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AS I SEE IT COLUMN: Jets can learn from Ice and Pistons
4 minute read 1:47 PM CDTSo that’s it for local hockey. The Steinbach Pistons were stopped in their quest for the Centennial Cup, the Winnipeg Ice lost in the WHL finals and the Jets…well, we all know what happened to them and the disgusting way their season came to an inglorious end.
In the world of sports it typically goes like this: Amateur athletes learn from the pros. They model their behaviour, their work ethic, their tactics and, generally speaking, they try to play like the pros.
Given the disastrous way the Jets season ended it is beyond clear that things have been flipped on their head. The Jets have much to learn from the Pistons and Ice.
It seems counter-intuitive but after the Pistons and Ice lost in their respective bids to be national champions and the Jets were unceremoniously booted from their playoffs, it is the multi-millionaire Jets that need to learn from the Pistons and Ice, not the other way around.
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“The feeling in the room is great…There’s a lot of heart and soul in that room, that gave it their all. I guess that’s all you ask for.”
That is provably false. Anyone watching the start of the Jets golf season – pardon me, I mean game 5 against Vegas – could see with their own eyes that the Jets did the exact opposite of what Hellebuyck described. Instead of giving it their all it looked like the team could hardly wait for the game to be over so they could get out of town and start their vacation.
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“It’s an amazing experience, and a really proud moment for both of us, to be able to represent our Metis heritage and our province in this tournament,” Anya said after a 9-0 victory over Team Atlantic.
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