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I’m jumping on the Cincinnati Cyclones bandwagon. They won their first round series! GO ‘CLONES!

Learning to win? By being the worst team in hockey over the last four months after being the best team over the first two? You and JBotts can believe it taught some lessons and instilled some sort of steely resolve for future years, but I don’t buy it after watching that team implode. Learning to win is not vapid. Empty lip service from a GM certainly is. After years of this ineptitude, it’s put up or shut up. Platitudes and cliches simply aren’t enough. That’s what I’m bored with.

No, teams are not built during the season. But they are certainly augmented. JBotts didn’t see fit to do much of that other than trading for Montador, which was a good move but it was far little far too late. I find JBott’s comments about putting players in difficult positions vapid at best; a bunch of GMspeak bull crap.

Thompson with a nice wrested on the PP to tie it. Amerks with life.

Far from it. I’ve watched game after game in the playoffs where both teams come out with their heads in fire, up and down the ice, from the puck drop. The Amerks, facing elimination, came out flat, couldn’t match Toronto’s energy, and found themselves down a goal in the minute and a half in a game they NEED to stay alive. If I didn’t know better, I’d think Housely is behind the bench.

Amerks down one zip early. Toronto came out fast and the Amerks couldn’t match the intensity. Where have we seen that before?

Metcalf falling all the way out of the 1st? Can’t see it.

No, I got the point and I appreciate your expanded explanation. I just don’t entirely agree that a passive GM with a first place team that needs a couple tweaks can afford to sit on his hands in the manner that he did. I don’t think it sat well with Housley and, more importantly, the players.

Not before Bill “Earthquake” Enyart.

Per the bold, I’d be interested in what those differences are. As for playoffs not being the goal, then JBotts should be summarily dismissed. Especially when your team is first in the league at the end of November.

So, patience during the season and urgency in the offseason. Got it. Housley certainly coached without a sense of urgency and JBotts certainly managed with that same lack of urgency.

When you’ve been the beacon of patience and restraint all season and then use words like “urgency” to describe what the GM needs to do to improve, I can see why @plenzmd1 interpreted your post as he did. We need better players. AND We need a better coach than Housley.

None of ‘em! Not a single one!

Happy birthday, Mr. Carballada.

Now that’s saying something. It’s hard to get lighter than McCargo. McCargo lite would be helium.

Others seem to have gotten the joke. I’ll try to dumb down my sarcasm next time.

I think you meant to say that no matter how you slice it, the Chiefs getting Frank Clark instead of the Bills is a BAD look for Beane and the Bills organization.

Yes

Not poking holes, just joking. And if anyone can’t suspend disbelief or is otherwise offended by the implausible aspects of a show with dragons, zombies, and a three eyed raven that sees everything, then they simply shouldn’t be watching this show in the first place.

Except to perform deep water salvage operations.

In a heart beat.

I agree.

Preparation for his job interview?

I’ll be missing it in favor of an Antiques Roadshow marathon. Gonna be some great stuff on late 17th century colonial needlepoint works. Absolutely captivating.

Caps got jobbed. “Intent to blow the whistle.”