LET ME BEGIN THIS BY MAKING A FEW THINGS PERFECTLY CLEAR…
THE FIRST IS…
2 YEARS AGO ERIC TILLMAN MADE A SERIOUS MISTAKE…
WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BOTH A “SLEEP AID” AND “PAIN KILLERS” HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND HIS 16 YEAR OLD BABY SISTER…AND PULLED HER…TOWARD HIM…
THAT IS SEXUAL ASSAULT…PLAIN AND SIMPLE…
LAST JANUARY TILLMAN PLEADED GUILTY AND WAS GIVEN AN ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE…
NEVERTHELESS…ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS…TILLMAN MADE NO EXCUSES…
IN HIS WORDS…”I ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY…I AM PROFOUNDLY SORRY…IT’S A REGRET I’LL TAKE TO MY GRAVE”…
THE SECOND THING I WANT TO MAKE PERFECTLY CLEAR IS THIS…
I HAVE KNOWN ERIC TILLMAN FOR 20 YEARS AND CONSIDER HIM A FRIEND…
SO TODAY…I AM HAPPY TO SEE…THAT THE EDMONTON ESKIMOES NAMED HIM…THEIR NEW GENERAL MANAGER…
AND IN DOING SO…HAVE GIVEN HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD HIS CAREER…AND REGAIN HIS LIFE…
SADLY NOT EVERYBODY IN EDMONTON FEELS THAT WAY…
THE NATIONAL POST NOW REPORTS…THAT AN ON LINE SURVEY IN EDMONTON SAYS THAT MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF FANS IN THAT CITY ARE OPPOSED TO THE HIRING…
AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOW THREATENING TO NEVER ATTEND ANOTHER ESKIMO GAME…
THE DOUBLE STANDARD AMOUNGST SOME FANS…IS TO SAY THE LEAST “DISTRUBING”…
THESE ARE THE SAME TYPE OF FANS WHO HAVE NO PROBLEM GIVING A PASS TO “ATHLETES” FOR THEIR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT…
THAT LIST INCLUDES THE LIKES OF…
BEN ROETHLISBERGER…
TIGER WOODS…
KOBE BRYANT…AND MIKE TYSON…TO NAME A FEW…
IN A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW…DINO CICCARELLI WILL BE INDUCTED IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME…
BASED ON HIS PEFORMANCE ON THE ICE…CICCARELLI HAS EARNED THE HONOR…
BUT KEEP IN MIND…THIS IS THE SAME DINO CICCARELLI WHO AS A PLAYER…WAS BUSTED FOR BOTH INDECENT EXPOSURE…AND ACCUSED OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A 17 YEAR OLD…
IN EVERY ONE OF THESE CASES…THEY WERE ALL GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE…
THAT IS WHAT ERIC TILLMAN GOT TODAY…AND THAT’S ALL THAT HE GOT!!!
SO BEFORE ANY OF US PASS JUDGEMENT…LET’S BACK OFF…AND WAIT TO SEE…WHAT HE DOES WITH IT…
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Cody Hodgson
TODAY CODY HODGSON AND THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS GOT THE BAD NEWS…
HODGSON HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED TO PLAY…
IT MEANS HE WILL NOT ATTEND THE PROSPECTS CAMP…
HODGSON AND HIS BAD BACK WILL RE-EVALUATED…AND WE SHOULD KNOW MORE BY NEXT FRIDAY…
NOW BEFORE YOU THROW THIS KID UNDER THE BUS…AND WRITE HIM OFF…
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING…
CODY HODGSON REMAINS THE CANUCKS NUMBER ONE PROSPECT…
AND KEEPING HIM OFF THE ICE UNTIL HE IS 100 PER CENT IS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT THING TO DO…
SHOULD FANS BE CONCERNED…ABSOLUTELY!!!
