Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 15:15:33 EDT
From: <RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: gretzky/hart/ross
Distribution: rec

In reply to your article Curtis, your article was piggheaded and totally
unfair to me.  I never said that Lemieux is the gospel.  Stop putting words
in my mouth that I never said - if you do this to other people, you're going
to find yourself in jail someday, which I wouldn't be surprised.  I don't
and never say that Lemieux is capable of performing miracles that nobody else
can do.  And I certainly haven't given Lemieux the ross/hart trophies.  All I
said is that if Gretzky misses the entire season, he can't win those awards,
it's true..that's a fact...why are all you buttheads trying to attack this
fact?  Is it because you think Gretzky is God, and you just can't stand to see
your idol out for an extended period of time?  I don't know for sure, you
haven't come out and said it, but it sure seems like it to me.
    Yes, I'm a Penguins fan, I'm going to pull for my favorite team, but I know
 there's 23 other teams out there.  In my OPINION, I think that Lemieux is the
 greatest player in the game today.  But that's just my opinion - I didn't say
 it was a fact.  My favorite Penguin is Grant Jennings, so I don't idoloize
 Lemieux or anything, even though he did save hockey in Pittsburgh.  I've been
 following the Penguins for 10 years, and I've been through a lot.  I know my
 hockey, and I respect all the other teams and their fans.
    Thirdly the Penn State people aren't all Penguins fans.  It's a big mixed
bag of Penguins fans, Flyers fans, Capitals Fans, Rangers fans, Bruins fans,
and more.  I have my friends that are fans of their favorite teams, yet we have
 intelligent discussions all the time and get together whenever the Penguins
are playing one of those teams to talk hockey.  Up until now, Penn State didn't
 get the Sportschannel feed, so all you could watch were Penguins games.  Now,
however, I'm glad to see the games on ESPN, it'll be a lot more fun - now we
can watch every team in hockey and have some fun.
    My point - if you don't know a damn thing about me, which obviously you
don't, then don't complain about what I write.  I'm myself - not every Penguins
 fan or every Penn State student.  I'm entitled to my opinions.  If I think
that Larry Murphy is the third best defenseman in the NHL, that's my opinion,
I'm entitled today.  If I think that Lemieux is the best player in the game
today, followed by Messier, Gretzky, and Hull, that's my OPINION - I'm
entitled to it!  You don't have to agree with me, but that doesn't make me a
jerk.  Yes, I like to poke fun at people like somebody who replied it's fun
being a Bruins fan 'cause SWEEEEEEEEP over the Canadiens fans.  So, for fun,
I poked yeah, Penguins SWEEEEEEEP over Bruins - so what?  I gotta lot of
Canadiens fans sending me e-mail that said they were glad I did that.  I'm
just having a little fun.  Geez, hockey isn't all serious business.  It's an
enetainment sport for fun, and I love it.  And if you can't understand that -
then you have no business being a follower of the game.  Lighten up and try
to understand what I'm saying.  I respect intelligent conversation - If you
want to talk to me through e-mail, then I'm willing to talk about anything.
In fact, I encourage it.  But don't blast all these lies against me over the
net - you're not be fair to me at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Rob