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Michigan To Dean Lombardi: Shove It, Masshole
by VooX on 01/23/10 at 12:45 AM ET
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There is a lot riding on today’s Wings game against the Kings at JLA.
This morning the Wings are in playoff position for the first time since Jobu decided to curse us. Tonight everything could change.
Today’s game, as every game these days, is a must-win. Even more so because we are playing the Kings and that means it is one of those “4-point” games everyone has been talking about recently. In the dogfight for playoff position, this game is as important as they get during the regular season.
If the Wings win, they will be 7th in the Bestern Conference. If they lose, they will find themselves in 9th position, once again on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. I don’t need to tell you that. The 19 know the implications. As do the players on both squads.
Sean O’Donnell: “That’s a huge game Saturday. It’s still January, so it’s not crazy, but that’s a big game Saturday. I know Detroit is going to be excited for it. I read a quote somewhere that, as long as they beat the teams that are ahead of them, those are the games they’re really focusing on. Basically, whoever wins Saturday is going to have that eighth spot. It’s exciting, going into Detroit and knowing that we’re right there with them, and competing no matter where you are.”
If there wasn’t enough on the line, it has gotten personal as the Kings’ President/GM Dean Lombardi has opened his big Masshole mouth and trashed Michigan hockey.
Impossible you say? How could anyone question the amazing hockey legacy of Michigan? Before I get to the full quote, which confirms Lombardi’s Masshole status, I’d like to point you to HHOF reporter Helene Elliott’s column which includes reaction from Kings’ star Jack Johnson, who is “irate” about what the Masshole said:
“I’m a Michigan man. I’m very proud of it. I wouldn’t want to have it any other way,” Johnson said, “Michigan has produced more NHL players than any other school. Even the U.S. development program, people rip that and they just don’t know anything about it and don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Berenson, Johnson said, “is one of the finest coaches and men that I’ve met. For my general manager to rip me as a person and criticize me as a person and as a player and call me an awful hockey player is irresponsible and unprofessional.”
A spokesman for the Kings said Lombardi’s quotes in the interview were accurate.
Wow. Serious shite right there. And from Helene Elliott, a groundbreaking female journalist that broke down barriers to women in the locker room. She is no Delicate Genius, she writes articles based on hard work, thorough research, and first-hand experience. My kind of journalist.
The Masshole’s own star player describes him as “irresponsible and unprofessional”, adding the Masshole doesn’t know what he is talking about. Now we’ve been accused of all those things here at A2Y, granted, but we only have faux-integrity and press passes made out of cardboard and crayon. We are not the President/GM of a NHL team. What would cause Johnson to sound off like that?
Below is the full quote from the Masshole.
I want you to ruminate on it all day and let the bile build. Mull it over in your mind and tap your inner rage-aholic. Let the anger grow as you access the darkest recesses of your soul. See a puppy on the street? Kick It. See a baby with a candy? Take the candy and bitchslap the baby. See an old lady struggling to cross the street? Throw her into the gutter and beat her with her own cane. Take no prisoners, give no quarter. By 19:00, when the puck drops, I want you to be fully homicidal. Just like the Wings need to be.
During a recent interview, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi explained that Johnson is learning his craft…belatedly.
“This guy has never had any coaching [at the University of Michigan],” Lombardi said. “Jack just did what he wanted.”
“Michigan is the worst.” Lombardi added. “For hockey people, if you’ve got a choice between a kid—all things being equal—one’s going to Michigan and one’s going to Boston University, you all want your player [going to Boston University]. Michigan’s players—[head coach] Red [Berenson] doesn’t coach. It’s ‘do what you want.’ He gets the best players in the country.”...
“Here again, you’ve got a kid who’s got to change his game and he can change a game, going end-to-end, getting you out of your own end,” Lombardi noted. “It was like, ‘you’re not good enough at that not to do these other things that you’ve never done.’ Now try and convince him of that after [he has] been told how great [he is throughout his] life, [he has] played in the US Development Program, [he was] at Michigan, everything [was] great, great, great. Now [he is] in the pros and it’s ‘what do you mean? I’m Jack Johnson.’”
