November 16, 2003Slowing down to come backWith his team down 7-2 early in Sunday's game, and struggling to find their footing on the wet, slippery courts, Elvis and his mates weren't about to panic. Instead, they played smarter, battling back methodically to a 21-19 overtime win. A driving rainstorm that lashed throughout the game rendered the concrete surface of the hockey court as slick as ice, taking the power out of Elvis' drives to the net, and neutralizing the speed and positioning advantage of his linemates, Kid and Bird. So they started passing, long lofts that eluded the outstretched sticks of sliding defenders. "Days like today, you've gotta pass it around a bit more," says Elvis. "Kid can't make those little cuts, and Elvis can't power towards the net, you've got to get a lot of two-on-ones and three-on-ones," says Ottoman, who got the win despite playing with the lingering effects of the flu that caused him to miss last week's game. "It's a different type of game." But it took them a little while to find it. Led by the seeing-eye shots of Nibs, who scored on his first three shots in his first game of the season, and a pair of knucklers by the Living Legend, the underdogs jumped to a surprising 7-2 lead. With little speed anywhere in their lineup, the slippery conditions were more of an annoyance to them than a disadvantage. "The wet worked in our favor," says Billy Idol. "Today there was far more of a passing game, making one-timers, not a lot of fancyboy plays." "You get a lot of guys coasting and sliding in, and you get those loopy shots that come from all over," says Ottoman of his side's early struggle. Unable to beat 'em, Elvis and the Kid decided to join 'em. Instead of speeding up the boards and cutting hard towards the net, they fed the evil orange plastic ball back to their powerful pointman, Wink, who rifled passes toward the net, where Kid or Bird waited behind skidding defenders to one-time it past a sprawling Lak Attack or knock home a dribbling rebound. "It's tougher getting back," says Billy Idol of his side's inability to counter the odd-man passing plays. "It's easy to run forward, but you can't just stop and turn and get back." "It was a pretty casual effort," says Elvis of the defensive deficiencies that allowed his side to take their first lead late in the game, 17-16. "Nobody was running too hard." And while a pair of late goals by Cowboy Bill sparked the underdogs to the brink of pulling off the upset, Elvis and his mates were confident they'd found the winning formula. "We knew it was our game," says Elvis. "We knew we were in it," says Ottoman. "They just picked up their game," says Billy Idol. Posted by jaysuburb at November 16, 2003 04:27 PMComments
Pfg, RE: Wussy By the way, here's a cute little diddy: Peace and Love to All.
Paul one, we love you man. No, that bullshit. you not show up for rain match either. wussy. Posted by: pfg at November 19, 2003 01:04 AMEr, because the Colonel's stick can't reach that far???? Posted by: Living Legend at November 18, 2003 05:30 PMYikes,,,the posts are actually getting scary. To quote a famous writer (i.e. Wink), "can't we all just get along". Where's the love? Where's the "support your fellow roadster" ideals that the game was formed upon. By the way, is anybody else wondering why a non-playing roadster sitting on the other side of the country is the fiercest and most verbose critic?
BeetleBOY, doesn't the ability to convey accurate facts and knowledge about you (we clearly now know it was a solid decision to not give you a nickname with any sort of "man" reference) automatically refute this illiteracy claim? Stick to the facts beetle-girl! Rather than submit to diversionary tactics, vis-a-vis the Colonel's battle plan. You've been fairweather your whole life, and guess what? Its time to pay the fiddler. Your exploitive employer can only absolve you of so much before the true roadsters in your midst have to call you on it. Atleast the fairest of your fair team - the Sedin sisters - show up ever game. Albeit in matching I see it now --> Beetle Girl - Saddest Conn Stick winner in the history of the road game. You think Messier is going to stay home Saturday if its snowing at Commonwealth Stadium? Not on your life. Time to pull up those Strawberry Shotcake panties and live up to your MVP title. Posted by: Bulldog at November 18, 2003 09:22 AMWhy two weeks? Is there rain forecast for this Sunday? Posted by: New Guy at November 18, 2003 12:39 AMI am so fucking glad that the website was changed to allow the roadsters to post their own comments. Brilliant. Now we have illiterate hillbillies like Elvis and Bulldog (I'll cut PFG some slack this time) posting to the site and bringing down the level of discourse. Elvis would do well to watch his back when I return to the courts in two weeks time. Posted by: Beetle Boy at November 18, 2003 12:04 AMwhoa. Nasty! Yeah PFG -thats definitly what it means He's not a man at all, he's really...a little sissy, baby girl who has proven time after time he's a panty-waist who would rather sit a t home and sip coco in front of the TV rather than brave a bit of rain with his roadhockey mates. With his reputation, you'd think he'd make a better effort to prove he wasn't such a pansy-ass the very first rain of the season. I hope his half-assed effort earns him special recognition online... like a bobble-head equivilent, of him cowering in the rain with his tongue hanging out...what a pussy. Posted by: elvis at November 17, 2003 04:01 PMi see beetle boy was no show this past week. i wonder what happen if he hears song "Here comes the Rain Again"; does he run, screaming like a little girl? i think so. Posted by: pfg at November 17, 2003 12:56 PM |