SCFlyguy Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) Quote Remember when the Flyers' were good? They called them the Broad Street Bullies! The Bullies. . . I like Bullies because they win. You're not allowed to be a Bully anymore. If you're a Bully now they send you to the principal's office. What a world. Sad! When posters complained in the offseason about management (Scott, Holmgren, Fletcher) and the moves that Fletcher made, some said it was too soon to call whether the Flyers would be good. We're now nearly 25% of the way through the season. In honor of this tradition, this thread is for listing your excuses why the Flyers are bad. I'll get us started: Old Man Ellis caught the LBI working in the holler and things ain't been the same. Injuries to .59ppg $7M Hollywood Hayes. This was still a good signing. It's an odd year, so Provorov is bad. Next year he will be good. Wait, he was bad last year. Doesn't matter, he's still a #1 D. AV. Mike Yeo is not good at doing whatever he does. PK, PP, Player Development, Mixing AV's Martinis, I forget. They aren't tough enough. I remember when Dave Brown. . . .zzzzzzzzzzzz. Not enough youth/not enough vets. They don't play hard enough/they don't care enough. You know, what every fan says about their team instead of admitting they weren't that good. Still Jake Voracek's fault. Dr. Fletcher removed most of the locker room cancer, but it had spread to others. Won't move G to Center/Playing people out of position. Won't let Ghost be Ghost. Oh yeah, he's gone. [JVR/Sanheim] is soft. Feel free to add your own! Edited November 24, 2021 by SCFlyguy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 13. Philly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFlyguy Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 14. We built a building that exceeded the height of some other building, thereby angering the hockey gods or something. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) 15. Ben Simmons fk that guy Edited November 24, 2021 by ruxpin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 16. Still haven't gotten Giroux enough support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachX Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, SCFlyguy said: Won't let Ghost be Ghost. Oh yeah, he's gone So he's a ghost? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachX Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 17. Scott Laughton 18. JvR 19. TK 20. Seller (have no idea what's his name is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 16. Here once and for all is the reason the Flyers are where they are ... (in my Frank Barrone voice) .... these 3 names ...the good old boys club who still believe it is the 1980's. Until that changes nothing will ever change ..... this goes hand in hand with #17. 17. COMCAST ...to them the Flyers are just another ledger entry on their books ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, pilldoc said: 16. Here once and for all is the reason the Flyers are where they are ... (in my Frank Barrone voice) .... these 3 names ...the good old boys club who still believe it is the 1970s. Until that changes nothing will ever change ..... this goes hand in hand with #17. 17. COMCAST ...to them the Flyers are just another ledger entry on their books ... Fixed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 The top excuse to me, has to be Holmgren’s dog ate their team homework. That should be listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) 1) They haven’t drafted or developed players well. 2) The ol boy network is alive and well. 3) There is too much expected from, and not enough from the “leadership group”…not excuses, just facts. Flyers Club Med…where taking care of “their own” , even coddling them, is more important than winning a Cup. Edited November 24, 2021 by FD19372 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFlyguy Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 How could I forget: 18. Refs have it in for us since the days of the Bullies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 We're 2 years away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: We're ALWAYS AND PERMANENTLY 2 years away... Fixed it for ya. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, pilldoc said: 17. COMCAST ...to them the Flyers are just another ledger entry on their books ... The Flyers are run just like Xfinity home repair. "We'll be there in 3-5 years. Please make sure someone's home." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesesteak Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, pilldoc said: 17. COMCAST ...to them the Flyers are just another ledger entry on their books ... YES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 31 minutes ago, ruxpin said: The Flyers are run just like Xfinity home repair. "We'll be there in 3-5 years. Please make sure someone's home." as Metallic sings…. “Sad but true….” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 19. NHL stubbornly and unfairly refuses to schedule Philadelphia to play the Coyotes, Sabres, and Penguins 15 times each per season! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: 19. NHL stubbornly and unfairly refuses to schedule Philadelphia to play the Coyotes, Sabres, and Penguins 15 times each per season! It's kind of nice you think that would give the Flyers a winning record. Delusional, but nice. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, ruxpin said: It's kind of nice you think that would give the Flyers a winning record. Delusional, but nice. In that case, things are worse than we thought! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Does this sound familiar..."I like our club" the immortal words of Paul Holmgren. In my words the team sucks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctid Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 20. We haven't had a REAL captain since Richards/Pronger Love Giroux. But he is not a leader. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrittyForever Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 5 hours ago, pilldoc said: 16. Here once and for all is the reason the Flyers are where they are ... (in my Frank Barrone voice) .... these 3 names ...the good old boys club who still believe it is the 1980's. Until that changes nothing will ever change ..... Do you really think that's true though? I never thought much of Holmgren but 80s hockey? If anything, this team we have is kind of soft. They definitely aren't caught up in some sort of dated idea. They play speed and possession like everybody else. They definitely don't pound people around or play overly physical. They just can't score goals. I personally think it's AV's system. Unless you're going to change the players they need to open this thing up with the guys they have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, GrittyForever said: They just can't score goals. They don't generate scoring chances to be specific. It's not like they are all snake bitten or something, almost zero quality chances being generated over 60 min. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 18 minutes ago, Podein25 said: They don't generate scoring chances to be specific. It's not like they are all snake bitten or something, almost zero quality chances being generated over 60 min. I don't think it's the system. It's the players. They simply haven't been good enough. And 10 of them are already signed for next season with at least two more "likely" (Giroux, Ristolainen). Seven of them are signed for the next three seasons... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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