Who is to blame for the crap series against the Pens?
1. The Flyers marketing staff. People, "Vengeance Now" was a great playoff slogan. Other fans hated it, and hated us for it. Changing your slogan to "Why Not Us?" in the middle of a playoff run is just asking for trouble. The hockey gods couldn't resist. Who can forget the irony of the white trash looking Flyers fan and her young son standing around stunned after Game 3? Sheesh!
2. Me. Yeah I know, pretty egotistical, but I have the photographic evidence to prove it. Remember that road trip I took to the burgh back in early April? Well, I was muy impressed by the Pens store. Seriously! They had so much stuff! Every player you could imagine! And cute little stuffed animals that I could kick around. So yeah, I may have purchased some Pens stuff.
I know you won't believe me, but I've been thinking for some time that the Pens were going to win the Cup this year. And I really never thought the Flyers were gonna make the playoffs, let alone have to face the Pens in the Eastern Conference Finals. So, at the time, there seemed to be little harm in buying a few harmless souvenirs.
However, after we lost that game on April 2nd to the Pens, and struggled mightily in the last 2 games of the season, this Pens stuff got shoved away in a place and sort of forgotten. Not really though, I've always known it was there, waiting for me and taunting me.
Sorry, it's all my fault. But the marketing department really effed it up too!
Seriously. "Why not us?"? Lamest slogan ever. Almost as bad as the Pirates' "We will..." You'll suck. That's what you will...
ReplyDelete"Vengeance Now" was pretty lame, too. Vengeance for what? Other teams not letting you win the previous year?
Worst to second in the East is no mean feat. I know it doesn't console the Flyers or their fans but it's a hell of a starting point.
Why not us was dumb... but its history now...
ReplyDeletehey kristin... i took a break from blogging for a couple of weeks during the series. i couldn't watch the series and couldn't blog about it or anything... it was too stressful, so i just ignored it was happening... so sorry i wasn't around to support you against some of the pitt fans that like to post here...
also- i read to day that jason smith played the ECF with two dislocated shoulders and the hatch attack had fluid drained from his knee every day... i'm not blaming injuries for our loss, but it sure didn't help that our best four defensemen were all injured... it's also quite possible that hatch is done in philly. which makes me sad.
ReplyDeleteHey k-mart, I definitely missed your presence here and on your blog. I actually decided to disable anon comments for a while because the pens fans were acting sooooo stupid.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say you couldn't watch it, do you mean you didn't have access to a tv/versus, or that it was too stressful to watch it? Because you might be more neurotic than I am if you couldn't watch it because it was too stressful!! :)
Welcome back!
Oh, and that is craaaazzzyyyy about Gator and Hatch! Hockey dudes are warriors!