BUT NOW THAT THE DOCTORS KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS…
THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE WILL NOT MAKE A FULL RECOVERY…
KEEP IN MIND…THE TORN MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WAS MISDIAGNOSED FOR 13 MONTHS…
AND BECAUSE OF THAT…HODGSON HAS LOST A FULL YEAR OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT…
NONE OF WHICH WAS HIS FAULT…
MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO REMIND HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY…EXACTLY WHAT THE CANUCKS HAVE IN CODY HODGSON…
IN JANUARY OF 2009 HE WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS…AND WAS THE LEADING SCORER AT THE TOURNAMENT…WITH 16 POINTS IN 6 GAMES…
THAT SEASON HE ALSO COLLECTED 92 POINTS IN 53 GAMES AND WAS NAMED CHL PLAYER OF THE YEAR…
BUT…HODGSON HAS YET TO PLAY A SINGLE GAME IN THE NHL…
AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM…
ALL 9 PLAYERS WHO WERE TAKEN IN FRONT OF HIM NOW DRESSED FOR THE TEAMS THAT DRAFTED THEM…
INCLUDING STEVEN STAMKOS AND DREW DOUGHTY…
BUT THE ONE THAT REALLY HURTS…IS TYLER MYERS OF THE BUFFALO SABRES…
WHO WAS TAKEN 2 SELECTIONS AFTER HODGSON…
LAST SEASON MYERS WON THE CALDER…AS THE NHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR…
LIKE IT OR NOT…BOTH THE CANUCKS AND THEIR FANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PATIENT…
HODGSON HAS THE “POTENTIAL” TO BECOME ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS THIS ORGANIZATION HAS EVER DRAFTED…
BUT UNTIL HE’S HEATHLY…THAT’S ALL IT IS…”POTENTIAL”…
SO…THE WAITING GAME CONTINUES…
AND IF YOU THINK IT’S TOUGH ON YOU…
TRY AND IMAGINE WHAT CODY HODGSON IS GOING THROUGH
HODGSON HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED TO PLAY…
IT MEANS HE WILL NOT ATTEND THE PROSPECTS CAMP…
HODGSON AND HIS BAD BACK WILL RE-EVALUATED…AND WE SHOULD KNOW MORE BY NEXT FRIDAY…
NOW BEFORE YOU THROW THIS KID UNDER THE BUS…AND WRITE HIM OFF…
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING…
CODY HODGSON REMAINS THE CANUCKS NUMBER ONE PROSPECT…
AND KEEPING HIM OFF THE ICE UNTIL HE IS 100 PER CENT IS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT THING TO DO…
SHOULD FANS BE CONCERNED…ABSOLUTELY!!!
BUT NOW THAT THE DOCTORS KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS…
THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE WILL NOT MAKE A FULL RECOVERY…
KEEP IN MIND…THE TORN MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WAS MISDIAGNOSED FOR 13 MONTHS…
AND BECAUSE OF THAT…HODGSON HAS LOST A FULL YEAR OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT…
NONE OF WHICH WAS HIS FAULT…
MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO REMIND HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY…EXACTLY WHAT THE CANUCKS HAVE IN CODY HODGSON…
IN JANUARY OF 2009 HE WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS…AND WAS THE LEADING SCORER AT THE TOURNAMENT…WITH 16 POINTS IN 6 GAMES…
THAT SEASON HE ALSO COLLECTED 92 POINTS IN 53 GAMES AND WAS NAMED CHL PLAYER OF THE YEAR…
BUT…HODGSON HAS YET TO PLAY A SINGLE GAME IN THE NHL…
AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM…
ALL 9 PLAYERS WHO WERE TAKEN IN FRONT OF HIM NOW DRESSED FOR THE TEAMS THAT DRAFTED THEM…
INCLUDING STEVEN STAMKOS AND DREW DOUGHTY…
BUT THE ONE THAT REALLY HURTS…IS TYLER MYERS OF THE BUFFALO SABRES…
WHO WAS TAKEN 2 SELECTIONS AFTER HODGSON…
LAST SEASON MYERS WON THE CALDER…AS THE NHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR…
LIKE IT OR NOT…BOTH THE CANUCKS AND THEIR FANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PATIENT…
HODGSON HAS THE “POTENTIAL” TO BECOME ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS THIS ORGANIZATION HAS EVER DRAFTED…
BUT UNTIL HE’S HEATHLY…THAT’S ALL IT IS…”POTENTIAL”…
SO…THE WAITING GAME CONTINUES…
AND IF YOU THINK IT’S TOUGH ON YOU…
TRY AND IMAGINE WHAT CODY HODGSON IS GOING THROUGH
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Pressure
PRESSURE”…
FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…IT IS “THE” WORD WILL DEFINE THIS SEASON…
TO START WITH…THE HOCKEY NEWS HAS THE CANUCKS PICKED TO WIN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS…HENRIK SEDIN IS LAST SEASON’S WINNER OF BOTH THE HART AND ART ROSS TROPHIES…
LASTNIGHT THE TWINS WERE AT METRO TOWN SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR E.A. SPORTS…
AS YOU MAY KNOW…DANIEL AND HENRIK ARE ON THE SWEDISH VERSION OF NHL 11…
AND SHOULD ROBERTO LUONGO CHOOSE TO GIVE UP THE “C”???
THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY HENRIK COULD BE NAMED CAPTAIN…
WHEN ASKED ABOUT ALL THE EXPECTATIONS BOTH PLAYERS ARE NOW FACING???
