Enough Whining

by W1ldfan on Dec 9, 2011 10:12 AM CST

Can we all stop whining.

While reading the comments following the Hackett piece on NHL.com after the Kings game I was taken back by all the crying that Wild fans were doing about the lack of attention by the league and national media. I too am frustrated by the lack of attention, that our favotite team has been given, but really it is getting a little obnoxious.. Can we just get on with our own appreciation and to hell with what the others have to say, because when they do cover this team they usually get wrong anyhow. Use that energy to make noise when you do go to a game at The Morgue and even talk to people you see in your rea life to raise interest and awareness of the Wild's story around here.

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So

We should post a whine about the whining? It is always effective to fight ‘fire’ with ‘fire’. ;-)

by Krotz the Wall on Dec 9, 2011 11:35 AM CST reply actions

This

Reminded me of a friend posting on Facebook ’’Can’t people ever just stop complaining?’’, which was a complaint in itself.

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by JSLandry on Dec 9, 2011 11:38 AM CST up reply actions

just think how boring the world would be without irony

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by Chris Winner on Dec 9, 2011 11:52 AM CST up reply actions

Meh

Wild are actually getting tons of press at the moment, its all come on late but find me a national news outlet that covers sports that hasn’t had a feature story on the Wild in the last couple days. Pretty much just SI that hasn’t but Dater is their main writer now so its obvious why they haven’t

by ThatGuy22 on Dec 9, 2011 11:51 AM CST reply actions

SI ran an article about the Wild too

And it’s actually a great article.

http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2011/11/29/its-all-about-the-system-for-yeo-and-his-surprising-minnesota-wild/?sct=nhl_bf2_a7

by Joel Bertelsen on Dec 9, 2011 2:11 PM CST up reply actions

I remember reading that, but I was kind of talking like this week. I think it has a lot to do with the Owner meetings being in Cali at the same time as the Wild so a lot of National writers were around them for once, but pretty much all the national media sources have had an article about Yeo/Wild in the last 3 days

by ThatGuy22 on Dec 9, 2011 2:50 PM CST up reply actions

Pass

Big difference between whining and being bitter and snarky. We’ve had this conversation already, so I’ll just leave it at that.

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by BReynolds on Dec 9, 2011 2:15 PM CST reply actions

I agree

I felt at first it was a little like “what the hell?” But then it just turned into a running joke that just kept going. Didn’t really feel like whining to me. At least not at this site.

by eamon17 on Dec 9, 2011 11:14 PM CST up reply actions

He's got a pooint.

Alot of noise was made when we first went atop the standings in the NHL and weren’t immediatley recognized. But, we didnt deserve it. Its not much of an achievement to simply reach the top you have to stay there for more than a game to gain attention. We have now done so for the past week and now the stories have come.

by GooterBaby on Dec 9, 2011 4:08 PM CST reply actions

I think the complaint was more about the double standard of the media.

Teams like the Pens and Bruins were getting a ton of media attention for doing really well, even though the Wild were doing just as well if not better. It wasn’t so much that the Wild fan base was annoyed about getting no recognition for being at the top, it was more just general frustration with the media bias given to big market teams.

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by ADN on Dec 9, 2011 7:05 PM CST up reply actions