I thought that this was an interesting story because it is the classic story of a fan favorite being cut from the team. It is going to be very interesting to see how New York Rangers fans react to this decision. The Rangers decided to cut winger Sean Avery after what was a competitive training camp. Despite him being a fan favorite, it might be best for the team. As fans, sometimes we do not want to believe that these players do not have anything left in the tank. We want to believe that they can play for ever. There is no doubt that Avery will find work with a different team. He has years of experience and can be a game changer. But the Rangers are in rebuilding mode at this point, and it is not in the teams best interest to rebuild with a 31 year old winger. Avery will be missed (especially by the fans) but sometimes separations in sports are better done sooner rather than later.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Avery is Gone
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/story/_/id/7058038/new-york-rangers-waive-sean-avery-europe-next
I thought that this was an interesting story because it is the classic story of a fan favorite being cut from the team. It is going to be very interesting to see how New York Rangers fans react to this decision. The Rangers decided to cut winger Sean Avery after what was a competitive training camp. Despite him being a fan favorite, it might be best for the team. As fans, sometimes we do not want to believe that these players do not have anything left in the tank. We want to believe that they can play for ever. There is no doubt that Avery will find work with a different team. He has years of experience and can be a game changer. But the Rangers are in rebuilding mode at this point, and it is not in the teams best interest to rebuild with a 31 year old winger. Avery will be missed (especially by the fans) but sometimes separations in sports are better done sooner rather than later.
I thought that this was an interesting story because it is the classic story of a fan favorite being cut from the team. It is going to be very interesting to see how New York Rangers fans react to this decision. The Rangers decided to cut winger Sean Avery after what was a competitive training camp. Despite him being a fan favorite, it might be best for the team. As fans, sometimes we do not want to believe that these players do not have anything left in the tank. We want to believe that they can play for ever. There is no doubt that Avery will find work with a different team. He has years of experience and can be a game changer. But the Rangers are in rebuilding mode at this point, and it is not in the teams best interest to rebuild with a 31 year old winger. Avery will be missed (especially by the fans) but sometimes separations in sports are better done sooner rather than later.
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Unfortunately, this is a tell tale sign of sports being a business at the end of the day. I'm not a Ranger fan per say, but if they Devils were to cut Brodeur one of these years for lack of competitive quality it would definitely be a hard day to deal with. It's all about win probability, and whether they can put up a competitive product. It's an inevitable part of the industry.
ReplyDeleteI like this! I don't really follow hockey (at all) but I agree with Matt in that professional sports are a business and the players aren't getting paid in relation to how much their fans love them. What's best for the team is always going to outweigh what's loved by the fans. They've got to try to make moves that are going to win hockey games, above all.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh when I read this quote from coach John Tortorella regarding Sean Avery:
ReplyDelete"I don't want to keep on shoveling dirt over Sean Avery, but we have better players than Sean Avery right now," coach John Tortorella said, then added, "I guess I just did shovel some."