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How’s Your Uncle Mike Meter Today?
by IwoCPO on 10/27/09 at 06:32 AM ET
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Mine’s pretty good, as usual. As a matter of fact, I just did a quick count: 29 Tuesdays until the Cup comes home to Hockeytown.
Oh, you misguided, myopic piece of trash. Did you just think that to yourselves? Noted. But I also considered this before admitting my optimism this morning.
Dan Cleary had this to say.
“He knows when to push and when not to push. I think he’s the best coach in the league. It’s his work ethic. His staff cares about the little things that go unnoticed and win games.”
The emperor brought you that story, courtesy of The Province, this morning. Thank him when you can.
3-4-2 is no time to say this, but I’m going to anyway: I have full faith in Mike Babcock. If he opts to change lines every practice, I’m good. If he chooses to keep Lebda and the Big Rig together, despite their horrow show of a track record so far? I trust his reasoning. Do I understand it? Nope. But I fully believe that he does and that he has a damn good reason to do what he’s doing.
If we know that Jonathon Ericsson has been on the ice for 7 of the last 8 goals against, you don’t think our Uncle does? And, as much as I’ve ragged on Brad McCrimmon here…don’t you think Babcock and Holland would have let him go long ago if he was really the issue?
If Mike Babcock’s stressing out about this team, he’s doing a damn good job of hiding it. I view him as a flight attendant. If there’s turbulence, I’m looking at her. She may know as much about aviation and navigation as Tyler’s dad, but I’m looking at her for reassurance that I’m not dying soon. If she’s calm, so am I.
Uncle Mike’s serving me beers at six bucks a pop at 30-thousand feet. If he’s calm, I am too. I’m well aware that many of you “experts” are scoffing at that. But you know what? It’s how I choose to live my life. I choose to believe that Mike Babcock knows what he’s doing, that he’s the best coach in the league…just like a lot of smart people say and think he is.
So to answer my own question? My Uncle Mike Meter’s pegged today. Full confidence. Full. Confidence. This shit ends tonite.
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If we know that Jonathon Ericsson has been on the ice for 7 of the last 8 goals against, you don’t think our Uncle does?
Is that really true? Ericsson has been on the ice for 7 of the last 8 goals against?
wow
Posted by George0211 on 10/27/09 at 07:37 AM ET
What’s a horrow show?
In regards to Big Rig & Lebbie, I’d just as soon never see Lebbie in a Wings jersey again. There’s no longer an upside to the speed of Lebda, he’s most likely as “good” as he’ll get.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 10/27/09 at 07:51 AM ET
“He knows when to push and when not to push. I think he’s the best coach in the league. It’s his work ethic. His staff cares about the little things that go unnoticed and win games.”
- this is why i’m so happy he’s focusing all his attention on Team Canada.
Posted by Greg on 10/27/09 at 07:56 AM ET
Chief, you do know that flight attendants are programmed to smile until the last 3 inches, right?
And while I trust the Uncle, it pisses me off that he messes so much with offensive lines and keeps the pairings the same. The offense needs glasses, but the defense needs some Prozac.
Posted by Guilherme from Brasil on 10/27/09 at 07:56 AM ET
The offense needs glasses, but the defense needs some Prozac.
Posted by Guilherme from Brasil on 10/27/09 at 08:56 AM ET
...or an eightball of coke. I mean…what?
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 10/27/09 at 07:59 AM ET
Chief, you do know that flight attendants are programmed to smile until the last 3 inches, right?
Heh…double meaning.
While I still have faith that Uncle Mike is the right coach for this team, I’m not sure about the McCrimmon and defense things. It’s possible that we’re just stuck with the only real options we have. Who’s going to want to take Lebda in a trade? We need another defenseman, not just to get rid of the *#$%@& one we have. Who else out there can do…uhh…whatever it is McCrimmon does? Ok fine, I don’t know shit about that one, but still there’s the defenseman thing.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 10/27/09 at 08:11 AM ET
I have a confession to make—no not that you sicko perverts.
