fill-a-pulla 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 huge wings fan and a first time poster here. i was going through espn archives and I found this article from damien cox in 2007 http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/stor...&id=2636562 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ComradeWasabi 109 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Yikes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P. Marlowe 748 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Welcome. Some journalists (especially North American) try so hard to sound clever with cute sentences like they've read too much Black Mask. One thing that this writer has forgotten is sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vincanni 1 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Funny stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dat's sick 1,002 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 For more than a decade, the Wings have been one of the classiest squads in the league with a lineup that more often than not played gorgeous, puck-controlling hockey and featured dominant stars with magical talents. Once upon a time and not so long ago, the Wings could put five future Hall of Fame players on the ice for a power play and have a couple others sitting on the bench. It seems clear the Wings are on a downward spiral. The question is whether that will simply take them to the middle of the Western Conference pack for a couple of years, or whether the fall will be much greater than that. It's Gold Jerry! Gold! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungGuns1340 1 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Haha, that was good for a laugh. The Wings definitely had to hit rock bottom before even thinking about competing for another cup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GSBrooks13 204 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 But the majority of the marquee names that once graced the Detroit lineup are gone, and that which is left is looking, by comparison, pretty darn ordinary. That spending advantage is now gone, courtesy of the 2005 collective bargaining agreement that introduced the salary cap to the NHL. The Wings still have respected scouts and a good coach in Mike Babcock, but the roster holes are now gaping after the loss of so much talent over the past three years, and it will take time to fill them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SDavis35 140 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 downward spiral... yep, 3 weeks = a full season. Heh, and didn't we happen to make the conference finals? (after tying the prez trophy winning Sabres) Oh well, the past is just the past! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vincanni 1 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Good first post by the way, I absolutely love reading all the predictions of our team's demise, or anything about how we've been too old for what seems like close to a decade now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DetroitBoy313 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Actually the article is from 2006.The funny thing about this article is his attempt to sound like a genius.It's a few weeks into the season and if his prediction comes true he sounds like a hockey prodigy.But when you read it now he sounds like a total jackass,come to think about it he sounded like a jackass then as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 5,152 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 Haha, that was good for a laugh. The Wings definitely had to hit rock bottom before even thinking about competing for another cup. ...LOL! I guess if hitting ROCK BOTTOM is making it to the conferece finals every year then, shoot, I'll take that! (of course throw a Cup or two in there once in a while!) ...funny these National writers who try their damndest to knock the Wings (and every other Detroit team BTW) every chance they get. I wonder how many times Mike Ilitch and Bill Davidson have been asked to relocate their teams to a bigger TV market? If the NHL had MIke Ilitch and Crew in New York or LA, Bettman would have to change his underwear every other hour from having "enjoyment accidents!" Gary, put the Wings in the East and then you'll be in business! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rice 42 Report post Posted January 10, 2009 I remember that article --- and Christ, talk about jumping to conclusions. This was a few weeks into the season, the first without Yzerman and Shanahan in a long, long time, and Cox was labeling it the demise of the Wings? Funny stuff. The thing is, though, that hindsight is 20/20. I seem to remember the LGW faithful panicking at the beginning of the 06-07 season, too. Hell, there was panic around here just prior to the Wings steamrolling through the rest of the league in the playoffs last year. This kind of talk just shows how close of a microscope the Wings are under due to their consistent success and, in turn, the consistently high expectations people have of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RWK23 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 Hey, Damien, how's crow taste? lmao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted January 11, 2009 Wow, this guy sounds like a modern day prophet. How do those soles taste, bub? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pockets 9 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 lol i remember when everyone predicted our demise Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lovin Jiri Fischer 147 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 This guy's a tool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
betterREDthandead 58 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 The thing is, though, that hindsight is 20/20. I seem to remember the LGW faithful panicking at the beginning of the 06-07 season, too. Hell, there was panic around here just prior to the Wings steamrolling through the rest of the league in the playoffs last year. Yeah, it's good for a chuckle, but given the panic that goes on around here sometimes, I wonder how many LGWers really have a right to dogpile on the writer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedisappearer 291 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 Damien Cox is lazy and he sucks!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VM1138 1,921 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 That whole article doesn't even make any sense. He wrote it 3 weeks into the 2006-2007 season, when the standings haven't even begun to sort themselves out in any predictable pattern. It is funny, though, considering how well the Wings did during the regular season. And lines like "The Tigers can't be a smokescreen for Red Wings failure any more" are classic hilarity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maltbymaniac 13 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 This guy's a tool beat me 2 it.lmao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Louisville 112 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 What do you expect from a Toronto Star columnist? That was good for a laugh though, thanks for posting it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12Newf 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 i read damien cox all the time in the toronto star and he is pretty brutal. one day he will say the leafs are headed in the right direction and the next he will go on about how the fans and the media are destroying the team and he will say that they havent done anything right in years. the guy is a flip-flopper and sometimes ill go so far as to call him a hack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 lol "Cox" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted January 11, 2009 Yeah, it's good for a chuckle, but given the panic that goes on around here sometimes, I wonder how many LGWers really have a right to dogpile on the writer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electrophile 3,554 Report post Posted January 12, 2009 I always enjoy sportswriters sticking their feet in their mouths. It shows how little most of them really know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
