How many Stanley Cup banners are in the Ottawa arena rafters from the current organization that call themselves Senators ?
I believe that would be ...
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Can anyone explain??
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How many Stanley Cup banners are in the Ottawa arena rafters from the current organization that call themselves Senators ?
I believe that would be ...
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lol
I could not careless what you think of me.
You need to get off the BS machine though. Other than pointing out the obvious, Leafs have not won the Cup since '67(not quite decades upon decades, but I do forgive your mental state), you are just shoveling shit.
Go away.
Shack and I were having a pleasant entertaining discourse until you have to stick your big fat nose into everyone's business.
Let's see: No wins in the 70's. No win's in the 80's. No wins in the 90's. No win's in the 00's. If that is not 'decade after decade' in plural terms approaching a half century, then what could it be? Only 4 years away from a half century mark of absolutely nothing won. The chances of them winning it in the 2010 - 2020 time frame is the same as the government saying they'll cut all taxes by 50%. Not going to happen. Why? Because the fans continue to buy feces and vomit in a blue and white box decade after decade after decade after decade. It's a great business plan that they have there so why would they ever mess with it?
Pointing out the obvious is quite easy to do. Ridiculously simple really. There is no 'BS' involved. Just simple, truthful fact. BS is what they're feeding you. Not me.
You want to see a Championship in this city, send the team a message. Tell them that the richest team with the biggest fan base deserves respect and commitment. "I love the leafs so leave me alone" doesn't cut it. It's what got the whole mess started in the first place.
I don't care what you think of me either. This is a truly reciprocal correspondence within these parameters. Let me be honest, unlike the franchise.
By the way: it's 'care less'', not 'careless', as you wrote. Please feel free to apply that to your syntax for future reference in any other correspondence. Professional, personal or otherwise. Such as a strongly worded letter to a disgraced former sports league or a current deceitful franchise which abuses of their fan's goodwill.
Thankfully, I have the ability to read and think clearly. It's the collective mental state of denial that's in question.
I forgot about this one ...
I love that one. Evil. :rofl:
Don, you take the cake when it comes to stupid comments. Evil. LOL
You need a psychiatrist in the worst way.
Calculating, manipulative ... I can live with that being your opinion, not mine.
It is right there in the first line ... "decades upon decades" you change it in your next post to "decade after decade" which is more accurate.
After reading your comments I could CARE LESS(happy ?) about whether you consider me an adult or not.
Attack my spelling and/or grammer and/or whatever ... OK you got me there. Good for you !:thumb:
A big shout out to you for that one !
Arguing an 'S' versus not an S is the most pitiful display of pleading for validity.
Let's make it easier then: let's forget the decade word. Let's just go with a "HALF CENTURY MARK". This way, there will be no 's' concerns.
As of May 2nd 2017, it will be 50 YEARS since the Toronto hockey franchise has won ANYTHING. That will be in a scant 48 months. Same as an average car payment plan. If anyone really thinks they'll win anything in 48 months (or in their lifetime actually) than that is truly delusional.
This season (which is not a real season anyway) just puts them well on their way to their secure place in the hockey hall of Shame.
Not quite at half century mark yet, but because it is you I grant it. Hell you may be correct.
As for the lifetime part you are so bitter.
My bribe offer still stands soccer fan, if you care to take it. $5 to go away to the bribery, I mean soccer thread.
You must really respect the employer of your friend's son.
Ironhead, Ironhead, Ironhead. You know better than to offer dollars in order to entice us into sin to us. You know we only take Euro's (and maybe a good bottle of Chianti).
What good will Euros do you ?
However if it will get rid of you ... http://principiodeuncomienzo.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/5euros.jpg
The Euros are fun but simply pointing out the truth is even more enticing.
You'll never get rid of me because The Truth goes not away.
I'm but a humble conduit.
I like the Jays. Never been to Wrigley. Love the city but everytime I was there, the MLB teams were out of town.
I did find this whilst reading on sports. The cultish similarities are striking!
[SIZE=+2]Just The Facts
1) The Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series Title since 1909. That was over a century ago.
2)Despite being known for letting down their ever increasing fan base for over 100 years, the Cubs somehow are one of the top 5 grossing MLB teams.
3) The Cubs are known for losing. Even Cubs fans will tell you that they are the "Loveable Losers". Process that for a second. Cubs fans love losing.
