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Celebrate A Division Title?
by Paul on 10/06/09 at 09:47 AM ET
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from John Feinstein of the Washington Post,
It wasn’t giving up three late goals to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a game that was over after 14 minutes. That’s something a good coach such as Bruce Boudreau can harp on in practice for a couple of days, but in the course of an 82-game season, letting up with a 6-1 lead in the third period isn’t something to really worry about.
The mistake actually came before the puck was dropped: Rather than slowly raising its 2009 Southeast Division championship banner to the rafters, the team decided to merely unfurl it. It was almost as if the Caps were saying, “This isn’t good enough, so we’ll just unfurl it fast and move on.”...
The Caps will win a lot of games this season, and they will have quite a few 6-1 leads. None of it will really matter though until April, May and perhaps June. Ted Leonsis, Boudreau, Ovechkin and company have good reason to believe the banner they raise next October will be the one they want to raise. In the meantime though, downplaying progress—as in back-to-back division titles—isn’t the way to go.
Most important, it could lead to bad karma.
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It was almost as if the Caps were saying, “This isn’t good enough, so we’ll just unfurl it fast and move on.”
No, it wasn’t almost what they saying, it’s exactly what they were saying.
Although I do agree with the overall point that it’s okay to recognize certain titles even when you don’t reach the ultimate one.
There’s also the karma issue.
The NHL has developed the opposite in the last 10-15 seasons. Teams didn’t touch the conference trophy because it wasn’t what they really wanted and might be bad luck. Penguins followed that recent tradition two season ago and they lost. They didn’t follow it last season and won the Cup. So much for karma.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 10/06/09 at 11:35 AM ET
No, it wasn’t almost what they saying, it’s exactly what they were saying.
No, it’s almost like the were saying that. If it’s exactly what they were saying, they would’ve actually said it, not simply unfurled a banner.
Posted by Garth on 10/06/09 at 11:44 AM ET
Most important, it could lead to bad karma.
When did superstitious nonsense become “most important”?
It’s a division championship banner. Not making a fuss about it seems rational.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 10/06/09 at 12:19 PM ET
Posted by Garth on 10/06/09 at 12:44 PM ET
Maybe I should’ve wrote: “Yes, it’s exactly what they were doing.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 10/06/09 at 01:13 PM ET
Maybe I should’ve wrote: “Yes, it’s exactly what they were doing.
Well, you should also close your quotes, but either way it’s a little late for should’ve isn’t it?
Posted by Garth on 10/06/09 at 01:44 PM ET
@ Garth
It’s never too late to learn, and thanx for the help.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 10/06/09 at 02:00 PM ET
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Raising a divisional title banner to much pomp and circumstance is something losers or expansion teams do.
I don’t blame the Caps one single bit. Good for them.
Posted by Primis on 10/06/09 at 11:12 AM ET