Whiplash
I found it more amusing than amazing when I read a piece in the Record by Sports Editor Al Coates about the Kitchener Rangers trip south after the Memorial Cup. If you didn’t read it, the basic message is “so what” and “I’d have done the same thing, get over it.” Really? Wasn’t it your paper that started the chase? There were constant mentions of it…calls to the league office, quotes from other team officials who basically said “so what?”….Now it’s no big deal. The Rangers financial picture has never been better….they have finally gone public with their desire for a new rink in the city and reports indicate the Memorial Cup brought in over ten million dollars to the local economy. Does this signal a shift in the way the scribes will scribble about the local Lords of the rink? Here’s a tip. Tape your ankles. Hopping on and off the bandwagon can be dangerous.