Montreal Canadiens

[Dash5]

wow - Harper is fighting in Iraq is he? Where DOES he find the time? :dyinglaughing:

Harper's wars = The wars that Harper ordered to be made, at our expenses.

Geeee, always have to explain everything.

But yeah, it's been lost in translation since in french "Les guerres de Harper" means what I explained above.

And it was afganistan.. anyways.. iraq, iran, afganistan.. same spot on the map.
Harper called them back cuz he was broke.

He's the US pocket dog... following everything they do.

Harper wasn't the Prime Minister when Canadian troops were sent to Afghanistan! What part of that don't you understand??

Your ignorance is overwhelming.

[French Castanut]

Harper wasn't the Prime Minister when Canadian troops were sent to Afghanistan! What part of that don't you understand??
Your ignorance is overwhelming.

And your stupidness is amazing!

I've shown more knowledge about our bilingual country than all of you two (you and fuckazm) in the last 5 pages of that thread.

I don't care who started the war... I don't want to pay for it because it's an english thing. That was the main point of my point.

Jean Chrétien was Québécois, you know?

Is it worse to have a French Prime minister than an english coach? Watcha think.

[Dash5]

Harper wasn't the Prime Minister when Canadian troops were sent to Afghanistan! What part of that don't you understand??
Your ignorance is overwhelming.

And your stupidness is amazing!

I've shown more knowledge about our bilingual country than all of you two (you and fuckazm) in the last 5 pages of that thread.

I don't care who started the war... I don't want to pay for it because it's an english thing. That was the main point of my point.

Jean Chrétien was Québécois, you know?

Is it worse to have a French Prime minister than an english coach? Watcha think.

My "stupidness"?? :dyinglaughing:

Jean Chrétien was Quebecois?? Really?? I woulda never guessed.

You're the only one revealing your "stupidness" for the world to see by making such ridiculously ignorant statements about the most predominant current events story in pretty much all Canadian news media for last decade!!

If you don't care who started it, why did you twice call it "Harper's war"? How is its an "english thing" if it was started by a Quebecois?

Given Quebec's history in opposing pretty much every military conflict in this country's history (even the 2 world wars to save France from the Germans!!) I am not the least bit surprised you are against this war.

I'm not sure what knowledge you have shown of our bilingual country, it certainly hasn't been on this thread. I've lived or worked in 7 of the 10 provinces (including Quebec) and all 3 territories. I'm pretty sure I have my fair share of knowledge of our bilingual country thank you very much!

[French Castanut]

You're the only one revealing your "stupidness" for the world to see by making such ridiculously ignorant statements about the most predominant current events story in pretty much all Canadian news media for last decade!!

ouuuuuuuuu.... sorry, I wasn't watching canadian tv for the last 10 years of my life.

The only coverage of that predominant story I was hearing about was the cost of it.. and the death toll amongst canadians. But really.. i didn't give a crap about that predominant story, like 95% of French Canadians, and it explains why I got the wrong PM involved in that english decision to do war. I do remember Québec was predominantly opposed to it though.

In Québec, provincial politic is WAY more important than Canadian's one... the first one getting the predominant coverage on the news. The RDI Radio-Canada, which is the French version of your CBC is the one to bring up the news.. which costs you tax money for us to listen and watch.

Having worked in 7 different provinces doesn't make you smarter. I worked in 4 different ones, it just opened my mind on different cultures and way of living.

So again I ask: Is it worse to have a french PM than an english coach?

[The Green Barbarian]

So again I ask: Is it worse to have a french PM than an english coach?

Neither scenario is bad, if both are dedicated to doing the best job they can do to the best of their abilities. It doesn't matter if one is French and one is English, neither has any bearing on the job they are given to do, and their language has nothing to do with their character, intelligence, integrity or abilities.

[cooldude]

fvkasm2x : Separatism is dead in the water. Yes there are a few still out there and always will be. I grew up and lived in Ottawa for 23 years, learned how to read, write and speak the language. I’m not from Quebec, and if I was, I would be proud to be. I don’t support separatism and never have or will. Perhaps it’s you that needs to get off “your Island”. It sounds like to me you have lived a bit of a sheltered life posting comments like that, about fellow Canadians and a Province.

The official movement, perhaps. But a recent survery in 2009 showed that 44% of Quebecois still favored separatism.

The fact that the public over there is in an outrage about a coach who can't speak French (when maybe only 2 or 3 players total on that team can actually speak French) is indicative of the ass-backwards thinking they have.

If the coaching staff speaks English, league officials speak English and your players speak English... why is it a sin for the coach to only speak English?

As for your sheltered life comment, I have no idea where you get something like that from. I don't like selfish French-Canadians. That has little do to with being sheltered.

Yes sir you are correct, but still, 44% is not a concern in my mind. They tried it once, and failed although it was very close. Several elections later, they still can't pull it off. A unified Canada is a strong Canada, no matter what.

