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Originally Posted by Hells Bells
Just like Flyers fans would never want "Sindy Crosby" on their team.
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Irrelevant. When they call him Cindy, they are hardly expressing their support. These nicknames are not given out of affection or respect.
It certainly seems to be the case that most posters on CP are supportive of Burke's hiring —
now. That does not mean that they thought well of him when he was running the Canucks or the Ducks, and the 'McBlowhard' gags were flying.
Anyway, Burke is no Sidney Crosby. Crosby is a bona fide superstar, a generational talent. It would be a very odd hockey fan who thought Burke was a superstar GM, or the best hockey executive of his generation.
Some of what we're seeing today, I suspect, is coming from people who are inwardly thinking, 'Oh, hell, he's on our side now, I guess I'd better learn to cheer for him' — and outwardly saying the right things to lull their cognitive dissonance to sleep.