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Phoenix to Face Detroit in First Round Matchup - Memo to Coyote Fans

FROM THE DESK OF TRAVIS HAIR

***URGENT***

Dear Coyote Fans:

Time to BRING IT. It's official now that we'll be facing the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. We know what that means. No, not that we have to deal with a well coached team. No, not that they have good goaltending we have to beat. No, not that we have to pummel Tomas Holstrom about the head until he gets his ass out of the crease without getting called for interference. Rather it means we have to deal with their annoying, know-it-all, douchebag fans thinking they can come into OUR HOUSE and thinking they can run things. To that end i'm asking for you to step it up for the playoffs and do the following things. 

  1. Be loud. Be louder than you've ever been. I know this isn't what you're used to, but we've got these jerks to drown out. Phoenix fans are polite and reserved at pretty much every event. Not any more. Wingers are annoying. We have to be annoying back. 
  2. Bring signs to the game. It doesn't matter what they say because they aren't to show support, but just in case you have Wing fans behind you you can totally ruin their game experience and discourage them from coming to future games. 
  3. Don't sell any extras to Red Wing fans. Pre-screening is the best way to keep these people out. You'll have to be tricky with your screening questions though as Red Wing fans will lie to get you to sell to them. It's what they do. 
  4. Stretch out your middle fingers. You'll be needing them and don't want to cramp up at the wrong moment when you really need them. Just in case you might want to do some finger exercises. Just in case you haven't done this before do the following: First make a fist. Then extend your middle finger as far as you can upward, point your finger upward so that the underside is facing you and the outer side is pointing toward someone with a wheel on their jersey. Good job.
  5. Did I mention be loud? I did? Well I'll mention it again because it's still important. I swear if people start a "Let's go Coyotes!" chant and you don't follow along we will excommunicate you from the Church of the Holy Canine. You bought a ticket, put it to good use. If you need a beer or something to loosen up to get cheering then get one. Even if the play is slow cheer, get loud, do something. 
  6. Be aware that people are watching. The matchup with the Red Wings means we'll likely be on National TV once or twice in the first round. We want to represent. Don't let the media get a hold of those "the arena is half Detroit" bullshit. 
  7. This is our white out. You know some jerkstore is going to show up in their solid red Wings jersey to f it up. Bring white paint. Do what comes naturally. 
  8. See if you can find Wings merchandise at a discount so that you have a way to light your grills during tailgating. Red Wing flags? Burn em. Red Wings jerseys? Burn 'em. Red Wings cars? Burn 'em. Red Wings lighters? Burn 'em.
  9. Buy rattlesnakes. Why? New Promotion: Anyone with an octopus automatically receives a rattlesnake in their car after the game. 
  10. You'll need to bring one of those Tide Stain remover pens to get the Red Wing fan blood out of your nice white jersey. 
  11. See a Wings fan around town before the game? Finger. See a car with a Wings logo? horn and finger. See a kid with a Wings logo? Report the parents to CPS because that's just not okay.
  12. Do you work at the beer stand at the arena? When you see a Wings Jersey the taps are suddenly all malfunctioning. All you have left is Fresca.
  13. Learn how to boo people. It's seriously okay to do. It's not classless. Boo the hell out of the Red Wings at any chance you get. Also we need to be in sync when telling either Osgood or Howard they suck.
  14. If you see anyone with an octopus report them to security immediately. Just give them a nice hip check and take possession of the octopus first.
That's all I have for the moment but expect more memos from my desk during the week.

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This is a beauty of a post.

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by Mr. Plank on Apr 11, 2010 3:32 PM MST reply actions  

epic

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by CTGray on Apr 11, 2010 3:34 PM MST reply actions  

Check list

bat? check (just in case one of them gets close enough)
mace? check (just in case I can’t get within bat reach)
lighter fluid? check (just because fire is my friend and I want to make it a bigger one)
throat spray? check (because I need to keep the pipes lubricated and it also lights well)
wrist brace? check (because flipping the bird that many times may cause my carpal tunnel to act up)

ok I think I’m ready to go

Good one Trav

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by Monique Reaux on Apr 11, 2010 3:38 PM MST reply actions  

BRILLIANT!

I shall follow every COYOTE COMMANDMENT!!!

by PamYotesFan on Apr 11, 2010 3:57 PM MST reply actions  

Of all the western conference first round matchups, this is the most vicious.

i don’t care if we lose game one, as long as we take every redwings star player and murder them.

Detroit’s been mediocre all year, and once their stars came back, they gaained steam. Best way to end steam? Put out the fire.

I am concerned with the Wings fans that might attend the playoff games. I may end up in jail. This is our time to claim our barn. I’ll be damned if we are overrun with the douchiest fans in the league, in our stadium.

