ob·jec·tive
/əbˈjektiv/
(of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
"historians try to be objective and impartial"
I don't think he gets it at all.
To assume all of us just despised that team, clearly doesn't get that it was all we had. What was the alternative? Not watching? We all knew the situation, they were broke, they had rumours of being moved, so the best we could do is just be happy about the shit we had and enjoy it. So that's exactly what we did. I mean I am sure blokes like myself and
@Big Friggin Dummy knew the Rico Fata's, Ramzi Abid's, etc were never going to be stars, but hell, we had to hope they'd be something lol.
But I can say for myself, that team wasn't well coached and it was obvious, but the effort was there and whatever system coaches like Constantine, Kehoe and Edzo tried to put out there, we knew they were only going to be able to execute it as well as the coaches understood it themselves. Edzo and Kehoe tried a ton of shit too, they were desperately trying whatever they could to try to win more games with what they had, the effort was there, the talent wasn't and the coaching was never as good as it should be but you didn't really expect them to suddenly win a shit ton. They went through a lot of coaches too in a span of 5 seasons or so - Constantine, Brooks, Hlinka, Kehoe, Edzo...
But they had moments where they were good for stretches when they were healthy which was always kind of cool to see. Like in 2003-04, the last 20 games they finished 12-5-3-0 and had the top powerplay in that span, as a big fan of Morozov - he led the way in that final 20, he had 22pts in 18 games. Mario was already hurt playing 10 games, so you had Ric Jackman, Milan Kraft, Morozov, Tarnstrom and Pirjeta stepping up in a big way. To say we didn't watch or care, lol, a lot of are ride or die with this idiotic team, even in the current state owned by a shitty corporation and a truly awful coach.
The team now?
Sullivan's had talent that he's driven out, he also misuses his roster every f***ing game, doesn't make adjustments and the blame seems to shift to the GM's for not giving him the right players yet there's no such thing as the right players under this coach.