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Originally Posted by Bingo
Show of hands ...
The people really upset after two games were
a) massively positive leading up to the start of the season
b) massively negative leading up to the start of the season
I'm guessing it's about 96% b) which is puzzling.
Why are you acting shocked and upset about something you spent all summer promising would happen?
And bonus question ... if they win 3 of the next 5 are you going to react similarly in the opposite direction? Or just be quiet until misery returns?
Free country ... heck free website! But I don't get the joy in misery that some people have.
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There you go, labeling again.
You know what's funny? I don't see a lot of people "upset" about this. I think more people are upset about the reaction from other posters and their individual statement of their reservation toward the team that has been assembled, than the outcomes themselves. I don't see much anger. There just isn't much to get angry about. We knew this was going to be a Sutter team and most games would be a race to three goals. That has come to fruition. That is likely to playout all year. It's a Sutter thing. People are okay with that.
I think if there is anything making people upset it is the constant reference to the sudden turnaround, promised by advanced stats, that suggests the team deserved a better fate, and discounting the comments and observations of so many posters, when the outcomes were extremely predictable. It isn't like we haven't seen this script play out year-after-year-after-year with this team. There is nothing to get angry about when the team plays down to the level expected. It's disappointing, and worthy of comment, but I don't see anyone angry over this. Most are resigned to the outcomes because those outcomes are so predictable.
Ironically, a Ducks goaltender.