A simple,
"good call on Korpi", would suffice.
I
hate to have to respond to these ridiculous repetitive comments, but, they are directed to me
personally, and I ironically see who has 'liked' said comments, and feel I should respond....
You literally have zero credibility or information to back up these statements.
You aren't the judge of my "credibility", when it comes to anything hockey or psychologically, in regards to quotes and body language involving teammates and their goalie. Well before the things (
that did happen) happened last year, and the truth couldn't be hidden from the public, I knew something was off. Lots of
manufactured "love" for Bobby. Most of the quotes you would hear from players, coaches and management were (IMO
) the epitome of the stereotypical and robotic
pump-up-our-teammate talk. I mean, do you really think that skinny ass dude is
REALLY, "the hardest worker in the weight room", or whatever other
fluff the guys would speak?
Hardest sleeper in the hot tub maybe, soaking those groins for too long.
And over time, the reason and need for all the
reinforcement was pretty clear.... Bobby's HUGE
and yet FRAIL ego. Nobody, even myself, ever really thought he was a
BAD goalie. What I, and yes many others came to terms with, is that
he can be bad. At times, VERY BAD. At times, at the VERY WORST TIMES. And yet the perception to many fans and "media" when the team started to
win games, was that Bobrovsky had a HUGE impact on that. Now look, ANY GOALIE, good or bad, has an "IMPACT" on their teams' performance, the question is how much. THAT is where (my)
Bobrovsky AND the Bluejackets, thing comes from. It became the popular narrative, especially after the Vezina wins, that without Bobrovsky the team literally
couldn't "win". That narrative trickles down to the other players, who bust there asses in front of that dude on a daily basis, see the weak ass goals at the worst possible times, and have to actually interact with his diva attitude on a daily basis. I can guarantee you from what ended up happening last year was just confirmation that the "relationship" between not only Bob and Jarmo/Torts, but Bob and the team, was NOT "healthy". Jarmo
should have made a deal shortly after the season started, at the very least, last year, and went with Korpisalo. I say that NOW, and I said it THEN.
There have been more than a couple
red flags if you
wanted to pay any attention, going quite a ways back to the sports psychologist talk, where instead of taking it like a highly paid (in general and especially in relation to teams cap) professional or thinking about his position and impact on the teams performance, Bobby essentially said, "its not me, it the TEAM". Like many fans here, give himself credit for the good, but remove responsibility for the bad.
Things didn't just start to happen last year, all the quotes from all the most important people in the organization, was just confirmation that things had been less than great behind the scenes for quite some time.
"They know my plans" (Bob) and "It is what it is" (Jones) are 9 simple words/2 simple quotes that say
more than enough for me. So is the "motto" the team has near the dressing room that I saw (ironically I believe an away broadcast) that some may not know about.
"Our TEAM above all, above all our TEAM"
And to think not is to be quibbling about individual goals and overlook the lack of goal support in too many starts.
