Mama Ovechkin: "Gleason Needs to Get Himself a Pair of Glasses"
by tuvanhillbilly on Dec 1, 2009 7:24 PM EST
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[This afternoon] Sovietsky Sport correspondent Pavel Lysenkov spoke by telephone with Alex Ovechkin's mother, Tatiana Ovechkina, who was in Moscow.
"That defenseman Gleason should wear glasses when he's out on the ice!" said mama Ovechkin indignantly. "So he can see what's happening on the ice and have time to coordinate his moves. He even came back and played the rest of the game, and here Sasha could have been seriously injured."
"This is how I saw it: The defenseman got the puck, and Sasha went towards him to try and force a turnover. At that moment another Carolina player skated by him and blocked his view..."
"Again, Gleason should get him some rose or dark colored glasses. Or contact lenses. He shouldn't be staring at the ice, looking at the color of his laces or the puck. You can't play like that! A hockey player has to keep his head up! And my son was out the rest of the game..."
Like in the Buffalo game. That was also a crazy situation, and Kaleta didn't even get injured.
"They're all alive and healthy, and Sasha is expelled. Is that fair?"
Was Alexander seriously injured?
"I'm not going to talk about it. Ask him about it."
Is there a risk that he'll miss the Olympics?
"I don't think so. Knock on wood."
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Mama Ovechkin needs more interviews.
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by Whiter Mage on Dec 1, 2009 7:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’m certain the team’s staff disagrees with you vehemently.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 1, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, she bought the party line about not discussing the “injury”.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Dec 1, 2009 10:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Only thing that tops this, is when Portis’s mamma punched out an iggles fan that was heckling her.
But like I said with that situation and this one – he’s a grown ass man he can take care of himself.
by vt caps fan on Dec 1, 2009 7:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Was Alexander seriously injured?
“I’m not going to talk about it. Ask him about it.”
Is there a risk that he’ll miss the Olympics?
“I don’t think so. Knock on wood.”
Conspicuously absent from the first response is “I don’t know”, or anything suggesting that, so the fact that she even entertains the notion posed in the second is troubling.
/doesn’t believe “day-to-day” at all
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 1, 2009 7:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mama Ovechkin needs a radio show. Mama Ovechkin FTW.
"My face is my mask."
by jakeshapiro on Dec 1, 2009 8:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
She oughtta be on WaPo Live… she’d beat the crap (in many ways) out of the insufferable Mike Wise.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 2, 2009 7:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You know, I’ve defended him in the past, but he’s beginning to bother even me. I guess he’s best left in small doses. Or stick to writing.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Dec 2, 2009 7:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wise is at his absolute best writing human interest pieces. That’s when you see that he really does have a gift for writing. Too bad he absolutely squanders it 99% of the time.
by RedBirdie on Dec 2, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is about as relevant as Hedican, but man, it sure is a whole lot more entertaining.
Where’s Campbells? I smell a Chunky Soup ad in the making…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 1, 2009 8:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You must not know the curse. Pass.
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by Bald Pollack on Dec 1, 2009 8:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s already on a video game cover! No more! No more!
MOTIVATE SEMIN
by Holt Worth on Dec 1, 2009 8:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Chunky borscht.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Dec 1, 2009 9:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t piss off Mama Ovechkin.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Dec 1, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mama Ovechkin rules. You can tell which side of the family Ovechkin got his pugnacity from.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Dec 1, 2009 8:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
"C", all of the above.
final answer.
by redlineblue on Dec 1, 2009 8:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
In case you don’t know Tatiana Ovechkina won two Olympic Golds in basketball while playing with the Russian National Team. She’s quite a lady.
by ExPatCapFan on Dec 1, 2009 8:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Tatiana Ovechkina won two Olympic Golds in basketball while playing with the Russian National Team after she was hit by a car and deemed unlikely to walk again.
by redlineblue on Dec 1, 2009 8:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That is true. I should have said the Soviet national team?
by ExPatCapFan on Dec 1, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Naah
you got it right. It was prob’ly just a Lada anyway, and most moms are tougher than a Lada…
by redlineblue on Dec 2, 2009 5:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A Lada? I should think anyone of that celebrity would at least be driving a GAZ. LOL.
by ExPatCapFan on Dec 2, 2009 8:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Real status:
ZiL. When you want to get run over by the very best biggest.
by redlineblue on Dec 2, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. The original “Big Red Machine”!
http://digilander.libero.it/cuoccimix/ENGLISH-automotorusse9-G%28Zil%29.htm
by ExPatCapFan on Dec 3, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yaaay moms! The other guy was blind and had his head down, and Alex was screened. Russian machines never miss their target!
