Life and Stuff

10 years! It's been ten long and frustrating years since the Boston Bruins have won a playoff series. Within that time, he have witnessed numerous coaching catches, talented players squandered for stiffs, and team executives that are more than someone can't find Waldo when he's staring him right in the face. It's has been enough to deplete a once proud fan base whose paradigm nows consists will we finish the season with a winning record. It didn't used to be this way.

The paradigm used to be that of how far are we going to go in the playoffs? For you see, the Bruins made the playoffs every year from 1969-1996. At the time of it's completion, it was the longest continuous streak in NHL history. It pains me to say that at the time, we took all those appearances for granted. If we knew then what we know now, we would have appreciated even the teams that were one and done. Nowadays, the Bruins are the least popular sports team in an area in which they were at the top, at least in the early seventies anyway. Now, we are left with a far from perfect team with a miserly owner, a clueless GM, and the owner's soon who had the audacity to stage a meeting with what few season ticket holders were left, telling them that they were committed to putting a winning product on the ice. To me, that's like a generic soda brand telling consumers that their soda is better tasting than Coke or Pepsi. As expected the team was reneged on their promise, and has continued to swim in a sea of mediocrity.

Do they care, no! As long as Mr Jacobs and friends make a profit off the team, they're content. So how do we solve this problem. It may be more simple than you think. The best way to solve it is i two ways, stop attending the games, and call into the talk shows demanding change. However, simple solutions are not always easily executed. The Bruins still draw reasonably large crowds and I haven't heard a Bruins fan call into WEEI since the Stone Age. I am imploring those people to wake up and smell the foul stench of your hockey team. Aa long as the Bruins are in the black, they will continue to be mediocre. If you're mad as hell and you're now gonna take it anymore, write letters, stop watching the games, stop going to the games, and start using sports radio as a soundboard. The Celtics got the message. It's time for the Bruins to as well.