I never did understand Nascar. Just seemed like a reason to drink beer and yell. I like F1 racing but I think it's because you have to have some more skill to do that. Nascar is a big ring with 4 lefts. How hard can that be? I don't know when everyone became Nascar crazy. I was raised in a rural town so Nascar was part of my lexicon growing up. But Nascar was something that only rednecks cared about. Now it seems that everyone in the country has a driver, and conversely everyone hates Jeff Gordon. In this age of Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy I think it's only inevitable that everyone will like Nascar. Even you, you naysayer
But I'll never get it. Louis asked me on Saturday what the Busch series was. I don't have any idea. I think it's like the AHL for racing was my answer. I'm pretty sure it was wrong but this question came from, "Do you remember when it was the Winston Cup? Before they found out smoking was bad?" It's time to face facts, we live in a dumbed down society and if the broadcasters are going to mention it 100 times then it will slowly leak into our subconcious and then we will all be Nascar zombies.
BTW did you see the end of the race? (arms outstretched in Frankenstein manner)
It does seem that negative nancies seem to eat up a lot of time and it's pretty amusing (case in point Derek vs Annette: Battle to the death). What I really love are the people that are like if you like X then you are a douchebag unworthy of life. Well, that's a little harsh. I've never been a man so I don't know what's it's like to be puffed up, but at 16 I'm pretty sure that you are the best at everything and everyone that says different is just jealous of your skill. Did you ever have aspirations of going to the NHL at that age? or had the bubble been burst? I think it's human nature to believe that someone that doesn't do it "right" has no business doing it. The facts are
1) He has an NHL contract and gets paid
2) He deserves to be there.
That't it it sums it up. It's strange to hear someone say that he gets mad after a goal. What goalie doesn't. That's how Olie got his Godzilla nickname because he has a terrible temper (I don't think he ever stomped Tokyo, but I could be wrong). His temper was so bad that he played in the Minors until he could control it. I think now most of his PIMs are for unsportsmanlike conduct. One game the ref came to get the puck and he hit it to the other end of the ice. He bangs his sticks on the pipes and says bad words. Is he unworthy of a contract? No. But then again, he does play a classic butterfly style that gives up umpteen rebounds which the D can't clear so he gets scored on more than a Montreal hooker. But he can't be blamed for that. The one thing I've noticed about Timmy's style is that he doesn't have to rely on the D. His style doesn't give up rebounds like butterfly goalies. I might be off base but that's the one thing that I can see that is different. Also I think he's getting a better workout than the butterfly goalies because he's involving all his muscle groups
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So the moral of the story is:
Don't be a goon.
