Monday, October 20, 2008

The Law of Philly Sports


Over the past few years, I've noticed that (in general) only one Philly sports team can win at a time. So, if the Phillies and Flyers are playing on the same day, one team will win, and one team will lose.

This does not bode well for Flyers fans as the Phillies head into the World Series. It seems that the Law of Philly Sports has created some sort of crazy vortex where the Flyers will not be able to win until the World Series is over.

The last possible game for the Series is October 30th. That means our potential first win could come on November 2nd versus the Oilers.

It's gonna be a long month.

On a serious note: will John Stevens be able to survive this losing streak? I know he has been with the organization for awhile and had a great year last year, but I worry. The cool thing to do in the NHL is to fire your coach when you lose 6 games in a row at the beginning of the season. Can he make it? Who will make it longer, Barry Melrose or John Stevens?

4 comments:

  1. The good news is, that means the Eagles should also lose, and I will gladly take a long Flyers losing streak for a Phillies world series title.

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  2. I think if Stevens can't pull a win out in the next two, he's on the chopping block. Good thing Philly media is focusing on the Phils right now, or else he might have already been canned.

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  3. I read an article that quoted Homer saying "Stevens' job is not in jeopardy..." which only made me more nervous for him!

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  4. I don't understand why they'd fire him this soon. The Hitchcock firing was understandable, he was in there for awhile, and the players stopped responding. Stevens has been head coach just over a year, he needs a shot before he's disregarded as rubbish.

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