Pittsburgh at Buffalo 2/17/13

[twennyfoe]

Originally Posted by Rugged

Yeah, it does.

No one cares about the 70s stick-figure fighters anymore. Christ, Jared Boll would hand Big, Bad Dave Schultz his ass. Times have changed, my man.

I hope this was sarcasm. . .

[FightingIsGood]

For all of you whining about McCormick not taking advantage of Glass having his head in his jersey...you DO realize that the linesmen were standing right there and would have immediately stepped in if McCormick kept punching, right? In fact, they were about to do just that right before he stopped and let Glass pull his jersey down. Then you would have basically had no fight, whereas McCormick's move allowed for a decent tilt.

[Rugged]

Originally Posted by mikebflorida

Only Boston fans do that Rugged.

It's a hockey fight, not a square dance and some of these guys are just way too polite to each other considering they are "fighting". I must have been absent the day they taught "the code" in school because I learned early on that if you are in a fight, you keep fighting until the other guy can't or it gets broken up, I certainly never stopped throwing punches if my opponent got his shirt over his head.

You conveniently overlooked the post(s) where I caught you speaking out of both sides of your mouth.

Make up your mind. On one hand it's not OK, in your mind, for McCormick to do what he did, yet you respect guys like Thornton and Parros for being stand up fighters. You also seem to think Neil was a dirty fighter, so your thoughts are contradictory because, in your mind, McCormick should have just wailed on Glass.

You can't have it both ways, Mike.

I win.

[srehm1]

It was once a slick little move to get your oppoents head caught up in his jersey so you could take advantage. They weren't street fights then, either. A fight is a fight and should be treated as such until you are pryed away by the linesmen. The fight may have ended after a few shots but then Glass would have wanted some revenge or his teammates would have looked for it. this would have led to what we used to refer to as "bad blood" but today everything is so fukin nice it's disgusting. why even fight? just exchange some harsh words and move on. that way no one loses. PC era is for the birds!

[Rugged]

Originally Posted by twennyfoe

I hope this was sarcasm. . .

A guy of Boll's ilk would work Schultz's skinny ass.

Schultz would be considered a MW these days.

[srehm1]

Rob Ray is a total hypocrite. This is the same guy who would dust his hands off after wasting an opponent, strip free and clear of all equipment to "gain an edge" in fights and gloat after knocking out people. He also had no problem jumping people and going after non fighters. thumbs down for his about face on hockey fighting etiquette.

[mikebflorida]

Originally Posted by FightingIsGood

For all of you whining about McCormick not taking advantage of Glass having his head in his jersey...you DO realize that the linesmen were standing right there and would have immediately stepped in if McCormick kept punching, right? In fact, they were about to do just that right before he stopped and let Glass pull his jersey down. Then you would have basically had no fight, whereas McCormick's move allowed for a decent tilt.

I understand emotion and sometimes players go overboard, but we're talking about hockey fights, not street fights. Some of you guys need to understand the difference.

And if that happens, fine, the fight is stopped. What is the goal of the fight then? To make sure it's all warm and fuzzy and fair? It's a friggin FIGHT! 2 guys punching each other's brains out but all of a sudden it's not right to keep punching when one gets the jersey over his head?? Really???

It makes it look royally stupid when he lets up like that, especially to a casual fan who doesn't know anything, they are just going to think it's staged or something.

And please explain how a hockey fight is different than any other fight? I understand in hockey that they have rules like you can't use your feet or knees or headbutt a guy or pull his hair but it's perfectly fine to slug him in the nose and bust it or pick him up and slam him down, even on his head!

But it's not ok to throw punches while the other guy is struggling with his gear? When did this happen?

That's what is WRONG with the NHL these days, the passion has been all but stripped from the game where guys are now such good friends, business partners, union delegates, whatever, that they will fight on the ice and try to blast each other with punches but only as long as it's totally fair? That's retarded.

Hey, that's why the 70's and 80's were so much better for hockey, guys didn't pull punches, they fought spontaneously and with passion, not the pre-meditated, polite "fights" in the NHL today. Some of you are ok with that, I certainly am not and while I still enjoyed the fight itself, I am forced to settle for mediocrity in today's game.

