I waited to see if I still needed to say this ...
See, I didn't want to write a bunch of angry crap about last night's game, so I thought I'd just wait and I wouldn't feel so pissed off. But I'm still pissed off, so I'm going to rant anyway.
Look, I'm the last guy who's going to dog on the refs when a call or two doesn't go our way. I understand that they're human and they fuck up just like the rest of us. And I respect the officials, okay? If that makes me a goody-two-shoes or whatever, fine - I happen to believe that we should respect authority, so I do. I get frustrated when I think the refs blow a call, but I try to let it slide, you know?
But last night was just complete and utter bullshit! I was fine with the refs' decision to let the guys play. That's fucking cool, you know? It was a big game, and it had that playoff feel, so I thought it was totally appropriate to let things slide a little toward the end. It was tied and they wanted the teams to finish the game on their own.
That's good. So when Shanahan decided to take a breather by sitting on our captain for like, a full minute, I wasn't too upset that there was no call. Okay, the refs were gonna let things slide. And when Shanahan punched Moore in the face, I was a little surprised that there was no call, but I thought "okay, they're really going to let things slide - no big deal."
So you can imagine my surprise when I see Kono getting sent to the box ... for something Kariya did ... that wasn't worth 4 minutes ... that, according to the way the officials were NOT calling anything else, shouldn't have been called!! WHAT THE FUCK? Oh wahhh, Draper got a little boo-boo. How could they even tell with his ugly mug? So yeah, I was clearly pissed. I scared the crap out of Niko in the press box. I couldn't tell if Riku was scared because he always looks a little scared - I figured he wasn't, since he's seen me go apeshit up there before.
Then Footie fucked up and got another double minor putting us down two men going into OT. David didn't stand a chance. But I wasn't pissed at Footie (because it was clearly an accident), and I wasn't pissed at any of the Wings - not even Shanahan (at that point) because they were doing exactly what any team would have done given the leeway of the refs. I was pissed at the fucking refs. If you're gonna let the teams go, let them go, but BE CONSISTENT for fuck's sake! You don't call a blatant hold or a blatant roughing, but you call an iffy high stick?! BULL. SHIT.
And then this morning, I read the fucking papers and see Shanahan's boo-fucking-hooing about Yzerman losing a tooth. IT"S HOCKEY, DUMBASS. PEOPLE LOSE TEETH. He made it out to seem like he thinks Footie clipped Yzerman on purpose. How fucking stupid is that? I don't know ANY professional hockey player stupid enough to whack another guy right in the face on a faceoff like that - especially not someone like Footie. If he wanted to take Yzerman out, he wouldn't do it like that. As soon as he realized what happened he tried to help the guy, for crying out loud.
So yeah, I'm still pissed. But I'll get over it. Besides, I'm not going to dwell on it because I wasn't even in the game. I'm going to try and just forget about hockey altogether for a few days and enjoy this break. It's going to be a good weekend. :)
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Look, I'm the last guy who's going to dog on the refs when a call or two doesn't go our way. I understand that they're human and they fuck up just like the rest of us. And I respect the officials, okay? If that makes me a goody-two-shoes or whatever, fine - I happen to believe that we should respect authority, so I do. I get frustrated when I think the refs blow a call, but I try to let it slide, you know?
But last night was just complete and utter bullshit! I was fine with the refs' decision to let the guys play. That's fucking cool, you know? It was a big game, and it had that playoff feel, so I thought it was totally appropriate to let things slide a little toward the end. It was tied and they wanted the teams to finish the game on their own.
That's good. So when Shanahan decided to take a breather by sitting on our captain for like, a full minute, I wasn't too upset that there was no call. Okay, the refs were gonna let things slide. And when Shanahan punched Moore in the face, I was a little surprised that there was no call, but I thought "okay, they're really going to let things slide - no big deal."
So you can imagine my surprise when I see Kono getting sent to the box ... for something Kariya did ... that wasn't worth 4 minutes ... that, according to the way the officials were NOT calling anything else, shouldn't have been called!! WHAT THE FUCK? Oh wahhh, Draper got a little boo-boo. How could they even tell with his ugly mug? So yeah, I was clearly pissed. I scared the crap out of Niko in the press box. I couldn't tell if Riku was scared because he always looks a little scared - I figured he wasn't, since he's seen me go apeshit up there before.
Then Footie fucked up and got another double minor putting us down two men going into OT. David didn't stand a chance. But I wasn't pissed at Footie (because it was clearly an accident), and I wasn't pissed at any of the Wings - not even Shanahan (at that point) because they were doing exactly what any team would have done given the leeway of the refs. I was pissed at the fucking refs. If you're gonna let the teams go, let them go, but BE CONSISTENT for fuck's sake! You don't call a blatant hold or a blatant roughing, but you call an iffy high stick?! BULL. SHIT.
And then this morning, I read the fucking papers and see Shanahan's boo-fucking-hooing about Yzerman losing a tooth. IT"S HOCKEY, DUMBASS. PEOPLE LOSE TEETH. He made it out to seem like he thinks Footie clipped Yzerman on purpose. How fucking stupid is that? I don't know ANY professional hockey player stupid enough to whack another guy right in the face on a faceoff like that - especially not someone like Footie. If he wanted to take Yzerman out, he wouldn't do it like that. As soon as he realized what happened he tried to help the guy, for crying out loud.
So yeah, I'm still pissed. But I'll get over it. Besides, I'm not going to dwell on it because I wasn't even in the game. I'm going to try and just forget about hockey altogether for a few days and enjoy this break. It's going to be a good weekend. :)
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