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| Defense makeover; Who stay's, who goes | |
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| Shooter | Dec 19 2008, 12:51 PM Post #41 |
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All Star
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Entertainment. And it's free. Thanks Webby!
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| Islander4cups | Dec 19 2008, 12:53 PM Post #42 |
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In Garth I Trust
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Dee... Out of curiosity, what is it about Jason Blake that has cast you as such a loyal fan of his? I'm not going to dispute points or make any about him because I think with most guys you can state positives and negatives. I'm just curious because you have been very loyal to him (not judging on whether he deserves it). Is it on ice stuff or off ice stuff or something else? I know you have LEVELS of access we don't, so I'm curious. And if I've missed this on previous posts/blogs I apologize. |
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| EmptyNet | Dec 19 2008, 01:06 PM Post #43 |
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shoot to score & play to win
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JB wanted to be here. I even had a thank you jason blake blog setup for awhile. That off season we didn't handle anything right. |
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| sybo | Dec 19 2008, 01:09 PM Post #44 |
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Resident Wiseass, Neighborhood Candyman, Master Drunkard
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I think our "d-system" is "oh crap we didn't score..and now there are 2 opposing forwards behind our d"
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Garth Snow circa 2006:
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| nyifancentral | Dec 20 2008, 12:31 AM Post #45 |
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Steve, go look at the Newsday coverage after the latest Knick disaster against Milwaukee. Baumbach went after Marbury, not Dolan for being too cheap to buy him out. Hahn went after Curry, not management. With Newsday and the Islanders they blast management, with the Knicks they hammer the individual player and not their current boss in Dolan to run down the unpopular players with the public. |
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| Tinman31 | Dec 20 2008, 01:28 AM Post #46 |
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Right On Time.
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^ The Knicks attendance still different. I got seats for the game (Decent, not great, but def not bad) 315 A for $14 a ticket. I mean the demand is an all time-low. I don't know what will happen. THEY ARE GIVING SEASON TICKETS AWAY FOR $40, for real. A $1 a game to sit up in that section. |
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| nyifancentral | Dec 20 2008, 10:56 AM Post #47 |
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Msg attendance is a lot of announced sellouts for knick or Ranger games despite empty and available seats. |
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| Webb20 | Dec 20 2008, 12:55 PM Post #48 |
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No different than the NVMC, where the Isles always announce crowds thousands over what's actually there. |
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I sold it all, retired and moved to Fabulous Las Vegas! "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."-Ronald Reagan | |
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| THEDRIVE4FIVE | Dec 22 2008, 10:51 AM Post #49 |
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The Kid
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Bye Bye Witt and Martinek. |
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| dragoneye | Dec 22 2008, 07:13 PM Post #50 |
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Kung Fu Hockey
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If I may do my best to add some info and remind everyone that there are only 10 days left to vote for the 2008 NYI Blog Award. In a bit of defense for Mr Logan, he does travel with the team and I think this costs him somewhat on the amount of blogging he does. He also has a family and since blogging can easily become a 24/7 task, he could just prefer to make a job out of it. We need him as well as Botta and all of the other less privileged bloggers out there. Botta and Logan are the tip of the iceberg for Isles blogging based on the access they have and also their experience. They break stories, and the rest of the bloggers comment on them, the the drama, and the games. If there is any sensationalism going on with Greg Logan and if Botta's blog is changing that then great. These guys should be keeping each other honest. When will everyone see that the newspaper journalists are just bloggers with better access? |
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| 7th Woman | Dec 22 2008, 10:27 PM Post #51 |
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Dragoneye: You're half right, but I know where you're going. The difference between journalist and bloggers are editors, space confines and paychecks. Please note: 60% of the time, a journalist will not write their own headlines or chose their own photos. Journalists have deadlines that must be adhered to, no matter what. They are also given a number of words they need to submit. Bloggers have no rules, no constraints and no one putting words on their work. They have deadlines of their own doing and no one elses. Oh... and as an FYI... Mr. Logan is taking a few days off for the holiday. |
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| dragoneye | Dec 22 2008, 10:38 PM Post #52 |
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Kung Fu Hockey