The Chicago Cubs: An Abridged History
The Chicago Cubs were founded in 1870 as the Chicago Baseball Club. Shortly thereafter, they changed their name to the Chicago White Stockings, a fact Cubs fans will proudly bring up to their (much better) rivals on the south side, the Chicago White Sox. The team later changed names a few more times throughout the early 1800's, at one point they even adopted the name the Chicago Orphans (see what I did there). In 1902 the team was sold to a man named Jim Hart, who renamed them to the Cubs. Over the next 7 years, the Cubs were referred to as a dynasty. In that span they won a fairly impressive 2 World Series titles. Keep in mind, this was during a time in which: A) there were virtually zero African American, Latino, or Asian players in the league. B) The minimum home run distance was yet to be established at 250 ft, meaning that some ball parks outfields were comparable to your average little league field. And, C) Earned runs (perhaps the most important pitching stat we have available) were not recorded. Basically, this means that the only time the Cubs were worth a shit was when baseball resembled something similar to that drunken game of home run derby you played with your college buddies at the little league diamond that one Memorial Day.
Cubs Fans: A Baffling Culture
If failure was summarized by a group of individuals, it would manifest itself as the Chicago Cubs. If un-earned arrogance and complete douchebaggery were summarized by a group of individuals, they would most certainly manifest themselves as Cubs fans. Since most of the teams fans can be classified as flaming bags of douche, it is really no surprise that a staggering number of hot chicks are fans as well. Because if there is one constant in life, it's that hot chicks love guys who are douchebags. The great Albert Einstein even dedicated his life's work in creating his famous "Hot Chicks and Douchebags Theorem" (citation needed). As you probably expected, a vast majority of these young women have virtually no interest in the game. They are only there to drink and look cute, as evidenced below.
There isn't another team in professional sports with a longer championship drought than the Cubs. Despite this crucial fact, they have one of the largest fan bases in all of professional sports, are one of the top 5 grossing teams in the MLB, and are one of the top 10 grossing teams in all professional sports. The real question is, why?
Let's take a look at other established teams with large fan bases. For the sake of example, let's use the Yankees. While being pretty much reviled in every state other than New York, the Yankees have built a large fan base due to several factors. One of which being that their home city, New York, is really fucking big. Second of all, they have a large and dedicated fan base because they, you know, win world series championships. 27 to be exact. Yeah, you might hate the Yankees and their fans, but, can you really argue with them? Their team has won TWENTY SEVEN FUCKING WORLD TITLES. The only reason people hate them is because they are jealous their own team couldn't get in on a piece of the action. And that hate is completely justified. After all, sports hate makes the world go round.
In any other city, in any other sport, a team as futile as the Cubs would be considered failures, and would struggle to hit the 50% attendance mark at every home game. It's only logical. If your team is awful and has been awful for 100 years, you would stop supporting them. Yet, somehow, someway, the Cubs sell out almost all of their games without any problem at all. There are plenty of teams who have had long stretches of futility. Pretty much every team goes through a dry spell. The difference between most teams and the Cubs is their fans. If you ask a Detroit Lions fan how the team is going to do next year, they would probably exhale deeply and glumly say, "Hopefully we get 5 wins next year." Here lies the difference between normal fans and Cubs fans. Every year, Cubs fans delude themselves into thinking, "This is it, this is the year, we are going all the way, baby!" It is almost like a cult. It doesn't matter if they are coming off a 100 win season or a 45 win season, the outlook is always the same. It won't be long before they qualify for tax exempt religion status and commit a mass suicide in Buckingham Fountain(hopefully).
After reading the above prose, one would probably think "Well, tickets have to be affordable." While this would seem to be a logical thought progression, in 2010 the Cubs have the highest ticket prices in baseball. Higher than the Yankees! Yes, a team that just built a new stadium, has more world series wins than most MLB teams combined, and resides in a larger market has LOWER ticket prices than a team who has constantly failed for over a century. This fact alone speaks volumes about the intelligence of Cubs fans. They willingly pay more money to watch their team fail. Every year.
But, what makes Cubs fans so unbearable is that they wear their failure like a badge of courage. They truly believe as if choosing this lifestyle makes them noble. They seem to think that since their team is historically shitty, they are better fans than anyone else. The only thing they are better at is failing, and that, apparently, is something to be proud of. The Cubs are the only losing franchise that somehow manages to recruit new bandwagon fans each year. People gladly jump on to experience heartbreak and failure. Every. Single. Year. It's baffling.[/SIZE]
1) The Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series Title since 1909. That was over a century ago.
2)Despite being known for letting down their ever increasing fan base for over 100 years, the Cubs somehow are one of the top 5 grossing MLB teams.
3) The Cubs are known for losing. Even Cubs fans will tell you that they are the "Loveable Losers". Process that for a second. Cubs fans love losing.
