Alon's Random Ramblings

Holy Alliteration Batman! While I'd love to go off on a tangent completely unrelated to our precious Oilers and write my first post about the greatest super hero ever, Batman, I feel obliged to write about the Oilers. So how about them Oilers? They really are a strange beast aren't they? Can't win when they need to, and then come out and play hard one game too late. Story of their lives isn't it? However, this horse has been beat to death already so I am going to talk about something else entirely... Dan Tencer Nothing against Mr. Tencer, but sometimes in his defenses of MacT he says some very silly things. Such as something to the effect of coaches who verbalize their feelings, such as MacT, are just as effective as coaches who get angry on the bench. Let's get this straight, a coach who wants to tell me that I suck nicely, is just as an effective as a coach who kicks me in the ass and tells me to be better, or else... YA RIGHT! I don't know how many of you Legion readers out there have played sports at any level, but that is totally not true. In my years of minor sports a "verbalizing" coach (hey! verbalizing is a word!) is a fine and dandy thing to have when you are trying to pump yourself up before the game, but in the game? No, no, no! That's a different story! "Chicks dig scars and glory lasts forever" only works for so long my friends. When I am in the game, playing like Penner perpetually plays (alliteration points to me) I want my coach jumping up and down punching the glass, kicking garbage cans, and ripping the tounge out of Harvey the Hound's mouth! That's effective! Hell no am I going to get back on the ice and dog it around after that! (Pun points to me! This is turning into an English lesson isn't it?). I find it strange that more people haven't made this connection? Look at this year? What was our best game all year? I think the first San Jose game was easily our best game all year. Who did we play before San Jose again? Oh, thats right, Dallas! What happened that game? MacT got so mad that he was going to pull a Tie Domi and fight a fan! Coincidence? I think not! Case in point, rambling receded and finally score one for the A-lon! ps: Alon is like Allan only with the "o" instead of the "a", I just wanted to end with a rhyme.