Now back to the question at hand, I agree with you on the coach issue. In fact, there should not be an issue. I was just wondering why you really disliked Quebecers, and you made your point fair enough. But in all honesty, if called upon you really wouldn’t lend a helping hand in a time of need? I think we all would if we could. It’s the Canadian thing to do. Actually, I was sent to help Quebec in 2010, because I knew the language and the culture. It doesn’t hurt to get to know your neighbour.

From Manitoba to the Maritimes, you can find hundreds of French communities. New Brunswick is the only province which is officially bilingual. I think Canada having French as part of out culture is great. I’m just saying, not all Quebecers are that bad.

[Dash5]

You're the only one revealing your "stupidness" for the world to see by making such ridiculously ignorant statements about the most predominant current events story in pretty much all Canadian news media for last decade!!

ouuuuuuuuu.... sorry, I wasn't watching canadian tv for the last 10 years of my life.

The only coverage of that predominant story I was hearing about was the cost of it.. and the death toll amongst canadians. But really.. i didn't give a crap about that predominant story, like 95% of French Canadians, and it explains why I got the wrong PM involved in that english decision to do war. I do remember Québec was predominantly opposed to it though.

In Québec, provincial politic is WAY more important than Canadian's one... the first one getting the predominant coverage on the news. The RDI Radio-Canada, which is the French version of your CBC is the one to bring up the news.. which costs you tax money for us to listen and watch.

Having worked in 7 different provinces doesn't make you smarter. I worked in 4 different ones, it just opened my mind on different cultures and way of living.

So again I ask: Is it worse to have a french PM than an english coach?

So you knew all about the death toll and the cost but you didn't even know where it was or who sent the troops over in the first place? Again, wow! Amazing. Anyhow, just curious if you don't give a crap about it, why did you bring it up in the first place?

I never claimed that living and working in 7 provinces (and don't forget, all three territories) made me smarter, but what it did do is expose me to differences and culture of the vast majority of this great country (Sask, PEI and Newfoundland are the only places I've never lived and worked). Judging by your tirades on this thread I do not believe your mind has been opened regarding different cultures in the slightest, in fact your attitude is about as bad as the worst I witnessed when I worked near Chicoutimi, the very heart of separatism in Quebec.

To answer your absolutely ridiculous and totally irrelevant question, I could really care less if Canada's PM is french (and by french I assume you mean francophone or Quebecois since I don't think someone from France would get elected here) or english (again, I assume you mean anglophone). I base my decisions of which politicians I prefer on silly little things like party platform, past performance and experience, not which province they were born in! I'm not the bigot on this thread!

As for the coach, that’s a different story altogether. I wholeheartedly agree with the protesters!! The Montreal Canadiens should be mandated by the Quebec language police to ensure that all of the coaching staff (and players too for that matter) are either francophone or at least fully fluent in speaking french first and foremost above all else!! Ability to coach or play hockey well is far less important than which language they speak. I see this as the absolute best way to ensure they will be cellar dwellers forever and I am all for it!!! Oh, I guess I should probably mention that I am not a Habs fan!!

[French Castanut]

Who cares which language they speak... we just want them to know how to play hockey.

Found on Facebook and made me laugh:

[albertabound]

There are 3 french canadians on the montreal team, why do you need a french coach.Most of them
can not speak english that the players can understand. On top of all this bs it is discrimitory to specify one or the other
languages. All the french speaking coaches have been fired from montreal they were not good enough either.
So in a nut shell you are speaking baloney.

[Glacier]

Who cares which language they speak... we just want them to know how to play hockey.

Found on Facebook and made me laugh:

This doesn't make sense because Carey Price has one of the best save percentages in the league.

[Woodenhead]

...not to mention he just beat the Leafs tonight.



^ the first time a beach ball was photoshopped into a net. (well, actually, that one is real)

The ruckus over the coach is mostly misplaced anger at the futility of the team this year, IMO. Thankfully we have one of the best goalies around, or we'd be in dead last.



( ^ what Canadiens goalies are, in reality)

[wthwyt]

...not to mention he just beat the Leafs tonight.



^ the first time a beach ball was photoshopped into a net. (well, actually, that one is real)

The ruckus over the coach is mostly misplaced anger at the futility of the team this year, IMO. Thankfully we have one of the best goalies around, or we'd be in dead last.



( ^ what Canadiens goalies are, in reality)

Both are currently on outside looking in, shocker the team in the mist of rebuilding is in Ottawa go figure.

[French Castanut]

The English coach is no more. Michel Therrien is back, as of today! And he speaks French.

[The Green Barbarian]

The English coach is no more. Michel Therrien is back, as of today! And he speaks French.

They should have hired Crawford.

[GordonH]

The English coach is no more. Michel Therrien is back, as of today! And he speaks French.

They should have hired Crawford.

Very true GB, I suspect Crawford will be behind the bench very shortly.

Montreal has a lot of work ahead of to get back to play-off's. 7.3+ mil for 2 goals Wow Scott Gomez.

http://capgeek.com/charts.php?Team=2