Bingo Bango You Confused Us All
Sep 30th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: NewsSon of a bitch. Roberto Luongo as captain? My immediate thoughts are he won’t leave the crease to argue calls because that’ll just fuck him over anyway. What strategy!
Obviously it’s an interesting pick to go with the goalie as captain. As shown by you good people in our poll, Willie Mitchell seemed to be the slam dunk conventional choice as captain but, obviously, conventional isn’t something the Canucks really do that well or have any interest in. Rather, Ryan Kesler, Mattias Ohlund and Willie Mitchell will wear the A’s.
Since the goalie can’t wear the C (check page 7 here) and I can’t hear the stream I imagine that Luongo is the official unofficial captain. Kes, Ohlund and Willie will rotate the responsibilities on-ice?
I would have thought Luongo’s level of leadership was implied already. Good to see they’re not putting enough pressure on the guy.
On the plus side I will guess this is also a move to help show Luongo isn’t going anywhere or management’s faith in him extending past his contract year next season. Clearly I’m projecting/praying for that.
But, hey, if you need someone who is going to lead by example and play with passion 60 minutes a night, they picked the very personification of it.
And as official corporate whore of his record book, I welcome our new captain warlord and look forward to his bloodthirsty rule. Remember, the quickest way to a man’s heart is through Roberto Luongo’s fist. Or so I’ve heard.
Miss604 and Alanah are also on the case. Joe Pelletier also has more on the history of goaltenders as captains.
September 30th, 2008 12:45 pm
He was the obvious choice if he wasn’t the goalie.
Pretty awesome and shocking news.
At least it makes for good work conversations hehehehe.
September 30th, 2008 1:06 pm
I just put my thoughts here but I’ll recap it slightly: I think it’s mainly Mitchell on the ice and Luongo off the ice. Since being captain is more ceremonial then anything else, I hope it’s a statement from management that he’s going no where after next year.
September 30th, 2008 1:19 pm
[...] the actual Captain. Not my team. They`re special. According to the rule that was linked to by Mike the Yankee, he can’t even wear the ”C” on his sweater, so I’m not even sure what the [...]
September 30th, 2008 1:24 pm
“On the plus side I will guess this is also a move to help show Luongo isn’t going anywhere or management’s faith in him extending past his contract year next season.”
Nice to know that I wasn’t the only one thinking along these lines. Wish I’d actually posted it, but I didn’t.
September 30th, 2008 1:32 pm
Great minds Rod, great minds.
September 30th, 2008 2:00 pm
[...] on the part of Canucks’ fans. The clear choice seemed to be Willie Mitchell, although, as Mike points out, the Canucks aren’t so good when it comes to the conventional [...]
September 30th, 2008 5:12 pm
I’m not much of a Canucks fan, but I think it’s a great move. He’s the best player and it shows how much he is valued. He’s on the ice the whole game and can see a lot of what’s going on. The goaltender’s perspective can be so useful in figuring out how the team defense needs to improve. Now he has the authority to speak up whenever he wants and maybe the motivation to carry the whole team into the playoffs by some miracle.
October 1st, 2008 7:52 am
Hey Shan – You bring up a good point about his perspective. I hadn’t thought of that but between Mitchell and Luongo barking at the refs there could be a slight angle there that other teams wouldn’t have (or so we’re hoping over here since we need all the damn help we can get).
October 1st, 2008 6:31 pm
Okay, what I don’t get was that if he was going to be a Captain-that-doesn’t-talk-to-the-refs-because-it’s-against-the-rules, why was a press conference even necessary? I’d think this was something you’d want to keep under the table and nobody would be none the wiser.
On an unrelated note, is it Bango? I always thought it should be Bongo. It rhymes better.
October 2nd, 2008 9:14 am
Sherry – I believe the radio call is “Bingo Bango Bongo, his name is Roberto Luongo” (ugh, even typing that makes me want to punch myself in the face).
As for the presser, who knows. Like being a captain anyway, I think it’s just ceremonial. Though this team needed to make some sort of statement after Naslund’s 8 year run and, coupled with the unusual pick, it makes more sense to me.
C’mon, you know you want Darth Gerber to have the C now too. Admit it!
October 2nd, 2008 8:57 pm
C’mon, you know you want Darth Gerber to have the C now too. Admit it!
For that to happen, they will have to pry it from Alfie’s cold, lifeless corpse that will hopefully be at least 100 years from now
October 3rd, 2008 7:16 am
I have nothing against Alfie, though I will admit after Naslund’s departure and the Summer of Sundin, I am beginning to quietly hate Swedes (unless, of course, they are genetic mutations and then they’re cool).
October 6th, 2008 2:47 pm
It’s all right, Mike. To be honest, I am very disappointed that Naslund and Sundin have both jumped ship from the Canadian teams because the phrase “My Swedish Captain is Better Than Your Swedish Captain” just doesn’t have the same kick without them.
October 6th, 2008 3:05 pm
At least Alfie had, you know, a post season record to back up your claim. Our beloved departed captain just had a “remember the good old days” mantra about him. And Sundin? Bah he’s dead to me…
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