Brett Hull storms out of team USA

[NJYAJ09]

http://tsn.ca/world_cup_hockey/news_story.asp?id=97683

 

[Angryguy]

I hope he was just p.o'D and he really didn't mean that not caring about the fans comment. I didn't realize Hull was such a whiner baby.

 

[Cland]

I actually gained a little more respect for Hull after this. I would much rather see him all po'd about being scratched than see him say oh well and grab the golf clubs. I expect to see him in the line up tonight...and needless to say he will be motivated.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

I actually gained a little more respect for Hull after this. I would much rather see him all po'd about being scratched than see him say oh well and grab the golf clubs. I expect to see him in the line up tonight...and needless to say he will be motivated.

He's a healthy scratch again tonight.

 

[Cland]

He's a healthy scratch again tonight.

Interesting move by Wilson. I hope it pays off.

 

[Hordispack]

What was bleeped... Perhaps "I don't give a rats ass"???

Hmmm. Could we have a new headache in town??

 

[Town Drunk]

I thought the Yotes' signing of Hull was a nice move. He may not be the player that he once was, but he's still good to chip in 20 goals.

That said, Hull has always been a jerk throughout his career. This only further cements that fact.

 

[Cland]

What was bleeped... Perhaps "I don't give a rats ass"???

Hmmm. Could we have a new headache in town??

He said he didn't give a S**T about the fans. And he backed off pretty quickly after he said it too. Doesn't even compare to Plummers rats ass comment IMO. That one was an instant classic still being sampled on talk radio today!

 

[chickenhead]

Some would say this is vintage Hull, since he went to play for Team USA only after he was miffed at being cut from Team Canada in 1986. I thought the signing by the Coyotes was a decent move, since he's a great player, but I can't say he's ever been one of my favorites.

 

[jdra48]

As a lifelong fan of Brett, I'm surprised he cared that much by the benching. But then again, this is a guy who has been dissed all his life. Team Canada didn't wan't him, back in the 80s. He went to team USA, who embraced him, and became one of the leading scorers in team USA history, and led them in scoring to a '96 championship in the World cup. I lived in St. Louis the first 18 years of my life, and he is the reason I am a hockey fan. I've heard the same garbage about him all my life. My only thoughts on the World cup thing are:

1. The World Cup is kind of an elite tournament (more competitive than the NHL.) He's 40 years old. I was surprised he was chosen. But once he was, I was confident he could perform. I believe the first two losses were the result of the style of play (as dictated by coach Ron Wilson,) where USA sent two forecheckers deep, while everybody else in the tournament was playing some sort of trap. This was said by Wilson. Unfortunately, once Hull did not play, and team USA won using a different strategy, Wilson believed it was harder for him to tell the players who filled in that they would not play, than to tell Brett and Brian Rolston, among others, that they would not play.

2. Team USA really needed Brett Hull in the end. The great ability of Hull is to lull you into a false security on defense and then he gets an opening, and shoves it in the back of the net. Tkachuck had a great game when it mattered (for once in his career). But without Hull, they had no great shooter to put it away besides Guerin.

3. The media, especially Canadian, will overblow anything having to do with Brett. Canadians hate Hull, because he plays for team USA, and because he dares question those who run their sacred sport.

I hope the players association comes to their senses pretty soon, because I would really love to see Brett Hull play in a Coyotes uniform for a full two seasons.

 

[chickenhead]

3. The media, especially Canadian, will overblow anything having to do with Brett. Canadians hate Hull, because he plays for team USA, and because he dares question those who run their sacred sport.

I think they dislike him because he felt entitled to play for Team Canada and wasn't content to wait for the honor like every other player. With talent as deep as Canada's, there are proven NHL stars who don't make the roster every four years. But - I will agree that since then, he's gotten quite a few cheap shots.