Fall is in the air, and the Leaf season is on the horizon. Honestly, I probably don’t need to do an intro paragraph that runs longer than two sentences for a grab bag article, let’s go.
1. Over to you, Mike. Analogies between war and sports are mostly macho bullshit, but there’s one angle on the comparison that I think holds: like generals, sooner or later coaches have to win. As much as you might complain about odds and bad luck and so on, sooner or later, you win or you get fired. (Mike Babcock also can’t choose to play the Columbus Blue Jackets somewhere he’s entrenched on high ground.