Road Music, 11/08 @ ATL

by CrossCheckRaise on Nov 8, 2009 11:52 AM CST

It was 20 145 years ago ~~today~~ Wednesday, ~~Sgt. Pepper~~ Gen. Sherman told ~~the band~~ the army to ~~play~~ burn ...

Awwwwww.... fuck it....

I'm not doing the Beatles, but it struck me that we are approaching that anniversary. It was November 11th, 1864 that General Sherman told his troops to burn Atlanta to the ground. This is only important in the context that this was the grounds for Atlanta to name their first NHL franchise the Atlanta Flames in 1972. Why they thought that this was a good idea, I don't know. It didn't last, because they were gone by 1980.

Now, the Atlanta Thrashers find themselves at a crossroads for their franchise. After seeing other stars leave (Heatley, Hossa, Savard), the one that has stayed with them throughout is now approaching free agency. Ilya Kovalchuk essentially gave the team an ultimatum: Show me a commitment to winning, or I'm outta here.

In the face of this, surprisingly, Atlanta has kept Don Waddell as GM.

To make matters worse, the ownership group has been fighting amongst themselves.

Although they have a LOT of promising young talent, I'm not sure the franchise is ready to deal with another loss of a major superstar like Kovalchuk.

We owe these guys big time, for that home opener loss. Here we come, from the north, to lay waste to Atlanta. If we continue with the same sense of urgency that we displayed Saturday night, we too can set the town on fire.

Talking Heads / Burning Down The House (Live).

Actually, I've always liked to cheer for the Thrashers, and they've had some great players to watch. One of my favorites is Colby Armstrong. He can give TJ and Berglund a serious run for "Lamest Episode of Cribs Ever".

LGB!

CCR

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Never understood the Flames thing either.

I mean, it’s appropriate, but still kind of derogatory. “Hi, our team’s named after something that destroyed our city and forced us to rebuild everything and name it all Peachtree.” You’d think that one of these days that they’d let it go.

Of course, since I’m a history nut, that is one cool thing about living down here… lots of Civil War era battlefields, and Downtown Marietta managed to get spared from being lit aflame since the owner of the hotel there was an in-law of one of Sherman’s officers (or maybe Sherman himself – I don’t really remember). For the most part, though, Sherman’s why Atlanta doesn’t have a whole bunch of historical stuff other than the King Center, Carter Center, and that place where the Klan was re-founded.

Stone Mtn’s the epitome of class. Nothing like having 4 Confederate generals/commanders on the side of a boulder to show how progressive you are.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Nov 8, 2009 12:14 PM CST reply actions

And BTW...

… thank you for posting Army’s cheesy Cribs episode. I had completely forgotten about that. He’s an absolute hoot of a guy – he’s pretty much been appointed the unofficial player liaison to the fans at town halls and fan club stuff. Always very entertaining, and really nice. I need to see if the Thrashers still have their Halloween videos up – he’s hysterical. The in-house video guys are actually pretty good.

The cardboard theme they have going on this season could probably be a little… um… different, though.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Nov 8, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions

I'm going to try wearing this shirt one more time

I’m giving you ONE more chance shirt to make this win happen.

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Nov 8, 2009 1:37 PM CST reply actions

Osh and bergs have it much better then these two.what a shitty apartment.i give atlanta three more seasons before they are relocated

Somliga tänker på framtiden och upprörd. Fheiceáil de börjar raket och skyddsrum. Fheiceáil De TJ Oshie, börja ett nedfallet tak. "

by Oshie#74 on Nov 8, 2009 1:57 PM CST reply actions

Well, that vid was from

when Colby was with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton baby Penguins. He came to ATL in the trade that sent Hossa to Pittsburgh. There’s a related video where it shows him and Endicott (Endo) moving in to that apartment. It’s pretty funny, too.

.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com

by CrossCheckRaise on Nov 8, 2009 2:30 PM CST up reply actions