And sorry Rugged, Boll would not hand Schultz his ass, I'm not sure where you get your delusions but the drugs you're taking can't be very healthy for you. Schultz had more ferocity in his pinkie than Boll has ever had and while Boll is a capable guy, he doesn't even approach Schultz as a fighter. I think you're just trying to stir the pot or have never seen footage of Schultz in action.

[srehm1]

Originally Posted by Rugged

A guy of Boll's ilk would work Schultz's skinny ass.

Schultz would be considered a MW these days.

That would be until he saw how little SChultz gave a sh!t about some perceived "code". Then Boll would be terrified and afraid to get hit with his jersey over his head! I think most fighters today would be a little worried about how little their code would be respected had they fought back then.

[Cat Smasher]

Originally Posted by pesadillamal

If so he is very accurate when high. This mythical "code" just keeps growing. Letting someone you are fighting out of a bad situation was never part of any code so maybe you could tell me what date it became part of a code that doesn't even exist. Gotta love the new fans.

http://www.hockeyfights.com/forums/2559441-post46.html

I guess sarcasm went over everyone's head.

[Oilersfan74]

Andrew Peters (@76_AndrewPeters) tweeted at 7:28 AM on Mon, Feb 18, 2013:
Don't let what Cody McCormick did yesterday go forgotten today. That is as honorable as it gets when it comes to a "code" of any sort. #8

Retweeted by Georges Laraque

[mikebflorida]

Originally Posted by Rugged

You conveniently overlooked the post(s) where I caught you speaking out of both sides of your mouth.

Make up your mind. On one hand it's not OK, in your mind, for McCormick to do what he did, yet you respect guys like Thornton and Parros for being stand up fighters. You also seem to think Neil was a dirty fighter, so your thoughts are contradictory because, in your mind, McCormick should have just wailed on Glass.

You can't have it both ways, Mike.

I win.

Ummm...NO you don't win. How old are you anyway? 12??

Thornton and Parros are respected because they don't yap, they aren't dirty, but they will happily drill you in the face with a punch and when the fight's over, it's over, they don't keep throwing and if they want to choose to not throw while a guy is jersied, that's on them, I think it's stupid.

Nothing contradictory about my posts.

Cody may have gained some "respect" for not throwing but I can guarantee you that not one tough guy in this league would berate him for throwing a few while the jersey is over his head. There is no written or unwritten rule about that and I'm not sure why people think there is or should be.

Neil gets wrath from me because he is a yapper and he is dirty, he injures guys with questionable hits but he's very capable as a fighter and he wouldn't hesitate to throw if a guy was jersied and that's fine by me, it's his other antics and attitude that makes him hated.

Get it?

[Rugged]

Originally Posted by Oilersfan74

Andrew Peters (@76_AndrewPeters) tweeted at 7:28 AM on Mon, Feb 18, 2013:
Don't let what Cody McCormick did yesterday go forgotten today. That is as honorable as it gets when it comes to a "code" of any sort. #8

Retweeted by Georges Laraque

When it comes down to it, that's all that matters. Guys' opinions who actually fought for a living.

[mikebflorida]

Originally Posted by Rugged

When it comes down to it, that's all that matters. Guys' opinions who actually fought for a living.

Your very own avatar says it all. BGL is beating Brashear's ass until Brash goes down to a knee and BGL lets up on him out of "politeness" and Brash gets back up and floors BGL with 2 lefts that seemed to come from another zip code.

BGL is dominating the fight until that happens, he let up and paid for it because most fans give Brash the win in that fight and it changed BGL's legacy, if he keeps throwing and gets a TKO win for himself, BGL's legacy is different, it's that simple.

[Rugged]

Haha. Anyone with any sense knows Laraque won that fight. Changed his legacy? Hardly. If anything it makes Brashear look like a huge vagina, getting worked like that, then getting knocked goofy by Belak.

I win.

[srehm1]

Originally Posted by Rugged

When it comes down to it, that's all that matters. Guys' opinions who actually fought for a living.

Yeah Ray fought for a living and did everything you could do that was against the code. But we'll overlook that I guess.