DANIEL EXPLAINED IT THIS WAY:
“THE PRESSURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE…BUT WE’D MUCH RATHER HAVE THIS KIND OF PRESSURE…THAN THE KIND WE HAD THE FIRST FEW YEARS”…
NO KIDDING!!!
IN THE FIRST 5 YEARS IN VANCOUVER THE SEDINS HAD BEEN LABLED “THE SISTERS”…
IN THOSE DAYS…IT WOULD HAVE EASY TO HAVE DEMANDED A TRADE…
OR SIMPLY BECOME UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS…AND SIGN WITH ANOTHER TEAM…
INSTEAD THEY CHOOSE TO STAY…
AFTER THE LOCKOUT…BOTH DANIEL AND HENRIK HAD BREAK OUT SEASONS…AND OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS AVERAGED ALMOST 80 POINTS A SEASON…
THEN LAST SEASON…THEY TOOK THEIR GAME TO ANOTHER LEVEL…
HENRIK LED THE LEAGUE IN SCORING WITH 112 POINTS…
AND DESPITE THE FACT DANIEL MISSED 19 GAMES BECAUSE OF INJURIES…HE STILL MANAGED 85 POINTS…
IN FACT…ONLY ALEXANDER OVECHKIN AVERAGED MORE “POINTS PER GAME” THAN THE SEDINS…
SO NOW WHAT…CAN THEY DUPLICATE THAT PERFORMANCE???
THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THEY CAN…
ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH THE TWINS WILL TURN 30…STILL VERY MUCH IN THEIR PRIME…
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY…THEY SEEM TO BE “IMMUNE” TO OUTSIDE PRESSURE…
AND THAT…SHOULD GIVE HOPE TO CANUCK FANS…THAT MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…THIS SEASON…
THERE “IS” REASON TO BELIEVE!!!
FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…IT IS “THE” WORD WILL DEFINE THIS SEASON…
TO START WITH…THE HOCKEY NEWS HAS THE CANUCKS PICKED TO WIN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS…HENRIK SEDIN IS LAST SEASON’S WINNER OF BOTH THE HART AND ART ROSS TROPHIES…
LASTNIGHT THE TWINS WERE AT METRO TOWN SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR E.A. SPORTS…
AS YOU MAY KNOW…DANIEL AND HENRIK ARE ON THE SWEDISH VERSION OF NHL 11…
AND SHOULD ROBERTO LUONGO CHOOSE TO GIVE UP THE “C”???
THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY HENRIK COULD BE NAMED CAPTAIN…
WHEN ASKED ABOUT ALL THE EXPECTATIONS BOTH PLAYERS ARE NOW FACING???
DANIEL EXPLAINED IT THIS WAY:
“THE PRESSURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE…BUT WE’D MUCH RATHER HAVE THIS KIND OF PRESSURE…THAN THE KIND WE HAD THE FIRST FEW YEARS”…
NO KIDDING!!!
IN THE FIRST 5 YEARS IN VANCOUVER THE SEDINS HAD BEEN LABLED “THE SISTERS”…
IN THOSE DAYS…IT WOULD HAVE EASY TO HAVE DEMANDED A TRADE…
OR SIMPLY BECOME UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS…AND SIGN WITH ANOTHER TEAM…
INSTEAD THEY CHOOSE TO STAY…
AFTER THE LOCKOUT…BOTH DANIEL AND HENRIK HAD BREAK OUT SEASONS…AND OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS AVERAGED ALMOST 80 POINTS A SEASON…
THEN LAST SEASON…THEY TOOK THEIR GAME TO ANOTHER LEVEL…
HENRIK LED THE LEAGUE IN SCORING WITH 112 POINTS…
AND DESPITE THE FACT DANIEL MISSED 19 GAMES BECAUSE OF INJURIES…HE STILL MANAGED 85 POINTS…
IN FACT…ONLY ALEXANDER OVECHKIN AVERAGED MORE “POINTS PER GAME” THAN THE SEDINS…
SO NOW WHAT…CAN THEY DUPLICATE THAT PERFORMANCE???
THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THEY CAN…
ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH THE TWINS WILL TURN 30…STILL VERY MUCH IN THEIR PRIME…
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY…THEY SEEM TO BE “IMMUNE” TO OUTSIDE PRESSURE…
AND THAT…SHOULD GIVE HOPE TO CANUCK FANS…THAT MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…THIS SEASON…
THERE “IS” REASON TO BELIEVE!!!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
NHL predictions
IF IT’S TRUE THAT PREDICTIONS ARE FOR GYPIES…
THEN EVERYBODY IN THE SPORTS MEDIA BUSINESS IS BORN WITH A “CRYSTAL BALL”…OR IN SOME CASES…TWO…
THE HOCKEY NEWS HAS RELEASED ITS ANNUAL PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2010-2011 SEASON…
AND VANCOUVER HOCKEY FANS ARE GOING TO LIKE WHAT THEY READ…
THE MAGAZINE HAS THE CANUCKS AS THE FAVORITE TO WIN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
THE REASONS LISTED INCLUDE HENRIK SEDIN WINNING BOTH THE ART ROSS AND THE HART TROPHIES LAST SEASON…
AND THE FACT HENRIK DID ALL THAT…DESPITE THE FACT DANIEL MISSED 19 GAMES BECAUSE OF INJURIES…
THERE’S RYAN KESLER…WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR THE SELKE…
THE ADDITIONS OF DAN HAMHUIS…KEITH BALLARD AND MANNY MALHOTRA…
THE HOCKEY NEWS IS ALSO NOT READY TO WRITE OFF ROBERTO LUONGO…IN THEIR WORDS…
“HE HAS GAINED A LOT OF DETRACTORS FOR HIS POST SEASON PLAY…BUT HE STILL PUTS UP GOOD NUMBERS IN THE REGULAR SEASON”…
IN THE EAST…NO SURPISE HERE…
THE HOCKEY NEWS LIKES THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS…
BUT THE MAGAZINE DID STICK ITS NECK OUT…EVEN IF ONLY A LITTLE BIT…
IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…IT HAS BOTH ST. LOUIS AND CALGARY MAKING THE PLAYOFFS THIS SEASON…WITH NASHVILLE AND COLORADO MISSING THE DANCE…
NO QUESTION THE BLUES ARE A MUCH IMPROVED TEAM NOW THAT THEY HAVE JAROSLAV IN GOAL…
BUT OLI JOKINEN HAS ALREADY SHOWN THE FANS IN CALGARY…HE IS NO SAVIOR…
IN THE EAST…THE HOCKEY NEWS HAS TAMPA BAY FINISHING 7TH…WITH BOTH THE RANGERS AND THE SENATORS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN…
AS FOR THE LIGHTNING…NO QUESTION…GENERAL MANAGER STEVE YZERMAN HAS GREATLY IMPROVED THAT TEAM WITH THE ADDITIONS OF SIMON GAGNE AND PAVEL KUBINA…
BUT THE BIG SURPISE IN THE EAST…COULD VERY WELL BE ATLANTA…THE THRASHERS WERE THE BIG WINNERS IN THE FIRE SALE OF THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS…LANDING A TOTAL OF 3 PLAYERS…
IN THE END…THERE IS ONLY ONE THING WE ALL DO AGREE ON…AND THAT IS…
THE LEAFS WILL MISS THE PLAYOFFS…AGAIN
THEN EVERYBODY IN THE SPORTS MEDIA BUSINESS IS BORN WITH A “CRYSTAL BALL”…OR IN SOME CASES…TWO…
THE HOCKEY NEWS HAS RELEASED ITS ANNUAL PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2010-2011 SEASON…
AND VANCOUVER HOCKEY FANS ARE GOING TO LIKE WHAT THEY READ…
THE MAGAZINE HAS THE CANUCKS AS THE FAVORITE TO WIN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
THE REASONS LISTED INCLUDE HENRIK SEDIN WINNING BOTH THE ART ROSS AND THE HART TROPHIES LAST SEASON…
AND THE FACT HENRIK DID ALL THAT…DESPITE THE FACT DANIEL MISSED 19 GAMES BECAUSE OF INJURIES…
THERE’S RYAN KESLER…WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR THE SELKE…
THE ADDITIONS OF DAN HAMHUIS…KEITH BALLARD AND MANNY MALHOTRA…
THE HOCKEY NEWS IS ALSO NOT READY TO WRITE OFF ROBERTO LUONGO…IN THEIR WORDS…
“HE HAS GAINED A LOT OF DETRACTORS FOR HIS POST SEASON PLAY…BUT HE STILL PUTS UP GOOD NUMBERS IN THE REGULAR SEASON”…
IN THE EAST…NO SURPISE HERE…
