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Eh - the Rangers are doing ok this year. There's a question about if they were going in the right direction a few years ago, but they rebounded. The Knicks are

Eh - the Rangers are doing ok this year. There's a question about if they were going in the right direction a few years ago, but they rebounded. The Knicks are a smoking crater, from what I understand, tho.

alephnerd 3y ago
> the Rangers are doing ok this year True, but isn't he much more hands-off now compared to a couple years ago?
- distortedsignal 3y ago
  I think you'd have to be an NHL insider to know that. Dolan's Wikipedia page blames him for the post-94 dip, which may be fair, but if that's the case, then he's seen them through two rebuilds, one of which culminated with a Stanley Cup Finals appearance (2014, if I recall). I'll never forgive him for not getting Hank a Cup, but sometimes these things can't be helped. Hockey is fickle.
whycome 3y ago
I had to look up "which rangers sports team" because the one from Texas just won the world series in baseball and Rangers FC doesn't seem to be doing too bad. Do sports teams really have a limit on available names?
- distortedsignal 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Roughriders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Roughriders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders These teams played <i>in the same league</i>.
  - whycome 3y ago
    Yeah, but it must have been a giant league with lots of teams. ...Right? (9 teams...) Now, their name is simple "the red-blacks" and is for the colors of their uniforms. Toronto's soccer team in Major League Soccer is called "Toronto FC" or "Toronto Football Club". Calgary: "Cavalry FC" which seems extra confusing when spoken. Sports naming is so weird.
    - brewdad 3y ago
      Speaking of weird names, I've always been fascinated about how the football (soccer) team the Young Boys decided to go with that. I'm not about to just Google that though. I don't need my browser history polluted with the types of wrong results that would come up.
      - robjwells 3y ago
        Named in contrast to Basel Old Boys, apparently. (“Old Boys” as in former pupils of a school.)
      - inemesitaffia 3y ago
        It's the same name as Juventus and Al Shabab
    - thazework 3y ago
      It's all fun and games till you're at a Sheffield pub talking about 'United'
      - alephnerd 3y ago
        I think being in Sheffield is punishment enough /s
    - jonathankoren 3y ago
      MLS naming is the worst! Originally, it was perfectly normal North American naming convention, $PLACE $NOUN. Then sometime in the aughts, they started bringing in boring European names, and worse yet, just aping them for no reason. Only the pretentious call soccer “football” in North America, and no one calls themselves a “sports club”. Even the Baseball Club of Seattle, doesn’t call themselves “Seattle BC”. They’re the Mariners. Half of the league’s names are an insult to North American sports culture. A special place in sports hell is set for the dude that named Real Salt Lake. He explicitly aped Real Madrid because he’s such a fan. Dude. We literally fought a war to overthrow a monarchy.
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alephnerd 3y ago

> the Rangers are doing ok this year True, but isn't he much more hands-off now compared to a couple years ago?

distortedsignal 3y ago
I think you'd have to be an NHL insider to know that. Dolan's Wikipedia page blames him for the post-94 dip, which may be fair, but if that's the case, then he's seen them through two rebuilds, one of which culminated with a Stanley Cup Finals appearance (2014, if I recall). I'll never forgive him for not getting Hank a Cup, but sometimes these things can't be helped. Hockey is fickle.

whycome 3y ago

I had to look up "which rangers sports team" because the one from Texas just won the world series in baseball and Rangers FC doesn't seem to be doing too bad. Do sports teams really have a limit on available names?

distortedsignal 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Roughriders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Roughriders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders These teams played <i>in the same league</i>.
- whycome 3y ago
  Yeah, but it must have been a giant league with lots of teams. ...Right? (9 teams...) Now, their name is simple "the red-blacks" and is for the colors of their uniforms. Toronto's soccer team in Major League Soccer is called "Toronto FC" or "Toronto Football Club". Calgary: "Cavalry FC" which seems extra confusing when spoken. Sports naming is so weird.
  - brewdad 3y ago
    Speaking of weird names, I've always been fascinated about how the football (soccer) team the Young Boys decided to go with that. I'm not about to just Google that though. I don't need my browser history polluted with the types of wrong results that would come up.
    - robjwells 3y ago
      Named in contrast to Basel Old Boys, apparently. (“Old Boys” as in former pupils of a school.)
    - inemesitaffia 3y ago
      It's the same name as Juventus and Al Shabab
  - thazework 3y ago
    It's all fun and games till you're at a Sheffield pub talking about 'United'
    - alephnerd 3y ago
      I think being in Sheffield is punishment enough /s
  - jonathankoren 3y ago
    MLS naming is the worst! Originally, it was perfectly normal North American naming convention, $PLACE $NOUN. Then sometime in the aughts, they started bringing in boring European names, and worse yet, just aping them for no reason. Only the pretentious call soccer “football” in North America, and no one calls themselves a “sports club”. Even the Baseball Club of Seattle, doesn’t call themselves “Seattle BC”. They’re the Mariners. Half of the league’s names are an insult to North American sports culture. A special place in sports hell is set for the dude that named Real Salt Lake. He explicitly aped Real Madrid because he’s such a fan. Dude. We literally fought a war to overthrow a monarchy.
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