Boyle, McDonagh, and Stralman wait for the flag to leave the ice
Didn't know where to put this, so if it belongs in another thread, feel free to move it.
It really struck me because I for one am very patriotic and take great pride in being American. I myself during the anthem don't clap or make any noises. While everyone in the arena is clapping during the last verse, I'm standing still with my hand over my chest, silent. This really made an impression on me.
EDIT: Now that I see Stralman does it as well and he isn't even American, that makes a big impression on me. I have a lot more respect for him now. Kudos to Stralman.
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Jaime Lannister has better hands than Brian Boyle.
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"Here we can see the agression of american people. They love fighting and guns. when they wont win they try to kill us all." -HalfOfFame
I was at a game a few weeks ago, I can't remember which game but Stepan started and he waited for the flag to leave before he left the line, no other player waited but him, I don't remember if McD started that game or not though
Just a guess since it's Boyle, McD, & on a different night Stepan when he was a starter.
My local D1 team is a small school and their flag is hung from a goal end wall. All those guys came from big schools, maybe they have a big walk out flag ceremony pregame as well and thats what they are used to doing?
People can be patriotic however they want, so I don't really think of this as a big deal. However, to the OP: putting your hand over your heart during the anthem isn't actually appropriate. Your hand goes over your heart when you're swearing an oath or making a pledge, which you are not doing during the anthem. Technically, the appropriate thing during the anthem is to stand at attention. Like I said, it's not a big deal and just something people don't tend to think about. And like I said, since people find their own ways to be patriotic, I think of the cheering during the anthem the same way. It's not technically appropriate, but it is patriotic and that's what matters.
As for Boyle and McDonagh, good for them. I'm sure a bunch of the other Americans do similar things on the Rangers. This is a very American group. We have an equal number of Americans as Canadians in the lineup, which is rare.
People can be patriotic however they want, so I don't really think of this as a big deal. However, to the OP: putting your hand over your heart during the anthem isn't actually appropriate. Your hand goes over your heart when you're swearing an oath or making a pledge, which you are not doing during the anthem. Technically, the appropriate thing during the anthem is to stand at attention. Like I said, it's not a big deal and just something people don't tend to think about. And like I said, since people find their own ways to be patriotic, I think of the cheering during the anthem the same way. It's not technically appropriate, but it is patriotic and that's what matters.
As for Boyle and McDonagh, good for them. I'm sure a bunch of the other Americans do similar things on the Rangers. This is a very American group. We have an equal number of Americans as Canadians in the lineup, which is rare.
Are you really going to go there? Since when it is not okay for people to do things there own way? (if it wasn't truly a big deal, you would not have wrote the paragraph and brought it up)
That being said I think it shows the amount of respect that those two have for their country and I for one am happy as hell to see it.
Didn't think it was possible but I love McD and Boyle even more now. I remember that Jagr was huge on America as well.
That'll happen when you grow up dirt poor under the thumb of communism. When he was growing up he kept a picture of Ronald Reagan in his school book.
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One day, sure enough, the teacher picked up Jagr's grade book to write down the score he had made on a test and found the photograph. Are you crazy, Jaromir? Take it out, she told him. So he did. But as soon as class was over, Jagr put the photograph of Ronald Reagan, president of the United States, back into his grade book. Jagr admired Reagan because he was somebody who stood up to the Communists, who had identified the Soviet Union as the "evil empire" that Jagr's family knew it to be. Month after month the teacher continued to find that photo of Reagan in Jagr's grade book, continued to admonish him, but she never confiscated it. And every time, when class was over, Jagr would slip it back into its place.
"In school we were always taught the Soviet doctrine," Jagr says. "The U.S.A. was bad and wanted war. Russia was our friend and was preventing the United States from bombing us. Even my father didn't tell me the truth, because he was afraid I'd say something in school that would get us into trouble. But my grandmother, she told me the truth."
People can be patriotic however they want, so I don't really think of this as a big deal....
And like I said, since people find their own ways to be patriotic, I think of the cheering during the anthem the same way. It's not technically appropriate, but it is patriotic and that's what matters.
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Originally Posted by NvincentYvalentineR
Are you really going to go there? Since when it is not okay for people to do things there own way? (if it wasn't truly a big deal, you would not have wrote the paragraph and brought it up):
You're right, because typing is such a huge endeavor that one should only do it if it's a big deal.
People can be patriotic however they want, so I don't really think of this as a big deal. However, to the OP: putting your hand over your heart during the anthem isn't actually appropriate. Your hand goes over your heart when you're swearing an oath or making a pledge, which you are not doing during the anthem. Technically, the appropriate thing during the anthem is to stand at attention. Like I said, it's not a big deal and just something people don't tend to think about. And like I said, since people find their own ways to be patriotic, I think of the cheering during the anthem the same way. It's not technically appropriate, but it is patriotic and that's what matters.
As for Boyle and McDonagh, good for them. I'm sure a bunch of the other Americans do similar things on the Rangers. This is a very American group. We have an equal number of Americans as Canadians in the lineup, which is rare.
It is appropriate.
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The Salute
To salute, all persons come to attention. Those in uniform give the appropriate formal salute. Citizens not in uniform salute by placing their right hand over the heart and men with head cover should remove it and hold it to left shoulder, hand over the heart. Members of organizations in formation salute upon command of the person in charge.
Since when it is not okay for people to do things there own way? (if it wasn't truly a big deal, you would not have wrote the paragraph and brought it up)