I know absolutely nothing about the inner workings of a hockey team. My appraisal of talent is based on what I see during games, what the numbers show, and performance “in the clutch.”
Does Uncle Mike know what he is doing? How the “fuch” would I know other than that mentioned above. His record certainly says he does.
While I may be totally friggin confused by his line combos and defensive pairings, especially Lebda and Jonn(Error), it must be that his choices are the best among poorer alternatives.
Having said that, I am left to wonder if Uncle Mike’s “system” works great when his personnel match that “system” . Now that the Wings are “talent poorer”, can Uncle Mike make the most of what he has? Adapt his strategy to best promote what he has to work with. I don’t know, and don’t know if the question is even appropriate.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 10/27/09 at 08:40 AM ET
His staff cares about the little things that go unnoticed and win games.
Right now, I’m not noticing that they’re winning any games, is anyone else? I’d hate to think they’re really 9-4-2 and I missed a few.
Posted by Stevis on 10/27/09 at 09:02 AM ET
Remember the days when we were all happy?
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Lidstrom's head telling him 1 more year on 10/27/09 at 09:12 AM ET
Remember the days when we were all happy?
And didn’t that one turn right around and bite our ass.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 10/27/09 at 09:27 AM ET
4-2 win tonight for the canucks.. sammy with a PPG mark it down.
Posted by nucksfan from somewhere in canada on 10/27/09 at 09:33 AM ET
I don’t trust anyone. That’s why I’m still alive.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 10/27/09 at 09:55 AM ET
And while I trust the Uncle, it pisses me off that he messes so much with offensive lines and keeps the pairings the same. The offense needs glasses, but the defense needs some Prozac.
Yeah this one is interesting. It would be dope if someone could, you know, ask him about it.
She may know as much about aviation and navigation as Tyler’s dad
I was going to make a Mile High joke before I realized the shame of what I was doing.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 10/27/09 at 10:02 AM ET
I was going to make a Mile High joke before I realized the shame of what I was doing.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 10/27/09 at 11:02 AM ET
Since when does that stop you?
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 10/27/09 at 10:11 AM ET
Heh… double meaning
I was clearly talking about sex. What’s the other meaning, JJ?
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 10/27/09 at 10:22 AM ET
I have to agree. It hasn’t seemed like a problem with the system, or necessarily with the line combos. In fact, I actually feel bad for our Uncle Mike. Despite how frustrating our day-to-days are, we never have to deal with trying to figure out why Pavs and Z aren’t scoring. That is some slam your face against a wall shit right there.
The problems with this team have not stemmed from coaching. Ok, well, maybe that Lebs - E pairing could be better. But even then, that stems from E not playing to his potential (Lebda, sadly, is - ship him out).
Case in point: not sure that you can blame the coaching when everyone under performs. I’d rather have it another way to be honest. It would be lovely to be able to think that all we’ve got to do to return to powerhouse form is do a coaching change. But that’s not it. Our boys in the winged wheel need to start hustling, and playing like they can.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 10/27/09 at 10:46 AM ET
Chief, minor typo i think (or my english is lacking):
” ... despite their horrow show of a track record so far?”
horrow = horror
Remember: In Uncle Mike we trust.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 10/27/09 at 10:50 AM ET
We have to take a collective breath and stop bickering like actual bitches around A2Y and KK. It does suck to watch the team struggle, but what other group would you rather have at the helm than Illitch, Holland, Devellano, Nill, Babcock, and co.? A solution will be found and discussed until it is.
So let’s stop taking ourselves so bloody seriously. The amount of passive aggressive crap this past week among the 19, is reaching Lindas1st levels, which is ri-donk-ulous. We aren’t eunuchs, stop acting like ones. We are the Band of Bitches.
An opinion is just that, an opinion. A viewpoint. Not set in stone. Nothing from the 19 ever is, nor should it be. Bitches, we need to get over ourselves. We should talk, bitch, piss, and moan without taking out the knives.
