[GigEmAgs]

Apparently, Wayne Gretsky is prepared to take the blame if the Canadian National Hockey team doesn't win the gold. He said so as much in a news conference yesterday. Now why should he say such a thing? Does he really think their success all rests on his shoulders, or does this business with his wife betting in his best friend's betting ring just have him discouraged? He's not willing to take any blame there (probably because he's innocent), but wants to shoulder the blame for a potential loss in the Olympics? Why?

Of course, now that the Canadians have breezed past the Italians, maybe he's started to feel a bit better.

[CityofBrotherlyShove]

Sounds to me like he's trying to take the emphasis off the gambling ring and put it on the Olympic games.

[EmpireWF]

He should take the blame. Canada's hockey team is the best and should easily beat everyone in their path down the stretch. They're pretty much stacked at every position. Then again, you never know. A team like the Czecks (sp?) could get hot when it matters and the rest would be history.

[GigEmAgs]

"A team like the Czecks (sp?) could get hot when it matters and the rest would be history."

Gosh, you mean the way the Latvians surprised the USA team?

According the the Dallas Morning Snooze, the Americans were basically struck dumb with disbelief when the Latvians almost beat them. They called it "a tie that feels like a loss."

[Lefty Noob]

Didn't the Czechs get upset today? I believe it was by Sweden. Heard about it during the first period of the U.S. game.

[CityofBrotherlyShove]

They actually lost to the Swiss, which is pretty unbelieveable.

[GigEmAgs]

Yeah, but the USA defeated Kazakhstan! Woohoo! Smokin' now!

[Lefty Noob]

"Apparently, Wayne Gretsky is prepared to take the blame if the Canadian National Hockey team doesn't win the gold. He said so as much in a news conference yesterday."

And what did the Great One tell AP reporters on Monday?

"What was alarming about last night was our emotional level -- it wasn't the level of the Finnish team. They were dominating us in the first period, and that becomes alarming... I'm disappointed we weren't playing with more urgency... We need to get guys re-energized and refocused."

Oh, what a difference a week can make!

[blueandwhite]

I don't know why Gretzky said all that, at the start. Offering himself up as a sacrifical lamb, I guess, because of all the bad publicity re the gambling stuff. No one person will take the blame, no one person can just like it's not all one person if they take the gold. Not really the way it works, is it?
Or i'd blame Quinn.
Just kidding.