Today marked
the second game in the Bulls-Condors series and the last day of the special
Sharks Throwback series. The special jerseys were designed to honor the Sharks
first two seasons at the Cow Palace. More on that in a bit. First about the
game.
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| Dean Ouellet |
San
Francisco lost 4-2 to Bakersfield. Peter Sivak scored both goals for San
Francisco.
The Bulls
have one major problem. They're not consistent. They run hot or cold. One
night they can be magnificently brilliant and the next they’re just not
together. Such was this afternoon’s game. They weren’t terrible, but they weren’t
good enough to win. It wasn’t one player’s fault. It was a collection of
miscues, lost passes and slow defense. This isn’t taking anything away from the
Condors goalie Brian Stewart, who, with 40 saves, did a great job.
It was a
good game for the most part. But the little things hurt the Bulls. Not taking
advantage of power plays hurt the Bulls. Not protecting the net at crucial
times hurt the Bulls. And communication, always the big question mark, misfired
today. Noting that one player, Sivak, scored BOTH San Francisco goals shows how
off they were as a team.
There was a
good sized crowd for the Sunday Family Day game. I like these afternoon games.
It gives everyone enough time to get home, make dinner and a good start for the
week. Amy Snow, writer at Fearless in the Fog, also hosts a radio show and promotes Gong Show Gear, was visiting from Southern California this weekend and I had the chance to meet and talk with her. That was a treat! I'll post a link to her writing at the end of this blog. You do need to read it.
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| Amy Snow |
This was Day Two special Teal Throwback Jerseys, so the those that weren't won yesterday were up for auction today, minus two, which were raffled off.
The special
teal jerseys are nice but, no they are not the Bulls team colors. No, the Bulls
are NOT changing their team colors or even thinking about it. No, the Bulls are
NOT the baby Sharks. (Someone on Facebook called them that.) What a
condescending name! They are their own entity who happen to be an
Affiliate of the San Jose Sharks. They are NOT owned by the Sharks.
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| Rob Kwiet |
There are so
many misunderstandings caused by these jerseys that I thought it was best to
write a little about them here. The jerseys were only available yesterday and today by silent
auction or raffle.
Many San
Francisco Bulls fans are not San Jose Sharks fans. You can see plenty of other
NHL and other league jerseys at Bulls games. I regularly see Flyers, Canadien, Kings, Bruins, to name a few, at Bulls games. I myself love the New York Rangers. It’s a huge
mistake to automatically think that every Bulls fan loves the Sharks. I happen
to also like the Sharks, but that doesn’t mean that everyone does. I know several
who aren’t and were not excited to see the Orange & Black Bulls in teal.
The crowds this
weekend were large but many were not Bulls fans. I certainly hope they weren’t there
just to spend money on the teal jerseys. To think that those jerseys went to Sharks
fans who don’t care about the Bulls and not to the real Bulls fans would be a
shame, in my opinion. I only wish they had placed more jerseys in the raffle,
rather than auctioned.
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The Bulls
need to push back today’s loss and quickly. They take off on the road later tonight
to Boise, Idaho, via bus travel for two games versus the Steelheads, starting
Tuesday the 12th and Wednesday the 13th. Then it’s one of
two games against the Thunder in Stockton, Saturday the 16th and back at
the Barn on Sunday the 17th finishing the series.
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To read Amy's great writing, go to: http://www.gongshowgear.com/blog/author/a-snow
I hope to
see you next Sunday, should be a great game!
GO BULLS!!!
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