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by IwoCPO on 12/16/09 at 07:00 AM ET
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Well, well. Lookee here. It would appear that the subject of blogger access is a touchy one in Minnesota. Why do I care about that? I don’t. I don’t care if a single blogger in Minneapolis or Duluth or Fargo or wherever the Wild play ever gets to go into a locker room and pretend they’re Michael Russo. But a little fella up north seems to believe that I’m personally keeping him out of the Wild room.
“Writers” like IwoCPO (see what I did there, with the quotes?) are the example NHL teams point to when they refuse to credential bloggers. Bloggers such as him (her?) serve as the antithesis of what most bloggers are, which is fans who have some semblance of objectivity.
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas.
Quite the quandary, eh? What to do, what to do. Take the high road? Yes, I’m sure that’s the right thing to do. I’m sure that’s the mature approach.
And so I’ve decided to avoid that. Paul? I’m afraid I’m at it again.
And away we go. “Buddha”, the blogger in question, is not happy with me and you. Not. Happy. At all. He’s offended by our bias, offended by my grammar…specifically my selective capitalization and use of question marks. It literally offends him, or so he says. Because if you look at him, you can tell that when he’s in front of his AP English class and he’s going all Milton and shit on them? No doubt who the lit expert is. Here’s the professor himself.
Feel free to cursor back up and reference the Professor’s image as we dissect the concerns he has with me, you and A2Y.
The main poster at From Abel to Yzerman, IwoCPO, is truly the most homerific of all homerific bloggers I have ever read. Is there anything wrong with that? Nah, as long as the reader understands that and takes every word written there with that information in hand.
With that hat and that pinky, you’re calling me homerific? Ohhh….homer. Not…nevermind.
My readers understand, but thanks for your concern. They do, in fact, take every word written with that info in hand. This is not Geneva, dumbass. We’re not neutral about anything. It takes one glance at one paragraph to figure that out.
I stopped reading A2Y awhile back.
Uh huh. Sure you did.
Today I was told by a friend to go read the two latest posts over at A2Y.
Uh huh. Got it. One of those. He never reads us. It’s beneath him. The only reason he was over here was because he was “told by a friend.”
For the record, I can’t recall every writing a word about Minnesota hockey. We’ve never seen them in the playoffs, play them four times per year? Just a non issue. I’ve never read a Wild blog because I don’t care about their team. Is that the problem? Maybe.
But I don’t think so. Nope. “Buddha” is going to prattle on about our lack of objectivity (a new development here) and the wacky way we write (alliteration bitches) our headlines…also something shockingly new. And he’s going to spend paragraph upon paragraph talking about…grammar, on a hockey blog.
But you want to know the real issue with this guy? He wants to take his little itty bitty cybershot camera into the Wild lockerroom, get a snippy snap of Derek Boogard’s back tattoo and the team won’t let him. “Buddha”? He’s sad. He’s angry. He’s a blogger, by god, and he deserves the same access as a beat writer. But fatass can’t get in and he’s looking for someone to blame.
Thank you IwoCPO, and From Abel to Yzerman for ensuring that NHL teams always have plenty of ammunition to use when denying credentials to bloggers who actually have some professionalism. We appreciate it.
Awww. You’re welcome big boy. And now that you’ve mentioned it, let me be up front about this.
I don’t give a flying foxtrot if you or any other hockey blogger anywhere has access to jack squat. Just like I don’t care if the Wild have any games on Versus (do they?) or if team ownership in Minnesota, despite one of the best fan bases in all of pro sports, refuses to spend money on the product. I literally don’t care. Access wouldn’t make my stuff more appealing to the 19 people who read it. And, therefore, I don’t care about it. I don’t want it. And frankly, I frigging laugh at the ass-hurt nimrods, whining little bitches, pathetic piss-ant, wannabee journalists who get off on thumbing through a sticky-paged thesaurus, doing their pseudo-pretend sports reporter game recaps on their commodore 64’s while the fantastic beat of Gloria Estefan pounds in the background really frigging loud but don’t worry about waking up the girlfriend or the wife because with that hat? Yeah, not an issue.
