Phazon 24 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 why is it that hfboards bash wings every day on the mainboard and always trying to downplay wings as a great team? Well I simply think it is wings is filled with euro players. Canadians on hfboards are incredible homers and take every oppurtunity to downplay any accomplishment by a swedish or russian player. I doubt wings would get as much hate with yzerman still playing. I blame Don Cherry for brainwashing an entire generation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
puckbags 863 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Pure jealousy...thats all it is. As for Cherry...I used to live for Coach's Corner on Saturday nights but I would rather watch womens curling during the intermissions than listen to that senile idiot rant about s*** !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zion 93 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 I don't take many Canadians seriously when it comes to hockey, anymore. And f*** Don Cherry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
#19forPresident! 1 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Pure jealousy...thats all it is. As for Cherry...I used to live for Coach's Corner on Saturday nights but I would rather watch womens curling during the intermissions than listen to that senile idiot rant about s*** !! People fear what they don't understand, and frankly a lot of people are still mystified by how finesse can negate toughness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 If they want to hate the Wings because of more European players, that's their business. I'll take a consistently winning team everytime and if that means they are hated by others, not my problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kira 451 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 You have to take the mentality of most of the posters over there into account...there isn't any. And don't knock women's curling - it is a hell of a lot more interesting and strategic than anything that Don Cherry spews. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest micah Report post Posted March 13, 2009 People fear what they don't understand, and frankly a lot of people are still mystified by how finesse can negate toughness. Bulls***. Finesse does not negate toughness in hockey. Rule changes have negated toughness in hockey. The Wings can ice a team of skilled ******* and there's nothing that competing teams can do about it anymore....well they, could ice the same sort of team I suppose, but I hope they don't. I like haveing the occasional exciting hockey game on Center Ice once in a while. Lots of hate here for Don Cherry, a man who actually coached (albeit not as well as he should have!) in this league. I like the oppinions of guys like Redmond and Cherry - men who were involved with the league when it was...well...better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kira 451 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Do you ever get the feeling you grew up in the wrong generation? Not to slam you in any way, but I think you were born a lot later than you should have been. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reds4Life 51 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) Bulls***. Finesse does not negate toughness in hockey. Rule changes have negated toughness in hockey. The Wings can ice a team of skilled ******* and there's nothing that competing teams can do about it anymore....well they, could ice the same sort of team I suppose, but I hope they don't. I like haveing the occasional exciting hockey game on Center Ice once in a while. Lots of hate here for Don Cherry, a man who actually coached (albeit not as well as he should have!) in this league. I like the oppinions of guys like Redmond and Cherry - men who were involved with the league when it was...well...better. I'd bet anything any Wings player would kick your ass with one hand and closed eyes. So if he is a skilled *****, then what are you? Two guys punching each other doesn't mean they're tough. Edited March 13, 2009 by Reds4Life Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest micah Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Do you ever get the feeling you grew up in the wrong generation? Not to slam you in any way, but I think you were born a lot later than you should have been. Yup. Don't get me started on today's music... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest micah Report post Posted March 13, 2009 I'd bet anything any Wings player would kick your ass with one hand and closed eyes. So if he is a skilled *****, then what are you? Two guys punching each other doesn't mean they're tough. I'll take that bet. Do you have any way of bringing it to fruition? I choose Maltby. If he were blinded and only had the use of one arm, I could mop the floor with him. I'm totally in if you can make it happen. The Wings aren't ******* because they aren't good fighters, BTW, they're ******* because they are unwilling. If Sammy found Phanuef last night and said - "let's go, nobody bords us!" and got his ass kicked, I'd applaud him for his effort. If Maltby said to Vendermeer later in the game "hey, why don't you try throwing a punch with your gloves off?" and got pounded, I'd applaud him. It ain't about winning, it's about showing up for your team. Our guys, even our less skilled guys, can't be bothered to. I think that sucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electrophile 3,554 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Oh look, an Internet Tough Guy has emerged. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yak19 303 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 They are angry little spazzies that are fans of lesser teams. THEIR GRAPES............. ARE SOUR. Why even give this any time? End of discussion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superman54 91 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 I'll take that bet. Do you have any way of bringing it to fruition? I choose Maltby. If he were blinded and only had the use of one arm, I could mop the floor with him. I'm totally in if you can make it happen. The Wings aren't ******* because they aren't good fighters, BTW, they're ******* because they are unwilling. If Sammy found Phanuef last night and said - "let's go, nobody bords us!" and got his ass kicked, I'd applaud him for his effort. If Maltby said to Vendermeer later in the game "hey, why don't you try throwing a punch with your gloves off?" and got pounded, I'd applaud him. It ain't about winning, it's about showing up for your team. Our guys, even our less skilled guys, can't be bothered to. I think that sucks. We are skilled ******* who win Stanley Cups.....Fine by me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest micah Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Oh look, an Internet Tough Guy has emerged. Yeah, that's totally what I am. I never claimed to be tough at all. I claimed that (and only in direct response to another poster, might I add) I could take a smaller man than me if he were blind and could only use one arm. That's the sort of claim that one has to make to earn the label of "internet toughguy from you? LOL, You're a riot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ms_Hockey 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) Everybody hates the Wings. We've half-assed our way through the season and still managed to be in the running for the #1 spot. We hold the longest consecutive playoff streak in any major sport. We JUST won the Stanley Cup and are top favorites to win it again. And we acquired one of the most potent goal-scoring forwards when our team already had talent oozing out of their ears. We win.. and we do it, sometimes, without much effort. We're a hockey dynasty that has yet to die out. I would hate us too. Edited March 13, 2009 by Ms_Hockey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I Red Wings I 40 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Jeez, I hate the word "we", what did I do? Just saying Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) Couldn't care less what hfboards think, and people hate the Wings anyways. It might be because the Wings are winning and their team is not. I just love to hear people whine about everything -- how this team are *******, how this team is boring, how this team is bitchwhinemoan. Edited March 13, 2009 by Shoreline Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
henrik40 76 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 whatever I'll take 4 cups in 11 seasons and have guys in the NHL with more fighting majors than the whole Wings team. I don't care if people wanna hate on the Wings, it's more fun to gloat when the boys bring home cups. Don Cherry needs to get over his whole canadian boy love affair, even a journalist on ESPN dogged on him. ESPN! and he even sounded good doing it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Holiday 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Bulls***. Finesse does not negate toughness in hockey. Rule changes have negated toughness in hockey. The Wings can ice a team of skilled ******* and there's nothing that competing teams can do about it anymore....well they, could ice the same sort of team I suppose, but I hope they don't. I like haveing the occasional exciting hockey game on Center Ice once in a while. Lots of hate here for Don Cherry, a man who actually coached (albeit not as well as he should have!) in this league. I like the oppinions of guys like Redmond and Cherry - men who were involved with the league when it was...well...better. Let me guess: You enjoy watching Iginla fight with his visor on and guys slashing the other team's players in the gut after the whistle? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Z and D for the C 712 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) Oh look, an Internet Tough Guy has emerged. In every definition of the term. I'm sure he'd run and hide if Maltby challenged him to a fight. Edited March 13, 2009 by Z and D for the C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I Red Wings I 40 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 "I" buy Little Caesars pizza, "I" buy Red Wings' gear, "I" miss birthday parties and take time off from work for games, "I" watch every game played (and have trained my wife to deal with it), "I" support the Red Wings unconditionally. "I" have a sense of entitlement to this team. Ok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) Jeez, I hate the word "we", what did I do? Just saying I fight the urge to say something sarcastic every time I read that. "We" are fans. "They" are players. "We" do not actually play for the Red Wings. "They" do. It isn't like I mean to be pedantic, it just makes no sense. Edited March 13, 2009 by Shoreline Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 People always call Don Cherry a racist, what is the difference with some of you smack talking Canadians? Here's a frickin tip PEOPLE PICK UP FOR THEIR PEOPLE. I'll take a Canadian over anyone. An American would take an American. A European a European. That's how it is. Sure some people differ, and that's where the problem starts. God, what is the world coming too, I love Americans, good people, even frickin Bush. Racism, Statism, Countrism, whatever you want to call it is stupid. Ruins the world. As far as this, they probably do. My English prof and I had a huge discussion about last nights game. He thinks the Wings are the golden boys of the NHL. I told him that they get penalties just like everyone else. He disagreed and said how most of those penalties shouldnt have been. I said the Flames werent trying to win in the 1st last night, they were trying to intimadate us. He disagreed and said the Flames were taking advantage of a bunch of wussies (his words). What I got from it, other then my English prof is a moron, is that everyone defends there team no matter what. That is where bias, and hate comes from. Not Nationalism (there it is), just the fact, you either hate them or you love them. That'a true with pretty much EVERY team in the NHL. There's my contribution to this stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electrophile 3,554 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 I fight the urge to say something sarcastic every time I read that. "We" are fans. "They" are players. "We" do not actually play for the Red Wings. "They" do. It isn't like I mean to be pedantic, it just makes no sense. Well no, we don't play for the Wings, they do. But when you're at a sporting event, and you hear people chanting "We're #1!", I don't think you'd correct them and say "well really, they're #1, we're just the goobers sitting here watching". I say "we" all the time when talking about sports teams I root for. As in "we're better than this" or "we can do better" or "we're going to win it all". It may be annoying to some people, but fans are as much as part of the organization as the players are, we just have a different role in it all. My $0.02. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
