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Quick Question
- Thread starter JDUBBS1280
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Re: Quick Question
If I just write about how great UND's hockey program is, that's one thing. There is a strong risk I will be deemed a blowhard, arrogant, etc... That risk is exacerbated the more argumentative I become on the subject.
But if a non-UND fan, or even a fan of a competing program, were to write the exact same statement about UND's program, it will be taken in an entirely different context by members of this Board.
As I've responded to you in the past, there is absolutely nothing wrong with taking pride in your own program. Everyone on this Board does that. But it doesn't have to come at the expense of other programs, and you have to understand that the more you blow your own horn, the more tired we become of the noise.
In any event, I'm glad you've decided to try to rehabilitate your reputation on this Board.
There is a difference though, and it's not clear to me yet that you understand it. The difference is the perspective of the person who wrote the statements.I meant this thread to be fun. I even said so before I posted what Swami wrote. Just poking fun at the fact that he and I can say virtually the same thing and I get attacked and he doesn't.
Because I was a new guy, and a Gopher fan, I was attacked as being "arrogant" by a guy I have come to now realize is a bigger troll than anyone. Would Swami have been attacked for saying the same thing? Am I not allowed to speak my mind, in a Gopher thread no less? Where was the backlash at the troll attacking my thoughts?
I've turned the page. Time to move past all that stuff
If I just write about how great UND's hockey program is, that's one thing. There is a strong risk I will be deemed a blowhard, arrogant, etc... That risk is exacerbated the more argumentative I become on the subject.
But if a non-UND fan, or even a fan of a competing program, were to write the exact same statement about UND's program, it will be taken in an entirely different context by members of this Board.
As I've responded to you in the past, there is absolutely nothing wrong with taking pride in your own program. Everyone on this Board does that. But it doesn't have to come at the expense of other programs, and you have to understand that the more you blow your own horn, the more tired we become of the noise.
In any event, I'm glad you've decided to try to rehabilitate your reputation on this Board.
JDUBBS1280
MN Hockey Enthusiast
I agree. I should have dropped it long ago. I got defensive and let it effect my attitude. I certainly didn't help my own cause.
And thank you for seeing my effort to turn the page
Re: Quick Question
OK, I'll stand up and address the one issue that everyone is thinking about but won't touch, for some reason. Keep in mind, I'm only the messenger here.
John Mariucci liked men, OK. Most of us have heard the lurid stories of him chasing Canadian brutes around in the bowels of old Chicago Stadium dressed in nothing but a garter belt. But Johnnie wasn't gay, see, he was trannie. He loved men, but he also loved being a man. So while some casual observers thought he was gay, he was actually as hetero as, say, Marilyn Manson.
That was all OK in the environment of cosmopolitan Chicago, but when he returned home to the backward and puritanical Lutherans of Minnesota, it was quite a different story. The result is the person we are all familiar with--the bitter and repressed old homophobe who would not cross the St. Croix, who refused to step onto ice Canadians had skated upon until it was resurfaced, and who scrubbed and sanitized his stick handle until his fingers bled. Now that this is all being more widely discussed, he has become an icon for those who identify with the horrors of growing up in such a repressed environment lusting after Manitoban and Saskatchewaner hockey players and, more than anything, wanting to BE one.
But, you know, some good came of it, and we don't live in the dark ages anymore.
OK, I'll stand up and address the one issue that everyone is thinking about but won't touch, for some reason. Keep in mind, I'm only the messenger here.
John Mariucci liked men, OK. Most of us have heard the lurid stories of him chasing Canadian brutes around in the bowels of old Chicago Stadium dressed in nothing but a garter belt. But Johnnie wasn't gay, see, he was trannie. He loved men, but he also loved being a man. So while some casual observers thought he was gay, he was actually as hetero as, say, Marilyn Manson.
That was all OK in the environment of cosmopolitan Chicago, but when he returned home to the backward and puritanical Lutherans of Minnesota, it was quite a different story. The result is the person we are all familiar with--the bitter and repressed old homophobe who would not cross the St. Croix, who refused to step onto ice Canadians had skated upon until it was resurfaced, and who scrubbed and sanitized his stick handle until his fingers bled. Now that this is all being more widely discussed, he has become an icon for those who identify with the horrors of growing up in such a repressed environment lusting after Manitoban and Saskatchewaner hockey players and, more than anything, wanting to BE one.
