On 2/23/2014 8:53 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:44:41 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/22/14, 8:41 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:28:20 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/22/14, 3:51 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 15:28:03 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

...a sparsely populated somewhat socialistic state defeated the USA in
Olympic hockey and is taking home the bronze medal. Apparently our
highly paid professional hockey players weren't up to the test.

Norway, another socialistic state, at the moment has more gold medals
than the USA, which has nine, the same as much smaller, population-wise,
as Canada.

Must be the fault of global warming, eh?

They probably care more about these sports.



Yeah, that must be it. A country with a population of under six million
fielded a hockey team that beat the highly paid U.S. National Hockey
League team because the Americans don't care enough about hockey. Oh,
and the Fins only came in third.

Maybe the NHL should fire the losers they sent and hire the Fins. I
bet they would appreciate the pay raise.

I doubt most Americans would even notice tho.

When the Clippers went to LA they asked how come 15 million Angelenos
can't fill a hockey stadium and the answer was there must be 15
million people in LA who don't like hockey.


Oh, I dunno. People watch televised golf matches, and golf is somewhat
less exciting than watching beige ceiling paint dry.

That's your impression because you don't play (probably couldn't make it around a golf course, could
you?), and you know nothing of the game.


This is from the guy who loves baseball, doesn't care who wins, gets his
kicks watching the boys scratch their balls.

No fighting in Olympic hockey.
That and the bigger ice surface is what makes it so special.
Of course, having the best players on the ice helps too.