Bowman starts blogging
As I pointed out in my review of the book Blood Feud, Scotty Bowman likes using technology for his advantage when it comes to hockey.
Scotty Bowman made the Red Wings get him a brand new laptop and he would read every single hockey story. He even knew what time the papers’ early editions were released online. “I’d get a lot of calls: ‘How come I can’t get my computer working?’†Stan Bowman [Scotty’s son] said. “But once he got the hang of it, he read every single hockey story in every single paper in the country. For a guy who is 72, he’s on the computer all day, reading stories on the Internet.†(p. 136)
Well, Bowman has taken it to the next level as he will be blogging for NBCSports.com during the rest of the season and into the playoffs. Today, he talks about the Eastern Conference teams and next week he’ll discuss the West.
Sure, there’s a couple of important races, and not just for the last few spots. The race between Atlanta and Tampa Bay for the Southeast is important because one of those teams will end up with the third seed while the other will be fighting just to get in the playoffs. Tampa’s got a decent schedule and it gets to play Carolina, which can also sneak up and grab first in the Southeast.
Now what do you say to these bubble teams as a coach? You’re telling them not to look too far ahead. You can’t say ‘we’ve got seven games left, five at home,’ stuff like that. You’ve got to just focus on that next game because, yeah, you will happen to look at the schedules and who’s playing, but when you start to need help from those other teams, it gets real, real tough. You can get carried away.
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