Montreal Canadiens or Canadiens De Montreal?

                Ok, so I guess you all have heard of our “long time needed” firing of the Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin and our “disgraceful” (according to La Presse) act of putting our non-French speaking assistant coach Randy Cunneyworth as head coach. Let the “West Side Story” rumble BEGIN! Give me a &%$#@ break!

                So, apparently it is against Québec laws to have a coach who can’t speak French. Why else would the Quebec Government get involved? Indeed, The Montreal Canadiens have done something so...horrific... that at the next Habs home game, a Québec group will be protesting in front of the Bell Center, waving and handing out Quebec flags and demanding owner Geoff Molson to fix this problem.

                Problem...you want a REAL problem? Give this a try (and there are quite a few): 1) Good luck finding a French coach who HAS coaching experience 2) We let ALL of our good French speaking coaches go to other teams because of our “impatience”   3) The Habs SUCK and need a jumpstart if we want to get anywhere.. and last but not least 4) PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS IS JUST HOCKEY!          I love hockey as much as the next Montrealer, but I think this is getting out of hand!

                Fight me all you want about how the Montreal Canadiens are the pride and joy of the French community, that it’s a long tradition, but it’s still considered a sport right? Now, don’t start yapping at me that I’m Anti-French because my favorite hockey player of All Time is Maurice Richard for what he did, standing up for himself and the French and breaking the language barrier. But that was a long time ago.

                You know, it’s a well known fact that the Montreal Canadiens COULD possibly have an All-Star team with homeboys like Vinny Lacavalier, Marty St.Louis, Claude Giroux, Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo and all those players from Montreal. But they won’t come! Why? Because of what is going on right now! The pressure they would have as a Hab AND being from Montreal would be too hard to handle. Some say English people should rebel for their rights as English citizens, like the French once did.

                I’m sure this is what will end up happening: With all the pressure and all the talk, Patrick Roy will be a coach or GM (god forbid). And it will be done JUST to please the whiners. Look, mes amis, I understand the Canadiens mean a lot to Montreal, just like The Leafs mean to Toronto, or the Bruins to Boston. But like The Bruins and Leafs, they are hockey teams in an organization called the NHL. Enough of the fighting, grab a beer, and let’s watch some hockey!

I’m Just Sayin’: I don’t care if the coach is English, French, German, Latino, Italian, or can only speak Swahili. All I care about is having a coach, who can lead Les Blue, Blanc, Rouge and bring home the Stanley Cup once more.