Thoughts

Sometimes I think about sports. OK so I'm usually thinking about sports. These are Scott's Thoughts. A periodic entry I'll throw in with my random thoughts of the day or week or year.

--- I think the Canucks are going to be good this year. And I usually don't. I'm not going into salary crap bee's wax just because it sounds like a lot of work. But if they can get their defence settled, Bernier to have another career year, Samuellsson to score 20, and Burrows to continue what he started with the Sedins, this is a dangerous team.

--- I think high school football in and around Vancouver deserves more respect. I think Farhan Lalji might be a better coach (New West Hyacks) than he is a broadcaster. There are a few kids in and around the BC high school circuit with division 1 scholarship offers, which aren't handed out like candy like they are in California. I think people in the Lower Mainland should get behind their alma maters and make an atmosphere like Permian or Dillon in Friday Night Lights.

--- I think anyone who calls Vancouver a hockey market is wrong. Vancouver is a Canucks market, and there's a difference. If it were a hockey market, Junior A and Junior B rinks would be packed , rather than the friends and family crowds that actually go to the games in the low hundreds. If it were a hockey market, You wouldn't be able to get a ticket to a Giants game.

--- I think I want to pursuade anyone who might be reading this that says that don't watch college football because they have no one to cheer for, to make an attitude adjustment. UW is a three hour drive away. and 73,000 at Husky stadium compared to the 25,000 we get at BC Place is worth the drive.

--- I think I need to get to a Seahawks game this year. Almost as badly as Shaun Alexander needs a job this year. Oops.