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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
By David Vecsey
| Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 10:20 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I hope there aren’t many games like this 2-0 loss to Florida. An 0-for-8 on the power play, by my count. That’s all I have to say about that.
Speaking of Forrest Gump …
I enjoyed John Manasso’s story on Bob Hartley last week in which he wrote about how nothing fazes Hartley. I particularly enjoyed the string of quotes at the end in which Hartley sounded decidedly Gump-ian. To get the full effect when you read this, you have to read it with a hybrid accent of French-Canadian and Alabaman:
“For me, coaching is like living. You know your birthday, you don’t know the day you’ll die. It’s like a loaf of bread with an expiration date. You try to keep it in the freezer.
“[Coaching] is full of risks. That’s the fun of it. Me, I have fun with it every day. As long as you guarantee you’ll do your best, what else can you do? There is bad luck and intangibles. Am I going to worry about all this? No, because I can’t control it.
“What kind of person sits at home on the couch and wonders if they’ll die of a heart attack or cancer? That makes you miserable. Do your best and what happens, happens.”
Life is like a loaf of bead?
I was hoping to link to pictures of Hartley and Gump for some extra comedic effects, but it seems as if my technology won’t allow it. I’m working on an old Commodore 64 with a 25k baud modem connection. It’s great for Pong and word processing, but it took me 18 hours to download K-Fed’s new album. (So worth it.)
My responses to your responses
I put a guy to sleep with my last post! I mean, I know it wasn’t “The Old Man and the Sea” or anything, but it was only eight short graphs. You’ve clearly never read Peter King’s “Monday Morning Quarterback” on SI.com. That thing is like 8,000 graphs, and it’ll put you in a coma.
I actually have played in the AAHL over-30 at The Cooler before, but I work nights and weekends now. Sticktime during the middle of the day is my best best to play regularly.
Scott Burnside’s Thrashers preview on espn.com sure does seem to touch on a lot of the same points we’ve made here over the past few days. He’s saying 11th in the East. One of our bloggers is saying 4th in the East. That kind of delusion usually comes with a prescription.
Yes, beware of ‘expert predictions’ on espn and si and such … they have a hideous rate of success. Before every season I always think to myself, “Self, I should keep score on their predictions this season.” Then I remember that I have a life and let it go. So Buccigross predicted Crosby’s point total within one? I guess if you make 8,000 predictions, some of them will hit. “John Buccigross” is to “Important” as “Scott Weiland” is to “Stone Temple Pilots.”
Random Thoughts
I really enjoyed this line from Manasso’s story on Vishnevski in today’s paper: “Instead, [Vishnevski] will be parked next to video coordinator Tony Borgford during the game in an effort to make up for lost time in learning the Thrashers’ system.” Learning the Thrashers’ system? How long does it take to learn how to let the puck jump over your stick at the blue line, turn the wrong way and then watch in vain as a 2-on-1 develops the other way?
Also enjoyed this quote from Terrell Owens’ PR person regarding his alleged suicide attempt: “Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive.” Yes, because as we all know, money is a cure-all for depression and there’s no way anybody will so much money and fame would want to kill themselves. That woman should just hang a sign around her neck that says, “I’m so clueless you might as well give me an open-palmed thwack across the forehead as you pass by.”
Speaking of football. Can somebody please tell me how a high school team loaded with ringers like Mike Vick, Brian Urlacher and LaDainian Tomlinson could be losing to a team of pure high schoolers 14-10 in the final minute on their home field? And why would you have LT throw a halfback pass when you have Vick in there? I mean, who’s calling these plays? Oh, it’s Don Shula. Now the ad makes a little more sense.
Was watching “NewsRadio” the other day when I saw an ad for Nick Jr.’s upcoming “Designing Women” marathon. Gentlemen, start your PVRs!
Did I mention the Thrashers lost 2-love in Florida tonight after going 0-for-8 on the PP?
It’s just preseason.
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