But, you know, some good came of it, and we don't live in the dark ages anymore.
UncleRay
M-A-I-N-E, GooOOO, Blue!
JDUBBS1280
MN Hockey Enthusiast
The fact that you chose to post this response to that post of mine, while choosing to ignore the demented trash of a post above yours speaks volumes about you as an individual and how seriously I should consider your thoughts on any subject.
G
Gurtholfin
Guest
Re: Quick Question
Link?
I hear he became a goat baron in his later years. Monopolized all things goat in the Iron Range for a solid decade.
Link?
I hear he became a goat baron in his later years. Monopolized all things goat in the Iron Range for a solid decade.
Re: Quick Question
Very impressive. The goat baron racket in Minnesota is ubercompetitive--like controling the numbers racket in Brooklyn. Especially amazing since I heard he wasn't the brightest bulb in the box.
Very impressive. The goat baron racket in Minnesota is ubercompetitive--like controling the numbers racket in Brooklyn. Especially amazing since I heard he wasn't the brightest bulb in the box.
UncleRay
M-A-I-N-E, GooOOO, Blue!
Re: Quick Question
I'm laughing my head off at the moment because of the irony of this post, which is the post above mine the way I have USCHO sort posts. Demented trash indeed!
cross cheque
Make the playoffs, not war.
Compared to all of your previous posts his was a gem, clown.
FiveHole12
Registered User
sterlippo1
Well-known member
dggoddard
New member
Re: Quick Question
Puck Swami was once a used hockey equipment salesman who began his career in his native Latvia. The legendary persona of Puck Swami was born when a drunk Swedish hockey team invaded his house while was away and held his family hostage; when Swami arrived, they killed one of the children to show him their resolve, then threaten to kill his wife and remaining children if he did not surrender his used hockey equipment. Rather than give in to their demands, he killed his own family and all but one of the Swedes, knowing the survivor will tell the college hockey community what has happened.
Swami then went after the players' families, killing dozens of people including, friends and even people who skated with them in Tuesday evening beer league games. He then went "underground", never again posting on USCHO and remaining invisible to fellow Pioneer fans.
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the USCHO posting community he didn't exist."
Puck Swami was once a used hockey equipment salesman who began his career in his native Latvia. The legendary persona of Puck Swami was born when a drunk Swedish hockey team invaded his house while was away and held his family hostage; when Swami arrived, they killed one of the children to show him their resolve, then threaten to kill his wife and remaining children if he did not surrender his used hockey equipment. Rather than give in to their demands, he killed his own family and all but one of the Swedes, knowing the survivor will tell the college hockey community what has happened.
Swami then went after the players' families, killing dozens of people including, friends and even people who skated with them in Tuesday evening beer league games. He then went "underground", never again posting on USCHO and remaining invisible to fellow Pioneer fans.
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the USCHO posting community he didn't exist."
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If I remember right his father, mother or both attended Minnesota.
I heard that Swami stopped posting because he criticized a player on here, and later dealt with angry family members of that player at a game. He never insulted the player, just commented on what he needed to work on. Again, just the story I heard from a few people.
He repeatedly talked about how much he respected the Gophers, and expounded about how them doing well was good for the game at the college level. I remember him saying how he considered going to Minnesota as an undergrad, but he was afraid that all the beautiful corn-fed blondes would keep him from getting anything done.
If I remember right his father, mother or both attended Minnesota.
dggoddard
New member
Re: Quick Question
Dad - Michigan
Mother - BU
Grandmother and Grandfather – Minnesota
He got into Sconnie & went to DU. That pretty much covers all the "History & Traditions" schools in college hockey.
I'm pretty sure it was Michigan.
Dad - Michigan
Mother - BU
Grandmother and Grandfather – Minnesota
He got into Sconnie & went to DU. That pretty much covers all the "History & Traditions" schools in college hockey.
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I stand corrected. Maybe I thinking of an uncle or something like that. Oh, well. He was a good one.
I stand corrected. Maybe I thinking of an uncle or something like that. Oh, well. He was a good one.