THE HOCKEY NEWS LIKES THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS…
BUT THE MAGAZINE DID STICK ITS NECK OUT…EVEN IF ONLY A LITTLE BIT…
IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…IT HAS BOTH ST. LOUIS AND CALGARY MAKING THE PLAYOFFS THIS SEASON…WITH NASHVILLE AND COLORADO MISSING THE DANCE…
NO QUESTION THE BLUES ARE A MUCH IMPROVED TEAM NOW THAT THEY HAVE JAROSLAV IN GOAL…
BUT OLI JOKINEN HAS ALREADY SHOWN THE FANS IN CALGARY…HE IS NO SAVIOR…
IN THE EAST…THE HOCKEY NEWS HAS TAMPA BAY FINISHING 7TH…WITH BOTH THE RANGERS AND THE SENATORS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN…
AS FOR THE LIGHTNING…NO QUESTION…GENERAL MANAGER STEVE YZERMAN HAS GREATLY IMPROVED THAT TEAM WITH THE ADDITIONS OF SIMON GAGNE AND PAVEL KUBINA…
BUT THE BIG SURPISE IN THE EAST…COULD VERY WELL BE ATLANTA…THE THRASHERS WERE THE BIG WINNERS IN THE FIRE SALE OF THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS…LANDING A TOTAL OF 3 PLAYERS…
IN THE END…THERE IS ONLY ONE THING WE ALL DO AGREE ON…AND THAT IS…
THE LEAFS WILL MISS THE PLAYOFFS…AGAIN
Friday, August 27, 2010
BC Lions
ONE AND SIX…
NO MATTER HOW YOU DRESS IT UP…
NO MATTER HOW MUCH SUGAR YOU POUR ON IT…
THE B.C. LIONS ARE ONE AND SIX…
AND WHAT HURTS THE MOST…IS THE FACT THEY STILL HAVE NOT WON A SINGLE GAME AT EMPIRE FIELD…
IT’S NO SECRET THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HAS BEEN A LACK OF PRODUCTION AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION…
THE TRIO OF CASEY PRINTERS…TRAVIS LULAY AND JARIUS JACKSON HAVE THROWN A GRAND TOTAL OF JUST 3 TOUCHDOWN PASSES…
COMPARE THAT TO ANTHONY CALVILLO OF THE AL’S…WHO HAS THROWN 17…OR HENRY BURRIS OF THE STAMPS WHO…HAS THROWN 16…
PRINTERS WILL GET THE START TONIGHT…HIS FIRST IN OVER A MONTH…
IN HIS FIRST 3 GAMES…PRINTERS HAS COMPLETED JUST 50 OF 88 PASSES…
THAT’S LESS THAN 57 PERCENT…THE LOWEST OF ANY STARTING QUARTERBACK IN THE CFL…
ADD IT UP…AND THE LIONS OFFENCE HAS PRODUCED A MERE 135 POINTS…
THE LOWEST TOTAL IN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE…
IN FAIRNESS…THE BLAME DOES NOT BELONG ENTIRELY ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE QUARTERBACKS…
THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN JUST THAT…OFFENSIVE…
AND THERE HAS BEEN AN ENDLESS STRING OF DROPPED PASSES…FUMBLES…AND NEEDLESS PENALITIES…
IT DOES NOT HELP THAT TONIGHT THE LIONS ARE PLAYING THE CALGARY STAMPEDERS…
THE TEAM WITH THE NUMBER ONE RANKED DEFENCE IN THE CFL…
YET…THERE “IS” STILL REASON TO BELIEVE…
3 WEEKS AGO…THE LIONS WERE IN POSITION TO BEAT THESE SAME STAMPEDERS…
THAT WAS UNTIL LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER…WHEN LULAY THREW HIS 5TH INTERCEPTION IN 3 GAMES…
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS…27-22…THE FINAL…
NEVERTHELESS…OUTSIDE OF THE 2 BLOW OUTS BY SASKATCHEWAN…THE LIONS 4 OTHER LOSES HAVE BEEN BY A TOTAL OF JUST 16 POINTS…
IN OTHER WORDS…4 PLAYS…4 MISTAKES…4 LOSSES…
ELIMINATE THOSE 4 PLAYS…AND THE LIONS COULD VERY WELL BE 5-2…
WHICH MEANS…IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO WRITE OFF THIS TEAM…AT LEAST NOT YET…
BUT STARTING TONIGHT…IT’S TIME FOR THESE PLAYERS TO “PROVE” THEY BELONG ON THIS LEAGUE…
AND UNTIL THAT HAPPENS…THE B.C. LIONS ARE STILL…
ONE AND SIX
NO MATTER HOW YOU DRESS IT UP…
NO MATTER HOW MUCH SUGAR YOU POUR ON IT…
THE B.C. LIONS ARE ONE AND SIX…
AND WHAT HURTS THE MOST…IS THE FACT THEY STILL HAVE NOT WON A SINGLE GAME AT EMPIRE FIELD…
