Dead Letter Office
From the desk of Godd Till, last Tuesday:
Hi Damien,
Last week you asked to see the column where you said Quinn had issues with younger players. A couple of our readers may have granted your request:
From March 25, 2007:
Interestingly, it was their youngest players who led the way, or at the very least played major roles on a night when the workload was widely shared and no player skated less than 10 minutes.
This is one of the most significant differences between Maurice and his predecessor, Pat Quinn.
For better or worse, Quinn always showed a preference for veteran players when it came to crunch time.
Maurice, by contrast, has decided length of résumé will not be the primary factor when he selects his lineup down the stretch.
"There's no ages on the backs of the jerseys," he said.
and
May 05, 2004 Page: A1 Section:News Edition:ONT Length:912
HEAD: Youth must rule for Leafs to win
EXTRACT: "His other problem is that in Pat Quinn, he has a head coach most suited to guiding older teams rather than patiently developing a crew of kids."
Do we win Aerosmith tickets?
Best,
Godd
Funny, no answer. I guess Damien was too busy putting together his managerial dream team of Colin Campbell, Dave Nonis, and Craig Hartsburg - a trio who collectively haven't matched the NHL success of a Pat Burns or a Drunk Dad Pat Quinn alone - while simultaneously arguing that the two Pats record of making conference finals, icing 100-point teams year after year, and beating Ottawa's brains in is worthy of derision. My head hurts.
Look, I don't particularly want either one back, but for DC Talk to be poor-mouthing them while championing the likes of Nonis and Campbell (who must have great contacts, cause there's nothing in his record that suggests he should be anywhere near an executive position) is, yet again, proof positive that what matters to Damien are his own bizarre peccadilloes and grudges, rather than any serious attempt to analyze how hockey teams win and what executives may have the skills to accomplish that goal. Leaf fans deserve better than Dave Nonis and Colin Campbell, and they sure as hell deserve better than the crap Cox serves up.
Hi Damien,
Last week you asked to see the column where you said Quinn had issues with younger players. A couple of our readers may have granted your request:
From March 25, 2007:
Interestingly, it was their youngest players who led the way, or at the very least played major roles on a night when the workload was widely shared and no player skated less than 10 minutes.
This is one of the most significant differences between Maurice and his predecessor, Pat Quinn.
For better or worse, Quinn always showed a preference for veteran players when it came to crunch time.
Maurice, by contrast, has decided length of résumé will not be the primary factor when he selects his lineup down the stretch.
"There's no ages on the backs of the jerseys," he said.
and
May 05, 2004 Page: A1 Section:News Edition:ONT Length:912
HEAD: Youth must rule for Leafs to win
EXTRACT: "His other problem is that in Pat Quinn, he has a head coach most suited to guiding older teams rather than patiently developing a crew of kids."
Do we win Aerosmith tickets?
Best,
Godd
Funny, no answer. I guess Damien was too busy putting together his managerial dream team of Colin Campbell, Dave Nonis, and Craig Hartsburg - a trio who collectively haven't matched the NHL success of a Pat Burns or a Drunk Dad Pat Quinn alone - while simultaneously arguing that the two Pats record of making conference finals, icing 100-point teams year after year, and beating Ottawa's brains in is worthy of derision. My head hurts.
Look, I don't particularly want either one back, but for DC Talk to be poor-mouthing them while championing the likes of Nonis and Campbell (who must have great contacts, cause there's nothing in his record that suggests he should be anywhere near an executive position) is, yet again, proof positive that what matters to Damien are his own bizarre peccadilloes and grudges, rather than any serious attempt to analyze how hockey teams win and what executives may have the skills to accomplish that goal. Leaf fans deserve better than Dave Nonis and Colin Campbell, and they sure as hell deserve better than the crap Cox serves up.
beautiful. just fucking beautiful.
For a space filler of a self-loathing, Toronto hating cat toilet liner, he certainly has a lot of nerve.
Where does this clown come off?
Making a living of the Maple Leaf$ has never been so easy.
Coxsux
I knew if anyone could dig this up, you guys could.
Good work.
Full credit to French Louisgetti and Pike Malmateer aka Bitter for digging those gems up.
Just rethinking Cox's Dream Team (on par with the 80s one starring Christopher Lloyd and Michael Keaton) - from what I can tell, the Leafs would be bringing in Nonis to lure Burke, likely as prez. So how does Campbell-Nonis even make sense?
{The sound of two hands clapping vigorously}
Bravo!!!!
Everything about Damien blows my mind. If he has an editor does that mean that he is just as dumb as him? and if he is then what happened to Chris Young from JABS? He seemed like the kind of guy that would point out that Fletcher (Experience: 1 Stanley Cup) would fulfill all the qualifications that Cox has hammered on about better than Colin Campbell (Experience: Wheel of Justice).
Or how about the irony of him pushing Craig Hartsburg as a coaching candidate based largely on his work with kids after he dismissed Quinn's U18 gold medal?
I really just want to sit down and talk to Damien and figure out the answer to some of these questions.
I play pick-up hockey with a reporter from the Star sports department and I've been waiting for the right moment to ask him what the hell crawled into Cox and died.
And I'll second PPP's point: it' s such a shame Chris Young took the Assistant Sports Editor job at the Star as his blog, insight and transparency are sorely missed.
In addition to keeping it real with Lameien Cox... Dave Fuckchuk makes us wonder this morning.
The talented one has a beaut. Real creative, riveting stuff too... questioning Toronto's hockey legitimacy.
Talk about being on the money.
Really, how can the Tdot be "the epicentre" of our past time when the hallowed Ricoh centre is only half full?
Answer that.
He's even got the world renowned, highly respected Andy Woz-stink-ski to weigh in. The Woz is wondering, folks.
Where the f*** are we?
After reading today's mailbag, I sent DC the following. It's pretty long, which hurts its chance of being replied to, but anyway:
Hi Damien,
A was surprised at a couple of things in your last mailbag (May 22):
First that you would continue to champion the well-known belief that the Leaf executive is sufficiently obsessed with money and sufficiently satisfied with the gullible ol' Leaf Nation's ability to pack the ACC that they see no benefit in putting up the cash to put together a winning team. The problem with this argument is that if they were really concerned with profit, of course they want a winning team! Jack up the ticket prices, guaranteed sellouts for the next generation, and can you imagine if the Leafs won the Cup, or even came close? Everyone in this town would be wearing a Leaf jersey (merchandising through the moon), and they could name their price for TV broadcasting rights. It doesn't take a financial wizard (which the Leafs do have in spades) to see that if money is the goal, the Cup is the way to get there.
Which brings me to the second point: your little cheap shot at Leaf faithful ("I don’t think North American fans need to take any lessons from Euro fans – well, maybe Leaf fans."). What does that mean? Leaf fans aren't supportive enough? But we fill the arena every night, even though you say we shouldn't and lots of teams' fans don't. Not loud enough? When there's something to cheer about on ice, we'll get loud, and have gotten loud. We're the ones who fill your inbox, and, y'know, justify your job, so how about a little respect?
Also: Nonis and Campell for GM and President? Seriously?