S75 PT#1: Orr What?
Due: Monday, February 19th @ 11:59pm PST
|
Muerto
Registered S15, S16, S24, S34, S38 Challenge Cup Champion
Written Task: The very next night, your player is visited by the ghost of Bobby Orr. This seems rather incongruous with your mite coach's cliches about "playing the right way", as Mr Orr was hardly the model of a bottom six energy grinder. Bobby doesn't seem too interested in telling you details of how to correct your game, instead talking about his exploits and reminiscing. You wake up wondering if you had an unusually awkward dream, but then realize you're holding an authentic Bobby Orr-autographed pharmacy receipt from last Tuesday. What lessons does your player think they're meant to learn from this encounter with history's greatest offensive defenseman? If you could ask one question of the 80s superstar, what would it be, and what do you suspect the answer would be?
I feel the ghost of Bobby Orr showed up because I have been mulling when to retire lately. So Bobby is symbolic of a retired legend, and I guess I wonder if I could put myself in that category. While Bobby Orr may very well have been a solid defensive defenseman, nobody will ever know because what he is most remembered for is being the greatest offensive defenseman of all time. So I think what Bobby was trying to tell me, was that if you have talents that set you apart from everyone else, like of you are the fastest skater or have the best shot, then you should absolutely use those talents to the best of your abilities, and set yourself apart from the average player. There's tons of good to great players, but what sets you apart from everybody else that you can hang your hat on at the end of your career? For Grogu, while he is yet to win a Cup, he I think will be remembered as one of the best 2-way players in the FHM8 era. He won 4 consecutive Jeff Dar awards, which no other player has done. Also he holds the record for most takeaways in a single season. Career wise, he's coming up on 900 career points, and while 1000 is maybe not the unreachable milestone it used to be, it is still something that not a lot of players have done. If I could ask one question, I would ask why he is considered an 80's superstar when his peak years were late 60's to early 70's. S76 SMJHL DRAFT 3RD OVERALL PICK S77 SHL DRAFT 4TH OVERALL PICK IIHF TEAM NORWAY |
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
|
Users browsing this thread: |
3 Guest(s) |