Nobody's Comparing Phil Kessel to Ovechkin or Crosby

Published by Toronto Mike on November 5, 2009 @ 08:48 in Radio, Toronto Maple Leafs

notepadOpen letter to Bob McCown: Nobody is comparing Phil Kessel to Alexander Ovechkin or Sidney Crosby.

This morning I heard a promo for Bob McCown's Prime Time Sports on The Fan 590 in which he belittled Leafs fans for comparing Kessel to Ovechkin and Crosby. I chat up several Leaf fans a day, follow several more on Twitter and dive into the Barilkosphere frequently to read what's on the minds of fellow Maple Leaf fans, and I've never heard this once.

We're not stupid, Bobcat. We're hopeful, but not stupid.

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6 Responses to "Nobody's Comparing Phil Kessel to Ovechkin or Crosby"

Chemmy
November 5, 2009 / 10:46

No kidding. Crosby and Ovechkin aren't nearly as good as Phil Kessel is.

Fredericton Steve
November 5, 2009 / 12:46

McCown is an idiot.

jake
November 5, 2009 / 15:46

McCowan is not the idiot... TML fans are. Phil Kessel wasn't being compared to Alexander the Great or Sid the Kid... More like people were comparing him him to Jesus Christ! the

James
November 5, 2009 / 16:58

Yeah, I like the Leafs, but hardcore Leaf fans really can be a little delusional about their team sometimes.

So, I kinda get McCown's sentiment.

I mean, for all intensive purposes this team is 1 - 12 right now, and you're reading a lot of 'well, they're getting better' etc. You don't get the feeling that fans are all that pissed off. There's kind of a willingness to believe the team is better than it is sometimes.

I mean, if the Yankees or Red Sox or Canadiens were 1 - 12, there'd be outrage!

And I'm not saying that to crap on Leaf fans, because I am one. Leaf fans are great fans, but maybe just a little too easily satisfied?

Romy
November 6, 2009 / 10:15

The guy wears sunglasses in a radio studio. To quote Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm: "There are two kinds of people who wear sunglasses indoors - blind people and assholes."

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