The Chicago Cubs: An Abridged History
The Chicago Cubs were founded in 1870 as the Chicago Baseball Club. Shortly thereafter, they changed their name to the Chicago White Stockings, a fact Cubs fans will proudly bring up to their (much better) rivals on the south side, the Chicago White Sox. The team later changed names a few more times throughout the early 1800's, at one point they even adopted the name the Chicago Orphans (see what I did there). In 1902 the team was sold to a man named Jim Hart, who renamed them to the Cubs. Over the next 7 years, the Cubs were referred to as a dynasty. In that span they won a fairly impressive 2 World Series titles. Keep in mind, this was during a time in which: A) there were virtually zero African American, Latino, or Asian players in the league. B) The minimum home run distance was yet to be established at 250 ft, meaning that some ball parks outfields were comparable to your average little league field. And, C) Earned runs (perhaps the most important pitching stat we have available) were not recorded. Basically, this means that the only time the Cubs were worth a shit was when baseball resembled something similar to that drunken game of home run derby you played with your college buddies at the little league diamond that one Memorial Day.
Cubs Fans: A Baffling Culture
If failure was summarized by a group of individuals, it would manifest itself as the Chicago Cubs. If un-earned arrogance and complete douchebaggery were summarized by a group of individuals, they would most certainly manifest themselves as Cubs fans. Since most of the teams fans can be classified as flaming bags of douche, it is really no surprise that a staggering number of hot chicks are fans as well. Because if there is one constant in life, it's that hot chicks love guys who are douchebags. The great Albert Einstein even dedicated his life's work in creating his famous "Hot Chicks and Douchebags Theorem" (citation needed). As you probably expected, a vast majority of these young women have virtually no interest in the game. They are only there to drink and look cute, as evidenced below.
There isn't another team in professional sports with a longer championship drought than the Cubs. Despite this crucial fact, they have one of the largest fan bases in all of professional sports, are one of the top 5 grossing teams in the MLB, and are one of the top 10 grossing teams in all professional sports. The real question is, why?
Let's take a look at other established teams with large fan bases. For the sake of example, let's use the Yankees. While being pretty much reviled in every state other than New York, the Yankees have built a large fan base due to several factors. One of which being that their home city, New York, is really fucking big. Second of all, they have a large and dedicated fan base because they, you know, win world series championships. 27 to be exact. Yeah, you might hate the Yankees and their fans, but, can you really argue with them? Their team has won TWENTY SEVEN FUCKING WORLD TITLES. The only reason people hate them is because they are jealous their own team couldn't get in on a piece of the action. And that hate is completely justified. After all, sports hate makes the world go round.
In any other city, in any other sport, a team as futile as the Cubs would be considered failures, and would struggle to hit the 50% attendance mark at every home game. It's only logical. If your team is awful and has been awful for 100 years, you would stop supporting them. Yet, somehow, someway, the Cubs sell out almost all of their games without any problem at all. There are plenty of teams who have had long stretches of futility. Pretty much every team goes through a dry spell. The difference between most teams and the Cubs is their fans. If you ask a Detroit Lions fan how the team is going to do next year, they would probably exhale deeply and glumly say, "Hopefully we get 5 wins next year." Here lies the difference between normal fans and Cubs fans. Every year, Cubs fans delude themselves into thinking, "This is it, this is the year, we are going all the way, baby!" It is almost like a cult. It doesn't matter if they are coming off a 100 win season or a 45 win season, the outlook is always the same. It won't be long before they qualify for tax exempt religion status and commit a mass suicide in Buckingham Fountain(hopefully).
After reading the above prose, one would probably think "Well, tickets have to be affordable." While this would seem to be a logical thought progression, in 2010 the Cubs have the highest ticket prices in baseball. Higher than the Yankees! Yes, a team that just built a new stadium, has more world series wins than most MLB teams combined, and resides in a larger market has LOWER ticket prices than a team who has constantly failed for over a century. This fact alone speaks volumes about the intelligence of Cubs fans. They willingly pay more money to watch their team fail. Every year.
But, what makes Cubs fans so unbearable is that they wear their failure like a badge of courage. They truly believe as if choosing this lifestyle makes them noble. They seem to think that since their team is historically shitty, they are better fans than anyone else. The only thing they are better at is failing, and that, apparently, is something to be proud of. The Cubs are the only losing franchise that somehow manages to recruit new bandwagon fans each year. People gladly jump on to experience heartbreak and failure. Every. Single. Year. It's baffling.[/SIZE]