IT’S NO SECRET THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HAS BEEN A LACK OF PRODUCTION AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION…
THE TRIO OF CASEY PRINTERS…TRAVIS LULAY AND JARIUS JACKSON HAVE THROWN A GRAND TOTAL OF JUST 3 TOUCHDOWN PASSES…
COMPARE THAT TO ANTHONY CALVILLO OF THE AL’S…WHO HAS THROWN 17…OR HENRY BURRIS OF THE STAMPS WHO…HAS THROWN 16…
PRINTERS WILL GET THE START TONIGHT…HIS FIRST IN OVER A MONTH…
IN HIS FIRST 3 GAMES…PRINTERS HAS COMPLETED JUST 50 OF 88 PASSES…
THAT’S LESS THAN 57 PERCENT…THE LOWEST OF ANY STARTING QUARTERBACK IN THE CFL…
ADD IT UP…AND THE LIONS OFFENCE HAS PRODUCED A MERE 135 POINTS…
THE LOWEST TOTAL IN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE…
IN FAIRNESS…THE BLAME DOES NOT BELONG ENTIRELY ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE QUARTERBACKS…
THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN JUST THAT…OFFENSIVE…
AND THERE HAS BEEN AN ENDLESS STRING OF DROPPED PASSES…FUMBLES…AND NEEDLESS PENALITIES…
IT DOES NOT HELP THAT TONIGHT THE LIONS ARE PLAYING THE CALGARY STAMPEDERS…
THE TEAM WITH THE NUMBER ONE RANKED DEFENCE IN THE CFL…
YET…THERE “IS” STILL REASON TO BELIEVE…
3 WEEKS AGO…THE LIONS WERE IN POSITION TO BEAT THESE SAME STAMPEDERS…
THAT WAS UNTIL LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER…WHEN LULAY THREW HIS 5TH INTERCEPTION IN 3 GAMES…
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS…27-22…THE FINAL…
NEVERTHELESS…OUTSIDE OF THE 2 BLOW OUTS BY SASKATCHEWAN…THE LIONS 4 OTHER LOSES HAVE BEEN BY A TOTAL OF JUST 16 POINTS…
IN OTHER WORDS…4 PLAYS…4 MISTAKES…4 LOSSES…
ELIMINATE THOSE 4 PLAYS…AND THE LIONS COULD VERY WELL BE 5-2…
WHICH MEANS…IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO WRITE OFF THIS TEAM…AT LEAST NOT YET…
BUT STARTING TONIGHT…IT’S TIME FOR THESE PLAYERS TO “PROVE” THEY BELONG ON THIS LEAGUE…
AND UNTIL THAT HAPPENS…THE B.C. LIONS ARE STILL…
ONE AND SIX
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Joey Votto
JOEY VOTTO…OF THE CINCINNATI REDS…
THE BEST CANADAIN ATHLETE…MOST CANADIANS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF…
LASTNIGHT VOTTO COLLECTED 4 HITS…INCLUDING 2 HOME RUNS AND 4 RBI’S…AS THE REDS BEAT SAN FRANSICO 12-11…
HE NOW LEADS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WITH A .326 AVERAGE…
HIS 31 HOME RUNS ARE 2 BACK OF ALBERT PUJOLS OF THE CARDINALS…
AND HIS 90 RIB’S ARE ALSO…2 BACK OF PUJOLS…
BOTH PLAYERS ARE NOW TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST PLAYER TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…SINCE CARL YASTRZEMSKI DID IT FOR BOSTON…BACK IN 1967…
THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST “NATIONAL LEAGUE” PLAYER TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…
SINCE JOE “DUCKY” MEDWICK DID IT FOR ST. LOUIS…BACK IN 1937…
THAT’S 73 YEARS AGO…
ADD TO ALL THAT…
THE REDS NOW LEAD THE CARDS BY 3 AND HALF GAMES…IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE “CENTRAL”…
WHICH MEANS…IN THE NEXT MONTH JOEY VOTTO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO:
WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…
A DIVISION TITLE…AND BE NAMED THE MVP IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE…
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CANADIAN PLAYERS WIN AWARDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL…
THE LIST INCLUDES…JUSTIN MORNEAU…LARRY WALKER…ERIC GAGNE AND FERGUSON JEKNKINS…
BUT WHAT VOTTO IS ATTEMPTING TO DO IS…”UNTHINKABLE”…
SO THE QUESTION STANDS…
WHY DOES HE REMAIN THE ANSWER TO A TRIVIA QUESTION…IN HIS OWN COUNTRY???