I’ve had access to one pro hockey game my entire life. Last year, was it? Paul got me into the press box at the Verizon Center. It was fun, and I’m glad I did it. Wasn’t the Wings. Caps and Panthers. I wrote absolutely nothing of consequence, nothing I couldn’t have written from my couch with a warm PBR in front of me. Best part was laughing with the Caps bloggers about how I had nothing to write about. I guess I could have gone down to the locker room…but I would have felt like an idiot. Not my job. Not my thing. Don’t need it and don’t want it.
Oh hey. Went to the Western Conference Finals last year. Game 2. Saw William Tell score the OT game winner. From way up in the nose bleeds. With some Hawk fans behind me. Awesome guys. My wife was there. My daughter was there. It was awesome.
Guess what, “Buddha”? If I’d wanted access, Paul would have gotten it for me. Game 1 of the SCF in ‘08? Could have had access to that one too. Oh. Fun. Maybe I could have bumped into Ansar Khan, after ripping his ass for two straight years. “Nice lead yesterday, Ansar. Well put.” “Why thank you, Bill. Your blog is riveting.” PASS. Instead, I got wasted in the nose bleeds again with Osrt. Because I’m a fan, not a reporter, and I don’t…want…access.
Could probably have had access to the Caps/Wings game last year in DC too. Instead I went to Fado’s and pounded beers with the 19 while we all watched RWBill hit on my wife. It was, again, awesome. That’s what I like about what I do. You claim to know what “most bloggers are”, that we’re all “fans with semblance of objectivity”? Hah. STFU. The best bloggers I read are all completely frigging biased. That’s where the passion comes from, idiot. That’s where, as Springsteen told us, the fun is.
So, rail all you want. Whine about grammar and bias and homerism…all under the auspices of trying to stick up for the high, high standards of the hockey blogging community. Go ahead.
But you know what? Your act is as easy to see as mine is. I’m a passionate fan who likes to write about my team, for my friends, in a way that I enjoy. You? You’re a bitter little boy who wants to play in a sandbox you’ll never be qualified to dig in. Hell, maybe you even have access and you’re just playing high and mighty and sticking up for those who don’t. God, that would be even better. Ned Beatty on a crusade. Whatever.
Deal with it, or don’t. But I’d highly recommend you consider who you’re going to slam next time because you’re out of your league.
And any other hockey blogger who wants to claim I’m hurting your chances at the ever-elusive “access”? You can suck it too because I, again, literally don’t care.
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So, put that in your pipe and smoke it.
(Way to go, Chief)
L.G.R.W.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 12/16/09 at 07:12 AM ET
I’m a passionate fan who likes to write about my team, for my friends, in a way that I enjoy.
Morning bitches. Hey Chief don’t you mean your imaginary friends? Didn’t think so. We are all too real and full of ourselves. I am a Wingaholic!
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/16/09 at 07:13 AM ET
Oh look at this hat here. Why I bet you buy a hat like that ,and you get a free bowl of soup.
Posted by Down River Dan on 12/16/09 at 07:17 AM ET
Best post ever.
Thanks, where ever did you find that great picture.
Posted by Lucce on 12/16/09 at 07:20 AM ET
Amazing. Good one Chief, I’m glad you gave us another gift for (your) birthday.
I just wonder why you didn’t mention another oft-misuderstood part of A2Y: the quotes on captain.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 12/16/09 at 07:22 AM ET
Your blog is riveting.” PASS. Instead, I got wasted in the nose bleeds again with Osrt.
I hope that at least one Minnesotan reads this and says, “What the hell is an Osrt?”
