About John Scott...

……. People that don’t like Scott, seemingly hate Scott for whatever reason, stop short of citing to where he loses games for the Hawks. No one to my limited knowledge has ever pointed to where he’s won games, but I do know that in the playoffs the last couple of years just the mere fact he dressed stopped some teams from getting too chippy. Plus, I’m one of those people that would reward him for working harder than everyone else. It counts, I’m sorry.

But the beginning of the season is about figuring out what you’ve got, what works, and how each part works. Yes, two points now are two points later, I understand that, but If you lose an extra game or two due to trying out new pieces, motivating players, figuring out what you have etc., that’s just the way it is and every team in the NHL has to go through that.

What I’m saying, is that when the season has progressed to the point where you can project certain things such as “we need to win 10 of our next 15 to grab X spot in the standings,” those are the games where you sit Scott to win because your eyes are on the goal, and you need to get it done. That’s when the games start to “matter” to the team, even though in the standings they are worth the same amount of points as games during this point in the season.

If John Scott had any scruples at all, he would resign and forfeit his salary because he sure as hell doesn’t earn it on the ice.

Seriously??

I know this isn’t peewee, and I know this isn’t mites, and I know that in the words of ChicagoNativeSon “It’s about winning, not appeasing some kid’s parents.”

But keep in mind, these are still people like you and me, just people who happen to be really good at hockey. Underneath the salaries and the money, underneath the media and the hype you have 30 or so individual beings who are susceptible to mental variables. A good hockey player has to have a healthy head and a healthy mentality, and that is just as important, if not more important than their talent. How many players are in the Hawks organization under the age of 25? I mean c’mon those are still pretty much freakin’ kids. They’ve got agents to deal with the money and politics of hockey, they just want to play and win.

They’ll understand when they aren’t the best option for the team.

They’ll also get down on themselves when they can’t figure out what the hell they have to do to just get a shot to be an irrelevant piece of the puzzle on the ice. You could be wasting great talent, and have no idea it even exists when this mentality creeps into peoples’ heads.

At least, by Quenneville playing John Scott because he busts his ass he’s showing the guys the effort it takes for them to get noticed.

How’s that mouse? Feeding it lots of cheese?

Not sure what that means, and not sure that I care.

Like you’re doing, right? I enjoy the assumption that your position is the right one and that you stand alone against the tyranny of the spectrum of opinions that actually exist. Who’s oblivious? I particularly enjoyed this pearl…

No, not quite what I’m doing. I don’t have an army of minions following my posts. I’m aware that nobody knows who I am, or gives a shit who I am. I’m actually surprised that this post got more than 2 people to even comment on it. I’m simply trying to ask people to stop bitching about John Scott and using him on the ice to justify calling Q an incompetent disaster of a coach. What I’m saying is that NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHY Q IS PLAYING SCOTT!! But I can guarantee that Q can see he sucks! There is no way in hell Q thinks that John Scott is a savvy defenseman, and it pisses me off when people try to pass off Q as an incompetent fuck for playing Scott when their justification is simply Scott sucks. Nobody has any idea what’s going on behind the scenes. The shit Q feeds the media isn’t for us people who know a thing or two about hockey, but for the millions who don’t and see John Scott as the end all tough guy that the Hawks need to put up with douchebags like the Canucks.

guess you’ve been spending quite a bit of time at Johnny’s to know this, eh? Please keep us posted.
 
And FYI, this is the NHL, not the mites. It’s about winning, not appeasing some kid’s parents.

Actually, I am playing some not-so-very-competitive hockey at the moment (not Johnny’s), and I enjoy it. Thanks.

But, I have also played some very competitive hockey in the past, and been on both the struggling for a bottom role side of things, and the nice and secure on the top line side of things. And I can tell you for a fact, that knowing your coach is willing to give you a chance because you bust your ass, or knowing you can bust your ass, and still not have a chance, makes a big freakin’ difference in the way you play your game.

And the irony of this after joking about a "literally" semi-retarded person? Really? I guess the fact that they’re "literally" semi-retarded makes it better, not worse, amiright?

Uh… yeah I guess because it’s not a joke. He’s slightly retarded, and usually pretty drunk. Sad yes, but why pretend it’s not how it is? Why not have fun with it? What should I do, just feel really bad for him? If he can joke about it, I can joke about it. But if it makes you feel better to put me in my place about something you aren’t even a part of, then fine. Feel good.

And until then, quit yours too? Deal?

No. Not a deal.

I don’t come on here after every game and bitch about you guys bitching about Q for playing John Scott. I said one thing once because damn, every game that Scott plays it’s like every blog writer in Chicago wants all Hawks fans to get outraged that he’s playing Scott, and start spreading the word about it or something, and they don’t (nor do I) know the exact reason why Scott’s even playing. There is much more to it than Q is an incompetent jag, and we don’t exactly know what it is.

And Sorry, but I’m not trying to pick on this blog or anything. I love SCH, I think its great, and the Committed Indian is great too. I posted here because this is by far the most popular, and also the most responsible for persuading fans to follow one view or another. I just think it would be much better if we would leave the Q sucks because John Scott sucks out of it, because it really is not warranted.

I really enjoyed your Bufflin avatar though. Awesome!

Damn right you enjoyed my “Bufflin” avatar.

I enjoyed the… green background behind your post… smartass.

No shit. I think I’ll start a Fan Post about hockey in Nazi concentration camps and see if that goes any better.

This is a pantsless-only community!

And what the heck happened there? >:(

I’m not a big fan of Scott, and I don’t think you are either. I get that you’re just pointing out that he’s not the anti-Christ of hockey.

With respect to Scott making some stretch passes, I know I and some others have given him credit for hitting those tape to tape passes on occasion. Your point about us criticizing Q seems to imply that Scott is the only thing of which people are critical. However, I think Q is routinely criticized for the line shuffles, the poor on the fly line changes, and sometimes getting overly matchy-uppy with his lines.

I’d say that a lot of people, myself included, have seen improvement in Scott’s play over last season. I used to see him play for Michigan Tech and he’s far and away better today. However, that doesn’t alter the fact that the Hawks would be be much better if he were in the press box and letting someone more competent play. You suggest that Q is coach and we should have faith in him but what fun is that as a sports fan?

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got to say about that.

now I’ve gone and Waylon’d. See what you did Badger!?!
/looks around for the badger shaped block of C4…