“He struggled with it,” Lombardi added. “‘What do you mean, you’re criticizing me?’ Yeah, [I am]. When these kids come up now, this might seem totally abnormal to you, because anyone else growing up probably got slapped around [figuratively speaking] as you were learning your career or anything you’re learning. But these kids are all told how great they are.”
It. Is. On. Bitches.
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I guess that’s why I read the Wings are looking to sign or trade(I forgot which one) for Jack Johnson in the very near future. Sounds like a winner of GM the Kings have.
Posted by Scott from New York on 01/23/10 at 12:58 AM ET
Don’t see anything wrong with what lombardi said. Johnson is still terrible defensively as evidenced by his -18 +/- compared to doughty who is +14.
Posted by Lombardi is right on 01/23/10 at 01:06 AM ET
Lombardi’s a bigger prick than this guy….........
.............well, maybe not. It’s a TIE.
Posted by Wings_Fan_In_KC from ...somewhere southwest of The Motor City... on 01/23/10 at 01:18 AM ET
Hey, Lombardi.
Kiss my masshole. Jerk.
GO BLUE!
L.G.R.W.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 01/23/10 at 01:37 AM ET
Red Berenson’s W-L-T record at U of M thru the 2008-09 season:
666 - 316 - 70
Red was the 1980-81 Jack Adams Award winner while coaching the Blues to a 45-18-17 record.
He really sucks when it comes to coaching.
Lombardi is an a s s h o l e.
Posted by Wings_Fan_In_KC from ...somewhere southwest of The Motor City... on 01/23/10 at 01:54 AM ET
Well, those are just odd comments. It puts the blame for Johnson not developing already (and defensemen usually take longer than forwards - he’s very young yet) on his college experience ... and he was in college when they traded for him from Carolina, probably at least partly because Carolina was ticked because they thought Johnson could play in the NHL right away and were annoyed and lost patience that he wouldn’t leave college and start right away with the Hurricanes.
If Lombardi thought he “didn’t get any coaching” in college and it would take a lot of work to “fix” his problems, then why bother trading for a project and instead go for a younger player who maybe had gone through Boston College instead, since he thinks they are so fantastic? If he expected nothing but problems then he shouldn’t have picked him up in the first place.
That was a completely needless and unnecessarily personal rip against a well-respected college coach and there was no need at all to do that even if he wanted to make the same point, that Johnson is still learning the NHL game.
He would still have to work hard at learning the NHL game even if he had gone to Boston College, because college is very different than the professional game. Duh.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 02:09 AM ET
He said this for real? I’m like 90 percent asleep, so this is weird. A Michigan player(s) is/are on his roster and he says this?
Meh, what do I care. I’m going to pee on Berenson at JLA next Saturday during the UM/MSU game. I mean I respect the guy, but some people just need to get peed on.
Go Green
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 01/23/10 at 02:26 AM ET
He probably doesn’t think MSU is any good, either, Tyler - after all, neither one of those Michigan universities can possibly compare to the illustrious programs of Massachusetts.
Maybe he wants to trade Johnson? Or maybe he figures he plays better if he is pissed off?
Either way, dumb to attack a player’s college - he isn’t in college anymore, it doesn’t matter to his professional career at this point nearly as much as how the Kings coach and develop him from this point onward, and all it does is make him irritated for no freaking reason.
I don’t think Lombardi has been averse to foot-in-mouth disease before, though.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 02:33 AM ET
Stupid insomniac brain locks - those should be Boston college(s), instead of Boston College. Bah.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 04:18 AM ET
“Michigan is the worst.” Lombardi added.
Coming from a guy that lives in Los Angeles, that’s rich.
Still, a bitter feud developing between a good player and his GM on a team that we need to beat. I can dig that. Besides, what did anyone ever learn from Dean Lombardi, aside from how to fit five eggs in their mouth at once?
Nice avatar, Tyler.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 01/23/10 at 05:01 AM ET
Totally aside from the fact that the job of a college hockey program is to win college hockey games, not to lavish all the attention on the few players on the team that have a legitimate chance to actually be professionals and try to develop them as hockey players to the complete exclusion of their academics, the other players on the team and their academic and athletic experience, etc.
That would be the job of college FOOTBALL programs!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 05:13 AM ET
Stupid insomniac brain locks
You, too, eh? That sucks. I had a sleep study done a couple of years back. They told me I “slept” for 45 minute during the entire night.
