Comments on: Definition of “Choke”

By: Tomi

Tomi — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:27:35 +0000

for me there’s a difference between choking and losing: sometimes you didn’t choke, you weren’t cursed, you just lost. I agree with you that the media portrayal has been largely unfair. In my mind, I would say the Sharks “choked” in the Edmonton series and the Detroit series, times when they had the lead surely in their grasp and fell apart. But really, everyone could see that the Sharks weren’t cutting the mustard toward the end of this season. They met up with a hot team, they didn’t show up the way they should have, and they lost. But really, it happens all the time in the playoffs.

Sharks overall seem to get no love in the media, even though they always pick us.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:00:05 +0000

I think its because they’ve been so successful for so long in California, the last place any of them thought would have good hockey, it makes all those hockey traditionalists’ brains melt and the only thought they can come up with is, “Sharks choke!”

By: idunno723

idunno723 — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:41:22 +0000

I would have to agree…. hmm…. 132468746546546%!!!!!

What makes the Sharks so attractable to so much hating? Just ’cause we’re on the West Coast… eh?