Re: What's McGuire's problem with Lapierre?

Marty wrote:
> Anyway, if you watched TSN, McGuire did his typical rant on Lapierre that
> he always does, though this time to a greater degree. He rants on about how
> he's "going to get it", that "he has to back this stuff up,"
etc.

Like Cherry, McGuire can't make a point without ranting how he knows so
more than his audience, and THAT becomes the point, a mistake some media
boneheads never figure out.  The tactical reasons for not fighting, in
that situation, went about 50 miles over McGuire's head, and Ferrance
knew it, put on a big show to fire up his injury riddled roster.

Maybe McGuire is just another frustrated Leafs fan.  On my satellite box
this morning the CBC has scheduled "Regional Coverage" of "NHL Hockey"
tonight at 7PM.  There are no match ups listed.  Maybe they are planning
to dump coverage of the national laughing stock.

>
> Now, IMHO, Lapierre is a terrific agitator, because he manages to do almost
> all of it with simply his mouth! He has the other team HATING him, yet they
> don't really have justification to do too much to him because he isn't
> really dirty or a cheapshot artist.
>
> So, my question is, why does he have to drop his gloves? So that a
> frustrated opponent who probably is a better fighter than him can wail on
> him for a while, rile up his team, and get the crowd cheering? McGuire
> compared Lapieere to Tucker and said something like "at least Tucker knew
> he had to back it up once in a while." Now, firstly, Tucker was a whiner to
> the refs, secondly, he was a cheap shot artist who tried to hurt players.
> So those are two differences that Lappy has on him IMO. Also, when Tucker
> was a Hab I always cringed when he dropped the gloves. All he did was lose
> fight after fight! IMO, running around being a dick, then dropping the
> gloves and getting your face pounded in does not fire up your team. It
> fires up your opponents!
>
> As long as Lappierre plays relatively clean game and doesn't whine to the
> refs, then I think it is great he gets the other team too focused on him
> for just running his mouth. He's the Esa Tikkinen (spelling wrong, I know)
> of the Habs, and if your team is going to have an agitator, Lappy is a good
> one. If he isn't much of a fighter, fine. That just frustrates the
> opponents more that he never gives them an excuse to drop the gloves.
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