The Critic

"They" suck.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 01:37 PM) Can Hossa, Toews and Kopecky play every minute? Kaner is getting exposed for his defense big time his year, no Toews to pick up the slack. Together? On the same line?? God, I hope not! I want Kopecky on the 4th line where he belongs.

Congrats, Shipps! My condolences, Mrs. Shipps!

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Oct 9, 2010 -> 10:27 PM) Kopecky has no business being on the top line, and it continues to show. He just can't keep up with whoever he is playing with, and it's hurting the real Top 6 forwards on this team. Ugh. I'd like to see Stalberg get a shot at the Toews/Hossa line. Kopecky is a low-line forward, friendship with Hossa or not.

I do a spot-on impersonation of Roseanne Barr's national anthem. Unfortunately, every song I sing sounds like Roseanne Barr's national anthem.

So this is how TNA chooses to begin their BIG LIVE SPECIAL? A horrifically boring abduction scene with Abyss and Dixie? Yikes. Awful.

Almost everything in life can trigger a quote from Chris Rock's "Bring The Pain".

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 2, 2010 -> 08:49 AM) McMahon is rolling with this because it gets a lot of heat. If the crowd didnt react to it he would have ditched it, but they get really pissed when they hear the "you've got mail" sound If VKM really wanted to piss people off, he should reveal Vickie Guerrero as the GM, and have the email sound followed by "EXCUSE ME!!!" be the start of her entrance music.

So now that Mariotti has decided not to contest these charges (which, based on his opinions of others in the past, would obviously mean he did what he was accused of doing), wouldn't he have to admit that he is a menace to any city with women in it, and that any newspaper, media outlet or website would be irresponsible to hire someone of such low moral character? I mean, he had it all and threw it all away just so he could shove a woman around - if he was writing about anyone else he'd say the guy doesn't deserve a second chance.

Lost in this debate is the fact that the Stanley Cup is the most s***tily engraved trophy in all of sports. That engraving looks like a left-handed monkey engraved it right-handed. Look at Kris Versteeg's name - damn!

You get flagged 17 or 18 times, you lose the game. Although they probably still should have won.

Wasn't the result I was hoping for.

Oh, this thread is starting off awkwardly.

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Sheer Terror - Boys Don't Cry Overkill - The Green and Black Junkyard - I Don't Care About You The Methadones - Hit a Nerve Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding Jim Carroll Band - Day and Night Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby The Blasters - So Long Baby Goodbye Boston - It's Easy

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 24, 2010 -> 11:47 PM) I've only watched about 5 to 10 minutes of the first two preseason games, but this Byfuglien trade might be one of the best trades in Hawks history. Morin can f***ing play and hes only 19...wow. Yep, so far so good, but it's VERY early. Trying not to get too excited yet, but he's shown good hands and a solid physical game. Byfuglien's main contribution, waking up for the postseason, won't help Atlanta if they don't make the playoffs. Meanwhile, I've seen a couple Leafs preseason games and Versteeg's the same guy he was here - he'll make a real nice play in the offensive zone and then he'll make you crazy with a real dumb play seconds later. If he can somehow eliminate the brain farts he can be an asset for Toronto. Looks like they're toying with the idea of playing him on the top line with Kessel.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 23, 2010 -> 04:22 PM) Defensively? Hell no. Yount , Trammel, Ripken... those guys were not at Ozzie's level with the glove. Just for conversation, fielding percentaes during each guy's Gold Glove years: Trammel .980, .983, .979, .980 Yount .969 Guillen .977 Griffin .960 Fernandez .987, .979, .981, .992 Ripken .986, .984 I realize other factors go into this, such as range, arm strength, etc., but the %s suggest that Ozzie wasn't light years ahead of anyone except maybe Yount and Griffin. However, their bats may have made them more valuable overall than Ozzie. I liked Ozzie as a player, but I never thought I was seeing a game-changing defensive player.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Sep 23, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) He played shortstop. How many good shortstops were there in the AL then? I honestly don't know how his stats ranked among shortstops. In the mid-80's, I remember these guys as the better SS in the AL: Robin Yount Cal Ripken Alan Trammell Tony Fernandez Rick Burleson Alfredo Griffin

Devils and Flyers pre-season game on NHL Network right now. Goodbye until spring, all other sports!!!!

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 18, 2010 -> 12:17 PM) I liked him more as a heel. As a face, he just sucks. And this whole snake persona sucks. I love the RKO and the legend killer type stuff. The trash talking he did. That stupid pounding of the fists when he's about to do an RKO is terrible. It takes away from the mystique of the RKO. It can happen at anytime during the match. Now you know exactly when it is coming. I absolutely agree with this. That was the main thing I liked about Orton's version of the Diamond Cutter - you never knew exactly when he would hit it. I'm not a fan of the "called shot" finishers at all, with the possible exception of Edge crouched in the corner, waving his arm in the "get up" motion. I do like that one.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 01:08 AM) I think the gist of this thread is that the game has changed. Look all around baseball at the moment. At all the playoff teams or near playoff teams. Other than the Yankees, you see elite, homegrown, and more importantly, cheap and controlled talent up and down their rosters. The Rays, Rangers, Reds, Rockies head the list. And the Twins have obviously flourished at this for years. Yes, I know most of these teams sucked for years before they got to this point. But they're hear now. And it doesn't look like they're going anywhere anytime soon (especially the Rays, they're deeper than Oprah's asshole pitching wise, majors and minors). This is why guys like me, fathom, russ, I think Ace, ect, were so against the Jackson trade. It's not because we think Jackson is the second coming of Todd Ritchie. It's because it was a horrible business move. There was just no real logic behind it. Other than Cooper's insistence that he could "fix" him. But when you're already up against your financial threshold, and you already have glaring holes all over the place that need to be filled, you don't have that option. Somebody used the word "piecemeal" to describe the way the Sox run things. And that's a PERFECT way to describe it. I think that's what I mean when I say the '05 title was a fluke. Yes, we were the best team that year. But the way that team was put together was no formula for a sustained run, obviously. We added a lot of guys coming off down years or that nobody wanted and it magically came together for a year. And we've been doing that ever since with one division title to show for it the last 5 years. Unacceptable. I guess I'm one of the few fans that would welcome a "rebuilding" period (i.e. a down year or two) if that ultimately meant we were building for a sustained run of success. Finishing 2nd/3rd every year is like making out with a relative. Your ass is sitting at home watching the playoffs just like the teams that lost 95-100 games. Except they at least get a top 5 pick to work with. If you're making out with your relatives, you're in last place.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 10:27 PM) Fitting that the 2011 schedule came out on the day the 2010 season ended. "NEXT YEAR" IS HERE!!!

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 10:14 PM) She's a b***h and a music snob, she's not a fan. Mike Muir's still alive? Yeah, he's the only original left, I believe, although it seems Mike Clark is still there and he's been there since '87. And I was just messin' about the daughter, but either way a dad's usually going to do a solid for his kid.