Let's Go Play With Statues! YEAH! FUN!

Pens fan at Rocky statue talking to camera: "Do you see this!??! Do you see it!??!"

Me: No, jerkwheat, we don't see it cause it's pitch black out.

More over at Puck Daddy. And I would like to state for the record I think this statue garbage is horribly boring and this will be our last post about it.

Comments

[Civil Negligence]

Cinematography worthy of The Blair Witch Project.

[Jonn]

You'd think they'd be more creative. I'm not impressed, and to be honest, I'm not even offended. I just feel sorry for their petty, illegitimate existence.

[DOC]

Some commenter at Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies (great site, btw) suggested attaching a parachute to the statue of Clemente. Now that's some good wrong-funny right there, perhaps even worthy of lifting the moratorium on statue-related posts if someone were to do it.

[theKrisheim]

the only statue in pittsburgh is ben roethlisberger

[MPR529]

the only thing visible in this is some tub of shit loser and his HIV-ridden friend prancing around what appears to be the Rocky statue.

(PS. I'm sorry if I've offended anyone with HIV, comparing them to a penguins fan)

[beef0r]

yinz are lame, and quite ugly

[Chamomiles Davis]

Pittsburgh fans playing "dress up" with Philly-based movie props. What did they do for an encore, gang-rape Mannequin?

[johndewar]

They're from Pittsburgh. They don't know they're from a backwater little town that is like, barely a step above Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's so cute when they think they're being clever. Kind of like when chimps learn to play tic-tac-toe or something.

[michael]

What did they do for an encore, gang-rape Mannequin?

Hollywood Montrose wouldn't have a problem with that.

[Seeker]

@ johndewar

So what do you call people from Philthydelfia that put a Flyers sweater on Pittsburgh's Art Rooney statue?

I know...they're 'sheer genius', right?

For the record, I think it's all immature on both sides, but it only proves that there are mouthbreathing knuckledraggers in EVERY city.

[Seeker]

I'm posting this here as well as on your game thread since I don't know if any of you Flyers fans will ever want to return to that post again.....

Someone said to me (RE: the Crosby non-goal):

"hey seeker, by the rules they werent allowed to overturn that goal. know the rules."

I am very well versed in the rules due to the fact that I coach & referee youth hockey....thank you.

There was a goal allowed in this season's playoffs already where the Rangers were awarded a goal when Brodeur gloved the puck past the goal line. The puck was COMPLETELY non-visible on the replay videos and the Ref had waved-off the goal on the ice. But Toronto [must have] reasoned that his glove was far enough past the goal line that it had to be a goal. Mind you, NO ONE could see the puck at all.

Your coach speaks of consistency in Reffing....what about consistency in Toronto's War Room?

We won the game so I'm not going to make a federal case of it. But in the interest of fair-play, at least acknowledge that your team lucked-out.

Anyone who takes the time to click on those links has absolutely NO BUSINESS implying that the Penguins or Sidney Crosby gets preferential treatment!

[TH]

Get a life

[enrico]

@Seeker: I actually said in a post here about the Art Rooney/Flyers jersey: "Art Rooney got owned! This jersey-on-statue business is getting old."

[South Jersey instogator]

enough w/ the stupid statue stuff...I'll kill any Philadelphia Fan who lets any statue don a Philadelphia jersey...

Remember the curse...

[Kulp]

Seeker, how do you have time to coach and referee youth hockey when you're so busy commenting here all day long?

Crosby's shot was almost definitely across the line, but there needs to be indisputable video evidence to overturn a call on the ice. Simple as that.

[Walklett]

@Seeker

This is not your blog. Please stop posting five-paragraph comments. No one cares about you're petty little arguments with other commenters. If you really feel that strongly about voicing your opinion get your own site so we don't have to be bothered.

I have no problem with you visiting the site and commenting, that's cool. Enough with the "trying to prove your point" bullshit.

[Seeker]

@ Kulp

"Seeker, how do you have time to coach and referee youth hockey when you're so busy commenting here all day long?"

Well, first of all, I'm not commenting here "all day long".

Secondly, the youth hockey season ended about the same time the NHL regular season ended. Perhaps you missed that the State Championships concluded weeks ago?

"Crosby's shot was almost definitely across the line, but there needs to be indisputable video evidence to overturn a call on the ice. Simple as that.
"

Sorry, but it's not as 'simple as that' when the same War Room in Toronto has already set a precedent of allowing goals where there was actually LESS video evidence available to them as I stated in my post about the NJD-NYR Round 1 Playoff game.

Besides...my main point was that you whiners can stuff the conspiracy theories that the NHL favors our team and/or Crosby up your excuse-laden butts.

[Seeker]

@ Walklett

When you can convince your fellow commenters here to quit whining and insulting my city and team, I will have no reason to refute them.

