As a fellow Cranbrookite growing up, yes Niedermeyer is definitely a BC athlete, he even lives in Cranbrook to this day and is a very approachable down to earth person who is invested in the community and takes stands on green issues. How much more of a British Columbian can you be.WestCoastJoe wrote:Why not greatest athlete from B.C.?
Steve Nash
Steve Yzerman
Joe Sakic
Larry Walker
Justin Morneau
Jason Bay
Scott Niedermeyer, spent virtually his entire youth in B.C.
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Very Canadian.Rammer wrote:As a fellow Cranbrookite growing up, yes Niedermeyer is definitely a BC athlete, he even lives in Cranbrook to this day and is a very approachable down to earth person who is invested in the community and takes stands on green issues. How much more of a British Columbian can you be.WestCoastJoe wrote:Why not greatest athlete from B.C.?
Steve Nash
Steve Yzerman
Joe Sakic
Larry Walker
Justin Morneau
Jason Bay
Scott Niedermeyer, spent virtually his entire youth in B.C.
I was in a 7-11 at 3:00 am one time. At the milk cooler. A kind of scary street-type person came over, waiting to reach into the cooler. I moved past him, and said: "Excuse me." He came to the check out counter later and asked why I apologized. LOL His manner was not threatening (except the way he walked up to the cooler, exactly where I was standing), but his appearance was. He was evidently surprised and confused by my comment. I think he was used to people avoiding him altogether. I mumbled something about being half asleep. I should have said: "Because I'm Canadian." LOL
"Scuse me." "Scuse me." "Sorry." "Sorry." "I'm Canadian."
And, Yes, proud of my country. Happy to be born here. Happy to live here. Not submissive, but polite, for the most part. Except in traffic. Grrrrrrr
John Madden's Team Policies: Be on time. Pay attention. Play like hell on game day.
Jimmy Johnson's Game Keys: Protect the ball. Make plays.
Walter Payton's Advice to Kids: Play hard. Play fair. Have fun.
Jimmy Johnson's Game Keys: Protect the ball. Make plays.
Walter Payton's Advice to Kids: Play hard. Play fair. Have fun.
1040 polls are usually topical. That would be a good one next time a big BC name calls it quits. Opinions will differ depending on one's metrics.WestCoastJoe wrote:Why not greatest athlete from B.C.?
Steve Nash
Steve Yzerman
Joe Sakic
Larry Walker
Justin Morneau
Jason Bay
Cam Neely
Scott Niedermeyer, spent virtually his entire youth in B.C.
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Greatest athlete to play for a Vancouver team? Pavel Bure ...
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
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Before any of our times ... Fred "Cyclone" Taylor, born in Ontario, played for the Stanley Cup Champion, Vancouver Millionaires.sj-roc wrote:1040 polls are usually topical. That would be a good one next time a big BC name calls it quits. Opinions will differ depending on one's metrics.WestCoastJoe wrote:
Greatest athlete to play for a Vancouver team? Pavel Bure ...
John Madden's Team Policies: Be on time. Pay attention. Play like hell on game day.
Jimmy Johnson's Game Keys: Protect the ball. Make plays.
Walter Payton's Advice to Kids: Play hard. Play fair. Have fun.
Jimmy Johnson's Game Keys: Protect the ball. Make plays.
Walter Payton's Advice to Kids: Play hard. Play fair. Have fun.
Just grabbed one of my favourite pictures of Niedermayer and another to give yo perspective on it.WestCoastJoe wrote:Very Canadian.Rammer wrote:As a fellow Cranbrookite growing up, yes Niedermayer is definitely a BC athlete, he even lives in Cranbrook to this day and is a very approachable down to earth person who is invested in the community and takes stands on green issues. How much more of a British Columbian can you be.WestCoastJoe wrote:Why not greatest athlete from B.C.?
Steve Nash
Steve Yzerman
Joe Sakic
Larry Walker
Justin Morneau
Jason Bay
Scott Niedermeyer, spent virtually his entire youth in B.C.
I was in a 7-11 at 3:00 am one time. At the milk cooler. A kind of scary street-type person came over, waiting to reach into the cooler. I moved past him, and said: "Excuse me." He came to the check out counter later and asked why I apologized. LOL His manner was not threatening (except the way he walked up to the cooler, exactly where I was standing), but his appearance was. He was evidently surprised and confused by my comment. I think he was used to people avoiding him altogether. I mumbled something about being half asleep. I should have said: "Because I'm Canadian." LOL
"Scuse me." "Scuse me." "Sorry." "Sorry." "I'm Canadian."
And that one is of his ranch outside of Cranbrook.
Entertainment value = an all time low
Congratulatory notes to GS from a couple of perhaps unlikely sources.
Loverboy's Mike Reno:
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... and Sophie Tweed-Simmons. I know she's bet at a game or two with her famous parents and even sung the anthem but wasn't necessarily expecting this:
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Loverboy's Mike Reno:
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... and Sophie Tweed-Simmons. I know she's bet at a game or two with her famous parents and even sung the anthem but wasn't necessarily expecting this:
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Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
If you keep track of this sort of thing, then for the record Geroy wore for the ceremony — perhaps in response to the fallout from the Shirtgate episode? — an orange #81 Lions jersey with his name on back, over top of a dress shirt... that had no readily discernible green on it.
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
That was probably the warmest and most enthusiastic fan support I've ever seen for one of these ceremonies. The fans were on their feet for the entire halftime ceremony and they stood again for his victory lap in the convertible. Geroy is a legend in this town and still has the heart of a Lion. Congratulations.