Some people worship sports stars and actors. I think I am most envious of someone who can just go to bed and sleep for 7-8 hours straight.
Posted by dougie on 01/23/10 at 06:52 AM ET
I guess that’s why I read the Wings are looking to sign or trade(I forgot which one) for Jack Johnson in the very near future. Sounds like a winner of GM the Kings have.
Posted by Scott from New York on 01/23/10 at 12:58 AM ET
Don’t believe it. Comes from a guy who collects web hits, no truth to it.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 01/23/10 at 08:32 AM ET
Not you too, Emperor! Look, I have an excuse—where I am, it’s already the afternoon. I got my seven hours snooze last night. You guys, well…you need to de-stress and have a mug of hot milk.
Or just get up, seeing as how it’s quarter to nine now.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 01/23/10 at 08:43 AM ET
Some people worship sports stars and actors. I think I am most envious of someone who can just go to bed and sleep for 7-8 hours straight.
That would be fantastic - If I could just sleep more than four hours at a time I’d be thrilled.
And I’ve found it doesn’t have anything to do with caffeine, either - I still wake up after four hours of sleep, but I drag ass a lot more in that case.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 09:05 AM ET
I love that term Masshole, I grew up 3 hours north of Boston and went to college with a bunch of little rich Massshole brats.The come back from winter & spring breaks all tan from going to the Caribbean or they went skiiing in Vail, I was working 50+ hours a week those weeks in a shop like Dougies…. fixin’ cars.
The city of Boston deserves to host the WInter Classic every year now too, just ask a Masshole.The again the ones from Connecticut are even worse… anyway.
There’s an article on the main page where the Masshole is backpedaling quite a bit and saying the article & quotes are all out of context. Yeah yeah, whatever… it’s the media of course. Masshole.
I too am a very light sleeper, I sleep in 30 minute to an hour or so naps. I get a series of them in a night and that’s my “sleep”. 4-5 hours of rest is enough for me usually.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 01/23/10 at 09:20 AM ET
Yeah, I saw the main page article - it just makes Lombardi sound even more clumsy, that he didn’t say any of the comments were off the record, but just expected the reporter interviewing him to know that they were informative but not for quoting. Silly stuff.
He could have avoided the whole fuss if he had said that although Johnson was a very good hockey player in college there is a large difference between college and the NHL and he was working on learning the NHL game. Same thing, but doesn’t tell a reporter that one of his players used to be horrible but was getting much better now. No one wants to hear that.
I can’t even sleep in naps because once I wake up, I’m up for at least two hours, minimum. Could be worse - could have narcolepsy, and then I wouldn’t even be allowed to drive because of the danger of a crash.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 09:29 AM ET
it is completely normal to cross yourself before doing something big and potentially hard.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 01/23/10 at 04:49 AM ET
That’s what she said.
Aw c’mon that’s horrible, stupid stupid stupid… watching too much The Office.
She’s 18? I think I’m within 2 hours drive.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 01/22/10 at 10:30 PM ET
Wow, Karma’s a bitch.
What goes around comes around.
Turn about is fair play.
I’m in Saginaw Township North if you want to get really technical. =P
Posted by Believe from Saginaw on 01/22/10 at 10:34 PM ET
Excellent, thanks. I’ll see if I can move your icon north without laying all over top of Lola and Baroque, which is a natural fantasy of mine anyway.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 09:49 AM ET
I’m in Saginaw Township North if you want to get really technical. =P
Posted by Believe from Saginaw on 01/22/10 at 10:34 PM ET
Well that’s just too perfect. I put your icon at the intersection of “McCarty” and “Center” roads in Saginaw Twn North. I feel this is meant to be a sign of an erupting epicenter of a Red Wings win streak.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 09:52 AM ET
I just willed Nashville to lose a goal.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 01/22/10 at 11:18 PM ET
This Superpower was first invoked by Baroque last season, glad someone else can carry the torch for the 30 minutes a day that she is NOT on this blog.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 10:06 AM ET
Andrew, please tell me that you googled that dialog before you posted. If you had that running around in your head , available for recall at anytime, for the last 17 years…..then you officially scare the f*ck out of me,
Posted by dougie on 01/23/10 at 08:06 AM ET
I have not referred to Andrew as the The Human Encyclopedia for nothing, and my remark about him reciting bible verses after reading them once was NOT made in jest.