To borrow Kulp's phrase...."It's as simple as that"

[j13]

@ Seeker

You, your city and your team are all annoying crybabies. No one is impressed by your youth hockey coaching - all those credentials imply is that you were either the most annoyingly controlling dad or the least legally-documented pederast who applied for the gig. No one on earth, aside from pederasts, annoyingly controlling dads or kids actually in the finals know when the hell some kids' league's championship is.

It was probably a goal - had the initial call by the ref been a goal, it would have stood because there wasn't definitive tape to contradict that. The initial call was that there wasn't a goal, and there wasn't definitive tape to contradict THAT, either - even if a logical leap could be made.

How on earth can you dispute that you're a bunch of whiners when you're whining about a call that wouldn't have gotten overturned either way in a game you won anyway? You are an annoying know-it-all.

[j13]

Oh, yeah - and this douche in the youtube vid needs to get a life. I was kind of annoyed the first time, because it hadn't been done before. Then I realized it was a radio prank and I thought it was Liberace-gay. Now it's just played-out and weak.

[Scott B]

If you want to impress me, put a pens shirt on top of the william penn statue

[Seeker]

Actually I'm not controlling whatsoever. I played HS and Div I college hockey...so it only makes sense that I'd coach and Ref today (as well as playing in my adult league).

Although I coach youth hockey, my one Son never played the game and my other Son played for another team at my own insistence. He's presently playing minor leaue hockey, drafted by the Buffalo Sabres.

Your complete lack of interest in your own Phantoms and all things youth hockey displays why your area isn't producing NHL material.

But enough about me....

It's funny that you call Pens fans crybabies since no Pens fan that I've seen is crying about anything. Methinks it's a figment of an overactive imagination on your part. Or, maybe it's something called projection where a person thinks others act the same way they do? Your coach seems more interested in crying in the media than forming a strategy to win games (his preoccupation actually works in our favor).

We ARE however refuting YOUR whining over grassy knoll type conspiracy theories. If YOU don't do that, we won't feel compelled to show you the facts.

Now please also go back and read my initial post on the goal topic and this time use some comprehension.....

In the NYR-NJD game, the goal was ALSO waved-off by the officials on the ice, yet Toronto overturned that on-ice decision.

I also know I typed:

"We won the game so I'm not going to make a federal case of it. But in the interest of fair-play, at least acknowledge that your team lucked-out."

You see, that is my only point here. The rest is just defending myself against very poor attempts at discrediting me in order to avoid facing the truth.

[sarah]

I'll admit that luck may have been on our side w/ that non-goal, but I wouldn't consider it a freebie. Last time I checked, we're not talking about the Supreme Court, we're talking about NHL refs, who don't have to adhere to how their colleagues judged a completely different situation in a game in which 2 teams that are currently unimportant played. Just because the War Room decided to override the judgement on the ice in that game does not mean they have to do the same here.

And much more importantly, Seeker, why do you care so much about what we think of your opinions? If we agreed w/ you, where's the fun in that?

[Seeker]

By the way...did it ever occur to you people that youth hockey can be an huge asset if for no other reason than it keeps kids in shape (as opposed to playing video games) and also helps keeps kids from doing drugs or becoming criminals?

Please, by all means feel free to make fun of someone who takes an interest in helping youngsters be team players and leaders. Maybe it makes you feel "cool"? Even if that's the case, I'm still helping someone!

You won't get me to apologize for what I know is free-time better spent than many of you who couldn't be bothered.

[MPR529]

@seeker:

whatever, chester

[Mike]

Newsflash "Seeker," the game's over. Your team won, now shut up. Game three is tomorrow night and that is all that really matters now. You can keep salting the wounds, or just move on. I am sick of reading about your coaching, your kids, and what you think. Move on, I have. Ya dummy.

[johndewar]

@seeker: Tell me; where did your own Mark Eaton play his youth hockey.

BTW: LOVE the made up personal details. Keep'em coming.

[Seeker]

@ sarah

"If we agreed w/ you, where's the fun in that?"

LOL...you're 100% right! Where IS the fun without the bantering? Please explain that to those who keep telling me to go away, OK?

You've got to admit that I COULD be one of those TRULY ANNOYING trolls that only comes along and posts nonsense like "CRYERS SUCK", etc. So be gladd that I at least deviate from the "Talking Points" and actually present some logic and reasoning in my posts.

I have a sense of humor. I liked the 'Clemente with a parachute' idea too!

Those here that also have a little humor left in them might appreciate the text message that was sent and posted on the Jumbotron at the Mellon Arena last night:

Breaking NHL News: Flyers sign Malkin's broken stick to three-year deal

[Matt P]

That'd be the second time Malkin helped the Flyers last night. His pass to Mike Richards was siiick.

Pretty crazy how many in-game storylines have included those two guys so far in this series though.

[Seeker]

"Tell me; where did your own Mark Eaton play his youth hockey"

I believe he was born in Delaware and played his youth hockey (USA Hockey) there. He did play either junior or minors with the Phantoms.

Kind of glad you brought him up because there's our best stay-at-home defensive defenseman who's been out for Months...but we don't use that as an excuse.

