Daily Archives: October 31, 2010

Enough Sugar for You?

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Got a sugar buzz from last night’s Caps game?

We came out and played well. But quickly went down 2-0. I wasn’t concerned because I thought we were playing well and just not capitalizing on our chances. We have a lot of talent on the ice and at some point, a break will come our way and a power play will click.

But after ten minutes into the game, the emails started coming to me I see this morning. Whine. Cry. Bitter. Sour. Dyspeptic. Random. Disrespectful. Some obviously from the same person – same typos but from different email addresses. Sad, lame, funny.

We then played better scoring at the right time. Scoring in bunches. Alex Ovechkin scored 2 goals in 12 seconds. Nice to see.

We win 7-2. But no more emails? Thank you.

So a 3 game road trip – 3 games in 3 different time zones. We win 3-0; we lose 2-1; we win 7-2. Three games with f0ur goals let in. Two wins out of three games. Do you see a change?

We win 7 games in the month of October – 1 less than last season. Is it time to panic yet?

We score less and we defend better than last year. Our goaltending seems to be stronger.
We are short handed with lots of injuries. We don’t care about that. We care about keeping the other team from scoring.

We sit 4th in the East in the standings.

First month is out of the way. We get a few days off to rest up and heal up from a crazy schedule and road trip.

And after 12 years of random pixel generation to me, I reach a breaking point and I am now shutting down access to me from certain individuals via email. It just got old and I feel battered. Sorry but it is just time.

Go Caps!

A Loss is a Loss

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But last night’s loss was a good loss.

There was a lot to like.

We played with enthusiasm.We played defense and we rebounded.

We ran the floor well.

John Wall played a great all around game - 28 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds. And a game that is scary fast with pace and strength. As advertised!

We seemed short-handed last night and we didn’t have the veteran presence to know what to do when the game is close, i.e. go hard to the basket and draw a foul. We still settle for jumpers from our big men but we will learn and we will heal up. And we will improve.

Also, I have never seen as many turnovers – without the ball - on screening fouls in my life from both teams. We have to work on that alignment. We also just have to work harder in the paint. We work too hard for every point it seems sometimes.

We looked like the team I thought we would be last night - young, fast, and big with upside undergoing a rebuilding process but a team that likes to play together.

A loss is a loss.

But we made progress from game 1 to game 2. That is a positive sign for all.

Onward to our first home game on Tuesday night. See you all then and there.