(newspaper spinning in with that fast music)
The weekly Recap has been cancelled. Reports are coming out that Nick has decided to stop the recaps for further notice. Sources indicate that Nick refuses to write a recap until WPR is reinstated as a respected writing partner of the blog.
There was also whispers coming from people close to the situation that Nick is frustrated with all the comments by Dale-he feels it is taking away attention from his great writing skills. Though this went unconfirmed. If only Dale would delete all of his comments instead of half of them? Hmmm.
In other news, the stats were updated.
70 comments:
a big shake up in the saugus writing department. will johnny or ron step up every week? or will they follow nick's lead? will the masses cave to the request and ask for wpr to return? only time will tell.
There's always the Bourne Recap :-)
Uhh… didn't WPR close up his office on his own terms? I think your analysis is off the mark, but your stand is on the money.
The negativity and unrelenting criticism was one reason for ending weekly posts. Someone with inside info, like BB might know otherwise.
I applaud his integrity and will follow his example!
I will post this Anonymously but leave you with this final thought... Peace, Prosperity & Power to all of you
Big Board sees there's an open market for quality bloggers with wpr and nick taking leaves of absences. The talent pool is getting better, so cracking the top 10 has become quite the achievement, who will step up this sunday, well stay tuned for predictions afterward.
on we go!
1. Johnny- 14 points?!?! play some defense dark team! Whatever the case Johnny showed that he doesn't need Brett, it's the other way around. Is that shot getting faster?
2. Ron- Ron took it like a man sunday and limited the complaining. Also threw in a quality timely recap that nick was unable to do. Ron is now getting gameplaned for pretty hard, and he still delivered good offensive numbers.
3. Jared- a couple defensive shifts for jared? Whatever the case he showed that with a good center he can score goals in bunches.
4. Billy- Lacked a lot of intensity, aside from his maniac 20 seconds of running after brendon did whatever brendon usually does to annoy people (hip check, stick in legs, talking). All he needs are his running legs back because that shot is incredibly accurate and fast, probably just as good as ron's.
5. Brett- Wait Brett didn't play! He in fact did make some key offsides calls, and help coach each team at various points. He's back sunday and may go outside the top 5 for the first time in years.
6. Nick- A little high for nick this week but anchored a defense that won 4 games sunday. Also picked some great teams. The offense is still a work in progress (hit the net!).
7. Bobcat- First time back wasn't the smoothest for bob, but he brought that smothering, borderline illegal defense that we've all grown to love, or hate. Wasn't featured enough offensively, despite smashing his stick on the ground 467 times calling for the pass, so we couldn't see if that shot was still there.
8. Dale- Remember when BB used to drop Brendon down the list and brendon vowed to play great that week? well that usually didn't happen, but maybe by dropping dale he'll get fired up and play great come sunday.
9. MikeP- He's very close to being really good, what he does for a team is fantastic, the hustle and forchecking are contagious.
10. MikeM- could go to reggie or MikeD or maybe brendon, but the goals and physical presence especially on smaller defenceless players give him the edge.
What to expect this week...
Jared and Johnny will be good, but don't expect 18 goals between them...Ron should settle in nicely as 5-7 goals per week, and break of his alliance with Dale, for everyone's sake...MikeD is due for a big week, i'm thinking 3 goals 3 assists and better defense on Johnny...Brett's back, so expect Billy to get 1 more goal, 1 more assist, and 1 more win than him...not to be outdone, Darrin will shine in net...If scottf shows expect a wild shot but a high energy performance.
Give us some teams PPP for this week, assume bob and billy are 50/50 so split them up, and skippy and darrin are probably in.
The new reign of BB has begun! We have a monopoly on the market.
no WPR closed because people couldn't laugh at themselves.
We're all like Michael Scott. We take the "roasting" too seriously and then have to take personal days to go feed the birds.
billy said he's out. Take that for what it is.
10. MikeM- could go to reggie or MikeD or maybe brendon, but the goals and physical presence especially on smaller defenceless players give him the edge.
that was hilarious.. lol
Darrin Steve
Johnny Ron
Brett Scott
Jared Joe
Nick Bobcat
Chris Dale
Brendon Mike D
Those are two very talented teams right there
i suggest our team wear full pads with Scott and ron firing away.
Looking forward to getting out there this week.
It would be nice to not have to chase Brett around this week!!!
Maybe I'll actually pass to him and watch him score...seems like an easy assist for me..
maybe I'll even score this week!
How the additional players are split up is just as important as the players you listed. You cant just say these are good teams because if one team has 2 no experience guys then its like they playing shorthaned nearly the whole game. Thats what happened to Mikes team last week.
true but im guessing nick G isn't showing. and it's accademic week for Ronnie so i don't think he'll be there.
as important as spliting up the inexperienced ones is, spliting up the top players evenly is even more important.
Why can't everyone just say whether they're playing or not? as soon as you know just post it.
Due to Billy's disloyalty to both Saugus and Bourne, I propose a lockout, for just Billy.
