SURGERY ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER…
ALSO ON THE SIDELINES ARE SUCH NAMES AS…
JOHAN FRANZEN AND PAVEL DATSYUK OF THE WINGS…
SHELDON SOURAY OF THE OILERS…
MARTIN HAVLAT OF THE WILD…
ANDRE MARKOV OF THE CANADIANS…AND JOE PAVELSKI OF THE SHARKS…
WITHOUT QUESTION THE HARDEST HIT ARE THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
WHICH NOW HAVE 5 REGULARS OUT OF THE LINE UP…INCLUDING…
DANIEL SEDIN…
PAVOL DEMITRA…
SAMI SALO…AND MATHIEU SCHNIEDER…
UNFORTUNATELY IN THE SALARY CAP WORLD OF THE NHL…THERE IS LITTLE OR NOTHING A GENERAL MANAGER CAN DO…
THE CANUCKS NOW FIND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRITICAL PART OF THEIR SCHEDULE…
13 GAMES IN 22 NIGHTS…INCLUDING 2…BACK TO BACK ROAD GAMES…
QUITE SIMPLY IT COULD COST THEM A PLAYOFF SPOT…
IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHY DOES THE LEAGUE DO THIS TO ITSELF…
IT’S NO SECRET THE CAUSE OF MOST OF THESE INJURIES IS THE SCHEDULE…
TOO MANY GAMES…IN TOO FEW DAYS…
WHAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE IS THE FACT…THE SCHEDULE IS COMPRESSED…BECAUSE OF THE OLYMPICS…
IT’S NO SECRET WHAT’S DRIVING THIS IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR…
GREED!!!
BOTH ON THE PART OF THE OWNERS AND THE PLAYERS…
BUT THE END RESULT IS…BAD HOCKEY…AND ULTIMATELY THAT’S JUST BAD BUSINESS…
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Thrill is Gone
THE HONEYMOON IS OVER…
NO MORE MOONLIT WALKS…
NO MORE HOLDING HANDS…
NO MORE STARING INTO EACH OTHERS EYES…WHILE LISTENING TO THE GREATEST HITS OF MICHAEL BOLTON…
NO…THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN TORONTO AND BRIAN BURKE IS OVER…
AT LEAST FOR NOW…
NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED…ALL THE SIGNS WERE THERE…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…PITTSBURGH DROPPED THE LEAFS 5-2…
TORONTO FANS ACTUALLY BOOED THE PLAYERS…AS THEY LEFT THE ICE…
LASTNIGHT IN NEW YORK…
THE LEAFS WERE BLOWN OUT 7-2 BY THE RANGERS…
IT’S THE FIRST TIME THE FRANCHISE HAS LOST 5 STRAIGHT TO START A SEASON IN NEARLY 20 YEARS…
THIS MORNING WHEN TORONTO FANS WOKE UP…THE BLOOD WAS ALL OVER THE SPORTS SECTIONS OF THE LOCAL PAPERS …
THE HEADLINES IN THE TORONTO STAR READ…
“MELTDOWN IN MANHATTAN”…AND…“LOUSY LEAFS”…
THE TORONTO STAR WENT WITH THIS LITTLE GEM…
“”TORONTO’S UGLY DISPLAY”…
NOW KEEP IN MIND…
THESE ARE THE SAME MEDIA TYPES IN TORONTO…WHICH HAVE FOR THE LAST YEAR…HAILED BURKE AS A “SAVIOR”…
IN FACT…IT WAS JUST LAST MONTH WHEN THE TORONTO STAR RAN A HEADLINE WHICH READ…
“BRIAN BURKE SAYS LEAFS BUILT TO MAKE PLAYOFFS”…
THE NATIONAL POST HEADLINE USED THIS QUOTE FROM BURKE…
“WELL ON OUR WAY”…
NOT SO FAST!!!
