Scott Parker Interview and Update

[The_Sheriff]

Long, really interesting article. Apparently part two is coming tomorrow. Good old fashioned tough guy, my personal favorite.

http://www.milehighhockey.com/2012/7...r-scott-parker

Actually part 2 is up also

Part 2

[bigjack]

Originally Posted by The_Sheriff

Long, really interesting article. Apparently part two is coming tomorrow. Good old fashioned tough guy, my personal favorite.

http://www.milehighhockey.com/2012/7...r-scott-parker

Actually part 2 is up also

Part 2

Thanks, If I'm out in Colorado, I'll have to get my flat top done!

[straka91]

Good interview, wish I could find a video of him going after the Dallas Stars.

[Captain Crunch28]

Got the chance to meet the Sheriff in Columbus when he was a healthy scratch. Great guy, but never gotta see him play live unfortunately.

[The_Sheriff]

This interested me -

"That's what I tell the boys, if anything goes awry, I say, "watch this". I got you. I have that [watch this] tattooed on my chest. It was what I knew I had to do. When Jack Johnson hit Smitty [Ryan Smyth] into the turnbuckle, I looked right at Coach Q like, "Can I go, can I go?!". And he's like, "go where?". And I said, "go after that mother****er". And he said, "no, no, no". I should have just went, but you obviously don't do that or I would have been done right there. But still, Smitty's my boy and that's my job. I felt like I let him down. I should have done something. I wouldn't have went crazy enough where something went really awry, but I would send a message bad enough to where it probably would have changed the face of the whole NHL. I was just at that point where I was hand-cuffed enough. I was a rabid dog. One of my boys was down on the ice, unwarranted. It didn't sit well with me."

Hmmmm, really curious as to what that would have been. And the handcuffing stuff is really unfortunate...

[4thLineGoon]

That was the best, most candid interview I have ever read. The highlights:

the thing is, [Steve Moore] always thought he was better than everybody else. He went to Harvard, you know what, blow me. College grad. I never went to college, but I can kick your ass. I'll bring you right down to my IQ level if you want. I'll hit you about four times in the skull, that'll bring you right down.

MHH: What about Ron Wilson?

SCOTT PARKER: Yeah, Ron's a dick

I got in fights in practice up until, I think my third year pro. In practice I would beat guys up. They'd get ornery, they get stupid, they'd crosscheck me in front of the net. I said, "you know what I do to guys in the games when they do that to me? I beat the **** out of them". And if they continue to do it, you know what I do? I drop my mitts and I'd tool them. And they learned. They didn't do it anymore in practice, so you have to teach them. It's evolution.

Exactly. Guys are throwing elbows. What's crazy is, I don't know if you see it, I see it and it makes me so angry, is you play 82 games regular season, and they call everything. Whistles, whistles, up until two minutes of the game, oh, still whistles, whistles. Come playoffs, whistles go away. Why is there two separate games? Why don't they just play that way the whole time instead of just letting them play like that in the playoffs, because the enforcers don't generally get to play in the playoffs. So if Raffi Torres will go out and just ****ing tool someone, and I can't go out and do it ‘cause I'm up in the stands eating nachos - now I can't do anything. And I know I'm not going in the next game ‘cause if I do something and I take a four minute penalty and they score two goals, then I screwed our chances of the playoffs.

Amazing stuff, great interview. Parker is a beauty and spot on with everything. Wish he was in charge of the league.

[fcm]

[Scott's son DJ interrupts] DJ: Did you ask about Bob Hartley?

SCOTT PARKER: Uh, we talked about Bob a little bit. I think I called him a dickhead or something. [EVERYONE LAUGHS]

DJ: Did you ask him about Ron Wilson? Ask him about Ron Wilson [laughs].

MHH: What about Ron Wilson?

SCOTT PARKER: Yeah, Ron's a dick.

[The_Sheriff]

His Bertuzzi - Moore comments have become viral sort of haha.....

[Nodak]

Always liked Scott even though I had to watch him manhandle my WHL team. He is right though, the WHL was HIS league that last year.

Curious though. He is 34 and it says his son plays college volleyball. Is it his stepson or did he have a kid when he was 15?

[fcm]

Originally Posted by Nodak

Curious though. He is 34 and it says his son plays college volleyball. Is it his stepson or did he have a kid when he was 15?

Maybe it's his GF's son and she's older than him...

[V12_Bi-Turbo]

great stuff

[glovesdroppa]

Wouldn't wanna see that dude in a back alley
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...r:2,s:15,i:129