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LB: Strange Things Come From Nashville

by VooX on 03/05/10 at 06:54 PM ET
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We are in the midst of an identity crisis.

While you may think I am talking about the recent Jekyll and Hyde of the Wings, who can look like world beaters one day and wife beaters the other, I am not.  We already know about that.

The 19, the MSM, and the Wings’ management all know about our strange schizophrenia.  And we have been discussing it all year.

This time, I am talking about the identity crisis coming from Nashville. 

On the one hand they are the home of country music.  And beat up pick up trucks.  And wives that keep leaving.

Thanks to Li’l Gary they are also the home of an NHL franchise, or a team that pretends to be.  But most shocking of all, and what leads me to question the sanity of the city of broken geetar strings is this:

Yup, right in the heart of Nashville lies a full size replica of the Parthenon.  I bet it gets more attendance per year than their hockey club does.  Because you know Nashville is the epicenter of classic culture.

So while Nashville undergoes their identity crisis, the Wings are undergoing their own.  They can’t decide if they are or are not a playoff team.

The Red Wings have the potential to be champions every season, but whether they live up to it will determine how many of the 19 will be walking out on ledges this April.  We love to be brash and bold at A2Y but this season I am feeling like a beaten puppy.  Not sure whether to wag my tail or piss all over the rug.

In the meantime, the Wings will determine the way they are remembered this season.  As a team who overcame everything that Jobu could do to us, or a team that wallows in its own miserable play.

When in doubt, I will go with tried and true.  Iggy and his Stooges return tonight.  We need the win and Motown punk has brought us them so far.

We are just a passenger on the Stress Train now, Uncle Mike and the Wings will determine where we go.

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