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Very cool story!!

http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-ba ... 06aaa.html

Great quote from Cory in there too:

"I wouldn't trade my experience with the Falcons and Coach Dakich for anything in the world," said Eyink.

Yeah, that was cool thing by the Eynk family. Its good to see former players giving back. Speaking of giving back has AD done anything like this since he's been in the NBA? He's currantly our ownly somwhat high profile athlete in professional sports right now.

falconboy wrote:Yeah, that was cool thing by the Eynk family. Its good to see former players giving back. Speaking of giving back has AD done anything like this since he's been in the NBA? He's currantly our ownly somwhat high profile athlete in professional sports right now.

You know, if you don't count Rob Blake.

TG1996 wrote:

falconboy wrote:Yeah, that was cool thing by the Eynk family. Its good to see former players giving back. Speaking of giving back has AD done anything like this since he's been in the NBA? He's currantly our ownly somwhat high profile athlete in professional sports right now.

You know, if you don't count Rob Blake.

Yeah, but unfortunaltly NHL hockey is still in the very bottem rung of sports watched by Americans. If you haven't noticed NBC's ratings for the Stanley Cup playoffs are proportatedly abysmal , which actually surprised me a litte considering whats on at the same time as those games, which are mainly crap shows.

Sorry to the hockey fans here who felt left out but I'm sure I could find more people on the streets of Toledo or BG that know who Antonio Daniels is over who Rob Blake is. The NBA has been on network tv for a very long time and AD has been on a NBA championship team and in contention for one on another. When it comes to tv who has the oppertunity to know who Rob Blake is unless you've had espn, espn2 your whole life and or have been a Falcon Hockey fan for years?

TG1996 wrote:

falconboy wrote:Yeah, that was cool thing by the Eynk family. Its good to see former players giving back. Speaking of giving back has AD done anything like this since he's been in the NBA? He's currantly our ownly somwhat high profile athlete in professional sports right now.

You know, if you don't count Rob Blake.

...or Keith McLeod.

falconboy wrote:

TG1996 wrote:

falconboy wrote:Yeah, that was cool thing by the Eynk family. Its good to see former players giving back. Speaking of giving back has AD done anything like this since he's been in the NBA? He's currantly our ownly somwhat high profile athlete in professional sports right now.

You know, if you don't count Rob Blake.

Yeah, but unfortunaltly NHL hockey is still in the very bottem rung of sports watched by Americans. If you haven't noticed NBC's ratings for the Stanley Cup playoffs are proportatedly abysmal , which actually surprised me a litte considering whats on at the same time as those games, which are mainly crap shows.

Sorry to the hockey fans here who felt left out but I'm sure I could find more people on the streets of Toledo or BG that know who Antonio Daniels is over who Rob Blake is. The NBA has been on network tv for a very long time and AD has been on a NBA championship team and in contention for one on another. When it comes to tv who has the oppertunity to know who Rob Blake is unless you've had espn, espn2 your whole life and or have been a Falcon Hockey fan for years?

You're joking, right? You have to be. I'm going to go with joking.

jacojdm wrote:

TG1996 wrote:

falconboy wrote:Yeah, that was cool thing by the Eynk family. Its good to see former players giving back. Speaking of giving back has AD done anything like this since he's been in the NBA? He's currantly our ownly somwhat high profile athlete in professional sports right now.

You know, if you don't count Rob Blake.

...or Keith McLeod.

I meant high profile athlete. Keith could be headed in that direction soon but he's not there yet. I probably shoulda mentioned high profile athlete with some serious money. AD fits that bill as he's most definilty the highest paid pro athlete that has come from BG.

Bleeding Orange wrote: You're joking, right? You have to be. I'm going to go with joking.

Actually, falconboy does make SOME sense. The NHL is just pathetic right now. It's hard to find if you even want to, and not many people do. The first game of the finals got outwatched by women's softball...and the margin wasn't that close. That, my friend, is pathetic.

If you look at their sport Blake is an infinitely higher profile player than Daniels could ever hope to become. Still, I'm not sure among casual sports fans that Blake is a mainstream name. Around here he is because of his BG ties, and because this is one of the better hockey areas of the country. For the rest of the country I'm not so sure.

I used to be a pretty big hockey fan, but I don't think I watched 2 games this year, and I know I haven't seen a minute of hte playoffs. That league is falling apart.

hammb wrote:

Bleeding Orange wrote: You're joking, right? You have to be. I'm going to go with joking.

Actually, falconboy does make SOME sense. The NHL is just pathetic right now. It's hard to find if you even want to, and not many people do. The first game of the finals got outwatched by women's softball...and the margin wasn't that close. That, my friend, is pathetic.

If you look at their sport Blake is an infinitely higher profile player than Daniels could ever hope to become. Still, I'm not sure among casual sports fans that Blake is a mainstream name. Around here he is because of his BG ties, and because this is one of the better hockey areas of the country. For the rest of the country I'm not so sure.

I used to be a pretty big hockey fan, but I don't think I watched 2 games this year, and I know I haven't seen a minute of hte playoffs. That league is falling apart.

No, that league is back and in a big way. The play is much more exciting now, and with time, it will be as popular as ever. Hockey is really only now starting to take off in places like Florida, Carolina and Arizona, so it isn't as if there are a ton of dying markets anywhere. Perhaps your perception is simply based on your own viewing choices?

And you'll have to forgive my guffaw at FB's statement, but that is honestly one of the most ludicrous things I have ever heard in my life. Yes, AD is a very talented player and he still has a long career ahead of him. But Rob has been around for a long time and is not just good at what he does, he is considered by many to be in the top ten hockey players in the world. There just is no comparison there no matter what your opinion is of the sport of hockey.