Do you realize that there are two Pittsburgh Flyers on your team, making three Pittsburghers on the respective rosters in this series?

[MPR529]

zzzzZZZZzzzzzzz

go back to molesting young boys, seeker.

[sarah]

@Seeker: I'm sorry if my comment came across as if I actually enjoyed reading your posts. I do not, and I do wish that you would go away, but it's much easier just to ignore you and read the comments of others who ignore you than it is to go back and forth with you. What I meant by "where's the fun in that?" was that if we were to all agree w/ you, then we wouldn't be Philadelphia sports fans.

[johndewar]

@seeker: Good job looking up the bio!

Eaton played youth hockey in Philadelphia for the Little Flyers, which also boasts probable HOF goalie Mike Richter as an alum. But, I'm sure you knew that already.

How's the family?

[Seeker]

Too bad you folks weren't serious about the "Let The Trash Talk Begin" blog post title here when this series started.

Who'd have thunk the rough, tough, broad street bullies, self-annointed greatest sports fans in the world would be SO thin skinned?

I guess it's all a charade like your team's physicality?

For their own sake, I hope your team can man-up moreso than it's girlie fans!!

[Seeker]

I am truly sorry if I threw a bucket of cold water on the little circlejerk you've got going here.

Perhaps you can still win free tickets to a game if that radio station has a contest for that instead of the "what guy wants to give another guy a hickey on his ass" contest?

PS: Eaton didn't play Little Flyers hockey until he'd already played USA youth hockey in Delaware and had developed enough skill to successfully tryout at the Squirt level.

[TH]

Dude, this is a PHILLY SPORTS WEBSITE. Of course we're going to circlejerk each other. If you want an objective view of things, go to an NHL board/blog. Don't come here and try to impose what we should be talking about on us. That's for Enrico/Matt to decide, not you.

[theKrisheim]

and enrico and matt say enough about statues!

unless you take mini-statues on vacation with you!

get your blog posts & facts straight!

[Chris]

Circle jerk? Is that what you guys do at your youth hockey practices because I'm pretty sure there are laws against that kind of thing, seeker.

[Titus Pullo]

Seeker, at last count, you have 10 comments on this posting alone. Complain all you want about Flyers fans' whining, but deep down, you're just as negative as we are, and your numerous comments here prove it. You could be on a forum with other Pens fans, basking in the glory of your team leading the series 2-0, talking about positives, such as Fleury's play so far, but instead you're commenting religiously on another team's fansite, intentionally talking trash. That's just another form of whining, and quite simply, it proves you're a dick. Keep making smug accusations about our little "circle jerk", but you seem to be a pretty big part of it. Stop trying to act like you're above the fray when you seem to enjoy wallowing in the muck.

Did you watch any of the Flyers' first two playoff rounds? Did you see the success that Kimmo Timonen and Braydon Coburn had against guys like Ovechkin and Koivu? Pointing out that the injuries to Timonen and Coburn will hurt the team isn't making excuses, it's stating the obvious.

[j13]

@Seeker

I've actually been to a few phantoms games, and I had either full or partial Trenton Titans (former Flyers ECHL affiliate club before it was taken over by the Devils) season tickets from their first year in existence until their last. Minor league hockey's awesome - sitting before me on my desk right now I've got Cail Maclean and Scott Bertoli bobbleheads. I played sports growing up, went to sports camps - playing sports as a kid rules.

I was just engaging in childish name-calling because I thought it would be fun and easy to bait you. Your every-five-minutes posting of pages-long retorts since then seems to have proven me right. Now please, leave us alone and return to domineering your kids.

[Steve]

@ Seeker
I'm Chris Hanson of Date Line NBC and we're doing a story on internet predators. Seriously Uncle Rico, nobody cares about your crappy accomplishments, just go away.

[Zach M.]

I would just like to point out we were down 0-2 in the 2000 series and came back to win that in six.

I know this has nothing to do with the current tone of the messaging so i decided to change it up a bit.

[Chris]

Fuck the circle jerk, by the time this thread ends, seeker's going to be hosting a rainbow party at his house and he'll be giving us blow jobs with every color of the rainbow.

[Chris]

With a resume like that, it makes you wonder why seeker would waste his time with internet peons like us.

Oh right, because he's a fat hick from Pennsyltucky who needs something to do while he reloads after spending all his time on Lemonparty.org

[Steve]

I'll admit, when the Montreal fans put their jersey on the Rocky statue (in broad daylight, by the way), I was both infuriated and amused with their actions because to my knowledge it had never been done before. At this point though, it's unoriginal and boring, and the people here didn't even have the guts to do it in the middle of the day. I almost have to laugh at the fact that these guys are so impressed with themselves, even though nobody's really mad about it this time.

[Ron Hextall's Beard]

3-0.

Maybe the extended off-season will provide Hatcher with some extra time to tap his feet in truckstop restrooms.

Also, it's becoming more evident that Biron has a uteris.

Choke on shit.