Another adendum

Watching TV the other night and a commercial appeared about the Women's Concacaf tournament happening in Vancouver January 19th to 22nd. The voiceover goes on about how the team screwed up in 2011, but now there's a new coach and new players and a new attitude. The commercial concludes with the observation that this year the Canadian team is (and I quote) "on the road to redemption." Woohoo. It was a team of sinners last year. This year the team will atone for the sins of yesteryear and be, again, on the road to salvation. Religion isn't dead...it's alive and well in competitive sports!

Addendum to my last post. A little more Canucks philosophy.

Ok, so at the end of the second period the score is Canucks 4, TB 2. I figure, well we can all relax now. Canucks have got this thing under control. So I go downstairs to do some chores, come up some time later and the score in the early third period is now Canucks, 4, TB 3. Well, shit, more sins. More turning the face away from god. More breakdown of the defence. Then 1 minute to go in the game and TB scores again to tie the game! Well, what the hell? Verging on capital sin now...let the guard down, succumb to the temptation to relax, take it easy...hell, they won't score in the last minute of the game. Well, they do...and it's overtime. No score. Shootout time. Mason Raymond becomes the redeemer. Scores the single goal in the shootout and the Canucks win. Yea! We are again on the road to heaven...

Canucks sin and redemption

Just watching the second period of the Canucks and Tampa Bay game tonight. The score was 3 to 1 for the Canucks with one minute left in the second period. Things get a little loose towards the ends of periods, and sometimes if a team is on the ball it will take advantage of loose play and score the 'dreaded' last minute goal. So, sure enough, Tampa Bay scores with a great rush with 31 seconds left. Stamkos drives in shoots, the rebound comes out and Lecavalier puts in in the back of the net. Defensive unit breakdown...sinful behaviour for the Canucks. Then, with less than 2 seconds left, the Canucks don't give up and take the puck into the Tampa Bay goaltender and Ryan Kessler comes charging in and virtually pushes the puck past Roloson. Redemption.
Sin and Redemption in the last minute of the second period. What a great way to think about sin, a breakdown of morality and redemption, a reconnection with morality! Yeah!