Mile High Hockey: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
New Blog: Anonymous Eagle covering Marquette!

Dater post missing

So, I get home from work last night and I read a Dater post on All things Avs about Eric Lacroix and the dangers of him being the new GM.  In it, AD mentions that he doesn't care what happens to the team, as he has said before, and I wrote a long comment about how I wished to have some passion for the team and the writing, even if he wasn't obligated to root for the team due to his position as a journalist. I didn't disagree with the post so much, just the "I don't care" attitude.

So today I go back to see if he has responded, which he usually will to people in his own comments, and the post is gone.  I thought the comment might be because I used shit in it (albeit sh!+), but the whole post has disappeared.

I had to go back and check my browser history to make sure I wasn't just imagining the whole thing, found the page, and got a page does not exist from the ATA page.

So my question is, has anybody had this happen before?  I'm not going to be presumptious and assume it was my comment that made him pull it.  I did like the post, just not quite the way he said it, and kinda wanted to re-read it today (sober) to make sure I wasn't being a jackass.  So just curious if anyone here has seen posts just disappear before.

MileHighHockey.com is a fan community, allowing members to post their own thoughts and opinions on the Colorado Avalanche and hockey in general. These views and thoughts may not be shared by the editors of MileHighHockey.com.

0 recs  |  Comment 7 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Addendum

I just went back there, and some comments on the right side of the page are clearly from that post as well. But no title, and no post. Weird.

Get rid of the loser point

08-09 Avs- can we decline the penalty?

by TheRed on Apr 17, 2009 12:12 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

i have it in my rss feeder - article text:

I can’t believe I’m even writing this, first of all. I can’t believe, in the year 2009, that I’m still writing about Eric Lacroix maybe having some big role with the Avalanche.

It was the year 1998 in a Hershey, Pa., coffee shop that two Avalanche players sat with me for breakfast, and after a bit of the usual small talk, unloaded on me about how I had to write a story about how Eric Lacroix needed to play for any other team but the Avalanche.

And let me correct the record to all the smug Avalanche front office people who have falsely accused a good man of being one of those two men. It was NOT Warren Rychel. For 11 years now, Pierre Lacroix has gone around telling people that Rychel was one of the two snitches. But he wasn’t, and it’s to Lacroix’s disgrace that he’s spread that around the league all these years.

And that’s all I’m going to say about that, because I’ll never tell who the real two people are.

It wasn’t that the two players hated Eric Lacroix personally. Yeah, they thought he was something of a snitch himself, but I don’t think they ever had any proof of that, and I always thought that was unfair to Eric. What made it a bad move to bring his son in as a player in 1996, and why it would be a bad move now to bring him in as GM now, I believe, is because it was/is always going to be a convenient thing for players to point to as the reason why things are not going well.

It just doesn’t work well when a management person brings his son in as a player, or later as a management person himself. Other than Cal Ripken and his dad, I can’t think of too many pro sports father-son situations that have worked out too well.

If Pierre Lacroix hires his son to be the GM of the Avs, here’s fair warning: it might not be fair, but every single hockey person, and every single hockey media person, is going to say that this was nepotism. "You only got the job because your dad is the team president" is what Eric Lacroix is going to hear everywhere he goes, whether it is said to his face or not.

The Denver media, and I’m part of it, is going to put Eric Lacroix under the most intense media microscope he’s ever faced. Like I said, it might not be fair. After all, why shouldn’t Eric Lacroix be considered for a GM job? He’s had the title of director of hockey operations and video coach with the Avalanche previously, and he’s been a part-owner with the Arizona Sundogs of the minor leagues. I can just hear Pierre touting his credentials now: "He’s learned the ropes of the hockey business since he retired as a player, and now he’s ready to bring a winning tradition back to the Avalanche as the general manager."

OK then. Better have one hell of a first year, because any kind of mediocrity or worse, and the media mocking is going to be intense. And I know Pierre Lacroix well enough to know that he goes absolutely ballistic with any kind of criticism – especially of his son. This is why it would be unfair to Eric. He would be under impossible expectations.

If Pierre makes his son the GM, and bypasses those with much more experience and accomplishment (people like Jay Feaster, for instance) he’s just going to set himself up for charges of cronyism. It’s going to be an absolute field day for second-guessers.

