From: gerry@skatter.usask.ca
Subject: Brain-dead Edmonton Fans(Was Re: Fickle Edmonton Fans)
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:28:54 GMT

From article <1992Sep10.192047.29674@bnr.ca>, by Cory Houston:
> 
> 
> If this stubble jumper from Toon-town new anything about what was going on in
> Edmonton, he would realize that the people are not boycotting the Oilers, but
> rather their selfish, egotistical owner Peter Pocklington. He lost a lot of
> popularity when he traded away Gretzky(it all started when he traded away Paul
> Coffey, but the ignorant fans blamed Coffey), but in the last few years the
>problem has compounded by letting other players go because he is too *cheap* to
> pay their salaries.Trading Messier for a whiner in Nicholls was the final
> straw, and now the Oiler dressing room is starting to sound like the Leafs
> (with one exception: they still win!!!)

Stubble jumper from Toon-town? O,O, I'm hurt, cut to the quick, mortally
wounded even.

Well Gerald O. it looks like you were right, Edmontonians are still whining
about something that happened over 4 years ago. When will these guys get their
heads out of their butts and see that THE TRADE was the best thing for
Edmonton to have done to stay competitive. Hey Cory tell me how many SCs 
Gretzky has since leaving the Oilers.Now compare that to the number the Oilers
have won, which one is greater. I'll give you a hint, as a fan you have 
nothing to complain about(as far as the Oilers' success goes).

Nicholls is a whiner is he?

Well I just called my older brother(the only real Oiler fan) and he gave
me the low down on the Nicholls situation. It turns out Nicholls' wife
has had difficulty with pregnancies in the past(my brother wasn't sure
if it was miscarriages or simply difficulty getting pregnant). So when
she went into hospital he wanted to be there until he was sure that her
and the babies(yes two, twins apparently) were out of trouble. Furthermore
after Nicholls did eventually report my brother tells me he dropped his
demand to be traded and even asked Sather to negotiate a long term deal.

So lets get this straight. Nicholls seems to be a compassionate, caring
family man who wanted to stay with his wife and new babies until he was
sure they were out of trouble. Aferwards he goes back to work, for a new
company, finds out he likes the new surroundings and makes the decision to
try to get some long term stability for his family. 

So Cory this is the person you called a whiner, I dare you to say it to
his face. Come on Cory your such a passionate Oiler fan run that whiner
Nicholls off your team. Hell run all those family oriented players off
your team then you'll be left with only the macho he-man type who are
obviously your heros.

> 
> Let us not talk about the loyalty of the Montreal fans - the only sport this
> city of 2+ million occupants   is hockey. Football and baseball are dying
> sports there.....
> 

No lets do talk about the loyalty of the Montreal fans. In another post I
freely admitted that the people in Montreal are poor football and baseball
fans. So what? As far as Montreal is concerned their sport is hockey. They're
rabid, passionate hockey fans. Sure they will dump on the Habs for what they
perceive is poor play, but they still support them. I highly doubt you could
find a more loyal group of *hockey* fans any where in the world. But hey
this is Canada so it doesn't surprise me that the city of Montreal likes
hockey best, what does surprise me is that the city of Edmonton doesn't even
apparently like hockey, unless of course their team is winning.

I started this discussion by simply saying that Edmontonians were fickle.
Cory your post has made me reconsider. I'm now upgrading their condition
to brain-dead.

(Note: I realize I have been generalizing about a group of over 500,000
people, there must be some of those who are loyal brain-functioning Oiler
fans. If any are out there please realize I'm not directing my venom at
you.)
> 
> Cory 
--
Gerald Gryschuk            Saskatoon,Saskatchewan = a place with 9 months
gerry@sask.usask.ca           of hockey and 3 months of poor skating.
Go Habs!!!