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That's a good point about the journalist possible being "restricted". I have a friend that has taken a lot of photos of a phenomena in Taiwan called betelnut girls. He has done an excellent job on it and tried to get National Geographic to fund a documentary. They wouldn't do it because it didn't have a sad story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJWxs6eRNvY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJo7ZkLwkng Anyhow, bringing it back a bit, If Newsday/Logan are doing as some say and manipulating the stories for maximum pain value, then f them. Don't read the dredge. I don't. I have bought one paper since I have been back and that was enough for me. I still think we need Logan and more full time reporters, but the team needs to get to the next level (consistent playoffs, minimum dark horse shot at the cup). |
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| dragoneye | Dec 22 2008, 10:43 PM Post #53 |
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Kung Fu Hockey
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Oh, and to anyone that will be at the game tomorrow, I will be there with my wife and it will be her first game ever. She has miraculously, through the mess of this season, become an Isles fan (along with my two year old who loves the Let's Go Islanders chant and a few others). I only hope that there is a good fight in the game, as the fighting gets her riled up and cheering more than anything. I will go by the blog box likely between periods 1 and 2. I'll be there early for warmups taking photos and videos rink side near where CJ and Stan do their pre game. I'll be wearing a Mets cap. Call me if you'd like to meet. It will be nice to put some faces to the names here (or will it! hahah) 631-456-2642 John |
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| Islander4cups | Dec 22 2008, 10:47 PM Post #54 |
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In Garth I Trust
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but Dee... more often than not bloggers also have no talent and an axe to grind without any scrupples, class, standards or sense of decorum. This of course excludes present company because I don't think those define you at all, but looking at the blogs across the internet, I'd say 75% of the ones I've come across not done by "professional" writers are hacks with no taste, clue or any idea of how to write. While the internet does help with the "democratization" of thought, keep in mind that all it provides is equal access to opportunity; it does not create equal talent. Just last week my AP history class was having a debate about whether it is a good thing to have everyone vote. One kid said that "the spread of democracy amongst all classes, races and genders is great, but it also means Jerry Springer fans get to vote, too." Same with blogs...anyone can have one regardless of talent. Now I think there are some very good bloggers out there and I consider you and afew of those connected to this site to be among them, but eventually, when everyone has their own blog, what is the difference between "quality writing" and a message board? For many blogs there is no difference right now. jmho. |
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| 7th Woman | Dec 22 2008, 11:10 PM Post #55 |
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I4C, You are right. You know, I'm so used to only dealing with the bloggers that I work with, that I forget that there are those who do use it for their own purpose and just as a form of free-flowing expression. "Bloggerism: Journalism without pay."I am a frustrated writer. I have always been a writer. I've been writing short stories and plays since I was eight years old. But I wanted to feed myself and actually live outside my mother's home. So I went to secretarial school instead of college and have never been out of work since. For me, writing is like painting or playing an instrument. It's an extension of my personality. I really do forget there are "bloggers" of every subject that don't think the way I do. For so many blogs are basically "Postcards from the Edge." And BTW.... Thanks so much for the compliments. I do appreciate them. wait... did I have a point??? Crap... I forgot!
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| dragoneye | Dec 23 2008, 08:43 AM Post #56 |
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Very nice post Islander4cups. I have been blogging for a long time and to be honest, the blogs that are classless, scrupleless, axe-grinding, standardless blogs with no sense of decorum just don't get read unless they speak to a large audience. Anyone can have a vote, but unlike voting not everyone is affected by it or forced to go to it. There are ways to see if the site is "popular" even before you read a word of a site. Try adding the SEO quake addon for Firefox. You can see metrics like how many other sites link to them in Yahoo, what the PageRank is in Google, and what their ranking is in Alexa. There are several other things you can see as well. If the site has a PR of 3 or 4 (out of 10) it is doing well and has a small following. If it is a 5 or higher (not very likely but possible) it is an authority on the subject. The Islanders main website is a PR 6 and Greg Logan's Newsday blog is a 5 if that tells you anything. One thing about blogging as well, if people do it a lot they are bound to improve just like anything else, and they are likely blogging about something they are passionate about. The difference between a blog and message board are many as far as control goes, ie layout, rules, etc... It is also a way to carve your own niche in a topic you love. It's very true the talent may not always be there and in some cases but your always free top browse. |
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| Westfall18 | Dec 23 2008, 11:10 AM Post #57 |
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We are the Loyal Fan Base.
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I really really want to see Simon Lacroix with this team. |
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The Keeper of All Things Westfall William H. McCue Sr. 1934-2015 Rest in Peace Poppa. | |
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