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Originally posted by skullfunk
1. Don' give me that shit. A dead coach has nothing to do with anything! The truth is all that matters in a story. And to claim that the group of amateurs beating seasoned professionals doesn't raise skepticism about their success is delusional.
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Ever heard the saying "That's why they play the games?"
Your statement quite honestly offends me as a hockey player. There's a million reasons why the Russians could have lost in a one-game, winner takes all, tournament. It happens all the time. Hockey is a sport that is won or lost, especially in big games, by heart. Heart and work-ethic. Maybe the Americans simply wanted it more, or the Russians took them lightly and lost their edge, or the Americans outplayed them as a team because they had the underdog's "nothing to lose" mentality, etc etc etc. There's a million things that could have caused it including sheer bad luck. Maybe it just wasn't their day.
It's not as if the US team was just a bunch of random guys they'd taken off the street that morning, they were a good hockey team. Maybe not as skilled or well-known as the Soviets, but they were still good. If I'm not mistaken, a number of them went on to be "seasoned professionals" in the NHL.