I was going to do a recap of Game Three, but it is far too painful. And it is not constructive—how do you recap what went wrong in a game you dominated but did not close?
However, I work a sales job for the performing arts in San Jose, and have seen a number of David Mamet's scripts in action. The only one most of you will know was Glengarry Glen Ross , because it was turned into a hit movie with a star-studded cast, including Alec Baldwin (playing the abrasive Blake), Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, and Alan Arkin.
That works just fine, because it is about sales, and that is my profession. It also works because it is time to have a Blake-like speech, and it should come from Sharks captain Rob Blake:
"Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only."
This team registered 51 shots—three times that of its opponents—and could not get one past the opposing netminder in his first Stanley Cup playoff series. We know this team cannot close.
They work so hard, dominate play, then make key mistakes or fail to do the one extra thing that will net them results.
For instance, in Game T ...
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San Jose Sharks Fail To Close: Need a Glengarry Glen-Ross Style Wake-up Call
April 20th, 2010 by MJ Kasprzak Leave a reply »
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