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FanIn80 · 04-30-2013, 05:45 PM

I don't know what the big deal is. I'd be ecstatic if I was in his shoes. The guy spent like 75% of his professional career playing for an organization that has achieved absolutely sweet f***-all for the last twenty-four seasons. '04 was just a fluke year that was nowhere near indicative of the actual quality of our team. In fact, I'd argue that the '04 run was far more detrimental to this organization. We were still building something at that point, but then all of a sudden we're one goal away from winning the Cup, and then next thing you know, the whole organization is in "win now" mode. Season after season of signing has-been players and hiring never-was coaches... all the while, the only guy on this team with legitimate all-star talent is left answering the same stupid questions night after night. "Yeah, I like our chances this year. This a good team we have, and I think this new coach is going to be great." "We didn't play very well tonight, we're just going to have to play better tomorrow." "Well, I guess you could say that the reason we lost today's game, is because we allowed more goals than the other team did." "Oh, I wasn't expecting that... I guess you're right, even though we scored four power play goals tonight, you're right about us not scoring on that one power play in the second period. I guess we'll just have to work harder on that." "Well, Eric, we won the game 6-0, but I guess you do have a point that we seem to be allowing more shots against than other teams do..."

Whatever. He's on a winning team and playing for an ACTUAL winning organization that isn't just committed to winning, but is ACTUALLY winning. You know? Like, as in ACTUALLY doing what they said they were going to do. Yeah, they got some lucky draft picks, but they didn't waste those picks on crap, and they didn't fail to build a winning team around those picks. They also didn't fail to bring in the right management and coaches along the way (even Therrien). We had Jarome freakin Iginla for EIGHTEEN years, and not once did we bother to do anything about it. We may have tried to do something about it, but the best thing about sports is how easy it is to see the difference between TRYING to do something and DOING something.

Iggy should be happy. I know I'd be happy, and any one of us would be jumping for joy if we were in his skates right now, too.

04-30-2013, 05:45 PM	#62
FanIn80 GOAT! Join Date: Jun 2006 Exp:	I don't know what the big deal is. I'd be ecstatic if I was in his shoes. The guy spent like 75% of his professional career playing for an organization that has achieved absolutely sweet f***-all for the last twenty-four seasons. '04 was just a fluke year that was nowhere near indicative of the actual quality of our team. In fact, I'd argue that the '04 run was far more detrimental to this organization. We were still building something at that point, but then all of a sudden we're one goal away from winning the Cup, and then next thing you know, the whole organization is in "win now" mode. Season after season of signing has-been players and hiring never-was coaches... all the while, the only guy on this team with legitimate all-star talent is left answering the same stupid questions night after night. "Yeah, I like our chances this year. This a good team we have, and I think this new coach is going to be great." "We didn't play very well tonight, we're just going to have to play better tomorrow." "Well, I guess you could say that the reason we lost today's game, is because we allowed more goals than the other team did." "Oh, I wasn't expecting that... I guess you're right, even though we scored four power play goals tonight, you're right about us not scoring on that one power play in the second period. I guess we'll just have to work harder on that." "Well, Eric, we won the game 6-0, but I guess you do have a point that we seem to be allowing more shots against than other teams do..." Whatever. He's on a winning team and playing for an ACTUAL winning organization that isn't just committed to winning, but is ACTUALLY winning. You know? Like, as in ACTUALLY doing what they said they were going to do. Yeah, they got some lucky draft picks, but they didn't waste those picks on crap, and they didn't fail to build a winning team around those picks. They also didn't fail to bring in the right management and coaches along the way (even Therrien). We had Jarome freakin Iginla for EIGHTEEN years, and not once did we bother to do anything about it. We may have tried to do something about it, but the best thing about sports is how easy it is to see the difference between TRYING to do something and DOING something. Iggy should be happy. I know I'd be happy, and any one of us would be jumping for joy if we were in his skates right now, too.