TUESDAY COMMENTARY – THE GOOD, THE GREAT & THE UGLY
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IT’S TUESDAY AND THAT MEANS ANOTHER EDITION OF THE GOOD, THE GREAT AND THE UGLY!
FIRST, THE GOOD: I GET THE SENSE THAT SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN IS GETTING WRAPPED UP IN THE JUNIOR HOCKEY PLAYOFF RACES.
FOR SURE REGINA IS BUZZING WITH THE PATS JUST TWO POINTS OUT OF A PLAYOFF SPOT, AND COMING OFF A WEEKEND HOME SWEEP OF GAMES. PHENOM CONNOR BEDARD IS MAKING THE HIGHLIGHT REEL EVERY NIGHT. NOW THE PATS HEAD OUT FOR FIVE STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD, BEGINNING WITH MEDICINE HAT TONIGHT.
I’D BE REMISS IF I DIDN’T POINT OUT THE STELLAR PLAY OF THE MOOSE JAW WARRIORS TOO, WHOM SHOULD BE CLINCHING A PLAYOFF SPOT ANY DAY.
AND WITH THE SJHL PLAYOFFS SET TO BEGIN AND TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR THIS WEEKEND’S GAMES, WE’RE READY FOR THE FUNNEST TIME OF YEAR.
NEXT, THE GREAT: IT TRULY HAS TO BE TOM BRADY COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR A 23RD SEASON IN THE NFL.
AND THERE’S A BIG LESSON IN THERE. WE’RE TOLD TOM MADE HIS DECISION TO RETIRE IN HASTE, COMING ON THE HEELS OF AN EMOTIONAL PLAYOFF LOSS AT HOME TO THE L.A. RAMS.
DON’T MAKE LIFE-ALTERING DECISIONS WHEN IN A PERIOD OF STRESS OR STRIFE (AND FOR DAMN SURE, NOT IN CRISIS). NOT EVERYONE IS AS LUCKY AS TOM, TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK.
LASTLY, THE UGLY: I HAD TO LOOK LONG AND HARD FOR THIS ONE, BECAUSE MOST EVERYTHING IN SPORTS IS GOOD RIGHT NOW.
EXCEPT … FOR THE NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE. TWO WEEKS AGO COMMISSIONER NICK SAKIEWICZ STEPPED DOWN, REPORTEDLY AFTER A CLASH WITH AT LEAST ONE OWNER. HIS HEIR APPARENT – DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JESSICA BERMAN – THEN BOLTED TO TAKE OVER THE NATIONAL WOMENS SOCCER LEAGUE.
SO NOW NORTH AMERICA’S TOP PRO LACROSSE LEAGUE HAS NO LEADERS AT THE LEAGUE LEVEL.
ALL I KNOW IS WE’LL BE IN ATTENDANCE ST. PATRICK’S DAY AT THE SADDLEDOME WHEN THE SASKATCHEWAN RUSH TAKE ON THE CALGARY ROUGHNECKS IN A RIVALRY GAME.
REST ASSURED WHEN THOSE PLAYERS TAKE THE FLOOR, THEY WON’T BE WORRIED WHO THE COMMISSIONER IS.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY.
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I don’t know. I swerve back and forth on what to advise people. Who doesn’t have stress or stressors? Crisis’ are all relative. What one person sees as a “Crisis” another will see as an inconvenience. What is going to happen will happen as nobody is running the show or in control of people, places or things. Having said that you make the decision based on what’s in front of you. There is something about the man in the arena that when our backs are against the wall, the shoulder blades are pressed into that wall and there is only… Read more »