Loading ...Yet another “mainstream media” guy decides to rag on the NHL. So what else is new, other than the “No Olympic bounce!” bonus this season?
This time around, it’s Mike Freeman of CBSsports.com who is providing us such gems as:
I’m not certain how it happened and don’t know if it was possible for the NHL to stop it from happening but that once-captured post-Olympic hockey glow is now gone. It has dissipated into the ozone and the NHL is back to being ignored by most sports fans.
For the rest of his rant, mostly about how the NHL needs more scoring and is less popular than SpongBob SquarePants, here you go: NHL toils in anonymity
What do these fans know that the rest of America doesn't? The thrill of an NHL playoff game (let's keep it that way!).
Hockey doesn’t need validation from the casual sports fan. It doesn’t need explosive growth. It doesn’t need 24/7 coverage on ESPN (don’t bother them – they’re busy lining up another interview with Pacman Jones).
And as hockey fans, we don’t need to have our sport endorsed by ignoramuses who think a 10-9 game would be more entertaining than a 2-1 game.
And if mass popularity is the measuring stick of success, then shouldn’t “The Dukes of Hazzard” be held up as a shining example of great television?
I cherish my fandom of a “niche” sport, and you should too. The “average” American sports fan is drinking rotgut, while we’re quaffing (and discussing the quality of) the finest wines the world has to offer.
But mum’s the word, OK? Let’s keep this to ourselves.
Hahah! Love this post! So true! You had me laughing. I think he sport is just too fast for the average American to keep with. :)
I always hated the score being held up as an example of what’s wrong with hockey. In football you get six points for a touchdown, plus the (usually made) point after. If, in the NHL, you got 7 points for a goal, and let’s say the average NHL game ends 3-2 that would be a score of 21 to 14! That’s somewhat low scoring, but not really. Great post as usual!
great post as usual!