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Archive for July 2009
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There’s a Fault in the Plan: It Caves with a Poor Level of Commitment (Part 2)
Continuing on with our series taking a look at last season, I bring you:
The Time of Greatness: Pre-Season and the Month of October
There’s a Fault in the Plan: It Caves with a Poor Level of Commitment (Part 1)
If there was one thing consistent about last season, it was, rather entertainingly, that the commitment and performance of the Crunch was never consistent. Ever. Our man Lindsay Kramer once used the metaphor of a rollercoaster to symbolize what time is like for fans in Crunch Land, and there’s really not a more fitting picture out there.
We ended up with one hell of a lopsided coaster this past season, didn’t we? It seemed like there were so many more dark, hair-raising, joy-sucking drops that lasted for ages (December, anyone?) than there were light-hearted, exciting, rising moments where the team attempted to reach for the sky. Over the next four posts, I’m going to take a look at this past season’s ride of thrills, chills, and spills. Sometimes you just can’t move forward until you’ve looked back.
In this edition: The Off Season Read the rest of this entry »
The Week That Was and The Week Ahead…Now with 29% More Legitimacy!
A funny story — last Monday, I read over last week’s recap and look ahead to this week, and I said to Alex, “It seems like this coming week is going to be slow for news…I hope something big happens to give us something to talk about”. As it turned out, I had nothing to worry about. Let’s look back, shall we? Read the rest of this entry »
