• Anaheim finished 25th in the league last season and 17th in 2009-10, and would likely have done the same in 2010-11 if not for an absurd hot streak by Corey Perry (who's on a frontloaded deal). They're a team that has been 24th or lower in league attendance in each of the last three seasons despite being within $5 million of the cap in all of them. They're a team that's managed alarmingly poorly, almost running a 40-goal scorer out of town on many occasions and taking an "it'll take care of itself" attitude toward its defense. Their GM has managed what was just a few years ago a very good team pretty much into the ground and seems unlikely to re-sign both or indeed either of Ryan Getzlaf or Corey Perry, and again, might still trade Bobby Ryan for scrap. "So please," says Ducks owner Henry Samulei, "protect Bob Murray from himself."
He states the teams that are causing the lockout suck, have no fans, and give out circumvention contracts like candy, then tries to imply that is what Perry's deal is.
Nah, his terrible journalism makes him look amateurish. Saying two adverbs shouldn't be put together for whatever reason is too pedantic, even for me.
It's awkward, and needlessly so. An article should be easy to read, and inserting "alarmingly poorly" into a sentence is like a speed bump on an interstate highway.
Nah, his terrible journalism makes him look amateurish. Saying two adverbs shouldn't be put together for whatever reason is too pedantic, even for me.
If you find that pedantic, then be glad that you aren't working as a writer. Back when I worked for a magazine, my editor would have sent the article back with a copy of King's 'On Writing...'.
If you find that pedantic, then be glad that you aren't working as a writer. Back when I worked for a magazine, my editor would have sent the article back with a copy of King's 'On Writing...'.
Ryan Lambert is nothing more than full of himself. I confirmed that in a brief email exchange, with him, a while back. But you gotta' love watching people like that make that "emperor has no clothes" stroll every now and then.
