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Winning Entry of the "Rip the Wings" Contest
Written by Sean Payton   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 09:58
A sincere “thanks” for all who entered the “Rip the Wings” contest, which was in celebration of the 1 year anniversary of this blog.  I know it took some real effort to enter, much appreciated on this side.  The winning entry was selected at random via the popular “iPod shuffle method.”

Here is the winning entry from Kristin Chapman:
  1. Cartoon Dick Tracy, the last good thing to come from Detroit, first appeared in a local newspaper in 1931, which is the year right before the Red Wings got there. Coincidence? I think not.
  2. The Octopus thing. One, it's creepy, slimy and weird. Two, it's mean for the cephalopod to endure such a treatment at the hands of dirty Wings fans. Last, if they treat animals this way, imagine how they'd treat their pets. Someone call PETA.
  3. Most of their team is from Sweden. Fuck the Swedish. They remained neutral during World War Two, and you can't support Nazis.
  4. Their sweaters are unimaginative and monochromatic. Red and white? Really?  It's not very pretty and women like pretty things. It's horrible. Give up and get nice sweaters like the Avs.
  5. The date was March 26, 1997. The fighters: Patrick Roy and Mike Vernon. Roy got in so many good punches it wasn't even ruled a fight. Vernon loses, and by default the Wings lose.


Here is my list:
  1. The Detroit Fans. I’ll explain this one with a quick story.  In Jan 2006, I went to an Avs / Wings regular season game on Saturday and the AFC Championship Game on Sunday which featured the Steelers and the Broncos.  Unfortunately for me, both the Avs and Broncos lost.  Guess which fans were more obnoxious about the win?  You guessed it, Wings fans (about a regular season win) vs. a fans of a team who just won the right to go to the Super Bowl.
  2. Todd Bertuzzi. I don’t really have to explain this one, do I?
  3. The Octopus thing. I understand the tradition, but please keep it in Detroit.  It gross, egotistical and ridiculous to throw an octopus onto the ice in an opponent’s building.
  4. Mickey Redmond (Color Analyst for Fox Sports Detroit).  There is the “hometown bias” you have to expect watching any NHL game, and then there is there Mickey Redmond.  Just google “Mickey Redmond homer”.  PS - This is hilarious:
  5. Chris Osgood. I’ve discussed ol' Chris before.
Go Avs - Red Wings Suck.


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