| TMoore4075 |
04-28-2017 10:31 AM |
Re: The NHL Thread (where the Presidents Trophy matters!)
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Originally Posted by ~Crashintome89~
(Post 16777652)
I can't really put a finger on it but if I had to explain the backlash against hockey or us from others who occupy the tailgate it's this:
there's a level of intelligence and knowledge that we all have of our teams and the game itself. (Of course, there will always be MINOR slip-ups like someone not knowing what a Gordie Howe hat trick is, or Jamie Benn is not a freaking center.) There's also an understanding and a level of civility amongst us. Yes, we might pick a fight with each other or troll another team/fanbase, but at the end of the day we're here to talk about hockey. We're not just trolls. We take our posts with a level of seriousness and like to make valid points.
The backlash come from people who try and come in here, talk shit about the sport or a team, and then loses their cool/shit over a rebuttal. Then they turn around and throw temper tantrums. Generally these people often like other sports and watch a ton of ESPN, which I have a feeling none of us really do.
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This is true. I think that speaks to sports in general. The NFL, NBA and MLB (to a lesser extent than the first 2 imo) are popular with average sports fans who watch it but don't can't really have an educated conversation about it and we see that in the other threads. We do have those conversations here. I've said it before, I like that dynamic we have in here.
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Originally Posted by Lcsulla
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I never really understood the point of trolling. Personally the NBA bores me senseless but I don't go into that thread to say so. As for that ESPN thread - have not looked at it yet so I have not seen the comments but can imagine what people say. That said, it would be nice if ESPN went back to reporting exclusively on sports rather than every social issue that may pop up that will effect 1 out of every 10k players and fans.
Don't much care about the sellout vs not sellout argument but I do have a small gripe with the playoff format that gives home ice to a team with 4 less regular season points in the standings.
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The NBA can be good in the last two rounds, but that speaks to where they are as a league. They are very top heavy.
I agree with you on ESPN. I'm fine with some of those shows, because you have to diversify, I get that. But they just axed the educated reporters to keep all the more pop culture type aspects of their network. That makes 0 sense to me but I guess we should have seen that coming because they've slowly been going that way for the last 10-15 years.
I'll say it again, but the team with lesser points thing happened in the old format too. My Wings in 2000 finished 12 points better than the Avs but in round 2 the Avs got home ice because the Wings didn't win their division so they finished 4th in seeding even though they were the 2nd best team in the entire league. Happened A LOT with the Southeast Division because...it sucked. 1999 the Canes got home ice in round 1 over the Bruins even though the Bruins had 5 more points than the Canes. Canes were actually 8th if you ranked them straight 1-8 but got the 3rd seed for winning the division. But the Bruins still beat them and that's what you have to do. It might not be "fair" but if you're better, go and prove it. This isn't the NBA where home ice/court matters all that much. Look at both western conference game 1's. Now if they went back to 1-8 with the division champs getting the top two seeds, it would be less likely to happen because you only have 2 divisions per conference, but you still have to win and this issue this year, won't happen that often, everyone just notices it in the moment and you can't rush off and make a chance because of one time. If does continue to be an issue (which I doubt because I expect TO to improve and TBL to rebound) then they'll change it but they'll give it more time.
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