MOTIVATE SEMIN
by Holt Worth on Dec 1, 2009 8:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mama knows all.
#needsmoreJapersRink
by Steck It Out on Dec 1, 2009 8:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
fwiw, on the topic of peoples’ opinions of Ovie, TSN’s Darren Dreger has this to say:
Eight of the 17 players who responded to the question said they regard Ovechkin as a very good, hard-hitting player, while seven consider him to be both reckless and dirty. Two NHL players said he is normally very hard hitting, but that recently he has been reckless.
Detroit Red Wings forward Brad May is one of the 17 players who participated in the anonymous poll, but May asked that his opinion on Ovechkin to be revealed. “Incidental contact! Remember, it’s a physical game,” said May. “People forget that. I have no issue with him. He’s fast and aggressive and stuff happens.”
I really want to know who he polled. These numbers mean nothing really, unless that information is revealed (not that it should be.)
by Vinn on Dec 1, 2009 8:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
And what teams do the people polled play for? If they play for a team where a guy was hit hard and got a serious injury, they’d be more biased against.
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by CapsFan75 on Dec 1, 2009 9:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was just writing this up in tomorrow’s Clips. The positive spin here is “only 28% of players polled believed Ovechkin to be reckless and dirty” (and why they don’t draw the distinction between the two is beyond me… it’s like Karl Rove wrote the polling question). But to call this poll unscientific would be an understatement.
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by J.P. on Dec 1, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What’s more telling to me is that two of the twenty five noted that he is normally very hard hitting but that recently he has been reckless.
Bobby Mac just said something similar on TSN wrt Ovie’s suspension – not that necessarily this incident was worthy of a 2 game suspension, but that the pattern of behaviour for Ovie has gotten increasingly reckless (“nip in the bud” suspension).
by Vinn on Dec 1, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That stood out to me too. I’m going to try not to speculate on his state of mind or personal life, but I do wonder if it’s a conscious change on his part, or if maybe something has happened in the past month or two that has resulted in a higher degree of recklessness.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 1, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Could it be the events of the Columbus game? Or is it the fact we have NO enforcer this year and so Ovi feels the pressure to be it?
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by CapsFan75 on Dec 1, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He did seem to zero in on Gleason after Backstrom was given a rough run coming into the zone…
by langwayshelmet on Dec 1, 2009 10:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So he’s now our de facto enforcer.
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by CapsFan75 on Dec 2, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s my take exactly. I recently got taken to the woodshed here by suggesting we needed someone like Brashear to do the “dirty work”. Of course, I’d rather have a Dale Hunter or others like him who could dish it out but still play some real hockey while taking the pressure off of AO to be the policeman, if that indeed is why he seems to be playing more aggressively. We’re very lucky (or deep) to be 5-1-1 without that force in the lineup.
by ExPatCapFan on Dec 4, 2009 3:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Man in the rink interview…
Interviewer: Pardon me, sir, but we are doing a man-in-the-rink interview for Unbiased Canadian Media Network on the vile and dastardly hit that Alex Ovechkin had on Tim Gleason recently. Would you be willing to answer a question for our listeners?
Clueless Respondent: Uh….yeah, sure.
Interviewer: Do you think Alex Ovechkin is: a) a dirty, reckless, no-good, spineless, fiendish, yellah-bellied, lily-livered goon, or b) a dirty, reckless, no-good, spineless, fiendish, yellah-bellied, lily-livered thug?
