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Originally Posted by 223MB
That kid has about as much credibility as my left shoe.
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By casual observation.... you appear to be Dead Moose’s roommate.
Anyways.......
So! Imma thinkin big game here!
Morale is lower than a snakes belt buckle for my Mighty Oil and their faithful ( I ain’t down... I helped get another elk Friday an my training plan is on schedule so far so life’s good!) Gut check time for the committed. The ONE player I feel bad for is Nuge..... he’s been through this before, and he soldiers on.... his stats speak to his character.
Need a few other boys in the locker groom to take note.
I’d like to comment on a trend I’m noting. The blogosphere and media are sure as heck savage..... always has been. That’s gotta be a factor affecting the Oil over the last few years... I know ‘they get paid lots and yada yada... but Geeze!
The whole Jounal ‘player grade’ thing and such from other media types... it’s gotta affect a guys confidence.
For those of you keyboard warriors who are chomping at the bit to type ‘suck it up’...... you got zero free regarding this unless you’ve experienced it... sorry.
I think people still need to try to write on social media and other media with the mindset that they assume they are face to face in the conversation.
I got one example that keeps popping up in my head:
I’m closely related to an NHLer who played 20 seasons in the ‘90s and 2000’s.... good guy. He wore the A for more than one team. Voted several times on several teams as the fittest, most dedicated player on the team. He was never ever a vocal guy. He played along side a few of the greatest players to ever play. You’d like him.
Anyways, he did a stint in Montreal with the Habs..... and had a bad game. The media there savaged him. Never let it go. Rode him like a rented mule till finally he got traded.
The next team... well he quickly earned an assistant captain A again and had I think at least two decent playoff runs.
Only negative thing I heard him say about hockey was the Montreal media.
I think there’s a lesson to be learned there. For media types, sports fans ... and maybe us.
Say stuff like your saying it to the persons face.... and you’ll probably be a much more decent person....
Yea.... I’m sittin here with my thought procrastinating..I rambled.... sorry.