JFC there are real tragedies in Detroit lately, and the Wings don’t even make the list.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 10/27/09 at 10:54 AM ET
So let’s stop taking ourselves so bloody seriously. The amount of passive aggressive crap this past week among the 19, is reaching Lindas1st levels, which is ri-donk-ulous. We aren’t eunuchs, stop acting like ones.
JFC there are real tragedies in Detroit lately, and the Wings don’t even make the list.
VooX enables are virtual mental illness by serving up lots of virtual drinks. VooX would never burst our bubble by bringing the real world in here. Who are you and how did you hack VooX’s password?
We are the Band of Bitches on The Rag.
Fixed, according to Kate, anyway.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 11:07 AM ET
Hey Chief, how was the LB last night and why was it deleted already?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 11:08 AM ET
Hey Drew, does Chief know he’s getting odds over at your site yet?
Posted by Chris in Hockey Hell from COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE on 10/27/09 at 11:11 AM ET
Hey Chief, how was the LB last night and why was it deleted already?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 12:08 PM ET
It was epic Captain. Just wrapped it up a few minutes ago. But then I realized that out of the 800 comments, three mentioned Chris Osgood and the HOF.
Naturally, because I don’t want to be a Dive or Bubba fan, I deleted the whole thing.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 10/27/09 at 11:12 AM ET
Great odds, loved the second Sammy reference.
But Drew is right in saying he don’t understand too much odds… 2:1 for Helm being fast as hell? That’s a given, Vegas doesn’t even take those kind of bets.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 10/27/09 at 11:15 AM ET
Naturally, because I don’t want to be a Dive or Bubba fan, I deleted the whole thing.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 10/27/09 at 12:12 PM ET
oh SNAP.
Seriously, this slow start or the comments it’s created hasn’t changed my opinion about any of you (except Tyler’s dad). I’d still have a beer with any member of the 19 other than Bella, but that’s only because Bella shouldn’t really be drinking in her condition. Having an opinion is cool and if you’re an insider, you can even be a bit of a dick about it.
*The More you Know*
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 10/27/09 at 11:20 AM ET
VooX enables are virtual mental illness
OUR virtual mental illness.
I guess the four shots of espresso haven’t kicked in yet.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 11:20 AM ET
Wow, AnimalDrew is giving away stone cold locks without even asking for a credit card number.
Osgood will play better than Luongo, yet everyone in the media will still say the Wings goaltending sucks -5:2
Time to call my bookie
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 11:27 AM ET
from Drew’s NOHS:
“-Osgood will play better than Luongo, yet everyone in the media will still say the Wings goaltending sucks -5:2”
My question: Any odds on a reference to at leaset one “elite goalie” in the A2Y LB?
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 10/27/09 at 11:35 AM ET
Chief, you do know that flight attendants are programmed to smile until the last 3 inches, right?
Heyyyyohhhhhh!
The Wings are really slobbing on it hard right now… time to break out of the funk, fellas.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 10/27/09 at 11:39 AM ET
My question: Any odds on a reference to at leaset one “elite goalie” in the A2Y LB?
OFF
Also OFF: references to Datsyuk and Zetterberg being washed up. That dead horse has life in it yet and I’ll be Corsi’d the day that the 19 lets something that stupid go so early.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 10/27/09 at 11:39 AM ET
Dany Heatley will score 70 goals this year.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 10/27/09 at 11:56 AM ET
We are the Band of Bitches on The Rag.
Fixed, according to Kate, anyway.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 12:07 PM ET
I love Bitch Fest 09. It’s hard not to(bitch) when you consider all the bad periods(pun intended) the Wings have had in the last two months. The bitchier the better.
I do have full confidence that Uncle Mike will stop the bleeding. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 10/27/09 at 12:09 PM ET
I don’t trust anyone. That’s why I’m still alive.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 10/27/09 at 10:55 AM ET
Good words to live by.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 10/27/09 at 12:25 PM ET
Dany Heatley will score 70 goals this year.
