Please enjoy Leafs coach Ron Wilson messing with the FAN 590's Howard Berger tonight before TSN and Sportsnet ruin it tomorrow.
Absolutely brilliant, since Wilson owned every moment. You ask a question like, "So, were you annoyed by all those penalties?" and you have it coming. Hockey beat reporters do invaluable work for those on the other side of the rope, but once in a while they need to be reminded they're completely incidental to the whole operation.
Related:
Ron Wilson is a bad man (Cox Bloc)
He had it coming (Norman James Sports)
Showing posts with label Ron Wilson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ron Wilson. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Friday, November 07, 2008
Wilson is a caustic American egghead - And we love him!
You all have, of course, read Brunt's profile of Ron Wilson today. If you haven't...why in hell are you wasting your time reading me?
About a month ago I made a prediction on here that the Leafs would make the playoffs. It wasn't because I was blinded by the blue and white, rendered incapable of rational thought from the memory of Greg Terrion blasting the puck through the five-hole for a 3-2 Hockey Night in Canada win over Chicago back in '82 (They partied hard into the night in Marmara, let me tell you).
No, it was all about the coach. Wilson is not your typical NHL head man and it just seemed to me that he was going to squeeze 10 more points out of the team than was expected. Last night's poor result aside (and even then you had to like that they fought back to make it close-ish), so far so OK.
A dirty little confession: I've been a fan of the Washington Capitals my whole life (I blame the drugs). The Leafs and the Caps. It's been a joyless existence. Except for 1998 when Wilson managed to find a way to get a mediocre Caps team into the final (something several far more talented Washington teams were no where close to - don't get me going on 1988). So, I've been a believer in this odd duck for sometime.
But, regardless of my own unexplainable bias, you have to like this little gem from Brunt's article:
Amen.
About a month ago I made a prediction on here that the Leafs would make the playoffs. It wasn't because I was blinded by the blue and white, rendered incapable of rational thought from the memory of Greg Terrion blasting the puck through the five-hole for a 3-2 Hockey Night in Canada win over Chicago back in '82 (They partied hard into the night in Marmara, let me tell you).
No, it was all about the coach. Wilson is not your typical NHL head man and it just seemed to me that he was going to squeeze 10 more points out of the team than was expected. Last night's poor result aside (and even then you had to like that they fought back to make it close-ish), so far so OK.
A dirty little confession: I've been a fan of the Washington Capitals my whole life (I blame the drugs). The Leafs and the Caps. It's been a joyless existence. Except for 1998 when Wilson managed to find a way to get a mediocre Caps team into the final (something several far more talented Washington teams were no where close to - don't get me going on 1988). So, I've been a believer in this odd duck for sometime.
But, regardless of my own unexplainable bias, you have to like this little gem from Brunt's article:
“This is really special to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Before almost every game I tell our team that. There's a thousand people here tonight who might be seeing their only Leaf game. Let's have them leave the rink saying that my team played their heart out.”
Amen.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Leafs will go 41 seasons before they try this again
If it's any consolation, the other night the Tampa Bay Rays laid waste to the cliché, "reeeeeeling." Tonight, Leafs coach Ron Wilson killed "outside the box."
At Epic Carnival, there is, "Top 10 reasons why Toronto Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson put Curtis Joseph in goal for the shootout."
Number 11 would be, "Has to be subtle about the Tank for Tavares until at least December."
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