lets relax for a second
Dec 4, 2002 12:00:16 GMT -5
Post by darz on Dec 4, 2002 12:00:16 GMT -5
the last two days, i've read post after post, article after article about how bad this team is from the players, to the coach, to the gm. and while many agruements can be made for both sides, lets remember one thing......THIS TEAM IS STILL OVER .500, although with the schedule coming up, that might change come new years.
i think there's one problem, that gets overlooked when talking about what's wrong with the habs. in some respects habs fans are the best on the planet. more passionate, more knowledgable, and more loyal than any other fans in the NHL, and probablely, major sports in north america. i enjoy conversing with almost all habs fans i've ever meet in person, or on the net, especially this site, but......
sometime i believe the biggest problem with the habs is "the fans and media". i mean where else can a loyal tropper, like patrice brisebois be booed and given a nickname like breezby. i have a ton of respect for patrice. i mean he resigned with this club, and don't talk about the money, as an UFA he would have recieved the same in not more from another team. i understand and agree that patrice was/and to a lesser degree still is prone to lapses, that sometimes make you want to pull your hair out, but would he ever get the treatment he gets in montreal from any other teams fans or media?....NO! would a hart and vezina trophy winner get bad mouthed this bad in any other city?...NO! the treatment our players get from the fans and the media sometimes make me sick! the pressure some of these players receive from the media and fans is brutal!!! this would not happen in any other nhl city, and has made many players and coaches chose to go to other teams, refuse coming here, or demand trades out of montreal.
if a player gets on the fans/medias good side, they get treated like gods, but too many times a player gets on the bad side, which seems impossible to get off of. i mean i've read or heard tons of bad things about EVERY player on this team. instead of looking at a players +'s, too many people focus on the -'s.
before posting another "sky is falling" post, take a second, and try to remember some of the positives. we have some good prospects, a good core group of player, and owner who seems to be willing to spend some money, a gm that IMO has shown he is more than qualified for the job (i can't remember who made the post, analyzing each savard trade, and pick up, at the time of the move, and the justification behind it. that was an awesome post, sorry to the author for not remebering his nick at this time) and a coach that.....well sorry i'm not that optimistic!
sorry for such a long winded rant. just something i wanted to get off my chest. also sorry if this doesn't read well, i kinda typed it and thought it up at the same time.
as a final though before some of you posters rip me apart, remember this. we are all habs fans, we all bleed red for the habs, we are all on the same side, and we all want to see the same thing...THE GLORY OF LORD STANLEY MUG!!!!
p.s. one final note, i promise it's the last one. this rant is not directed to habrus posters, but to habs fans in general, and i enjoy this site tremendsly!!!!!!
i think there's one problem, that gets overlooked when talking about what's wrong with the habs. in some respects habs fans are the best on the planet. more passionate, more knowledgable, and more loyal than any other fans in the NHL, and probablely, major sports in north america. i enjoy conversing with almost all habs fans i've ever meet in person, or on the net, especially this site, but......
sometime i believe the biggest problem with the habs is "the fans and media". i mean where else can a loyal tropper, like patrice brisebois be booed and given a nickname like breezby. i have a ton of respect for patrice. i mean he resigned with this club, and don't talk about the money, as an UFA he would have recieved the same in not more from another team. i understand and agree that patrice was/and to a lesser degree still is prone to lapses, that sometimes make you want to pull your hair out, but would he ever get the treatment he gets in montreal from any other teams fans or media?....NO! would a hart and vezina trophy winner get bad mouthed this bad in any other city?...NO! the treatment our players get from the fans and the media sometimes make me sick! the pressure some of these players receive from the media and fans is brutal!!! this would not happen in any other nhl city, and has made many players and coaches chose to go to other teams, refuse coming here, or demand trades out of montreal.
if a player gets on the fans/medias good side, they get treated like gods, but too many times a player gets on the bad side, which seems impossible to get off of. i mean i've read or heard tons of bad things about EVERY player on this team. instead of looking at a players +'s, too many people focus on the -'s.
before posting another "sky is falling" post, take a second, and try to remember some of the positives. we have some good prospects, a good core group of player, and owner who seems to be willing to spend some money, a gm that IMO has shown he is more than qualified for the job (i can't remember who made the post, analyzing each savard trade, and pick up, at the time of the move, and the justification behind it. that was an awesome post, sorry to the author for not remebering his nick at this time) and a coach that.....well sorry i'm not that optimistic!
sorry for such a long winded rant. just something i wanted to get off my chest. also sorry if this doesn't read well, i kinda typed it and thought it up at the same time.
as a final though before some of you posters rip me apart, remember this. we are all habs fans, we all bleed red for the habs, we are all on the same side, and we all want to see the same thing...THE GLORY OF LORD STANLEY MUG!!!!
p.s. one final note, i promise it's the last one. this rant is not directed to habrus posters, but to habs fans in general, and i enjoy this site tremendsly!!!!!!