*Thump*
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 10/27/09 at 12:39 PM ET
I do have full confidence that Uncle Mike will stop the bleeding. Bitches.
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 10/27/09 at 01:09 PM ET
Indeed. Uncle Mike the tampon?
Posted by ITDeuce from The Land of Ice and Snow on 10/27/09 at 12:43 PM ET
I do have full confidence that Uncle Mike will stop the bleeding. Bitches.
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 10/27/09 at 01:09 PM ET
Indeed. Uncle Mike the tampon?
Posted by ITDeuce
I think Uncle Mike is the applicator. All of the players, especially Ozzie, have to be the tampon and stop the bleeding.
But then again, all a tampon does is contain the bleeding. The bleeding will stop eventually on its own whether there is a tampon in there to stop it or not.
The Wings just need for this period of mediocrity to stop.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 12:48 PM ET
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 10/27/09 at 11:54 AM ET
Pour me a large Bitch Brew on that one VooX.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 10/27/09 at 12:56 PM ET
Uncle Mike (or Ozzie, it doesn’t matter) may be the tampon, but wouldn’t it mean we’ll bleed again next month?
We need Kenny Holland, a.k.a. The Pill.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 10/27/09 at 12:58 PM ET
This metaphor is getting ridiculous, I love it.
Of course, we’re all overlooking the best solution: manning up. No lady parts = no bleeding.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 10/27/09 at 01:02 PM ET
This metaphor is getting ridiculous, I love it.
Of course, we’re all overlooking the best solution: manning up. No lady parts = no bleeding.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 10/27/09 at 02:02 PM ET
What a sexist creep.
Posted by ITDeuce from The Land of Ice and Snow on 10/27/09 at 01:08 PM ET
Of course, we’re all overlooking the best solution: manning up. No lady parts = Make the guys on the other team bleed.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas
Fixed.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 01:08 PM ET
Dany Heatley will score 70 goals this year.
The Sedins will finally join at the hip and wear one oversized “H.D. Sedin” jersey to simplify things and turn the mediocre pair into one overrated and overpaid player.
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 10/27/09 at 01:10 PM ET
This metaphor is getting ridiculous, I love it.
It’s hard to score when you’re on a period…just sayin
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 10/27/09 at 01:14 PM ET
It’s hard to score when you’re on a period…just sayin
I thought the only way to score in hockey was during a period…
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 10/27/09 at 01:17 PM ET
This metaphor is getting ridiculous, I love it.
It’s hard to score when you’re on a period…just sayin
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Ann Arbor on 10/27/09 at 02:14 PM ET
+1 internet to your bank account.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 10/27/09 at 01:18 PM ET
You guys are great. I love men.Sometimes….
I have a feeling that we’ll be seeing a Team from here on in. I get that Uncle Mike may be somewhat preoccupied with Olympic Gold, but at the end of the day he gets paid to win Stanley Cups.
This is a man that knows his first duty is to The Organization. He is going to do whatever it takes to get things going in the right direction. A spot on the roster is not a sure thing if you are not doing your job.
I said this before, the guys need to hit the weight room and toughen up. I am sick and tired of watching all the bitch slapping the Wings are letting other teams get away with.
Hit me once, shame on you. Hit me twice, shame on me. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 10/27/09 at 01:18 PM ET
Hockey is a bitch. There’s only scoring during periods.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 10/27/09 at 01:19 PM ET
This metaphor is getting ridiculous, I love it.
Of course, we’re all overlooking the best solution: manning up. No lady parts = no bleeding.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 10/27/09 at 02:02 PM ET
Exactly.They all need to grow a pair. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 10/27/09 at 01:20 PM ET
Is it 10:00 yet?
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 10/27/09 at 01:25 PM ET
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My Uncle Mike meter is trending. It’s always trending.
Too bad he’s the pilot.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 10/27/09 at 07:22 AM ET