TWO REASONS…
THE FIRST IS…THE RELIGION IN CANADA IS HOCKEY…
AND SECONDLY…VOTTO PLAYS IN CINCINNATI…
IF HE PLAYED IN TORONTO…VOTTO WOULD ALREADY HAVE HIGH SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER HIM…
LET’S SAY…FOR ARGUMENT SAKE…JOEY VOTTO WINS THE TRIPLE CROWN…
DOES HE ALSO WIN THE LOU MARSH???…AS “CANADIAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR”…
DON’T COUNT ON IT….THIS IS AN OLYMPIC YEAR…
STEVE NASH…LARRY WALKER…JUSTIN MORNEAU…JOE SAKIC…MARIO LEMIEUX AND WAYNE GRETZKY…ARE JUST SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES THAT HAVE BEEN SNUBBED…BY THE CLOWNS IN TORONTO WHO VOTE ON THE LOU MARSH…
IN THE MEANTIME JOEY VOTTO CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN ALL OF SPORTS…
EVERY WHERE…EXCEPT…HIS HOME TOWN…
THE BEST CANADAIN ATHLETE…MOST CANADIANS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF…
LASTNIGHT VOTTO COLLECTED 4 HITS…INCLUDING 2 HOME RUNS AND 4 RBI’S…AS THE REDS BEAT SAN FRANSICO 12-11…
HE NOW LEADS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WITH A .326 AVERAGE…
HIS 31 HOME RUNS ARE 2 BACK OF ALBERT PUJOLS OF THE CARDINALS…
AND HIS 90 RIB’S ARE ALSO…2 BACK OF PUJOLS…
BOTH PLAYERS ARE NOW TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST PLAYER TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…SINCE CARL YASTRZEMSKI DID IT FOR BOSTON…BACK IN 1967…
THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST “NATIONAL LEAGUE” PLAYER TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…
SINCE JOE “DUCKY” MEDWICK DID IT FOR ST. LOUIS…BACK IN 1937…
THAT’S 73 YEARS AGO…
ADD TO ALL THAT…
THE REDS NOW LEAD THE CARDS BY 3 AND HALF GAMES…IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE “CENTRAL”…
WHICH MEANS…IN THE NEXT MONTH JOEY VOTTO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO:
WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…
A DIVISION TITLE…AND BE NAMED THE MVP IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE…
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CANADIAN PLAYERS WIN AWARDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL…
THE LIST INCLUDES…JUSTIN MORNEAU…LARRY WALKER…ERIC GAGNE AND FERGUSON JEKNKINS…
BUT WHAT VOTTO IS ATTEMPTING TO DO IS…”UNTHINKABLE”…
SO THE QUESTION STANDS…
WHY DOES HE REMAIN THE ANSWER TO A TRIVIA QUESTION…IN HIS OWN COUNTRY???
TWO REASONS…
THE FIRST IS…THE RELIGION IN CANADA IS HOCKEY…
AND SECONDLY…VOTTO PLAYS IN CINCINNATI…
IF HE PLAYED IN TORONTO…VOTTO WOULD ALREADY HAVE HIGH SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER HIM…
LET’S SAY…FOR ARGUMENT SAKE…JOEY VOTTO WINS THE TRIPLE CROWN…
DOES HE ALSO WIN THE LOU MARSH???…AS “CANADIAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR”…
DON’T COUNT ON IT….THIS IS AN OLYMPIC YEAR…
STEVE NASH…LARRY WALKER…JUSTIN MORNEAU…JOE SAKIC…MARIO LEMIEUX AND WAYNE GRETZKY…ARE JUST SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES THAT HAVE BEEN SNUBBED…BY THE CLOWNS IN TORONTO WHO VOTE ON THE LOU MARSH…
IN THE MEANTIME JOEY VOTTO CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN ALL OF SPORTS…
EVERY WHERE…EXCEPT…HIS HOME TOWN…
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Vancouver Canucks
DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THAT BRIGHT SHINY OBJECT IN THE SKY…
SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER…
ALL THE SIGNS ARE THERE…
THE BLUE JAYS ARE OUT OF THE PENANT RACE…
AND NHL PLAYERS HAVE MIGRATED BACK TO VANCOUVER AND ARE NOW SKATING AT UBC…
AS DIFFICULT AS THIS IS TO BELIEVE:
THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST EXIBITION GAME IN LESS THAN A MONTH…
AND LAUNCH THEIR REGULAR SEASON JUST 18 DAYS AFTER THAT…