And if Eric turns out to be a great GM? Then we’ll have to tip our hat to him. I don’t care either way. I’m not a fan of the Avalanche, I don’t root for them to win or lose, and whatever they do, that’s their business.

But I’m just writing this as someone who, I think I can say after this long covering the team, is an informed observer. I think this team needs a clean break from a lot of things, and that may include the people making the big decisions.

The fact is, this team has not been past the second round of the playoffs for seven years now. While I believe there are lots of good, smart people still around – and I do respect Pierre Lacroix and certainly give him proper credit for his record as GM – making Eric Lacroix the GM of this team would just send too many easy-to-second-guess signals to everybody. People are going to call him the George W. Bush of hockey.

Everybody will think this is still a good old boys club, where everybody basically is Pierre Lacroix’s puppet. That’s what too many people think of Tony Granato already, and it’s going to be 1000 times worse if Eric is the GM. If Pierre Lacroix can say with a straight face that Eric is the most qualified, most able, best experienced man to lead the Avs out of this darkness, then I’d be tempted to nominate him for an Oscar.

Again, I want to reiterate that it’s nothing personal against Eric Lacroix. He’s a nice guy and I don’t wish him any ill will. And again, I don’t care. If Pierre thinks he’s the best guy for the job, then fine, name him to it. Won’t matter to me. It’s your team, do with it what you want.

I just hope he realizes the kind of pressure he’ll be putting on his son.

awaiting the draft...

by mfured20 on Apr 17, 2009 12:23 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweet

Thanks. I still don’t know why he pulled it. Maybe Lacroix sent Guido and Luigi around to rough him up.

Get rid of the loser point

08-09 Avs- can we decline the penalty?

by TheRed on Apr 17, 2009 12:32 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe so… i double checked the website just now, and its definately not there, its not ‘just you’

awaiting the draft...

by mfured20 on Apr 17, 2009 12:34 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I read it too when it was up this morning…funny that it’s gone now, and I just checked it myself

by chiavsfan on Apr 17, 2009 2:56 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

It’s been seven years since we were past the second round? Jesus.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Apr 18, 2009 1:35 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Seven years? That makes me feel nauseous… ohh, the good old days.

by NYAvsGirl on Apr 21, 2009 11:44 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

For original fans of the Quebec Nordiques, transplanted fans of the Colorado Rockies, day one fans of the Avalanche and bandwagon fans just looking for a place to root.
Start posting about the Avalanche »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

Connect_with_facebook

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

Duche_small
THN is seriously lacking...
3d_4c_verlauf_small
Rejoice Oh Ye Felines of Colorado!!
Fiesta_bowl_small
Where does Versus go from here?
Fiesta_bowl_small
Long time fan, first time blog
Small
New Digs for Svatos?
Jml_edge_small
Scott Burnside @ ESPN on Salei, Andy
Smurfetteavs_small
Current Player Nicknames- until Glossary is changed.
Smurfetteavs_small
Versus/ Direct TV/ Comcast.
Jml_edge_small
UPDATED: Ovechkin to get TWO games suspension
Scrunchi1_small
MHH Madness March 1st pictures

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

Promotion


Add to Technorati Favorites Sports Blogs - Blog Top Sites
Sports Blogs Blogroll.net
Top Blogs Sports blogs
Blog Directory
BlogRankers.com Sport Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory

 


View Stats

Listed on the ArmchairGM Sports Blog Index


 

View blog authority

 

SBNation.com Recent Stories

Photo link

An Interview With Sharks Prospect Jamie McGinn

Denver left winger Rhett Rakhshani (9) and Colorado College defenseman Nate Prosser (15) chase the puck into the corner during an NCAA college hockey game in Denver, Friday, March 5, 2010.

2010 Hobey Baker Award Finalists Announced

New Jersey Devils' Patrik Elias, of the Czech Republic, comes out with a green hat on St. Patrick's Day after defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 in an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in Newark, N.J. Elias was voted the star of the game. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Devils Complete Regular-Season Sweep Of Penguins With 5-2 Win

More from SBNation.com >


Managing Editors

Icon_small Joe Dunman

New_profile_small David Driscoll-Carignan

Staff Writers

Profilepic2_small Mike @ MHH

Boone_small Angélique C. Murray

Photo_10_small Derek B

Black_mage_small Dustin Burfiend

Clash_casette_small Paul's Coffey