The proposal goes as follows: (pending approval)
1. Billy may attend games (ice or street) with the purpose of observing only.
2. Billy may give hockey related advice, but only to those that ask for it.
3. Billy is banned from making teams or having input in the team selection process.
4. Billy may not set foot (or skate) on the field of play at any time.
Not even for that fake thing where he wears the referee jersey and says that he's not going to play he's just going to be the game's referee, then he's there taking the opening faceoff.
5. Any complaint that Billy makes about his back must be immediatly followed up by medical records indicating which vertibrae were injured. This must be witnessed by at least two non-relatives.
Billy can gain membership back in Saugus and Bourne by performing the following task:
Billy must stand in the center of the locker room wearing a Jaromir Jagr jersey. He must declare now and for all-time that Jagr is his favorite player and never did Mario Lemieux take his place.
Billy must also wear a pair of flip flops. He will point to said flip flops and say, "These symbolize the fact that I flip flop when it comes to playing hockey."
He will then perform the chicken dance.
So, give it some thought.
for his first time Nick did fine, little lost at times, but so is everyone their first time
Little Ron is getting more confident every week
Did we have to figure out how to manage having them with us - definately, where they the reason we lost - definately not
Each person out there had a part in why we lost. We got out worked, out hustled, and when we did manage to pull a few things together we didn't get the bounces we needed.
hats off the Nicks team.
BigBoard,
Why is Billy at #4?
Billy had only 3 points and lost 4 of 5 games.
SIX other people had more points than him on Sunday.
SIX other people had as many or more goals than him.
NINE other people had as many or more points than him.
Of those people, SIX of them won 4 games to his one game.
The one game that the dark team lost, most of the their best players were on the bench for the majority of that game.
It surely wasn't because of Billy. If anything, it was because Dale arrived late and gave the white team a much needed
offensive boost.
Billy did not dominate. His shot was not on target. He didn't win many battles. He was on the losing end of the night.
He was frustrated by the D all night long and his frustrations were evident. He had a bad week for a typical Billy.
Why does he deserve to be ranked so high on your list? I could see if he was already up there at #1 or #2 last week and
you decided to drop him down to #4, but since this is his first week, how does he skyrocket ahead of everyone else?
Is your list a sentimental list where you rank people based on how you feel about them or about everything you know about
their past games? Or is it performance-based? Because if it is based on performance, I don't see how Billy or even Bobcat
for that matter should end up so high on a list in which they make their debut on. They didn't play that well, and that's a fact.
I'm dying to hear your explanation.
brendon is upset he didn't make BB's list
BB will be happen to defend any rankings.
#1, you're right Billy did not play well, although he was one of the few players on white team who played half decent on sunday.
However, here at BB the immediate past plays an important role, remember this board is for the upcoming week. We've seen Billy dominate in past history, so here at BB we would take Billy in this sundays draft before a brendon or Dale, wouldn't you?
Keep in mind guys like chris, joe and griff missed a week and are not eligible to make the list, so bobcat is viewed as the second best defensemen, behind nick. BB would take bob ahead of Dale currently, would you not agree.
Please feel free to shoot me any additional feedback
No, I would not take Bob ahead of Nick, Joe, Griff, Dale, or even Brendan based on last Sunday's performance on D. Bob didn't play well on D, and hasn't for a long time. I don't see it.
And as for Billy, if youre going to base your draft selections on past performances, then you shouldn't have ranked Mike P so high either.
He has a decent week, but you can't tell me that he's the 9th best player there.
Again, I don't see it. You shouldn't rank Billy based on last year. Rank him based on this year. I think that you are in love with him.
John – offensive domination
Jared- jack rabbit fast with and without me
Brendon- his wind mill slap shot tickles and so I find the back of the net for him
Ron- his shot hurts. I just do what he says
Matt S- he ran hard to take me from Nicks stick and just hustled after me. I rewarded him with scores because he earned it.
Mike M- he parks himself in right spot to score and interfere
Billy- he moves me with ease and grace and can spank it when he’s mad
Dale- I found back of net for the only game winner, plus I came through on his backhand goal
Bobcat- He can really cover me up with that big sprawling body of his.
Nick/Reggie/Mike P- Any of these guys played good and gave me a tingly feeling inside.
i'll slow it down further anonymous.
#1. You can't make the list if you miss a week. So Joe, Chris, Griff and whoever else you said is not eligible to make the list. So, whether or not you think they're better does not matter to BB.
#2. Nick was ranked higher than Bob so we agree there.
#3. Bob and dale are ranked 7th and 8th respectively, so it's not like we think there's a huge difference, but bob's still a better defensemen and probably has more potential for this upcoming week. Plus, it's not like Dale had a great week either.
If you were captain sunday, where would you take billy? Are you seriously taking brendon or Chris or Dale over him?
So your ranking really is based on all past performances as well. Why not just have a list of who you think is best from #1-#99 because it doesn't change a whole lot.
brendon stop being so transparent with your post.
Posting as anonymous is only fun if no one knows who it is.
Are you posting anonymous cause you're trying to act like you're true to your word? Or is it so that no one can absolutely say it's you?
