Category Archives: Blatant Homerism
Some comforting words…
… from a man who looks like this, basically all the time: When that dude is telling you you’re being too hard on someone, you’ve probably gone overboard with the whole criticism thing. Mike Babcock is the sort of coach … Continue reading
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“frodo baggins hockey”
If there ever was a reason to start blogging again, being found by someone searching that phrase is … well, not a great reason, but a stellar excuse. I’m back, here, until we can get the domain name sorted. It … Continue reading
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Poetic Playoff Prophecy Vol. III: Final-ly
I have no one to blame for this but myself. I wrote some time ago, no doubt giddy from a promising beginning to another post-season, that if the Red Wings found themselves in the Cup finals, I would incorporate the … Continue reading
Out.Coached.
I know what you may be thinking but — despite the title in the header of this blog — this is not a website dedicated to the Chicago Blackhawks Game 4 performance. In fact, one of the reasons we named … Continue reading
Never, ever make a mistake
Athletes are taught, from a very young age, that they shouldn’t “play tight”. Playing tight, a whole whack of Junior, Pee-Wee, Amateur and Professional coaches will tell you, leads to nothing but losses. If you are too terrified of making … Continue reading
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F–k rationality, it’s an ode to Darren Helm
This post should absolutely be a scathing indictment of the media’s swine flu coverage. It could also easily be a heart-wrenching opus about how Manny Ramirez testing positive for steroids crushed whatever was left of a little boy’s love for … Continue reading
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Winners Never Quit
One of the easiest things to do in life is to say ‘fuck it’ and walk away. Things ain’t happening. You get the short end of the stick. You keep shooting and nothing goes in. It goes in and then … Continue reading
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Pick on the Red Wings, not Detroit
I wrote a post the other day that drew a little bit of attention to our little corner of the internet. Who would have thought that unleashing amusing insults about another hockey team and finding great YouTube clips of players … Continue reading
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Poetic Playoff Prophecy Vol. II: Round Two, Fight!
Well, the first round somehow went mostly as predicted by my seat-of-the-pants verse. We went 7/8 on overall predictions with the Flyers over the Penguins in seven games being the one we totally whiffed on. No matter. In my own … Continue reading
New faces, old hate
Mr. Getzlaf, good to see you again. Mr. Niedermayer, it’s been too long. Mr. Pronger … don’t ever touch me. You’re an asshole. It’s Ducks vs. Wings again, and I couldn’t be more excited, but things are a little different … Continue reading
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