Steve -- win percentage: 63% , GAA 3.4, 2 shutouts
Brett -- win percentage: 65% , GAA 3.0, 2 shutouts
I dont see a difference. What’s all the hype about?
You are what you are
Some believed that Team JR were the favorites in this Tournament. But shouldn't we have known better? Its like Felger says “They’re the Bengals! They’re the Bengals! In the end they will do Bengal things!!”
Let’s face it guys, in the end, Johnny Riley teams will do Johnny Riley team things. They always collapse. They always disappoint. Frankly, they are the opposite of a Nick led team. Johnny Riley teams never do better than expected.
So if you’re Johnny, how do you fix this? After disappointing with Eric the last two Haverhill Cups who would you pick with your first overall pick?
How about another guy who has won nothing in the Haverhill Cup? Does that make sense? Its like pairing Mike Mussina and Tony Guinn. Both excellent players but neither ever won anything. Their teams always failed on the big stage. And so too will the Combo of JR and JB. They may have a solid “regular” season. They may even play well enough to justify all the preseason hype. But, in the end, they will fail.
Johnny Riley Teams do Johnny Riley Team things.
Yay obscure baseball references that don't really make sense!
The Regular Season By the Numbers:
Game 1 - (Nick vs JR) - 3-2
Brendon(u),Jared(u),Andrew(Jared)
MVW(u),Elliott(JB)
Game 2 - (Nick vs Ron) - 2-7
Jared(u),Jared(u)
Ron(Griff),Ron(Ignads),Joe(U),Igands(u),Ron(u),Ron(u),Ron(Griff)
Game 3 - (JR vs Ron) - 2-3
JR(JB),JR(JB)
Ron(U),Ron(Grif),Griff(Ron)
Game 4 - (JR vs Nick) - 5-4
Elliott(JB),MVW(JB),MVW(u),JR(u),JB(u)
Nick(Jared),Andrew(Nick),Jared(Brendon),Nick(Andrew)
Game 5 - (Ron vs Nick) - 3-0
Ignads(Ron),Ron(u),Ron(u)
Game 6 - (JR vs Ron) - 3-1
MVW(Elliott),Elliott(JB),JR(Elliott)
Griff(u)
The Best Regular Season Game
Lets put this in the not your finest moment category.
Its game 4. A rematch of Game One. Team Johnny vs Team Nick. Team Nick is clinging to a 4-2 lead. After a cover up by Tony the ball ended up on Johnny’s stick who, stupidly, decided to take a shot on Tony.
Now this is where some people would say “the shot was fired!”
Those people would be wrong.
Its wasn't Ron taking a slap shot. It was Johnny taking a wrist shot. A Johnny Riley wrist shot. Can we be real here? It wasn't a blazing shot. Johnny shouldn't have shot at Tony. It was dumb. It was uncalled for. I thought it was a garbage move.
I actually liked the fire and the over the top reaction by Jared. But that doesn't mean it wasn't over the top.
I wanted to move on from that sequence. We still had a game to win. But I ended up coming away more embarrassed than I already was.
I wanted our team to move on, instead I have Brendon two handing JB on the other side of the rink. Embarrassing.
Game Over. 4-2 Lead blown in 3 plays.
Im ashamed to even have been associated with such an implosion.
But we got our "revenge" in the playoffs.
16 comments:
mailed it in! :)
I can't wait until the video show that the shot was fired!
Johnny missed on the PS but immediately baited jared into a turnover and then he buried it.
The video is quite telling. Just putting some editing touches on it.
I don't know where I was when the shot was fired and heard around the world... but will hopefully I'll catch on the video replay
Johnny drafted himself a good team that had good potential and on paper was the team to beat.
I'm pretty excited to watch the video, you have to embrace the embarrassment!
Bob is the star. So impressionable
What year is the first unsportsmanlike penalty gonna be called?
Nick, how can mess up the spelling of Tony Gwynn?
On a different note, just to be clear: my intention was never to take a cheap shot at Tony. We had just scored, and Brendon was supposed to take the puck behind the goal line...that's been the rule forever. Instead he simply takes the ball and tries to pass / shoot it out. Technically the ball is live. My team is losing by a goal. So my only thinking there was throw a quick shot at the net and see if the ref would allow it so that we can tie it up. No malice intended, and since it was a "gray area" I really only shot it at Tony half-heartedly. Trying to score but not knowing if it would count, so not trying to hard. But, in all honesty, not intending for it to be a cheap / dirty play.
Then comes the slash and the rest is history.
As for the draft, my original intention was taking goaltending first, but Nick ruined those plans for me!
I gotta warn, the slash isnt on video, but its pretty fresh in all our minds
Is anyone playing hockey this week?
Mike D and I are in
Can't play...
Me and Ward r in
in
Brett, were you going to play Sunday? I need to confirm another goalie.
Not sure yet. Still looking for a sitter
Im out for the next few weeks. We are packing this weekend, moving next weekend, then off to California on vacation til the May 7th.
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