November 4, 2009.
The relationship between the Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans is almost like Sid and Nancy. Well, maybe not Sid and Nancy, but more like Lysander and Helena if you know you’re Shakespeare. One’s love is not returned, essentially. Fans of the Leafs have had their love go unrequited for, oh, about 42 years now and you can tell their starting to get a little turned off by their love interest’s hard-to-get attitude. After reading David Feschuk and Michael Grange’s book ¬Leafs Abomination, I have to say I was impressed and intrigued as to how the two reporters addressed this infidelity. The book drew me in and I couldn’t put it down to be honest. It was well written, well-structured, well-researched and gave an updated version of the history of the Maple Leafs while tearing apart the organization in order to anatomically determine the reasons for the team’s 42-year Stanley Cup drought. However, this is not a book review, so I’ll get to the point. There was a chapter of the book called “Blame the Fans” (other chapter titles included “Blame Peddie”, “Blame John Ferguson Jr.” and “Find Hope in Brian Burke”) and I couldn’t help but realize how Feschuk and Grange’s argument was both painstakingly true and horribly false simultaneously. Read more.....
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