HardCoreBlue

Leading by example isn’t just what he does between the pipes. Personality preferences is no excuse for bad behaviour. Example, if one of your personality traits is being a blunt person it doesn’t give you licence to say and do what you want with others just because that’s ’who I am’.

I see Jake Thomas’s coaching is already working even though he thought 6’5 TE was an incoming DL. :). I’m a huge Jake Thomas fan now that he’s off the field. Love you JT.

You make some key points especially about Chevy’s record this year but where I branch off is one can be highly competitive, expect excellence from himself and others and be a great team member and leader. It’s not picking and choosing one approach or the other depending on the level of adversity in front of you. It’s predictability and consistently with it all. He’s coming across as being above the team. No one is above the team. That’s not being a Helle hater with weird comments about politics, it’s called how high performing teams operate to win championships.

We * out **** but not boner. lol TE will be Rourke 2.0 but better. One can hope. No harm no foul.

I think this is a great point if TE sticks around and maybe that is how ZC progresses into coaching.

When a professional athlete like CH signs a long term contract I’m assuming before he signs he gets some assurances from management and ownership that they are fully committed to winning. Fair. And if they show they aren’t as time progresses then a discussion is needed. However time it has been only one season that has passed since winning the Presidents trophy and there are no guarantees in winning so needed patience, persistence, individual/team accountability and commitment to the ultimate goal is mandatory. So being the highly skilled conceited questionable self aware prick that he is, I’m thinking he is less focussed on this and more of the it’s everything and everyone else are the problems so when winning doesn’t happen predictably the real CH shows up thru exit interviews and such. Being probably the overall best player on the Jets do we want him highly influencing the culture of this team. True leadership comes out when the seas are angry not calm. CH is a great example that simply being a highly skilled athlete in a specific skill, in this case goaltending, does not make you competent in other areas that doesn’t involve goaltending. I’ll step down from my soap box now.

Saw some of the exit interview with him, he’s a conceited prick, great professional goaltender but still a conceited prick. This is why some professional athletes should not be idolized, they provide great entertainment but that’s where the appreciation should end for athletes like him.

Another Buff would be fantastic please and thank you but know there will never be another one like him. We need upgrades everywhere but if I had to pick one our 2nd forward line upgrade depth is crucial.

This was why I was concerned about his health by throwing himself back into the fire. Is it worth it? Only he can answer that for himself.

ahhhh awkward, the secret is me (and the fam) constantly buying BB merch and hating on all other teams especially the Argos and Riders. Go Blue, Go CFL. :)

Gold standard. That's who we are.

I should write something controversial here so the Mods lock this thread and end the agony of this 2025/2026 season for our Winnipeg Jets. So here it goes: I'm currently reading Moby **** and am about 150 pages in and I'm finding it's an incredibly easy read said no one ever. That should do it. Mods lock away.

Dagger night indeed. Am interested in what Chevy will say after autopsy is completed. Hopefully commits to something aggressive in re-tooling in the off season. At least the Leafs are joining us on the golf course, buffers it a bit.

All I hear when I read Canucks is Sedin sisters. :)

I think your last sentence sums it up the best.

Countdown to our Jets ripping our hearts out and stomping all over it 3 …. 2 …… 1 or Go Jets Go never in doubt :)

Not to mention the fact wtf were the coaches, medical team doing here? He shouldn’t have been given options. He should have been given one option: surgery.

And as a result (oh look so close stay the course) mask and deflect attention away from the real issues that need addressing.

At the very least restrict the number of no go teams a player can identify e.g three teams max.

Fair points but still no cup. That’s just the true traditionalist fan straight arming the business side out talking.

The bolded part of your comment sounds like a nice out for Chevy, as in 'hey we want to win the cup every year but let's be realistic we're a small market Canadian team that has to work harder than most other teams with one arm tied behind it's back so it aint going to happen unless the moons align perfectly so until then be patient, support us by our merc we're doing the best we can but there are many things out of our control. So in fact it's not a goal to win it all every year but more just be competitive enough be entertaining enough to ensure a healthy profit is turned. All good but don't tell us something that isn't true. Professional sports is a business it's all too complicated for us simpletons to understand. Gag.

My favorite MLB team back in the day. Sort of sweet if they came back to temper some of the glow the BlueJays give off.

Who?

Insert previous OC under the bus?