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 2, 2009 7:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
JP you seem to have a Karl Rove fixation. That’s OK we all have our hangups. :=)
by ExPatCapFan on Dec 4, 2009 2:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oh, I suddenly have a soft spot for Brad May.
by RedBirdie on Dec 1, 2009 9:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And interesting that he had no problem being identified.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Dec 1, 2009 10:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
which makes me like him even more. Gotta respect a guy willing to put his name next to his feelings.
by RedBirdie on Dec 2, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Btw, 28% went on record (even anonymously) with “AO is dirty and reckless,” which is just slightly more than half of the percentage that had Sidney Crosby as the League’s biggest whiner.
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by J.P. on Dec 1, 2009 10:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually. doesn’t 9 of 17 give something like 53%? [I take 9 just because 7 flat out said he was reckless, and 2 said he “is now”.]
by Vinn on Dec 1, 2009 10:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The poll was out of 25 players. 7/25 = .28.
I had to check TSN for the article; I though t I was in bizarro math world too.
8 of the 25 did not respond.
by ennisj471 on Dec 1, 2009 10:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
but when you conduct a survey, the no responses don’t get put in the denominator.
7/17. if you want to extrapolate to 25, you assume the 7/17 percentage also applies to the other 8.
by Natty Bumppo on Dec 1, 2009 11:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope.
Eight of the 17 players who responded to the question
.. so 25 were asked, but only 17 responded, so the denominator should be 17, numerator 7 – flat out reckless and dirty and then 2 of 17 saying “hard-hitting before, lately reckless.”
7/17 gives 41%, 9/17 gives 53%.
Either way, the scienfic-ness (wow, is that even a word?) of the survey is ridiculous. But it’s interesting to note the two that said they would consider him reckless only recently.
by Vinn on Dec 1, 2009 11:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But what we’re saying is that 28% of players asked said he was dirty and reckless.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 1, 2009 11:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oh true :). 28% of asked. deceptive though, if we don’t know why they didn’t respond. I think what NB was saying was that you could also assume the 7/17 % could be applied to the 8 that didn’t respond. Either way, I hope the stigma doesn’t attach itself to Ovie or he’ll never get the benefit of the doubt (from the zebras anyway).
by Vinn on Dec 1, 2009 11:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. Not sayin’ it’s right, just how it’s spun.
by ennisj471 on Dec 1, 2009 11:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Precisely. C’mon, people… this is D.C.!
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by J.P. on Dec 2, 2009 7:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bottled up frustration from the Columbus game is as good a theory as any.
by RPI93 on Dec 1, 2009 9:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Reply fail, again.
BTW: Mama Ovechkin needs to take off her rose-colored glasses. There wasn’t anybody between Ovie and Gleason, and the kneeing sure looked intentional to me (not planned, but a last-ditch attempt by Ovie to pull off the hit even after Gleason was out of the way: see the recent post by Peerless for a nice sequence of frames: http://peerlessprognosticator.blogspot.com/2009/12/shocking-new-developments.html )
by RPI93 on Dec 1, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Mama O didn’t rise to the top of the Soviet Sports Machine by being nice. Woman is a warrior.
by RedBirdie on Dec 1, 2009 9:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Is there a risk that he’ll miss the Olympics?
“I don’t think so. Knock on wood. Also, tell Sasha to tell Alexander and Semyon that I am sending cookies.”
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by Whiter Mage on Dec 1, 2009 9:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Gee what kind of cookies is Mama Ovechkin sending? How about some shutout cookies for SAV and some injury healing cookies for AVS.
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by CapsFan75 on Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not cookies, pelmeni: 2000-3000 at a time
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 1, 2009 10:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t agree with her on this one. Gleason definitely saw AO coming, and while he may not have reacted in a way that protected himself that does not absolve AO of blame.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 1, 2009 10:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yup. I’m with this. But what do you expect from a mom? If I ever made a mistake my mom would have my back.
Opinions of yours I don't care about: Politics, Religion, Ovechkin.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 2, 2009 12:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
as i just wrote over at CC: according to mama bumppo, i’ve never deserved any of my bad grades, from elementary school through grad school. always my teacher’s fault, my GF’s fault, my roommate’s fault, etc.
by Natty Bumppo on Dec 2, 2009 1:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
OT, but I’d love to see a BH an MarioD showdown.
