Jumptheshark
Rebooting myself
Going to go on a bit of a rant here..not sure of the mods want to merge it with another topic that covers this they can if they want.
Here is my problem with the players and coaches saying it is disrespectful to the jersey to toss it on the ice.
It has been 7 years of fans watching and paying good money to watch the oiler sort of play professional hockey. Many oiler games have turned in reck league games. The players may think it is disrespectful for the fans toss the might jersey on the ice, but for me it is more disrespectful for the players to proudly cash their million buck cheques on a regular basis when they are showing little effort on the ice.
News flash to all the players who think the jersey is the end all to be all. The oiler players show little or no heart on the ice, do the actually care about the game? 99% of the games they have played in the last 5+ years? The answer is no. If Kats and the oiler fan truly cared about the fans, they would at least do some small gesture to the community as a thank you for selling out nearly every game for the past 5 years. Small gesture, what could the team as A WHOLE do to send a message that they are not just playing to get a monthly cheque that is more then most people make in a year?
Players have been complaining about jersies being tossed, why are they being tossed? The on ice product has finally gotten so bad, that it is the last option we as fans had. In hearing some of the comments, it just shows how out of touch players have become from the fans of the team. Every hockey fan that forks over cash to buy a real jersey knows what that jersey means and for them to toss it on the ice--it is them sending a message. The Edmonton oilers have had 3 top picks in the last 4 years and we are still at the bottom of the league. We are still losing on a regular basis. Edmonton fans are still paying to get into an arena, paying some of the highest ticket prices in the NHL to see some of the worst hockey played and the team expects us to take it?
It has become painfully obvious to EVERYONE that the on ice product have very little heart--the so called next ones of Hall, Hopkins, Eberle, Gagner and Schultz have shown very little heart on the ice. They have shown a love of getting paid fat cheques and that is about it. Some of the newer players, Perron, Gazic, Hendricks and a few others--they have earned their money and have shown that they are willing to do what it takes to try to win a game. The former top picks have one or two good games in a row where they get some points where it looks like they are trying to earn their pay. But the guy who are now getting 5mill+ a year are just showing what happens when little kids get money too soon. They care more about how they are going to spend the money on Vacations from April to September then actually how the earn the money from October to April.
For any oiler fan to talk about how disrespectful it is that jersies are being tossed on the ice tells me how out of touch they are. Every Canadian Hockey fans knows what the jersey means. Instead of getting the message the fans are trying to send, the players complain about what has been done-- not getting the fact a message is being sent.
1+1=2
Jersies on ice mean the fans are fed up with the lack of effort on the ice.
If the oilers were at least showing some life on the ice and more effort, the loses would not hurt as much.
The Edmonton Oiler on ice players are showing very little effort, life and heart in the games they are playing.
If they players are not going to show respect to the fans that are paying top money to see the play on a regular basis; why should the fans respect the jersey the players care so much for?
To prove the players are not just playing for money.. I dare the entire roster who plays in the 82nd and last game of the year to donate that games pay to the North Alberta Children's Hospital.
Prove to the fans you are not just playing for the pay and that you understand the pain of the community you play before. Oiler players to complain about how the fans protest being insulted day in and day out is a joke. Actions speak louder than words and the action of the oiler team on the ice screams of a team that does not care.
If the players have stopped caring why should the fans continue to pay for players who do not care.
Oiler want to prove they are playing for the love of the game and not for the pay? Game 82--Donate that pay to the Northern Alberta Children's Hospital.
Will they do? Of course not. They got three month summer Vacations and partying to pay for. It is not like that actual care for how the play in an oiler Uniform or anything
Here is my problem with the players and coaches saying it is disrespectful to the jersey to toss it on the ice.
It has been 7 years of fans watching and paying good money to watch the oiler sort of play professional hockey. Many oiler games have turned in reck league games. The players may think it is disrespectful for the fans toss the might jersey on the ice, but for me it is more disrespectful for the players to proudly cash their million buck cheques on a regular basis when they are showing little effort on the ice.
News flash to all the players who think the jersey is the end all to be all. The oiler players show little or no heart on the ice, do the actually care about the game? 99% of the games they have played in the last 5+ years? The answer is no. If Kats and the oiler fan truly cared about the fans, they would at least do some small gesture to the community as a thank you for selling out nearly every game for the past 5 years. Small gesture, what could the team as A WHOLE do to send a message that they are not just playing to get a monthly cheque that is more then most people make in a year?
Players have been complaining about jersies being tossed, why are they being tossed? The on ice product has finally gotten so bad, that it is the last option we as fans had. In hearing some of the comments, it just shows how out of touch players have become from the fans of the team. Every hockey fan that forks over cash to buy a real jersey knows what that jersey means and for them to toss it on the ice--it is them sending a message. The Edmonton oilers have had 3 top picks in the last 4 years and we are still at the bottom of the league. We are still losing on a regular basis. Edmonton fans are still paying to get into an arena, paying some of the highest ticket prices in the NHL to see some of the worst hockey played and the team expects us to take it?
It has become painfully obvious to EVERYONE that the on ice product have very little heart--the so called next ones of Hall, Hopkins, Eberle, Gagner and Schultz have shown very little heart on the ice. They have shown a love of getting paid fat cheques and that is about it. Some of the newer players, Perron, Gazic, Hendricks and a few others--they have earned their money and have shown that they are willing to do what it takes to try to win a game. The former top picks have one or two good games in a row where they get some points where it looks like they are trying to earn their pay. But the guy who are now getting 5mill+ a year are just showing what happens when little kids get money too soon. They care more about how they are going to spend the money on Vacations from April to September then actually how the earn the money from October to April.
For any oiler fan to talk about how disrespectful it is that jersies are being tossed on the ice tells me how out of touch they are. Every Canadian Hockey fans knows what the jersey means. Instead of getting the message the fans are trying to send, the players complain about what has been done-- not getting the fact a message is being sent.
1+1=2
Jersies on ice mean the fans are fed up with the lack of effort on the ice.
If the oilers were at least showing some life on the ice and more effort, the loses would not hurt as much.
The Edmonton Oiler on ice players are showing very little effort, life and heart in the games they are playing.
If they players are not going to show respect to the fans that are paying top money to see the play on a regular basis; why should the fans respect the jersey the players care so much for?
To prove the players are not just playing for money.. I dare the entire roster who plays in the 82nd and last game of the year to donate that games pay to the North Alberta Children's Hospital.
Prove to the fans you are not just playing for the pay and that you understand the pain of the community you play before. Oiler players to complain about how the fans protest being insulted day in and day out is a joke. Actions speak louder than words and the action of the oiler team on the ice screams of a team that does not care.
If the players have stopped caring why should the fans continue to pay for players who do not care.
Oiler want to prove they are playing for the love of the game and not for the pay? Game 82--Donate that pay to the Northern Alberta Children's Hospital.
Will they do? Of course not. They got three month summer Vacations and partying to pay for. It is not like that actual care for how the play in an oiler Uniform or anything
