Confirmed: Brian Burke is, indeed, an old white man. You probably could have been able to tell by his transparent skin tone, or the fact that he'll forever have a powerful position in the sport of hockey, or his repressed opinion on all things fun...
However, being so deprived of a decent eye for dress that he took even the slightest of credit for having champs out there looking like chumps really hammers home the demographic for which he speaks... The pride in his voice as he overrated his influence towards trading down from jerseys that are now considered classic to the NHL equivalent of a dime-a-dozen, clearance rack special at your local pro shop was just painfully and profoundly as antiquated as it was caucasian. I understand their desire to drop the 'Mighty' and disassociate with Disney after purchasing the team from them, but the Anaheim Ducks have unequivocally had the league's worst uniforms since ditching the purple and teal. Yet, the man that gave them a slight push down that path is basically patting himself on the back for doing so. If I had any input whatsoever on making a letter-shaped webbed foot the official mark of professional franchise I would go to the end of the earth trying to erase my chapter from that oral history. Not over Coach Bombay's dead body would I be puffing out my chest like somehow avoiding jail time after committing a felony against fashion was some sort of huge accomplishment, though I probably have to let my stylistic interests age poorly for about 35 more years before saying so with any certainty. Oh well, much like a Ducks' team that rode a debut shoutout from a rookie goaltender to their third win in approximately three months, we'll take what we can get...
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