OT: If you don't understand what the phrase "Burn the Boats" means

[Schenn]

Hanta Yo > Burn the boats

That was Ron Wilson's shtick though. How well did that work?

 

[thewave]

It's still a terrible gimmick, it's a negative being used as a positive.

Why not Crash the net or Own the Zone or Empower self or Rule the road or never back down...but no we take burn the boats which can be seen as in this context as destroy what you have made and except your fate. Lol it's seriously just terrible...

Rule the Ice!

 

[Kyle Doobas*]

Why not Crash the net or Own the Zone or Empower self or Rule the road or never back down

Yeah, 'Never Back Down' is way better.

lol

 

[egd27]

It's astonishing that the phrase needs explanation.

Not really, need to explain that Kessel is a good hockey player almost every day here.

 

[ConnorTO]

Rule the Ice!

burn the ice

 

[agropop]

Seems like its working, we don't suck. I like it.

 

[exporta]

Better idea:

Chop boats up
Use materials to make hockey sticks
Play hockey
???
Make new boats out of used hockey sticks
Go home

The point is, you don't return to home. For the Leafs, home has been the golf course in April/May. Our conquest is to make the playoffs our new home.

 

[Morbo]

ML$E strikes again

Well, at least treasure and the plundering thereof is a topic they know a lot about...and it's miles better than "Spirit is Everything"(shudder).

 

[thewave]

The point is, you don't return to home. For the Leafs, home has been the golf course in April/May. Our conquest is to make the playoffs our new home.

That would so suck , you mean a bunch of guys stuck on this land away from the wives family no hope of going home but we can go kill some people or die and even if we win we can't get back. That sounds like it sucks,

Burn the general that burns the boat and destroys hope of going home, probably his best motivator in this thing called reality lol.

$20,000.00 per goal

 

[Commander Clueless]

Wait you googled google? Googleception!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqxLmLUT-qc

 

[Man Bear Pig]

It's still a terrible gimmick, it's a negative being used as a positive.

Why not Crash the net or Own the Zone or Empower self or Rule the road or never back down...but no we take burn the boats which can be seen as in this context as destroy what you have made and except your fate. Lol it's seriously just terrible...

Rule the Ice!

You really, really can't grasp the meaning can you?

 

[JesusBouillon]

This team must waste a lot of money on boats.

Mod Edit:

Siegel Explains

That story doesn't make sense, unless the treasure includes a boat.

 

[Mess]

It's a reference to the Spanish conquistadors, more specifically. Hernan Cortés destroyed his ships in order to leave his men no option but to go forward.

"No Retreat, No Surrender" is basically the moral of the story.

 

[legendinblue]

The point is, you don't return to home. For the Leafs, home has been the golf course in April/May. Our conquest is to make the playoffs our new home.

LOL true.

Keep on burning

 

[slozo]

Honestly, I think from a historical and literary standpoint, it's an extremely poor phrase to use for a sports team, never mind that it's my beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. The Portuguese have nothing to do with this team; going into games or heading towards the playoffs, it's an extremely poor analogy, mostly because there are no metaphorical boats to burn; and, it's clearly not well known among the general population of Canadians.

From a moral standpoint, it's reprehensible, IMHO. Cortes was a murdering psychopath by today's standards, by his day's standards, as ruthless a dictator as any. To have a phrase celebrating his murder of millions of indigenous peoples of our continent . . . is surely not the right thing to use! That's not being politically correct, that's just speaking as a human being.

The Leafs fan using this phrase should use something better.

 

[thewave]

Honestly, I think from a historical and literary standpoint, it's an extremely poor phrase to use for a sports team, never mind that it's my beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. The Portuguese have nothing to do with this team; going into games or heading towards the playoffs, it's an extremely poor analogy, mostly because there are no metaphorical boats to burn; and, it's clearly not well known among the general population of Canadians.

From a moral standpoint, it's reprehensible, IMHO. Cortes was a murdering psychopath by today's standards, by his day's standards, as ruthless a dictator as any. To have a phrase celebrating his murder of millions of indigenous peoples of our continent . . . is surely not the right thing to use! That's not being politically correct, that's just speaking as a human being.

The Leafs fan using this phrase should use something better.

And that's my point, it's like using **** and pillage as your motivational phrase. It's terrible from every which way you look at it.

I don't even know the team would buy in to this gimmick over Never Back Down. Create Destiny. Empower Each Other. Sacrifice Nothing. Take it Home

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Honestly, I think from a historical and literary standpoint, it's an extremely poor phrase to use for a sports team, never mind that it's my beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. The Portuguese have nothing to do with this team; going into games or heading towards the playoffs, it's an extremely poor analogy, mostly because there are no metaphorical boats to burn; and, it's clearly not well known among the general population of Canadians.

From a moral standpoint, it's reprehensible, IMHO. Cortes was a murdering psychopath by today's standards, by his day's standards, as ruthless a dictator as any. To have a phrase celebrating his murder of millions of indigenous peoples of our continent . . . is surely not the right thing to use! That's not being politically correct, that's just speaking as a human being.

The Leafs fan using this phrase should use something better.

I think you're taking this a bit too seriously.The metaphorical boats are the teams of the past. The players, the management etc. More importantly, the lack of playoff runs and season after season of losing. Leave it all behind. Simple message.

 

[thewave]

"No Retreat, No Surrender" is basically the moral of the story.

Why not just say that instead of referencing the villain lol.

 

[thewave]

I think you're taking this a bit too seriously.The metaphorical boats are the teams of the past. The players, the management etc. More importantly, the lack of playoff runs and season after season of losing. Leave it all behind. Simple message.

It is what it is with and without the spin lol.

 

[Mess]

Why not just say that instead of referencing the villain lol.

Last year the Leafs also "burned the boats", unfortunately the Leafs team was in them at the time. Thus the final result. !!!!

This year at least they got out first.

 

[Damisoph]

How many effing times does this need to be explained to people?

Also, upset because of the circumstances around the saying? Cmon.

 

[thewave]

Last year the Leafs also "burned the boats", unfortunately the Leafs team was in them at the time. Thus the final result. !!!!

This year at least they got out first.

Abandons ship, then burn the boat...? Lol

 

[Makaveli]

Win or Die

 

[paulster2626]

This phrase is meaningless when the worst-case scenario is that you fail and have a few months off with a couple million bucks in your bank account.

Yeah, burn the boats... so stupid.

 

[nsleaf]

It's astonishing that the phrase needs explanation.

Yea, isn't everybody fully aware of the history of the Spanish conquistadors?
That Cortes guy.