If you are looking for some cheap entertainment as you await Wednesday's Game 7 between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings, look no further. I was sure I was watching a political spin doctor in action as I watched Detroit's head coach Mike Babcock in his postgame presser after his team's 4-3 Game 6 loss to Chicago on Monday night.
You can find the link to the presser here.
Warning: Sarcasm levels are near record highs in this one.
Dear Coach,
5. "No."
When asked if you had an explanation as to why your team had allowed 20 goals collectively in the third period throughout the playoffs, your response was, "No." That was it, a one-word answer and then you take off on a tangent asking the reporter if he wants you to comment on tonight's game or all the other games too while you're is at the podium. Then you listed all the good things that your team did tonight and then mentioned that "We can't hit the guy in the leg and give up the penalty shot" (see No. 3).
4. "We did a ton of good things tonight; made some young mista ...
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