BB is like a fantasy draft every week. He's not WPR.
I don't think you are as clever as you think you are. Brendon is not the only one who has an opinion, you know.
so if you have an opinion why can't you stand up and put your name on the post?
same reason you just didnt.
I want to be ranked, I want to be ranked........
then I can tell all my friends I am a superhero at hockey and everyone will love me!!!!!!
Stop your crying.. if you care about the rankings so much then play harder and better!!!!!
haha thats a new one, i like perspective from the ball. I'm comin with somethin to prove this weekend. I need more respect! I hate falling off the big board.
Got you just where I want you. This is Ron.
My anonymous posts today were at 3:59, Hockey Ball and 2:58.
I can go back further if you wish...
So lets have it... NAME PLEASE
obvious fake.
Thank you Brendon. You've gained a measure of respect from me.
And good game last Sunday aside from the smacking of my off-springs stick.
I understand it though, no worries. It's the heat of the moment.
IF brendon was going to leave his name, he'd do it logged-in. I don't think he's ever left an identified post without logging in.
Someone's just trying to impersonate him. Lost his password, huh? hehe.
Heh. I think that was Ron talking to himself while impersonating brendon.
Haha your funny Nick.
I believe it was brendon. I could tell all along my brother.
This conversation between Ron and Ron is hilarious!
I hope that was brendon, we need him back posting again!
Brendon that play nothing even happened, billy was frustrated you held him a little bit, he probably shouldn't have done anything, but it was over withing a few seconds. What did you want us to do? I didn't see him hitting you the rest of the night, you may be exaggerating there.
And Bob was harmless, i played against him too and i didn't think it was too bad. Good week brendon, keep posting!
I hate you all! Just kidding. That would have been cruel and stupid. I'm glad I cleared that up. It would have looked like Ron said this.
Wow, it's easy to impersonate someone, isn't it? :)
Yeahhh, except that wasn't Brendon who posted any of that....you know why?
Cause it was ME.
I can understand where your coming from. You do always seem to be bashed, but never praised.
That can be frustrating, I'm sure.
I've kidded around about your extra long stick and odd looking slap shot, but I've also commented on your tenacity to drive to the net and score.
Plus, the Hockey Ball put you up there in the top 3
I have to agree with those that say that Bob didn't play good defense. He was holding people and also letting people get around him to score.
Anonymous... your a real idiot.
I don't let people like you get under my skin though.
I just sign off and go my merry way.
Blog on people!
I'm sure if brendon was reading this post he would appreciate the sentiment, Ron. However, I can assure you that it was not him who posted it.
I posted it.
No you didn't, I did.
You guys are idiots.
Actually it was me.
I think Brendon is picked on way to much. And this is from somebody Brendon put in the hospital once because of an errand stick!
Oh, No Dale! Someone is impersonating you! Good thing we know it's a fake since you only blog logged-in now!
NO IT WAS NOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please! Stop! For the love of god stop!
Ok, this is getting a bit weird now...
Holy Smokes, I am confused now.
Someone is getting SUED!!!!!
I never blog on this site, but it's really me.
I don't do steriods.
Is it alright if I say something?
ditto
Just a guess...all of the recent posts by non-logged in people are all done by the same person.
Yeah. I think so. Right, Holmes?
Hey! I'm the only one allowed to stand in for Dale.
Dale is having some fun with Mr Anonymous.
I think I have multiple personality disorder!
I'LL TAKE TAHT CHALLENGE!!!
Brendon. If anonymous comes out of hiding...You need to slap him in the face with a white hockey glove and say "You sir, are a cad! I challenge you to a duel. Hockey sticks at 20 paces.
This is too funny, how am i supposed to get work done when i am reading these posts???
Just ignore whoever it is and he'll go away.
I'm not finding anything funny about this.
Like Brendon, I'm done on this blog.
Who ever started this impersonation crap has some real problems.
That is what I call Bad Association.
Trust me when I say... RON IS NOW GONE FROM THIS SITE!!!
Just to clear my name...the only posts that are really mine are the ones that I posted under my name, my stuntman's name, my lawyer's name, and any of a 100 silly names I can come up with on the spur of the moment to try and entertain and/or confuse the masses. However, None of my anonymous posts are degrading, insulting or inflammatory or deceptive impersonations of actual people now living or dead at Saugus hockey. I hope that clears things up for everybody except anonymous.
Come out of the closet anonymous, whoever you are!
We don't care about you Ron, it's PPP we want. jk.
Looks like WPR got out just in time. I'm done posting too. Until there is no more anonymous posting anyway. Looks like this site is about to crash and burn. Gotta keep the stats though. Till then
I said a long time ago that posting comments under someone else's name was a form of lying. I still feel that way. Its misrepresentation. It's also destroying this site. Nice guys like Ron, Brendon and so on are getting fed up.
Oh I forgot. I did not post under..."Dale's Twin Brother". But, I think I need a break from this site, too. It's getting too heavy.
Goodbye for now.
First post of the day!
But no one is going to read it though!
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