Oh, and a little quick research further debases these claims:

Rob Blake's annual salary: $8.85 m.
http://cphl.calgarypuck.com/rosters/col.htm

Antonio Daniel's annual salary: $5 m.
http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/washington.htm

Bleeding Orange wrote:

hammb wrote:

Bleeding Orange wrote: You're joking, right? You have to be. I'm going to go with joking.

Actually, falconboy does make SOME sense. The NHL is just pathetic right now. It's hard to find if you even want to, and not many people do. The first game of the finals got outwatched by women's softball...and the margin wasn't that close. That, my friend, is pathetic.

If you look at their sport Blake is an infinitely higher profile player than Daniels could ever hope to become. Still, I'm not sure among casual sports fans that Blake is a mainstream name. Around here he is because of his BG ties, and because this is one of the better hockey areas of the country. For the rest of the country I'm not so sure.

I used to be a pretty big hockey fan, but I don't think I watched 2 games this year, and I know I haven't seen a minute of hte playoffs. That league is falling apart.

No, that league is back and in a big way. The play is much more exciting now, and with time, it will be as popular as ever. Hockey is really only now starting to take off in places like Florida, Carolina and Arizona, so it isn't as if there are a ton of dying markets anywhere. Perhaps your perception is simply based on your own viewing choices?

And you'll have to forgive my guffaw at FB's statement, but that is honestly one of the most ludicrous things I have ever heard in my life. Yes, AD is a very talented player and he still has a long career ahead of him. But Rob has been around for a long time and is not just good at what he does, he is considered by many to be in the top ten hockey players in the world. There just is no comparison there no matter what your opinion is of the sport of hockey.

Oh, and a little quick research further debases these claims:

Rob Blake's annual salary: $8.85 m.
http://cphl.calgarypuck.com/rosters/col.htm

Antonio Daniel's annual salary: $5 m.
http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/washington.htm

Okay , I conclude that you've debunked my theory that AD is the higest paid BG athlete. But you won't convince me that more people outside of the hockey world who know Rob Blake over AD.

falconboy....falconboy....falconboy (sigh)...it's obvious from your initial post ("somewhat high profile professional athlete" is your stated criteria) that you forgot about Rob Blake. He certainly fits the criteria and he's had more success in the NHL than Daniuels has had in the NBA.

Rather than just admit that you made a mistake, you put yourself in a position where you have to denigrate a successful BGSU alum AND a popular sport.

It's OK to just say "Whoops, forgot about that". People would respect that more than you digging yourself into a deeper hole.

falconboy wrote:Okay , I conclude that you've debunked my theory that AD is the higest paid BG athlete. But you won't convince me that more people outside of the hockey world who know Rob Blake over AD.

And I would argue that those outside the NBA world probably don't know who AD is. It's all subjective, I suppose, but I'd still lean toward Blake being higher profile than AD, if only for the worldly scale at which he plays.

Bleeding Orange wrote:
No, that league is back and in a big way. The play is much more exciting now, and with time, it will be as popular as ever. Hockey is really only now starting to take off in places like Florida, Carolina and Arizona, so it isn't as if there are a ton of dying markets anywhere. Perhaps your perception is simply based on your own viewing choices?

The game may be more exciting than ever, but that's irrelevant. That league is failing miserably. The games were on OLN...OLN!!! Ratings were HORRIBLE, even people who do get OLN weren't watching. People like myself who actually enjoy the sport weren't even watching. Until they find some way to market their game and get themselves out there that league is not back, and certainly not in a big way.

You do not get beaten in the ratings by women's softball and consider yourself a marquee sport...I'm sorry. The only way that the NHL will ever be back is if they can get themselves back onto a real network. You need to at least get onto ESPN 2, something that somebody actually watches. I don't care if they have to actually pay to get on the station, they will never gain exposure while OLN is their only network.

As for Blake vs Daniels I didn't read falconboy's post very clearly, I know that Blake made more than AD. Blake is a better player than AD. Like you said, he's one of the best in the business, period. AD is a 6th man, fringe starter in the NBA.

Like TG said AD is probably too small profile for the NBA for any non hoops fans to know him either, so I'm guessing they're both equally miniscule profiles. As for donations, I believe Daniels gives his money to George Mason.

hammb wrote:Like TG said AD is probably too small profile for the NBA for any non hoops fans to know him either, so I'm guessing they're both equally miniscule profiles. As for donations, I believe Daniels gives his money to George Mason.

Which is kind of what I was getting at. Blake gets dismissed because less than casual hockey fans (and non-fans) wouldn't know who he is. Given an equal footing for each sport, however, no doubt Blake would be a well-known name.

Hockey's problems irritate me to no end, and I don't think it's the league's fault entirely. It's this mentality the sports world seems to have lately of "this is what we like, everything else sucks." While even regular season hockey games can be a little bland at times, especially to the casual observer, how anyone who has given half a chance to the playoffs, especially this Final, and say "hockey sucks" is a closed-brained mo-ron. Same way with the World Cup, to an extent.

(For the record, Blake has given generously to the University, for those who don't already know.)

But that's neither here nor there for a thread that's gotten quickly away from its intended purpose. A BiG thank you goes out to the Eyinks!


(EDIT: I totally misread the "Like TG said..." part, so I apologize if some of this is redundant. You'd think I'd get used to people agreeing with me by now. Sheesh! )

It's June 15 and they are still playing hockey? Does anyway else see the problem with that?