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 12/16/09 at 07:24 AM ET
God freaking dammit all to hell, I’m going to be too busy today to hunt down all the favorite posts from the profane blogs I follow to illustrate why the grammar here is the last thing that should be keeping any other bloggers from getting access. Stuff like this would be more likely:
Then again everything is relative: Hammer, A-Train and Big Rig are excused. As for the rest of you, I have seldom seen a sorrier collection of useless bags of crap posing as a “defence” in my entire life. Wanna know why we might not make the playoffs? Because of no hitting, no shooting, can’t-make-a-*#$%@&-pass and piss-myself-everytime-I-go-into-a-corner syphilitic vaginas like you. THAT’S why. Picard, Campoli, Karlsson, Kuba. They should all be beaten with sacks of doorknobs and tossed into the Rideau Canal, there to float with the dead fish and used condoms. *#$%@& ‘em.
Grammar, methinks, is not the issue. Aside from the fact that some of the legitimate journalists have some of the worst and most purple prose I’ve ever read - gag-worthy.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/16/09 at 07:28 AM ET
Ever wonder why first thing in the morning you click on A2Y? Well I know in my case it’s because I’m a disciple, or part of a Cult following. Or so I’ve been told.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/16/09 at 07:30 AM ET
Man…this was like a cornerback picking off a QB’s pass, returning it for a touchdown, spiking the ball into the crotch of the QB’s mother in the front row, and then feeling up his girlfriend.
I’d highly recommend you consider who you’re going to slam next time because you’re out of your league.
A-freaking-men on that. Though, I’m sure he’s enjoying the boost in hits about as much as shiney new pinky ring. Good luck getting “access” with that awesome pick of you slamming a deuce-deuce of MGD.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 12/16/09 at 08:07 AM ET
Sad blogger should go to journalism school and get a job as a beat writer if he wants access to the naked hockey player room.
If he wants to write about a team he loves without putting in the schoolwork, well, that would be considered a blog. Also, anyone who wants to write objectively about a thing he loves is a tool who doesn’t understand objectivity. You don’t tell your wife those pants make her ass look fat and you don’t write about your team without envisioning a championship at the end of the season, even if they’re the Maple Laffs.
He sounds like a wannabe digger - maybe a scratcher?
Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 12/16/09 at 08:13 AM ET
This was so f#$@ing delightful, I pissed in my pants just a little.
Posted by Cwix from Roanoke, VA on 12/16/09 at 08:14 AM ET
Love reading your posts. Keep up the great work.
Posted by Beanie168 on 12/16/09 at 08:16 AM ET
I think the part where he lists A2Y as “From Abel to Yzerman” but just links “Abel to Yzerman” like something in his animal brain is saying, “Wait…” is best.
If bloggers are ever going to get in press boxes across the board, it’s not going to be because the NHL or its teams think they’re objective. It’s only going to be if the NHL or the teams think it will benefit them enough to make it worth it. And that means bloggers having audiences so large they can’t be ignored.
Fans pretending to be objective in a journalistic way isn’t going to gain that audience because you offer your readers nothing new doing that. Journalists have the access and if it’s a matter of choosing between two objective sources, one with access and one without, who are you going to choose?
Bloggers are best off doing what they do best: wearing their biases on their sleeves. If you’re doing it for access, give it up. Blog for the community, not the credentials.
Stepping off the soapbox…
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/16/09 at 08:29 AM ET
That picture is going to make me re-install Photoshop on my computer at home….
Posted by 42jeff from Minot, North Dakota on 12/16/09 at 08:29 AM ET
I think TDT hit the nail on the head in the most succinct way possible on the site when he said “Go get a journalism degree?”
The funny thing is that the whole argument is that he wants to disagree with the Chief’s points, but that’s boring and it’s not a position of strength. Instead of just saying he thinks the Chief is wrong when he writes about injuries, officiating, and little Gary, he has to try to add strength to his argument by claiming that what the Chief does is beneath him as a blogger and, furthermore, is bad for hockey reporting. He wants to get his elbows dirty while washing his hands and that’s some of the most yellow, chicken-shit, horse manure writing out there.