AFTER 5 GAMES INTO REGULAR SEASON…ALL THAT TALK HAS SUDDENLY STOPPED…
TONIGHT AGAINST COLORADO THE LEAFS WILL START THEIR THIRD STRING GOALTENDER…JOEY MCDONALD…
AND HAVE SENT 2 VETERANS…MATT STAJAN AND NIKLAS HAGMAN…TO THE PRESS BOX…
THIS SEASON HOCKEY FANS IN TORONTO MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT…WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DRAFTING FIRST OVER ALL NEXT JUNE…
EXCEPT…WELL…BURKE HAS ALREADY TRADED AWAY THE PICK…
AND THEIR FIRST ROUND PICK IN 2011…
THAT’S THE TROUBLE WITH “LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT”…
WAKING UP THE NEXT MORNING…
NO MORE MOONLIT WALKS…
NO MORE HOLDING HANDS…
NO MORE STARING INTO EACH OTHERS EYES…WHILE LISTENING TO THE GREATEST HITS OF MICHAEL BOLTON…
NO…THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN TORONTO AND BRIAN BURKE IS OVER…
AT LEAST FOR NOW…
NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED…ALL THE SIGNS WERE THERE…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT…PITTSBURGH DROPPED THE LEAFS 5-2…
TORONTO FANS ACTUALLY BOOED THE PLAYERS…AS THEY LEFT THE ICE…
LASTNIGHT IN NEW YORK…
THE LEAFS WERE BLOWN OUT 7-2 BY THE RANGERS…
IT’S THE FIRST TIME THE FRANCHISE HAS LOST 5 STRAIGHT TO START A SEASON IN NEARLY 20 YEARS…
THIS MORNING WHEN TORONTO FANS WOKE UP…THE BLOOD WAS ALL OVER THE SPORTS SECTIONS OF THE LOCAL PAPERS …
THE HEADLINES IN THE TORONTO STAR READ…
“MELTDOWN IN MANHATTAN”…AND…“LOUSY LEAFS”…
THE TORONTO STAR WENT WITH THIS LITTLE GEM…
“”TORONTO’S UGLY DISPLAY”…
NOW KEEP IN MIND…
THESE ARE THE SAME MEDIA TYPES IN TORONTO…WHICH HAVE FOR THE LAST YEAR…HAILED BURKE AS A “SAVIOR”…
IN FACT…IT WAS JUST LAST MONTH WHEN THE TORONTO STAR RAN A HEADLINE WHICH READ…
“BRIAN BURKE SAYS LEAFS BUILT TO MAKE PLAYOFFS”…
THE NATIONAL POST HEADLINE USED THIS QUOTE FROM BURKE…
“WELL ON OUR WAY”…
NOT SO FAST!!!
AFTER 5 GAMES INTO REGULAR SEASON…ALL THAT TALK HAS SUDDENLY STOPPED…
TONIGHT AGAINST COLORADO THE LEAFS WILL START THEIR THIRD STRING GOALTENDER…JOEY MCDONALD…
AND HAVE SENT 2 VETERANS…MATT STAJAN AND NIKLAS HAGMAN…TO THE PRESS BOX…
THIS SEASON HOCKEY FANS IN TORONTO MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT…WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DRAFTING FIRST OVER ALL NEXT JUNE…
EXCEPT…WELL…BURKE HAS ALREADY TRADED AWAY THE PICK…
AND THEIR FIRST ROUND PICK IN 2011…
THAT’S THE TROUBLE WITH “LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT”…
WAKING UP THE NEXT MORNING…
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Canuck Fans
CANUCK FANS HAVE BEEN SLAGGED…RIPPED…DISSED…AND SLAPPED IN THE FACE…
AND THE WORST PART OF ALL THIS…MAYBE…WE DESERVE IT…
THE SOURCE IS A DAVID BREITMAN…
A CANADIAN…WHO WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA…AND IS NOW WORKING IN LOS ANGELES FOR SPIKE T.V…
BREITMAN HAS NOW ISSUED HIS LIST OF:
”THE 10 TEAMS WITH THE MOST ANNOYING FANS”…
COMING IN AT NUMBER 5 IS…THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
HE CALLS THEIR FANS “ARROGANT”…AND “SCUMBAGS”
DESCRIBES THEM AS PEOPLE WHO SPEND THEIR DAYS…
1) DEMANDING TRADES ON LOCAL RADIO SHOWS…
2) REMINICING ABOUT THE YEAR THEY ALMOST SIGNED WAYNE GRETZKY…AND…
3) PREACHING ABOUT HOW HOSTING JAROME IGINLA AND THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM WILL FINALLY ESTABLISH THEIR CITY AS A GENUINE HOCKEY TOWN…
HE REFERS TO THE SEDINS AS…”HOMO-EROTIC SWEDISH TWINS…THAT SEEM PHYSICALLY AFRAID OF THE PLAYOFFS”…
HOLD ON…THEM ARE FIGHTIN’ WORDS…
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE…
BREITMAN HAS GONE SO FAR AS TO OFFER UP A WAY TO DETERMINE WHO IS…AND WHO IS NOT…A CANUCK FAN…
CHECK THIS OUT…
“NEXT TIME YOU SEE A SUSPECTED PYRAMID SCHEMER…IN THE CORNER OF A TRENDY WINE BAR…SPORTING A $200 DOLLAR HAIR CUT AND $900 DOLLAR SUIT…GO AHEAD AND ASK HIM ABOUT KEVIN BIEKSA…
ODDS ARE HE’S A VANCOUVER CANUCKS FAN”…
UNFORTUNATELY….BREITMAN HAS A POINT…
CANUCK FANS REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO JUSTIFY THEIR SUPPORT…
THERE ARE NO STANLEY CUP BANNERS IN THE RAFTERS OF GM PLACE…
IN 40 YEARS…THERE’S NOT ONE PLAYER IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME…
AND THEN THERE’S “RICHARD BEACH”…THE CANUCK FAN…WHO CANCELLED HIS CABLE LAST SEASON WHEN THE CANUCKS LOST IN SAN JOSE…
HOW DO YOU ARGUE THAT???
