In today's Calgary Sun, this story appeared detailing an argument between Flames captain Jarome Iginla and Flames assistant coach Rich Preston:
"If there was any doubt the Calgary Flames were an extremely agitated, tense bunch yesterday it was erased by Jarome Iginla.
Make that drowned out by Iginla, who raised plenty of eyebrows -- not to mention tension -- when he was heard screaming at assistant coach Rich Preston behind closed doors of the players' lounge across from the Flames dressing room.
So clearly heated was their exchange, associate coach Jim Playfair heard the ugly confrontation and bolted into the room to ensure things didn't escalate.
The media was quickly escorted back out of the area as PR boss Peter Hanlon joked, "everyone's a little nervous about flying!" but not before the emotional captain was spotted face-to-face with the coach as others gathered.
One of the only words clearly decipherable in Iginla's top of the lungs, profanity-laced rant was "shoot," something the Flames didn't do enough of in Tuesday's series-tying loss to the San Jose Sharks."
No shit Sherlock! I'm surprised Kipper wasn't standing next to Iggy screaming at the coaches and teammates, "TEN SHOTS!!?? That's it??!! FUCKINSHOOTYOUFUCKINPUSSIESSHOOT!!" after the Flames managed only 10 SOG in their sucker-punch loss to the Sharks in game 4.
And I can just imagine the sweat-soaked face of the PR guy as he clumsily tries to explain to the media "Nothing to see here. Move along," as they can clearly hear the altercation and are scrambling for their recorders.
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Lowest shots in flames playoff history. But, they dominated the 1st with a hard forecheck and standing up at the blueline, and got in front. Then slowly let the Sharks come at them. Flames really tend to play better, even compared to other teams, when they’re behind. They are the classic underdogs! An equal issue was their defensive zone coverage, which is what I heard the argument was specifically about. And getting the darn puck out of the zone when they’re in trouble. Not just throwing it blindly up the board and hope for the best, but the old Scotty Bowman flip it high and out when desperate. I try not to listen to the local media on the flames, in my opinion they know less about hockey(and the Flames) than you and I do. So, even when they do have a correct and insightful comment its like duhhh. It seems like the radio shows are targeted at the bone heads with low hockey IQ, which is surprising considering this city’s passion for the game.
There are boneheaded fans of every sport in every market. Philly is crazy about football, and there are a number of forward thinking fans, but the majority are just bloodthirsty dicks.
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