Anyone with half a brain who spends 4 hours with Andrew will leave 10 times more informed than before. Unfortunately I don’t quite have a half brain.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 10:09 AM ET
This Superpower was first invoked by Baroque last season, glad someone else can carry the torch for the 30 minutes a day that she is NOT on this blog.
That’s only because sometimes I fall asleep without remembering to log off and turn off my computer, so my name is in the list all night long! That does NOT mean that I’m actually present at the keyboard whenever my name is there!
I remember back in the early days of dial-up internet when you got a certain number of minutes instead of a fee each month for however long your fingers and eyeballs can handle being on line.
And might I say that YOU, Mr. RWBill, are a fine one to talk as you are on this blog all the time yourself. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 10:10 AM ET
I went to Michigan State, and all I have to say is U of M hockey is always good and it’s always good for a reason. Now, it’s not as good as state hockey (go Green!), but Masshole is a fauxing moron to be spouting his pie hole off like this.
Wings need to kick some ass tonight.
Posted by John from Pittsburgh, PA (Wings fan for life!) on 01/23/10 at 10:20 AM ET
does Lombardi listen to himself?
He gets the best players in the country.
and then…
But these kids are all told how great they are
if they’re the best players in the country (as you said) then why wouldn’t they be told that?
I don’t know what Lombardi does and doesn’t know, but it seems to me that if you’re among “the best players in the country” it’s hard to be in that exclusive group without being coached along the way.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 01/23/10 at 10:21 AM ET
I remember back in the early days of dial-up internet when you got a certain number of minutes instead of a fee each month for however long your fingers and eyeballs can handle being on line.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 10:10 AM ET
I was thinking of this the other day… AOL or Compuserve.. a whopping 100 minutes a month for $12, then ATT and AOL went up to 300, then an unbelievable 700 minutes a month. Then high speed cable started spreading and AOL went unlimited minutes.
I still have a dial up for $9 that I keep so I can disconnect my computer at work from the state network (internet usage is reviewed each week) and connect by dial up to check on, I dunno, A2Y and see who’s on….
... but I don’t know why Baroque says this…
And might I say that YOU, Mr. RWBill, are a fine one to talk as you are on this blog all the time yourself.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 10:31 AM ET
Unfortunately I don’t quite have a half brain.
Yeah, but you’ve got a libido about ten times the size of mine…
Seriously Bill—don’t sell yourself short. I enjoyed talking with you, and you were just as much a lively and informative part of our conversation as I was. But yes, let this be a warning to The 19. I will talk and talk and talk and bore the ears off of you if you let me get a chance. For the sake of your own sanity and my health, bring a roll of duct tape to H2H. If you don’t use it to shut me up, Baroque and Lola can use it to tape down RWBill bondage-style and thus fulfill one of his fantasies.
so my name is in the list all night long!
I have the same thing. I often have a KK window open, even if I’m not at my computer. That being said, I cannot hope to keep up with Baroque’s prodigious amount of posts.
Even if it is a scurrilous rumor, I wouldn’t mind having Jack Johnson on our team right now.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 01/23/10 at 10:41 AM ET
Lombardi sure stuck his foot in his mouth. Even the guy’s on the NHL Network last nite were angry and basically saying what everyone knows——Lombardi is an Ass. Just like Gary. Ass.
Go Wings, and go Jimmy.
Posted by Jeff from Loveland, CO on 01/23/10 at 10:43 AM ET
if they’re the best players in the country (as you said) then why wouldn’t they be told that?
Because that’s not how you coach young players?
Posted by Garth on 01/23/10 at 10:49 AM ET
Well this does sound like some dumb things to say. However some of it may be the natural rival between New England hockey and the rest of US Hockey, each region thinks they’re the best. Looks like it went bad.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 10:52 AM ET
idiotic of course, Michigan Hockey is down a little bit right now, a result of all those poorly coached sophomores bolting for their professional contracts and leaving Michigan with nearly 50% freshmen and inexperienced players every year.
Can’t believe it’s been 7 or 8 years since Ron Mason left MSU.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 11:00 AM ET
But yes, let this be a warning to The 19. I will talk and talk and talk and bore the ears off of you if you let me get a chance. For the sake of your own sanity and my health, bring a roll of duct tape to H2H.