The whole article at best is an elitist, snooty, hypocritical mess; at worse, it’s a backhanded call for censorship of opinions.
Here’s the thing that really pisses me off, bloggers who want to play journalists without having gone through the trouble of getting a degree in journalism can bite dicks. It’s f*cking offensive that somehow writing shouldn’t be taken as seriously as other degrees (for the record, my degree is in the liberal arts, but not in writing). Listen. I’m pretty good at math. I can add, subtract, multiply, and divide. I can do things like solve for variables, find the volume of a cylinder, and even tell you how long the hypotenuse of a right triangle is given the length of the other two sides. Do you see me bitching because I’m not getting job offers to come onboard anywhere as a staff accountant? No, because that’s f*cking stupid, just like all the little faux journalist bloggers out there who want to be treated seriously are ridiculous when they think the world should just recognize their greatness without them having to go through the proper steps to get that recognized. Bloggers like that are hacks and they’re the ones giving the passionate, opinionated fan bloggers a bad name, not the other way around.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/16/09 at 08:37 AM ET
That picture is going to make me re-install Photoshop on my computer at home….
I’m actually having a pretty hard time thinking of how you might make that picture contain MORE douche. Sometimes perfection is a dangerous thing to mess with.
Great post Chief. Pinky’s new *#$%@& = ripped.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/16/09 at 08:50 AM ET
Bloggers such as him (her?) serve as the antithesis of what most bloggers are, which is fans who have some semblance of objectivity.
Huh? No, it doesn’t work like that. “Fan” is short for “fanatic,” and a fanatic of something, by definition, cannot be objective when discussing topics involving that which they are fanatical about. So… yeah… quit worrying about grammar and start worrying about understanding what words mean.
The main poster at From Abel to Yzerman, IwoCPO, is truly the most homerific of all homerific bloggers I have ever read. Is there anything wrong with that? Nah, as long as the reader understands that and takes every word written there with that information in hand.
It’s a RED WINGS blog. When you land on the A2Y home page, you see a banner listing the Wings’ Cup year, with snapshots of the two blog-title-worthy Wing greats on either side of the banner. Oh, and behind it all, as the background of the banner, is the winged wheel.
You’d have to be a retard to land on this page and NOT understand that it’s a blog written by a RED WINGS fan, for RED WINGS fans, about the RED WINGS.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 12/16/09 at 08:52 AM ET
What made me laugh was the notion that it’s acceptable to be homeristic—which plays into the exaggeration, sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek stuff that gets said around here (all ___ fans are ___; it’s all Gary’s fault; etc) —and then that’s effectively followed up with how that’s not acceptable.
It’s okay to write how you do, Chief, as long as you know it’s not okay.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 12/16/09 at 08:54 AM ET
That picture is going to make me re-install Photoshop on my computer at home….
I’m actually having a pretty hard time thinking of how you might make that picture contain MORE douche. Sometimes perfection is a dangerous thing to mess with.
Great post Chief. Pinky’s new *#$%@& = ripped.
Was just considering replacing the beer bottle..what is that a Corona? fag….with something a little more, shall we say, “phallic”?
Posted by 42jeff from Minot, North Dakota on 12/16/09 at 08:59 AM ET
Here’s the thing that really pisses me off, bloggers who want to play journalists without having gone through the trouble of getting a degree in journalism can bite dicks.
Yup. Before turning to the lucrative field of pharmacy, I went to journalism school, worked as a journalist (entertainment, not sports), and have several friends still in the field (two of whom are print sports reporters—one covers MLB and the other NCAA football). These guys worked on our college paper, spent mind-numbing hours freelancing as stringers, had profs hammer AP style and fact-checking up their asses (at our school, a factual error in journalism paper garnered an automatic “F”) and spent years honing their craft and paying their dues.
