With apologies to Jim Mora [Editorial]
by Patrick | Posted January 29th, 2012 at 12:28 PM
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Playoffs? Don’t talk about — playoffs?! You kidding me?! Playoffs?!
In so many words: yes, with a couple of caveats.
By now, most sports fans are familiar with that particular rant, unleashed by football coach Jim E. Mora when asked about his team’s chances of making the playoffs. We have not to-date — unfortunately — seen Bruce Boudreau go on a similar tirade, but perhaps that’s for want of the appropriate question. More likely, it’s because we fans have simply refused to acknowledge the thought ever since the Ducks hit rock-bottom around Christmas.
That was just fine by me, by the way. Numbing myself to the idea of the Ducks sliding out of the playoff picture helped deal with the reality and had me looking forward to a lottery pick in what’s expected to be a deep draft this June.