If you graduated from high school in my class, I would know exactly who you are - because you remind me so much of another Andrew that it’s quite frankly startling.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 11:19 AM ET
I wonder how this little media back-and-forth will impact negotiations between Johnson and the Kings in the future. Lombardi gives the impression of being pretty sour on him just now.
Posted by Quarkstar from Out there on 01/23/10 at 11:24 AM ET
Jack Johnson still comes back here and takes classes every summer so he can finish his degree. nice kid, too bad Lombardi had to attack him like that. I don’t know why he’d sell his own player short, especially if he was trying to trade him….which i think he will, along with some others and picks to the Thrash for Chuck
RWBill: could you add me to the map, please? Ann Arbor
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 01/23/10 at 11:25 AM ET
Morning, bitches.
I have been getting more sleep myself than usual. Typically I wake up after 5-6 hours ready to go. This past week I’ve been doing the whole 8-9 hour thing. It is a strange world.
I keep KK open in my iPhone. A secondary page from the one I’m looking at, unless I’m looking here, so that Paul gets ad revenue each time my browser opens and automatically loads the page.
To avoid people thinking I’m always here, on login I uncheck the option to display my name on the role-call. I’m sure Paul sees all, though. And we already know he never sleeps.
Andrew can serve as my memory. I am a very in-the-moment sort of guy, and forget things easily. I will forget the score of a hockey game I attended two days earlier. If I watch a movie for the second time, it is still like the first time as I’ve forgotten the majority of the plot and ending already.
My brother is the movie nut, I’ll ask HIM if I’ve seen the movie before as we watch most movies at home, even if he says yes, I will still have no recollection.
I’d love to get a copy of past Red Wings playoff games. I literally have very little recollection of any of them, even the ones I attended. Except for the Game 5 SCF kick in the nuts, I have a slightly fuzzy memory of that one.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 01/23/10 at 11:26 AM ET
That’s a good question, Quarkstar - He did trade Patrick O’Sullivan to the Oilers, and several people think that a large factor in that was O’Sullivan holding out for a contract, so there may have been a personal aspect to his move.
No doubt he’ll try to smooth things over because Johnson clearly has a butt-tonne of hockey talent, and if he can convince him that the sentiment was actually praise for Johnson’s development, clumsily worded, I think it will just blow over. It isn’t as though Lombardi doesn’t have a history of putting his foot in his mouth.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 11:28 AM ET
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 01/23/10 at 11:26 AM ET
I’m the same way - I could have attended a game and won’t remember the score.
Yet I will remember odd things about the event, very vividly, like the intense color of the grass at a ballgame and the pattern of the shadows across the outfield, I’ll remember that the leadoff hitter changed his at bat music and that the breeze was in my face all game, but ask me who was the starting pitcher and I won’t have a clue.
I’m a lot more visual in my memories than remembering just specific facts.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 11:33 AM ET
To avoid people thinking I’m always here, on login I uncheck the option to display my name on the role-call. I’m sure Paul sees all, though. And we already know he never sleeps.
Too much trouble for me. Besides, I figure if someone thinks I’m here when I’m actually at the grocery store because I forgot to turn off my computer it will confuse the hell out of anyone who is bored enough to stalk me. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 11:35 AM ET
Meh, what do I care. I’m going to pee on Berenson at JLA next Saturday during the UM/MSU game. I mean I respect the guy, but some people just need to get peed on.
Go Green
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 01/23/10 at 02:26 AM ET
Tyler, don’t worry, some of us kids from Troy (New York, that is) peed on them for you already in Detroit. You’re also welcome for RPI starting their backup against your Spartans in the Finals, not that it mattered but it just didn’t help us is all.
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 01/23/10 at 11:41 AM ET
But yes, let this be a warning to The 19. I will talk and talk and talk and bore the ears off of you if you let me get a chance. For the sake of your own sanity and my health, bring a roll of duct tape to H2H
Duct tape, my ass…...I was thinking about a restraining order. One where you couldn’t come within 25 feet of me, unless you were bringing me a gin and tonic.
You could pick the gin, and would have 90 seconds to explain the history of that particular gin, and it’s proper place in the Pantheon of All Gin (but not getting into horticultural dissertations about junipers communis, ideal soil types, etc. ).