There are tons of smart, funny, talented bloggers out there, and many of them (especially those who cover local and national politics) are doing their part to ask the hard questions that so much of the MSM isn’t asking and earning the right to some access. A lot of those folks also are trained reporters. There’s a great difference between that and the random tools who think that because they can type, they are entitled to, as J.J. says, “play” at being a journalist. Do you really think that because you’ll get in the locker room you’ll be the one to get the big scoop? Think Marty Havlat will really tell you the story of his life, or that Todd Richards will unveil all the secrets to his coaching strategy? Or, even worse, that some of the players will become so enamored of your pinky ring they’ll offer to buy you a beer after the game? Bitch, please. Either enroll in school and pay your dues, or go back to Mom’s basement in White Bear Lake and STFU.
Posted by Bella on 12/16/09 at 09:07 AM ET
The particularly hilarious part about Buddha’s post is that he fails to recognize the true reason he will never be given access: He’s not good.
Seriously, the guy decides to open fire on an opinionated blog that has never represented itself as anything but and does so by attacking grammar. Well, good on you Buddha. Though, as he says himself, his post is literally riddled with the same type of “errors” that he’s decided is the reason the Chief has prevented all Bloggers everywhere from ever being able to have their Rudy moments.
The question mark in the heading? Yep. That works. Someone needs to explain to “captain” Pulitzer that one of the rhetorical devices available to writers of prose is to stray from the strict rules of grammar and punctuation in order to make their writing more colloquial. So, instead of writing “What, Lord Byron, will we do instead of whining?” it’s totally acceptable to write “Instead of Whining?” Also, be sure to capitalize only the “important words.” That’s exactly what it says in the AP style book. Ha.
My favorite part has to do with the complete lack of investigation. Well, ok. I should be fair. Chief, are you in the middle of a genital mutilation procedure? You haven’t gone all Darren Garcia on us, have you?
Didn’t think so.
He, she? WHO KNOWS!? Such a very difficult question for any legitimate journalist to determine. Five minutes on this site could not answer that question. Again, to be fair, professor fancy hat doesn’t have access. Chief, you should really think about letting “Buddha” into your home. He’s super objective, and he’d really like the opportunity to rifle through your sock drawer, smelling your personal attire.
Hillarious.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/16/09 at 09:10 AM ET
the antithesis of what most bloggers are, which is fans who have some semblance of objectivity.
IwoCPO said some bad words.(He’s a Sailor bitch.) He has no objectivity. STFU.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/16/09 at 09:18 AM ET
Blog and objectivity? No, please.
What’s the point of having an objective blog? You’ll end up saying exactly what ESPN.com, NHL.com, Yahoo.com says, except they are being paid for it. (and some of them are pretty subjective)
Or having a blog like ThePuckStopsHere, that uses a lot of (useless) statistics in order to be objective, and is a joke because of that.
The only way to have a good, original blog is having your opinions in it, and of course it will result in homerism.
Now I’ll be a homer: bloggers never make up stuff, they only exaggerate. Down Goes Brown prouds it self on blogging an awful team, and Abel to Yzerman only says the Wings are the best because, well, they are.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 12/16/09 at 09:24 AM ET
Thanks for the morning chuckle, Chief….
Ya know, some of these people just take this stuff too damn seriously…. He honestly thinks that YOUR slanted bloviating (that’s a compliment, buddy) contributes to his fat ass not being able to get a press pass ??
I’m much like the Chief in that regard, I’m not all that eager to ask for passes…. In fact, I’m heading to PA for the holidays next week, and I’ll be at the Leafs/Pens game at the Igloo on the 27th…. Sure, I could ask Paul and most likely get a pass (much like Brian Metzer from Hockeybuzz does every home game), the Pens are fairly blogger friendly…. Shit, I could’ve asked for passes to the SCF’s last year…. But I’d much rather spend it downing a few brewskies in the stands with my 16 year old son (he’s not drinking brewskies, you know what I mean)....
If that guy really wants to look into why he can’t get a press pass, perhaps he should call the Wild’s media director, and have him explain it….. I’d lay odds that he won’t be saying “It’s that damn Chief on that damn Wings blog”.... 
