Posts Tagged ‘RANT’

Lapierre the new Bernie Goetz?

On March 5, 2010, around 1:50 into the third period, Scott Nichol received a pass from Torrey Mitchell, rang it off the post, and then continued on his way, trying to set up for another chance. In no way was he endangering any Canadiens player, attempting anything cheap, or really doing anything except for trying [...]


Declaration of Incompetence

When, in the course of television broadcasting, it becomes necessary for the target audience of 18-49 year olds to alter their television habits which have connected them with a network, and to assume among the powers of the remote, the wide array of other networks that their cable or satellite subscription entitles them, a decent [...]


The Point of No Return

This is it. We have passed the point of no return. There is no going back now, no chance to make things up. That’s right.
NHL Gamecenter has officially used the Sharks broadcast for fewer than half of the games this season.
The record, as of last night, is 10-42-3-1. For those of you not familiar with [...]


Sharks win! Kind of! Two days ago!

So, uh, hey! Long time no see! Now, I have an excuse, I really do. A five game losing streak and only 3 games in 13 days is not very conducive to creativity. Neither are finals, which were also during this rather long period of time. But hey, Sharks are now on a three game [...]


Sharks Versus Schedule

The Sharks have 3 more games on Versus than the rest of California, for a total of 4 games. Ducks have no games, and the Kings have one.
The full Sharks schedule:

Date
Time
Home
Away

Oct 1
7:00pm
Colorado
San Jose

Oct 19
4:00pm
NY Rangers
San Jose

Dec 22
5:00pm
Chicago
San Jose

Mar 23
5:00pm
Minnesota
San Jose

Every single one of these games I predicted would be on Versus outside of the Colorado [...]


Definition of “Choke”

I was going to post a severly belated State of the Sharks thing first, but this just pissed me off and prompted me to post this instead.
The definition of the word “choke,” as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is: “To fail to perform effectively because of nervous agitation or tension, especially in an athletic [...]