Stop me if you've heard this before... your friend (who is a die hard Toronto Maple Leaf fan) told you they weren't even going to watch the game Saturday night and they "didn't care" if the team won or lost. If you heard that statement uttered in some form, let me apologize for the sudden apathy that is sweeping Leaf Nation these days.
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First off, don't worry.... they still "care." They're just tired. 40 Years of misery can do that even if you haven't been alive for all of it. This apathetic attitude they express is a new feeling for the Toronto Maple Leaf fan so do them a favor and just let them work through it on their own. However as a member of this group, I can only tell you that when they told you that they "hoped the Leafs would lose Saturday night" that they actually meant it.
You see, Leaf fans know its over. We check the standings multiple times a day and we know that we are buried and done. A win here and there is not what we crave. What we want is change and only by piling loss on top of loss will we get it. Therefore, let the losing continue. Let us rocket to number 30 in the league. Surley something will "change" at that point. Right?
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10 months ago
So true. I am a Leafs fan and I agree 100% with everything you said there; in fact I have done everything mentioned above.
10 months ago
Dido. This team breaks my heart every year. A lifetime of mediocre season after mediocre season can do that to you. You can build a new house without burning it to the ground first.
10 months ago
I think the best cure for the Leaf blues is to put on some red, and white and black.
Start cheering for Canada's team and you'll have something to be happy about.
Go Sens Go!
10 months ago
SUSPEND THE TEACHERS
The current crisis is yet another replay of an old story. Bouyed by an unrealistic assessment of their personal ability and the club's potential, the GM overextends his immediate reach with another mortgage of our future. Fletcher, Quinn, and Ferguson all overestimated their proximity to the cup - or even the playoffs. The fans continue to suffer the fractured mismanagement of the club's senior executive.
What is required is a reboot from the top.
As someone who comes from a non-sporting family, at 10 and a casual observer of sports I was converted in 1967. Forty years on, I'm still blue and white. I've lead a life defined by sports, all stemming from my connection to success. How many generations have gone uninspired due to successive reigns of incompetent ownership since then? How do I tell my kids now 22, 20 and 17 that we used to be contenders?
Diatribe aside, the solution is top down. It is cultural. The Teacher's Board must divest themselves of their asset. This is not a financial obligation but a moral debt they owe their members. The team must be lead by a person with a commitment to win, not a conglomerate with a commitment to quartely results. The fractured tactical performance on the ice is a mirror image of the
beaurocratic incompetence and lack of a clear and comprehensive strategy.
How long can we base our hopes on the emotional energy of our top goaltender or key player? From Darryl to Cujo to Eddie, Wendel to Doug right up to Matts these fine warriors continue to go to war, carry the flag undermanned with no calvary or general.
How come organizations like Detroit, New Jersey, Montreal, Colorado etc. continue to produce successful teams and a unique style? (strategy engenders culture which begets draft picks)
Lets start by agreeing that the housecleaning must begin with the uninspired and uninteretsed ownership principals.
SUSPEND THE TEACHERS
10 months ago
Agree 100% Peddie cant continue to think we can turn it around trade wat u can when u can i think bowmen should be brought in and glenn healey should be brought in as an assistant gm to someday take over i think he would be great, all tho feel sorry for maurice like him as a coach but furguson is the worst gm in the league only toronto is willin to tradeyoung draft picks for a old fart. the worst part is no matter how bad they do they will always sell out and we will continue to be fans thru and thru just put the whole team to the minors and bring up the marlies theree playing better hockey anyway
10 months ago
na na na na,
na na na na,
hey hey Leafs,
Good-bye.
-Sens Fan-
10 months ago
The only reason sen fans are happy the leafs are not in the playoffs ?Toronto always takes them out at playoff time.SIGN;ALWAYS WILL BE A LEAF FAN
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