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 Dragon_Matt
Messages: 710
Registered: January 2009
Location: edmonton
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I think a professional team has a thicker skin than some old guys on a message board's comments can get through. What's wrong in taking an analytical picture of the teams weaknesses and discussing it? There's no sky falling in what Adam said. Just that Smith is terrible and never going to stop another puck ;)
When it comes to kids, I think it's different for each kid. Some kids feel the need to be challenged. Some have a drive to be the best and want to know what they're doing incorrect (Not "you missed the net 3 times" but "instead of sliding to the side of the post on this attempt, push into the front of the net in case there's a rebound")
I have two young daughters that are wildly different. Both in dance, and one wants the constant coaching. She wants the constant correction because she wants to be the best and has fun getting better. The other wants to be in the class but doesn't care if her toes aren't right, or if she's not stretching far enough. Both are ok.
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5669
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
5 Cups
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| Adam wrote on Fri, 12 February 2021 13:34 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 12 February 2021 12:20 |
| Adam wrote on Fri, 12 February 2021 11:37 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 12 February 2021 08:21 |
Thanks Adam. We can always count on you to come in here and remind us how lousy some players can be at times. You even went into detail about Smith's stats after he posts a shutout because none of us are smart enough to know that he can't sustain a .985% .
Even gave us bonus material about Nurse not being able to sustain his what calculates out to be a 31 goal pace over 82 game season. Great stuff!!
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I was responding specifically to someone asking why people have been negative on Smith and suggesting that it is based only on the fact that he had one really bad game in the playoffs - and pointing out that that isn't accurate.
I would appreciate if you could let me know just the right balance of realism versus sunshine and roses is appropriate. It would really help me out.
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All good man. If me being happy my team won a game and giving a hat tip to the guys that helped make that happen in that game means I am sunshine and rainbows, then I guess that's what it is. Sport is supposed to be fun and enjoyable so I just never understood the point of focusing on the negative and basically waiting for something bad to happen. For some people that is their thing I guess. You call it realism so that means as a fan, we can't just enjoy success, we have to be sitting waiting for something bad to happen to be real?
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Nope. Enjoy the wins. I did. I said as much.
But if you're analyzing the team, you need to be realistic about where the holes are. And if someone wants to point to a single game or stretch and think it's changed who Mike Smith is, or who Jujhar Khaira is, then they're fooling themselves.
As I said, someone called out earlier takes on Mike Smith on the basis that he had a shutout last night. As someone who made those takes, I defended the stance. I'm sorry if you think I should only have pom poms (unless crapping on young players who haven't developed optimally).
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Let’s just enjoy Smith like a finely aged scotch, or as we were discussing earlier, a bottle of wine. Like the bottle(s) of burrowing owl I have in my wine rack, they won’t be around long but once I pop those corks I will enjoy the heck out of them.
Speaking of, picked up a bottle of Beringer Knights Valley and wah-wah-wee-woo, shes a beaut.
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g2k
Messages: 2670
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
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[quote title=RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 12 February 2021 12:20]| Adam wrote on Fri, 12 February 2021 11:37 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 12 February 2021 08:21 |
Thanks Adam. We can always count on you to come in here and remind us how lousy some players can be at times. You even went into detail about Smith's stats after he posts a shutout because none of us are smart enough to know that he can't sustain a .985% .
Even gave us bonus material about Nurse not being able to sustain his what calculates out to be a 31 goal pace over 82 game season. Great stuff!!
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I got 2 young kids in hockey. So next season when they have games and when one of them scores a goal, is it OK after the game to just slap them on the back and say "nice goal" or should I say "nice goal but you missed the net 3 times plus there was the 2 last game you missed and the 4 the game before". I wouldn't want to be too sunshine and rainbows after all.
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This analogy is just the worst.
Comparing how a parent reacts to children in minor hockey to hockey fans viewing the best of the best millionaire hockey players in the world? Parent/offspring and fans/NHL. 🙄.
Hilarious.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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Adam
Messages: 6825
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| g2k wrote |
| RDOilerfan wrote |
Thanks Adam. We can always count on you to come in here and remind us how lousy some players can be at times. You even went into detail about Smith's stats after he posts a shutout because none of us are smart enough to know that he can't sustain a .985% .
Even gave us bonus material about Nurse not being able to sustain his what calculates out to be a 31 goal pace over 82 game season. Great stuff!!
I got 2 young kids in hockey. So next season when they have games and when one of them scores a goal, is it OK after the game to just slap them on the back and say "nice goal" or should I say "nice goal but you missed the net 3 times plus there was the 2 last game you missed and the 4 the game before". I wouldn't want to be too sunshine and rainbows after all.
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This analogy is just the worst.
Comparing how a parent reacts to children in minor hockey to hockey fans viewing the best of the best millionaire hockey players in the world? Parent/offspring and fans/NHL. 🙄.
Hilarious.
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You know, whenever I watch pro sports, the thing I think is most important is that they're all just enjoying themselves out there. It's good that they're able to get a little exercise and maybe make some lifelong friends! Sometimes I wonder why we even bother keeping score. Are we teaching our pro athletes the right things with that?
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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