Posted by Tony from Virginia Beach, VA on 12/16/09 at 09:35 AM ET
Interesting…look who’s trying to get “Boni-fide”...
http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2009/09/hockeyville-my-thn-article.html
Posted by 42jeff from Minot, North Dakota on 12/16/09 at 09:36 AM ET
“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old.”
Posted by w2j2 on 12/16/09 at 09:40 AM ET
If this blog were objective, I would never read it. As corny as it sounds, it’s a blog by a Red Wings fan, for Red Wings fans. 19 of them to be precise. The day Chief goes objective is the day I remove A2Y from my bookmarks and bid you bitches farewell.
The beauty of blogging is the flexibility of the medium. Really, a blog can be anything the writer wants it to be, unlike a newspaper column which must remove most if not all biases and adhere to a long-established style. If a blogger chooses to write a newspaper-style game recap, then he/she is free to do so. If one chooses to write analysis or thoughtful ruminations on the game and the league as an insider, he/she may do so. The Emperor is one of the best for content like this. If one chooses to write from the perspective of fans, again, he/she may do so.
And really, why would we want to read another “objective” blog about our beloved organ-I-zation? After the Daily Deep Diggers conference, we’re presented with the same damn article in three or four places anyway. I can only read about Derek Meech’s favorite food once or twice before losing any sliver of interest I might have pretended to have before. And I can only assume Ansar is pounding out that little ditty to some Miami Sound Machine as well.
Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 12/16/09 at 09:44 AM ET
Saw that last night and I only have one thing to say to Buddha; We are the 19. We are legion. We sh1t on the chest of objective.
Posted by wingsfanindenver on 12/16/09 at 10:06 AM ET
This is absolutely brilliant. (Mental note to self: Don’t piss off the Chief. Ever.)
Incognetis, the commenter above, echoes my sentiment entirely. One of the best things about the Wings’ blogosphere is that it incorporates so many distinct and diverse voices. Even though we may all be discussing the same things (game recaps, injuries, and so on), every blogger brings a different thing to the table. It’s so much fun being a part of all this.
And that’s why people read blogs, for Christ’s sake. If you wanted just the basic, objective facts, you’d read the Associated Press article following the game, then you’d call it a night and go to bed.
If this douchebag wants to blame the presence of bloggers for the fact that he doesn’t feel validated, that’s just hilarious. I personally hope he keeps it coming.
I love your response with all my heart. That guy can eat it.
Posted by Natalie on 12/16/09 at 10:11 AM ET
Maybe we should start calling the Chief the Anti-blogger. Heck we are his disciples after all. Not one original thought among the19. We all think what the Chief tells us to think.
Yea, right. It will be a cold day in hell. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/16/09 at 10:11 AM ET
By the way, if the Pinky-guy is so eager for objectivity, how come he bashes the Chief (a blogger) and doesn’t say a word about the JOURNALIST in Chicago that complained yesterday about the ‘Hawks position on ESPN’s rankings?
But we shouldn’t worry about Pinky: he devotes an entire post to criticise A2Y as a whole, yet doesn’t have one sidebar material quote. Weak.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 12/16/09 at 10:12 AM ET
I love when he suggests that the Chief would give his “right arm” (is the left less valuable, or more?) to get Crosby. In reality, if that happened, most of us would run out to find the nearest bridge to throw ourselves off of. See, there’s pride in that Winged Wheel, and there are certain players that don’t belong anywhere near it. Crosby tops that list.
Posted by MrsOtW from Wyoming, Mi on 12/16/09 at 10:24 AM ET
Obviously, I’m not a Red Wings fan. But I migrate over here every day to check out this blog. Why? It’s entertaining. It’s extremely well written. And it’s one of the very, very few hockey blogs you can come and read intelligent remarks in the comments section.
That being said…
Amen, Chief. A-*#$%@&-men.
Pompous, arrogant pricks like this with a sense of entitlement can always and forever lick a sack. A big, hairy, sweaty sack. Though, from the look of that picture, he’s probably way a"head” of the game there (see what I did there…with the quotes?).
