On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey <mary...@cfwebstore.com>wrote:
> > Oh come on, did you want them to actually look *happy* about it? Most other > athletes at the games are used to having to do award ceremonies as losers, > that's not a typical situation for a hockey player to deal with....or the > vast majority of pro athletes for that matter. When you lose, you get to > make a quick exit and deal with it in private. And there's nothing worse > than having a great comeback, push a game into overtime, and then end up > losing anyway. That *really* sucks. I actually was very impressed that > Miller was willing to talk to NBC immediately after the loss, that shows a > ton of class. > I didn't watch a second of the Olympics after Crosby made his goal...for me, that game was the closing ceremonies.....so I don't know how our boys acted. If they were sulking or whatnot, that would be disappointing.....especially since what they achieved was really, really remarkable. They had no business being in the gold medal match and pushing the NHL all star team masquerading as Team Canada to an overtime. They should have held their heads high and congratulated the Canadians on barely surviving a game that, on paper, they should have won easily :) I was heaping with pride for our boys.....and all of our Olympians. What an amazing olympics for the red, white and blue. -- With a little perseverance you can get things done Without a blind adherence that has conquered some ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312850 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