Is it too early to start working the “19” for drinks at H2H?
Posted by dougie on 01/23/10 at 11:47 AM ET
The genus name is actually Juniperus and they grow pretty well in poor soils, including sand, so you can find them in dune areas. I’m hoping they grow well in the lousy soil in front of my house because if I can get some ground cover growing I don’t have to mow as much. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 11:59 AM ET
Bitches, here’s my just polished off Brunch.
Yeah that’s NINE pieces of bacon, so Fauxing what, that’s also 22oz of India Pale Ale.
I’m beginning to get out of control 7 hours before game time. With any luck Jeff will put up the GDT and no one will see this.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 12:00 PM ET
I don’t know if Lombardi is right as it pertains to Michigan’s hockey program, but he’s damn right when you talk about arrogant kids that are the “best” at something most of their life…
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 01/23/10 at 12:03 PM ET
Beauty! itrusteddrrahmani is #61 of The 19, perched at the 50 yard line of Michigan Stadium.
What a bizarre Saturday morning this has been. Winter mornings on The Gore.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 12:10 PM ET
What a bizarre Saturday morning this has been. Winter mornings on The Gore.
Posted by RWBill from AT LEAST I GOT TO SEE THE SECOND PERIOD. on 01/23/10 at 12:10 PM ET
I think I’ll make a pumpkin pie and drink another IPA. mmmm pumpkin pie.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 12:15 PM ET
Yet I will remember odd things about the event, very vividly, like the intense color of the grass at a ballgame and the pattern of the shadows across the outfield,
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 11:33 AM ET
I remember the first time walking up the ramp and into recently renamed Tiger Stadium and seeing a professional baseball game in color for the first time in my live. Incredible. The green grass and brown dirt, bright white foul lines and green pillars all around the stadium. Off-white travel uniforms and bright white Tigers with the script D on the chest.
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 01/23/10 at 12:22 PM ET
junipers communis,
The genus name is actually Juniperus
Maybe I just left the “U” out to piss off our new Canadian overlord, Ms. Smartypants.
Posted by dougie on 01/23/10 at 12:29 PM ET
And you didn’t capitalize the genus name. Or underline or italicize the scientific name.
Three separate spelling errors means no partial credit for you. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/23/10 at 12:33 PM ET
With any luck Jeff will put up the GDT and no one will see this.
Now that I have access to Kukla’s magical control panel, I can tell you a few things I couldn’t before.
First, the control panel’s wallpaper is Happy Pony. As if there was any doubt.
Second, while I may spend some time making posts (my “Who’s Your Huckleberry?” ANALysis took me at least 2-3 hours), Okie is seriously hard at work making the GDTs. He has been at it since 9 this morning, and the result of all that hard work shows every game.
Back to AOL and the dial-up days of the internet:
Does anyone remember how AOL used to send out floppy disks (later CDs) en masse to your mailbox rivaling pizza flyers for sheer waste? And their “free trial” was difficult to cancel causing many, including myself, to incur extra fees while we tried to end the “trial offer”. Scamming son of a bitch, Ted, is rich of that ploy.
In those days as well, AOL would CENSOR the internet for their subscribers. Ted’s Thought Police would not allow AOL users to access/view any page that was lewd, rude, or crude. Fuch you Ted, and your gay-ass Thought Police.
I am sure that if A2Y was around then, although some say it has been around since 1977—all we know is it was called The Stig—no wait… I’m confusing things—-
If A2Y was around in the AOL dial-up day,s there would be zero chance AOL users could view the literary gold that happens over here. The Thought Police would have us blacklisted faster than Pen(i)sblog bans users for talking hockey in a way that makes Rosby cry.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 01/23/10 at 12:36 PM ET
Ass-a-hole ass-a-hole, Bork Bork Bork!
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago...nope, still not over it. on 01/23/10 at 12:40 PM ET
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Masshole. Well played. Fuch that guy and fuch the kings. I dont give a shit if he said that Michigan was the mecca and he wants to make sweet love to it, fuch him anyway. They are in our way right now. Just one more thing to fuel the mother loving fire.
Posted by AxeMaster9 on 01/23/10 at 12:56 AM ET