If he so terribly wants access to a locker room, he can either go to college to become a journalist or join his local YMCA where he can spend as much time in the men’s locker room as he wants. I’m guessing that would be a lot of time.
And to suggest that the readers here aren’t intelligent enough to understand that this blog isn’t a bias one? I guess he’s never waded through the comments here. Ever.
What a *#$%@& hack. I would be a LOT of money that this ridiculous, poorly-written post was just a way to get some (extra?) hits on his pathetic little blog. A lot of money.
Posted by Flashtastick56 from Milford, CT on 12/16/09 at 10:27 AM ET
Oh look at this hat here. Why I bet you buy a hat like that ,and you get a free bowl of soup.
Posted by Down River Dan on 12/16/09 at 07:17 AM ET
Well…it looks good on him, though. 
I think spending all his time writing out in his fishing shack on a frozen lake in 0 degree weather is finally getting to this…guy?
Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 12/16/09 at 10:27 AM ET
“Writers” like IwoCPO (see what I did there, with the quotes?) are the example NHL teams point to when they refuse to credential bloggers.
Thank you IwoCPO, and From Abel to Yzerman for ensuring that NHL teams always have plenty of ammunition to use when denying credentials to bloggers who actually have some professionalism.
Really? I’d like to see something in writing from any team that claims Chief’s blog, or any other fan-based, unpaid, blogger is the reason they refuse to credential.
What a friggin idiotic premise.
This moron should look in the mirror before making inane accusations.
It is no wonder the Wild deny him his credentials - - professionalism my ass. Idicocy is the more apt description. What a douchenozzler, do some research before shooting in the dark.
And just how in the fuch does this “professional blogger” grasp the proposition that it is somehow okay to suggest the Chief and the “19” have no right to free expression? Because that is what he is clearly implying? Who made him the KGB of internet police? What a tard.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 12/16/09 at 10:30 AM ET
That’s the thing though….
Reading the comments, he HAS a pass already…. I don’t know if he’s trying to be some type of Mr. Hockey Blogger or something like that…
Maybe he’s Eklund’s frickin’ cousin….
Posted by Tony from Virginia Beach, VA on 12/16/09 at 10:30 AM ET
I thought you said you weren’t going to take the high road, I am a little disappointed, I was expecting it to get a lot more childish. But over all another excellent post….
Posted by wingsnut25 from Cheboygan, MI on 12/16/09 at 10:35 AM ET
Posted by Flashtastick56 from Milford, CT on 12/16/09 at 10:27 AM ET
ACCK!!!! MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!! THE BUUUURNING!!!!!!
Chief, you gots to work on a filter that auto-deletes any image of you-know-who holding the you-know-what.
This is our safe house, after all.
Posted by dougie on 12/16/09 at 10:37 AM ET
ok, so i don’t do photo shop and eventually, me doing this with pictures will get old, but whatever. it’s just me.
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 12/16/09 at 10:38 AM ET
That’s the thing though….
Reading the comments, he HAS a pass already…. I don’t know if he’s trying to be some type of Mr. Hockey Blogger or something like that…
Maybe he’s Eklund’s frickin’ cousin….
Posted by Tony from Virginia Beach, VA on 12/16/09 at 10:30 AM ET
That’s exactly it. The guy does have credentials, and as it turns out a journalism degree.
So, I guess he’s either sticking up for the little guy who hasn’t earned what he’s earned by going through journalism school or he’s bitter because after he got his journalism degree, he had to deal with sneers from his colleagues when he tells them that he also blogs.
The bottom-line situation behind all of this is that it’s completely stupid that there are people out there who don’t understand the role(s) that bloggers play. I could understand the discussion three or four years ago when everybody said that blogging is still too new a phenomenon to fully grasp and that there was both danger and possibility in it. Well, that time has passed and it’s pretty clear cut that blogs serve the role of their masters and nothing else. Despite the MSM’s critique that blogs are going to be hotbeds for misinformation and the loss of journalistic standards, that really hasn’t happened. The blogging audience out there is smarter than the ivory-tower journalists gave them credit for.