A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE CANUCKS WERE BOUNCED OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS BY CHICAGO ON MAY 11TH…
TO START WITH…GM PLACE IS NOW…ROGERS ARENA…
TOM LARSCHIED ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT…HIS LAST GAME WILL BE THE OPENER ON OCTOBER THE 9TH…
LARSCHIED WILL NOT BE THE ONLY FAMILIAR FACE MISSING…
TODAY WILLIE MITCHELL SIGNED A 2 YEAR CONTRACT WITH L.A.…
THE RECENTLY DEPARTED ALSO INCLUDE…PAVOL DEMITRA…KYLE WELLWOOD…MICHEAL GRABNER AND ASSISTANT COACH RYAN WALTER…
THE NEW FACES INCLUDE…DAN HAMHUIS…KEITH BALLARD…MANNY MOLHOLTRA…AND RAFFI TORRES…WHO JUST AGREED TO A 1 YEAR DEAL…
BUT THE STARTING LINE ON OPENING NIGHT COULD ALSO INCLUDE…
CODY HODGSON…JORDAN SCHROEDER AND JEFF TAMBELLINI…
THIS SEASON THE CANUCKS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW CAPTAIN…
GENERAL MANAGER MIKE GILLIS PLANS TO SIT DOWN WITH ROBERTO LUONGO NEXT MONTH…
THE SMART MONEY IS ON “HENRIK SEDIN” TO GET THE JOB…
HENRIK WILL BECOME THE TEAMS’ THIRD CAPTAIN…IN 4 YEARS…
ALL THIS SHOULD NOT SURPRISE HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY…
WHEN GILLIS TOOK OVER 2 YEARS AGO HE PROMISED CHANGE…AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS DELIVERED…
FROM THE ROSTER GILLIS INHERITED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008…THERE ARE NOW JUST 9 PLAYERS LEFT…
SO AS WE PREPARE TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR “FLIP FLOPS” FOR ANOTHER YEAR…
THE ONLY QUESTION THAT REALLY MATTERS IS THIS…
ARE THE CANUCKS FINALLY READY TO COMPETE FOR A STANLEY CUP???
WE ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT…
SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER…
ALL THE SIGNS ARE THERE…
THE BLUE JAYS ARE OUT OF THE PENANT RACE…
AND NHL PLAYERS HAVE MIGRATED BACK TO VANCOUVER AND ARE NOW SKATING AT UBC…
AS DIFFICULT AS THIS IS TO BELIEVE:
THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST EXIBITION GAME IN LESS THAN A MONTH…
AND LAUNCH THEIR REGULAR SEASON JUST 18 DAYS AFTER THAT…
A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE CANUCKS WERE BOUNCED OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS BY CHICAGO ON MAY 11TH…
TO START WITH…GM PLACE IS NOW…ROGERS ARENA…
TOM LARSCHIED ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT…HIS LAST GAME WILL BE THE OPENER ON OCTOBER THE 9TH…
LARSCHIED WILL NOT BE THE ONLY FAMILIAR FACE MISSING…
TODAY WILLIE MITCHELL SIGNED A 2 YEAR CONTRACT WITH L.A.…
THE RECENTLY DEPARTED ALSO INCLUDE…PAVOL DEMITRA…KYLE WELLWOOD…MICHEAL GRABNER AND ASSISTANT COACH RYAN WALTER…
THE NEW FACES INCLUDE…DAN HAMHUIS…KEITH BALLARD…MANNY MOLHOLTRA…AND RAFFI TORRES…WHO JUST AGREED TO A 1 YEAR DEAL…
BUT THE STARTING LINE ON OPENING NIGHT COULD ALSO INCLUDE…
CODY HODGSON…JORDAN SCHROEDER AND JEFF TAMBELLINI…
THIS SEASON THE CANUCKS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW CAPTAIN…
GENERAL MANAGER MIKE GILLIS PLANS TO SIT DOWN WITH ROBERTO LUONGO NEXT MONTH…
THE SMART MONEY IS ON “HENRIK SEDIN” TO GET THE JOB…
HENRIK WILL BECOME THE TEAMS’ THIRD CAPTAIN…IN 4 YEARS…
ALL THIS SHOULD NOT SURPRISE HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY…
WHEN GILLIS TOOK OVER 2 YEARS AGO HE PROMISED CHANGE…AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS DELIVERED…
FROM THE ROSTER GILLIS INHERITED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008…THERE ARE NOW JUST 9 PLAYERS LEFT…
SO AS WE PREPARE TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR “FLIP FLOPS” FOR ANOTHER YEAR…
THE ONLY QUESTION THAT REALLY MATTERS IS THIS…
ARE THE CANUCKS FINALLY READY TO COMPETE FOR A STANLEY CUP???
WE ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT…
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