Yesterday was the day that Ryan Smyth left town after the huge trade on Tuesday that rocked Oiler nation. He scheduled a presser at the airport for noon on his way out of town for Long Island. He was very emotional when he saw all the fans that showed up to wish him well. The Airlines even went as far as printing up banners for him. I will tell you that I almost had another 'Peripheral Man Tear Occurance'. When he said he wanted to go to NY and win a cup and bring it back here to Edmonton, because that is where his heart is. I have no attachment to this team, other than covering then on a day to day basis, and that was pretty tough to listen to. In fact, he is the reason why Cory and I got so much heat for the Jacket incident back earlier in the season. So I am not sad to see him go, but it is sad in it's own way.
Of course a ton of media was there and followed him from his car to the podium and then all the way to the ticket counter. Which is of course as far as you can go. Kinda pathetic in it's own way. But I guess we have to do it.
So I get the paper this morning and I look at the front page of the Journal and what do I see? Some hockey player hugging his wife, and behind him FREAKING SERGIO. Nice job big shot. He makes the front page of the paper. Of course my first thought is not 'congrats Sergio' it is 'Where am I?' Once I figure out that I did not make the paper I get mad, and then swing back to that I am happy for Sergio. Of course he was all of a sudden a big shot at the rink. He ignored us and would not even hang out with us. Too bad things like this go to your head so fast.
As I was talking to the crew for the Mobile truck one of the guys came up and told me that I made the Calgary Herald AND the Globe and Mail. Take that Sergio, you think you are big time? Not so fast. I made two papers, one of them national. You just got you little Edmonton Journal pic, I made it big time. So I guess when I go to the rink tonight for the game. I will not be speaking to Sergio at all. Just a little payback my friends, just a little payback.
Man what a good looking guy running that
camera with the red shirt. I bet that guy is really cool. Not to mention very intelligent. I am not sure why they had to include Ryan Smyth in the shot but whatever makes the paper happy. Put him in there, I don't care. Nobody is looking at him, they are looking at the cool cameraguy on the left. Man that guy is a stud. I do wonder what the hell he is doing BEHIND Smyth and not in front of him. There must be a good reason because a photographer of that stature would not make a mistake like that on his own, it MUST be someone elses fault. Absolutely.This is not going to my head, it is just the way things go. The picture that was in the Calgary Herald is the same pic, just black and white. Calgary sucks, they can't even afford to put some color ink for this picture. Probably THE most important picture they will run this year, and they cheap out and go black and white. Losers.
Sorry, Heath McCoy, of the Calgary Herald McCoys, I just calls them as I sees them. And I prefer to sees them in Color. This is after all the new mellenium. I think you need to go and have a talk with your editors and let them know what is up. Really.
So you guys have a good day and GET BACK TO WORK!!!