The blogging community is all about the boy who cried wolf. If you spread bullshit intentionally trying to misinform people, they’re just going to ignore you. Hell, I know where to find facts, I just prefer to get my opinions from people who don’t have to kiss asses for credentials.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/16/09 at 10:48 AM ET
Posted by Flashtastick56 from Milford, CT on 12/16/09 at 10:27 AM ET
ACCK!!!! MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!! THE BUUUURNING!!!!!!
Posted by dougie on 12/16/09 at 10:37 AM ET
I know, right? But I think Flashtastick56 gets a pass for being such a classy dude. Like Forklift, Tony, Stilly, Evilpens and Bleys, the type of non-trolls who actually get the juvenilicityiciousness of A2Y.
Posted by Bella on 12/16/09 at 10:50 AM ET
That’s exactly it. The guy does have credentials, and as it turns out a journalism degree.
I don’t buy the degree part. Though, I guess they can just kind of hand those bitches out for little to nothing. The guy is just an all around terrible writer, with no grasp on anything he’s saying.
I’m trying to decide if he’s regretting his decision to dive in WAAAAAY over his head, or if he’s “superstoked” over all the attention. I’m guessing the latter.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/16/09 at 10:52 AM ET
That’s exactly it. The guy does have credentials, and as it turns out a journalism degree.
Are we sure it isn’t a faux degree?
Posted by Bella on 12/16/09 at 10:53 AM ET
Chief -
I thoroughly enjoyed the “homerific” post you made today, lol
Objective Eskimo from Minnesota, gimme a break, please go write something on the eccentricities and quirks of Marty Havlat
Posted by FranzensMouthguard from Chicago, IL on 12/16/09 at 11:00 AM ET
first time i can remember really looking forward to playing the wild.
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 12/16/09 at 11:02 AM ET
If I wanted pure facts, I’d read the diggers. But I rarely do because I don’t want pure facts. I want opinion. And more than that, I want a lot of opinions. That’s why I read a lot of blogs. I want to know if other Wings fans are feeling the same way I am about bad calls, other stupid fans, bad Wings, another game lacking effort, etc. I don’t want the facts. I don’t care that the same crap happens to other teams, because I care very little about the success of other teams.
I know exactly what I’m getting from each blog. If I want a heavy load of sarcasm and bitches!, I come to A2Y. Or, for that matter, any of the blogs of the 19. I go to Triple Deke because he usually can put what I’m thinking into words better than I can. And I go to On the Wings to see what thoughts of mine he’s stolen and posted as his own (just kidding, Matt!).
If I go to a blog of another team, I expect them to be biased toward their own team. I also expect Wing-hating and Wing-fan-hating.
The truth is, every team with a large following and a lot of blogs has one similar to A2Y. At least in tone. I’m sick of fans of other teams complaining about us, when they do the same thing. There’s just more of us, and we’re louder. We don’t tell you how to write your blog, so don’t tell any of us how any of the blogs we love should be written.
In summary, we’re here, we’re louder than you, and we’re not going anywhere!
Ok, now I’m getting all angry.
Posted by MrsOtW from Wyoming, Mi on 12/16/09 at 11:04 AM ET
Thanks for being you Chief. That got me motivated for the day.
Posted by Jeff from Loveland, CO on 12/16/09 at 11:04 AM ET
The 19 like it. I like it. It is what many parts of the Detroit Sports Rag was.
The Chief does a fine job.
And that is all I need.
Thanks.
Posted by bobbo from Romeo, Michigan on 12/16/09 at 11:05 AM ET
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Thanks, Chief…....I’m gonna be late for work because of this. Did anyone ever tell you that you write better when you’re pissed?
Posted by dougie on 12/16/09 at 07:12 AM ET