Comments on: Thoughts

By: Savage33

Savage33 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:47:21 +0000

While most of the coaching staff needs to go Hackett needs to stay, he’s the only one who seems to know what coaching is, just look at Theo’s play lately. Admittedly he’s in the 2nd half of a contract year but he’s still playing well and Hackett needs some of the credit.

By: Mike the Avs Fan

Mike the Avs Fan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:38:19 +0000

“It’s still my team, warts and all. I’m a hockey fan, not Dr Phil. I don’t know why this team is so screwed up at the moment, and, really, I don’t want to know. What I do know is that I’ll be watching tonight, cheering on whatever 20 players are healthy enough to don the garish uniprons this evening.”

Those are great words right there man, way to go. And they won. It’s as if Q listened to Dater and all the bloggers and decided to stick with the lines. He stuck with them all game long and it payed off. It was amazing :O

Disregard my previous…. Stupid weird commenting system *grumblegrumble*…..[I zapped the other one for you. DD]

By: Americanario

Americanario — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:02:17 +0000

Whatever, lets just finish this season and say the hell with it all. If the coaching staff doesn’t get their walking papers then we can burn down the Can over the summer. I have enough added stress to deal with right now without worrying about which team is going to show up on a nightly basis any more.

By: Bob in Boulder

Bob in Boulder — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:50:10 +0000

Pretty much me too on all of this. I think what we have here is a major letdown after a real story book kind of season started to unfold. Team besieged by injuries finds new life, and a whole new identity, with the additions at the deadline. Foppa lovers like me truly start believing that he’s still the same player of old, and not just an injured, fragile, shell of his old self. Foote shows us, just for a glimpse, what a real solid 2-way defenseman should be. Salei also adds toughness, as do the Codys and Jones for a while. The team goes on a tear, winning with hard-nosed hockey we hadn’t seen all year. Against good teams. Then boom. It all goes away. Like a big fricken mirage. We were dying of thirst for the Avs to be what they once were. We were teased into thinking that it was happening. Over the past 4 games, they’ve gone back to being what they’ve been for the better part of the last several seasons. Mediocre at best.

By: thedoctor

thedoctor — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:22:19 +0000

I think I’m in about the same emotional state as you as a fan. I’m resigned to this team being mediocre and chemistry-less despite the tease after the deadline, and I’m sick of it. I feel sort of detached from the team these days, it’s like watching a self-destructive celebrity doom themselves. Britney, is that you?

The only thing that could drive me further into frustration would be FG preserving the status-quo completely as a coaching staff. Someone, if not everyone, needs to go.

But they’re still my team, so I’ll still watch, and I’ll still cheer for them, even if it would preserve Q’s job.

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:05:52 +0000

“I think some players may even be playing injured.”

Joe (Sakic, not MHH) looked very, very slow on one of those EDM breakaways in the 3rd period and also was sluggish on the ice late in the game. He’s had some flashes of greatness, but he’s definitely not skating like he used to. And I thought he was slowing down BEFORE the injury.

By: jibblescribbits

jibblescribbits — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:36:54 +0000

I couldn’t agree more DD, I just want to root for the Avs and not worry about stuff like bonehead coaching decisions, so I’ll be cheering this all the way through.

God I don’t want a 1st round matchup with the wings though. I’d rather take the Sharks. If the Avs are going to get crushed out of the playoffs, It would be nice If I were in attendance for it.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:33:44 +0000

I agree with RJ about his idea that numerous players are currently injured and still playing. I think this season’s Avalanche team might start showing up in sports medicine text books in the coming years.

By: RJ

RJ — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:09:28 +0000

The cracks are really starting to show at this point. While I don’t hold out much hope for this year, I try to stay “philosophical” and keep watching out of love of the game and the Avs. I really think there are a lot of things under the surface that we aren’t privy to, such as the team maybe starting to hate the coaching staff, or maybe even each other. I think some players may even be playing injured. I think Finger, for one, isn’t himself. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear about surgery after the season is over for him. Maybe others. Not much else could go wrong for this team.