tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post6437283510265372049..comments2023-12-26T02:50:32.816-05:00Comments on Bitter Leaf Fan Page: Brian Burke Can't Even Manage ExpectationsMF37http://www.blogger.com/profile/10238252282255067686noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-19813216662923049172010-06-01T14:01:54.298-04:002010-06-01T14:01:54.298-04:00leafs suckleafs suckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-73703730422864552522010-01-30T12:05:45.322-05:002010-01-30T12:05:45.322-05:00I think Burke would be a bit more palatable if he ...I think Burke would be a bit more palatable if he wasn't such a fatuous blowhard. Oh, and if he could also put a rain check on his thirst for ersatz brainless truculence, which seems a bit misguided in the post-lock-out world where speed and creativity is king. Certainly the tide of incompetence that would wash ashore this season could have been foreseen when a line of rookie collegians were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-46814966029204179602010-01-19T16:31:05.572-05:002010-01-19T16:31:05.572-05:00Man someone needs a pill before they suffer an ane...Man someone needs a pill before they suffer an aneurysm.<br /><br />I'm not sure that the Leafs would lose any money if Burke had said "listen guys, this year is going to be brutal but bear with us and we'll be a contender in a few seasons"<br /><br />The Leafs would still sell out, MLSE would still make a shed load of dough, but at least the fans would have a realistic Gooner4evernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-17515605026400254882010-01-19T16:18:06.536-05:002010-01-19T16:18:06.536-05:00Anonymous let's talk this one line by line, sh...<b>Anonymous</b> let's talk this one line by line, shall we?<br /><br /><i>Do you people know nothing?</i><br /><br />This site is actually just me. <br /><br /><i>Would you rather he say, we will suck, so don't even bother buying tickets?</i><br /><br />There are so many things Burke could have said.<br /><br />"We're building a team that will compete."<br /><br />"I&#MF37https://www.blogger.com/profile/10238252282255067686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-34782283236712494372010-01-19T12:08:20.460-05:002010-01-19T12:08:20.460-05:00Do you people know nothing? Would you rather he s...Do you people know nothing? Would you rather he say, we will suck, so don't even bother buying tickets? That would be stupid as a business decision and would destroy any confidence the team had. He didn't say they WOULD make it, they said they have the potential, and they did. <br /><br />To say they did nothing about their goaltending is just ridiculous! They got the top goalie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-52340929616338635852010-01-19T10:36:08.532-05:002010-01-19T10:36:08.532-05:00Muppet Thanks for the comment.
This is what I...<b>Muppet</b> Thanks for the comment. <br /><br />This is what I'm judging Burke on: his own words. "We believe we're good enough this year to make the playoffs."<br /><br />Burke said it and the reality is playoffs=93 points.MF37https://www.blogger.com/profile/10238252282255067686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-47286023263832539652010-01-19T10:30:41.662-05:002010-01-19T10:30:41.662-05:00The teams assembled by JFJ were built to make the ...The teams assembled by JFJ were built to make the playoffs and help said GM keep his job. He was trading away Rask for Raycroft and signing Pavel Kubina for $5M a season, while desperately adding players like Lindros, Blake, Alison and O'Neill in an attempt to find lightning in a bottle and roll the dice right into the post-season. It didn't matter the cost. <br /><br />The two GM's The Muppethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653735594516326620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-39011526304128689742010-01-19T08:29:17.760-05:002010-01-19T08:29:17.760-05:00eyebleaf - I figured the Leafs would flirt with .5...<b>eyebleaf</b> - I figured the Leafs would flirt with .500 and finish the year somewhere around 24th overall.<br /><br />And no, I didn't think they'd be this bad.MF37https://www.blogger.com/profile/10238252282255067686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-81746994760327317762010-01-19T00:03:56.716-05:002010-01-19T00:03:56.716-05:00To put that in perspective, Wilson and Burke are o...<i>To put that in perspective, Wilson and Burke are on target to ice a team that finished 9 points back of the worst team ever assembled by JFJ.<br /><br />"We believe we're good enough this year to make the playoffs."<br /><br />Sorry Mr. Burke, you're not even close.</i><br /><br />Can't really put it much better than that.<br /><br />My question for you: did you think, Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445618400360263938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-81682482564987922122010-01-18T15:34:47.256-05:002010-01-18T15:34:47.256-05:00I sort of wish Burke's contract was as cheap a...I sort of wish Burke's contract was as cheap as all the talk he's been spewing. <br /><br />Defending Burke and co is but a distant memory for me. Cautious optimism replaced by abject horror. <br /><br />On the bright side, Team USA is being run by these goofballs.LeafFanInVannoreply@blogger.com