Comments on: Talking Back: Part 7 http://sandman2.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/27/talking-back-part-7/ An insider's view of the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:11:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Brian Sandalow http://sandman2.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/27/talking-back-part-7/#comment-232 Brian Sandalow Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:46:20 +0000 http://sandman2.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/27/talking-back-part-7/#comment-232 No, I meant that, except for Rookie of the Year, handing out the "major awards" is kind of odd. (I should have written that in my original post.) Fan favorite and community awards are good things, great things actually, but are they really hockey awards? And most improved? To be honest, O'Leary was working hard but to call anybody an unsung hero and most improved on the Bees is off. I was surprised as heck that O'Leary got the call, honestly. (Besides, shouldn't getting called up to the AHL disqualify someone with, I think, a -24 rating from being unsung?) I have thought about why they may not have put out game after game, and I don't think Fixter gave up the teaching process. If he did, I'm pretty certain that he wouldn't: 1: have said some of the things he did, because he'd be a major hypocrite and phony. 2: be coming back. Troy Nelson would have seen that he quit on his team, which he didn't. I've said this before and I'll say it again, but that should not be the job of Paul Fixter to get his charges to care. They are minor league athletes presumably fighting to move up - it shouldn't be on a coach to get them to try. Now that's not to say I don't lay a good amount of blame on Fixter for what happened this year. The line combos du jour contributed to a lot of different issues on this team. However, he didn't get the effort needed, and that is not his or Sean Gillam's fault. Tim, it doesn't sound like we'll ever agree on this one... No, I meant that, except for Rookie of the Year, handing out the “major awards” is kind of odd.

(I should have written that in my original post.)

Fan favorite and community awards are good things, great things actually, but are they really hockey awards? And most improved? To be honest, O’Leary was working hard but to call anybody an unsung hero and most improved on the Bees is off. I was surprised as heck that O’Leary got the call, honestly.

(Besides, shouldn’t getting called up to the AHL disqualify someone with, I think, a -24 rating from being unsung?)

I have thought about why they may not have put out game after game, and I don’t think Fixter gave up the teaching process. If he did, I’m pretty certain that he wouldn’t:

1: have said some of the things he did, because he’d be a major hypocrite and phony.

2: be coming back. Troy Nelson would have seen that he quit on his team, which he didn’t.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, but that should not be the job of Paul Fixter to get his charges to care. They are minor league athletes presumably fighting to move up - it shouldn’t be on a coach to get them to try.

Now that’s not to say I don’t lay a good amount of blame on Fixter for what happened this year. The line combos du jour contributed to a lot of different issues on this team.

However, he didn’t get the effort needed, and that is not his or Sean Gillam’s fault.

Tim, it doesn’t sound like we’ll ever agree on this one…

]]> By: Tim Johnson http://sandman2.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/27/talking-back-part-7/#comment-231 Tim Johnson Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:37:51 +0000 http://sandman2.freedomblogging.com/2008/03/27/talking-back-part-7/#comment-231 Well lets look at it from another angle, because I firmly believe your comments are way off base; So you are saying then; - Maxwell and MacNeil didn't deserve the Community Award for their efforts in the community even though they were out there when called upon - O'leary didn't deserve most improved and unsung hero even though he has the best work ethic on the team and plays the game hard every night - Josh Bonar didn't deserve Rookie of the year even though he scored 21 goals and 37 points on a bad team and in his first year playing professional hockey - Jason Slusher didn't deserve Fan Favorite even though he interacts tremendously with the fans and talks his face off with them all day long The MVP and Best DMan I will agree, there wasn't any on this team, however in the spirit of giving, someone had to get it even though in my opinion both were poor choices. Did you ever think why the players may not have put out game after game and quit half way through the season. Maybe the coach gave up on them and quit the teaching process. When and if that happened, you can't blame the players can you? Just a different angle can make you kind of red in the face, can't it. Well lets look at it from another angle, because I firmly believe your comments are way off base;

So you are saying then;

- Maxwell and MacNeil didn’t deserve the Community Award for their efforts in the community even though they were out there when called upon

- O’leary didn’t deserve most improved and unsung hero even though he has the best work ethic on the team and plays the game hard every night

- Josh Bonar didn’t deserve Rookie of the year even though he scored 21 goals and 37 points on a bad team and in his first year playing professional hockey

- Jason Slusher didn’t deserve Fan Favorite even though he interacts tremendously with the fans and talks his face off with them all day long

The MVP and Best DMan I will agree, there wasn’t any on this team, however in the spirit of giving, someone had to get it even though in my opinion both were poor choices.

Did you ever think why the players may not have put out game after game and quit half way through the season. Maybe the coach gave up on them and quit the teaching process. When and if that happened, you can’t blame the players can you?

Just a different angle can make you kind of red in the face, can’t it.

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