Comments on: Why Jeremy Roenick wasn’t wrong about his take on Patrick Marleau

By: hockeybiasdotcom

hockeybiasdotcom — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:30:25 +0000

I agree with the gist of Roenick’s comment, but there is nothing wrong with being a bit more tactful than he was.

It won’t be easy (as has been the case with most so many of this year’s playoff games), but I won’t be surprised if the banged-up Wings find a way, somehow, to take this to game 7. Playing at home, with momentum, will be a big plus. Having said that, the Sharks will not go down easily and I can’t help but think that, at least in a minor way, the Roenick comments regarding Marleau could rally the Sharks.

…I am not sure if Thornton has a history of diving, this amateur hour dive makes me think he is new to the tactic; http://www.hockeybias.com/hockey-news-past/2011/May/Franzen-Slashes-Thornton-Dives-Game-5-West-Conf-Semi–video.html , but if it is a sign of nervous desperation then that is another variable in favor of the Wings. Should be fun!

By: notdoncherry

notdoncherry — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:17:35 +0000

Wow ! Roenick is trying to be Don Cherry. He will never have that much CLASS! The past and the present has shown that .

By: dreadpiratesteve

dreadpiratesteve — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:05:28 +0000

My thoughts exactly cupcrazy. Because the Sharks often disappoint when the going gets tough and the games really matter it is easy for both their fans and the media to overreact and unfairly villify a player. But this is not a case of that. The sample size is too great and failures too frequent from Marleau at this point. What you see is what you get and when the games get bigger, Patty Marleau gets much, much smaller.

By: baronsfan

baronsfan — Tue, 10 May 2011 01:23:27 +0000

yeah J.R, only thing more gutless than marleau was you and your cohorts(tkachuk,weight) trashing the hotel room in nagano and then chelios took the heat for you! now that was gutlesssss!

By: sanjosecupcrazy

sanjosecupcrazy — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:26:04 +0000

As a Sharks fan, have tried to remain rational every time our fan base heads to the bridges and gets ready to jump….

….but Roenick was dead-on last night. Marleau has been with this team since 1998. There’s a deep history here. At some point, someone has to call a spade a spade. Marleau — is a SPADE.

By: dreadpiratesteve

dreadpiratesteve — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:51:09 +0000

The point of the article is not to condone the way Roenick went about calling out another player(which I agree was excessive) but to, in fact, call out a player who is playing like a little girl right now.
I don’t agree with JR’s methods but I do agree with his message. Marleau is not a championship caliber player. Pure and simple.

By: wonder38

wonder38 — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:28:46 +0000

For a has been that has never won a stanley cup and has never won a gold medal and rumored to have trashed a locker room after an Olympic game and has admitted to playing after an all day
drinking binge is just what he is, big mouth… Let him tell any player and that includes Marleau tohis face that he is gutless, then we’ll know who is gutless.

By: lsxphotog

lsxphotog — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:39:34 +0000

Talking about hockey has always been a weird subject for me because I have played my entire life and my father was a coach. When JR said that, I agreed and didn’t think anything further. Hell, it’s almost word for word what any coach would say. I’m sure JR said it to light a fire under him because he’s thinking in hockey mode. That’s the kind of critique that plays in your mind as you get out on the ice and show ‘em how it’s done. Still, in the public eye, JR should exhibit better censorship so as not to upset the masses. haha

By: dreadpiratesteve

dreadpiratesteve — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:20:51 +0000

Marleau is a joke. Said it for years and will continue to say it. Sharks should have let him walk and saved the cap space. This team is right on the cusp of greatness and a supposedly key component is simply not showing up night in and night out. He’s not even showing up every other game.

Sharks fans: Open your eyes! This guy is completely overrated by our own franchise.

By: beerleaguefitness

beerleaguefitness — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:06:23 +0000

I love it when someone tries to say that an ex-teammate of a guy shouldn’t criticize a player when they get a media job.

NEWSFLASH: Former players get paid to critique guys. Not just those guys that they didn’t have as teammates.

If someone wants to say Roenick is wrong to say that Marleau’s hasn’t played a gutless or heartless game, then that’s one thing. But if the big argument is that it was “too personal” a take, I’m sorry.

And I love the “Marleau has lacked effort and not heart” angle.

It’s a thin line between lazy and gutless in the playoffs.