WELL AT LEAST WE CAN TAKE SOME COMFORT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CANUCKS DO NOT HAVE “THE” WORST FANS…
THAT TITLE BELONGS TO THE CHICAGO CUBS…
WHO HAVE NOT WON A CHAMPIONSHIP IN 101 YEARS…
HELL IT’S ONLY BEEN…94 YEARS FOR HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY…
AND THE WORST PART OF ALL THIS…MAYBE…WE DESERVE IT…
THE SOURCE IS A DAVID BREITMAN…
A CANADIAN…WHO WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA…AND IS NOW WORKING IN LOS ANGELES FOR SPIKE T.V…
BREITMAN HAS NOW ISSUED HIS LIST OF:
”THE 10 TEAMS WITH THE MOST ANNOYING FANS”…
COMING IN AT NUMBER 5 IS…THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
HE CALLS THEIR FANS “ARROGANT”…AND “SCUMBAGS”
DESCRIBES THEM AS PEOPLE WHO SPEND THEIR DAYS…
1) DEMANDING TRADES ON LOCAL RADIO SHOWS…
2) REMINICING ABOUT THE YEAR THEY ALMOST SIGNED WAYNE GRETZKY…AND…
3) PREACHING ABOUT HOW HOSTING JAROME IGINLA AND THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM WILL FINALLY ESTABLISH THEIR CITY AS A GENUINE HOCKEY TOWN…
HE REFERS TO THE SEDINS AS…”HOMO-EROTIC SWEDISH TWINS…THAT SEEM PHYSICALLY AFRAID OF THE PLAYOFFS”…
HOLD ON…THEM ARE FIGHTIN’ WORDS…
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE…
BREITMAN HAS GONE SO FAR AS TO OFFER UP A WAY TO DETERMINE WHO IS…AND WHO IS NOT…A CANUCK FAN…
CHECK THIS OUT…
“NEXT TIME YOU SEE A SUSPECTED PYRAMID SCHEMER…IN THE CORNER OF A TRENDY WINE BAR…SPORTING A $200 DOLLAR HAIR CUT AND $900 DOLLAR SUIT…GO AHEAD AND ASK HIM ABOUT KEVIN BIEKSA…
ODDS ARE HE’S A VANCOUVER CANUCKS FAN”…
UNFORTUNATELY….BREITMAN HAS A POINT…
CANUCK FANS REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO JUSTIFY THEIR SUPPORT…
THERE ARE NO STANLEY CUP BANNERS IN THE RAFTERS OF GM PLACE…
IN 40 YEARS…THERE’S NOT ONE PLAYER IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME…
AND THEN THERE’S “RICHARD BEACH”…THE CANUCK FAN…WHO CANCELLED HIS CABLE LAST SEASON WHEN THE CANUCKS LOST IN SAN JOSE…
HOW DO YOU ARGUE THAT???
WELL AT LEAST WE CAN TAKE SOME COMFORT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CANUCKS DO NOT HAVE “THE” WORST FANS…
THAT TITLE BELONGS TO THE CHICAGO CUBS…
WHO HAVE NOT WON A CHAMPIONSHIP IN 101 YEARS…
HELL IT’S ONLY BEEN…94 YEARS FOR HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY…
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