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I have a question, and I don't read the Canes threads but I watch them on TV when I can. I was not raised with the game and I obviously never played, so I worry that my instincts are naive-- I noticed that a lot of goals are being scored when Brian Burns is in the game--he seems a bit careless with his passes, a bit passive. His shot from the blue line is not getting through like it did before--I realize this is probably the last year he will be here, but is he sucking as bad as it seems? The other day, when the Canes had the game in hand, he blindly lagged a puck behind his own net to no one. The other team (Dallas or Vegas--can't recall) got control and he seemed to panic. I just feel that he has lost a step (or two--he is 40) and mentally, he is not as focused. School me about Burns-- -
I used to go to Charlotte O's games--Cal Jr and Eddie were there for a brief stint--I recall seeing Eddie hit a grand slam in the first game of a double header, then get ejected arguing balls and strikes in the first inning of the second game. I was just a kid, and I thought that was the big leagues--turns out I was nearly right. I played college ball with K Dean Biasucci at Western--at one time he was the Colt's all time leading scorer. In fact, I dropped out for a year to make $$ and returned in the Spring of 87, and Dean was there-finishing his degree. We didn't really know anyone else, so we'd hang out a lot that semester. He told me that his first contract with the Colts was this (I don't think the NFL Players' Union allows this kind of contract any longer): He made a base salary of $65,000 and then they added $500 per extra point and $3000 per field goal. His second contract was much better....Bert Jones was my favorite Colt ever, but I really liked Mike Curtis in my earliest memories--probably because he leveled a fan who ran across the field during a game--but I loved his fire. Super Bowl V was my first memory, and that year, I got a Colt helmet for Christmas. I remained a Colt fan a year or two after the Panthers came to Carolina--but I have to be loyal to the local team. I think it is silly to root for Pittsburgh or Dallas when you live in Charlotte.
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