Opinions of yours I don't care about: Politics, Religion, Ovechkin.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 2, 2009 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
every post would begin with name-calling and end with screen shots.
further OT, do you approve of urban’s handling of future first rounder carlos dunlap? :)
eerily similar to meyer’s suspension of marcus thomas in ’06 that i referenced…almost gives me hope, but still a heck of a loss.
by Natty Bumppo on Dec 2, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I hadn’t heard he was officially suspended but I suspected he would be. FWIW, our little debate has made me soften my stance on Meyer significantly. I’ve kept that stuff in mind and mulled it over since then and I think you’re right that it’s a “don’t hate the [coach] hate the [system]” situation. I’m not completely closed minded, I’m just usually right.
Opinions of yours I don't care about: Politics, Religion, Ovechkin.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 2, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
there are also a lot of exterior pressures in these situations, and sometimes i wonder if the AD is making the sit/start call, not the coach. regardless, none of these guys are perfect and winning can definitely blind them to right and wrong. the current pete carroll vs. rick neuheisel drama is really unfortunate to me, because it takes all the attention away from their players and seems like the worst possible lesson on sportsmanship.
by Natty Bumppo on Dec 2, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But what do you expect from a mom? If I ever made a mistake my mom would have my back.
This is one of two points to be made about this. She went over the top a bit, but I think we all get where she is coming from as a Mom. The second point is relatives, friends, posse, etc. of athletes are best at their supporting roles when they are publicly silent. Getting involved in this stuff is never good. It makes them and the athlete look bad.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Dec 3, 2009 8:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i can’t get enough of this interview. never enough mrs. ovechkin!
by Natty Bumppo on Dec 1, 2009 10:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
seriously, the carolina player “blocked his view?”
priceless.
by Natty Bumppo on Dec 1, 2009 11:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I love how we’re given a link in cyrillic.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
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by jobe on Dec 2, 2009 12:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Now THIS is what all Mamas are for
Right or wrong. Bravo, Tats!
by Uncle C on Dec 2, 2009 9:46 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mama Ovechkin
should probably take a page from Mama Malkin’s book and shut her damn mouth. Her analysis of the Gleason play was so bad, she should work for Versus. Where is this invisible Carolina player that blocked his view of Gleason? It was a blatant kneeing. I’m sure Patrick Kaleta and Gleason have mothers too. Have you read about them badmouthing OV? She should have some f-ing respect.
by The Admiral on Dec 2, 2009 1:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
maybe more realistically she should have kept her mouth shut. but she’s just his mom and this seems like a typical mom response; i don’t think she has any responsibility to be a statesman here. this really upsets you?
by Natty Bumppo on Dec 2, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
for like a second it did
I think I’m over it now…
by The Admiral on Dec 2, 2009 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I heart Ovi's mom.
Maybe she needs to come to some games and have the Mama Malkin factor in the playoffs. You know, if she’s there, her son will have a good game…
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Dec 2, 2009 2:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mama O could totally take out Mama M.
by RedBirdie on Dec 2, 2009 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't mess with hockeymoms
That is all.
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by hockeymom on Dec 2, 2009 3:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mama Ovechkin vs. Geno’s Mom vs. Sarah Palin… the stuff of nightmares.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 2, 2009 6:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Oy, I’m not going to be able to sleep tonight.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Dec 2, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve got Mama Ovie in a fight for sure – neither Palin nor Geno’s Mom can claim former Olympic Gold Medalist.
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Dec 2, 2009 7:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Every time I see this thread, this song ends up in my head.
by RedBirdie on Dec 2, 2009 4:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I don't care.
I just honesty love all aspects of Ovie!!! The dude is AWESOME!!!!!
by brettpedigo on Dec 2, 2009 8:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
OVECHKIN
Go MAMMA “O” unleash the Fury. You Rock the Red.
by duckyjim on Dec 3, 2009 12:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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