I hope you hear me, Wings fans. Show up during our moment to pull your regular holier-than-thou, you’re gonna get hit. I will personally rip the jerseys from your carcasses and burn them in effigy while urinating on them at the gates.

Wear your ugly, Original Six toiletries into my barn. I’m ready to wipe my ass.

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by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 11, 2010 4:15 PM MST reply actions  

This is the best thing I have read all day.

Time to show the Wingies who’s the boss…

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by spiker97 on Apr 11, 2010 6:57 PM MST reply actions  

I approve this message!

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by Chris Burton on Apr 11, 2010 7:27 PM MST reply actions  

True story

I was at the mall, rocking my Yotes hat and this 13 year old kid in a Tigers shirt came up to me and said ‘Are you a Coyotes fan?’ and I said ‘Yep, season ticket holder!’ and he starts laughing at me and says ‘Oh man, the Red Wings are going to beat you guys up.’

Red Wings fans=Pieces of shit before their balls even drop.

Sweater-jabs for everyone!

by Beastonnette on Apr 11, 2010 7:55 PM MST via mobile reply actions  

Why didn’t you stuff him in the nearest trash can. Pretty sure It’s legal.

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by Travis Hair on Apr 11, 2010 8:48 PM MST up reply actions  

Or better yet

“Son, where’s your parents?”

Parents come over…

“Do you know what your kid just said to me. He told me to fuck off. I’m sure as a parent you’d not like your children to speak to adults that way.”

Walk away…hope that the kid receives his just punishment.

by pbcoyotes on Apr 11, 2010 9:24 PM MST up reply actions  

Only problem is that his parents are probably Red Wings fans so they would condone it.

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by PPP on Apr 12, 2010 7:44 AM MST up reply actions  

I gotta say

A kid in a Tigers shirt is really pushing it if he thinks he’s got the right to talk crap about any team.

"Do we hug?" "I think we're too manly."

by kishi on Apr 11, 2010 8:52 PM MST up reply actions  

Not suprised. At all.

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by hunterpencefan on Apr 12, 2010 11:22 AM MST up reply actions  

Cracks Knuckles

Game. Fucking. On.

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HOWL! LETS GO COYOTES!!

by TimmyHate on Apr 11, 2010 8:05 PM MST reply actions  

Salvo numero uno

Supporting my teams from 6000 miles away!
HOWL! LETS GO COYOTES!!

by TimmyHate on Apr 11, 2010 8:22 PM MST up reply actions  

Just wondering whats that in his mouth?

There are two coyotes inside every fan, a good one and a bad one, so which coyote do you feed?
Gotta risk it to get the biscuit!

by MPallen23 on Apr 11, 2010 9:54 PM MST up reply actions  

A Dead Wings sock

Supporting my teams from 6000 miles away!
HOWL! LETS GO COYOTES!!

by TimmyHate on Apr 12, 2010 8:48 AM MST up reply actions  

Love it.

"In the biographies of men and nations, success often arrives in a mask of failure"

by hunterpencefan on Apr 12, 2010 11:19 AM MST up reply actions  

  1. is by far the most important!!!

by SueAnn Canfield on Apr 11, 2010 8:34 PM MST reply actions  

They're all important.

Though I agree that no octupi should touch our ice. Or that the thrower of it should pay on hell of a price from the fans around him/her to get there.

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by Travis Hair on Apr 11, 2010 8:39 PM MST up reply actions  

Fantastic post

It’s on.

"Do we hug?" "I think we're too manly."

by kishi on Apr 11, 2010 8:52 PM MST reply actions  

Like Donkey Kong.

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by Travis Hair on Apr 11, 2010 8:54 PM MST up reply actions  

oh yeah

it’s on alright!

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by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 11, 2010 11:46 PM MST up reply actions  

All Hail the Commandments!

I promise to follow the 14 Commandments of being a Coyotes fan during playoff games vs. the “name we shall not utter” …so help me Dave Tippett. That was the funniest thing I’ve read in a LONG time. If I hit a “name we shall not utter” fan with my car before the game, do you think I’d do jail time? I say “nay.” GO ’YOTES!!!!!!

by MoJo Loves the 'Yotes! on Apr 11, 2010 9:15 PM MST reply actions  

This is more awesomer...

I should have read this one first.

by pbcoyotes on Apr 11, 2010 9:23 PM MST reply actions  

Yea

I know for a fact I’m gonna get in a fight at game one. Someone is gonna say something and I’m gonna shove my fist down their throat. Unfortunately I don’t have a new white Yotes jersey, so I"m gonna have to rock my Tkachuck jersey from the first and only white out game I went to. That will have to do as well as white face and red claw marks across it what you guys think will that work?

There are two coyotes inside every fan, a good one and a bad one, so which coyote do you feed?
Gotta risk it to get the biscuit!

by MPallen23 on Apr 11, 2010 9:54 PM MST reply actions  

Should be just great :)

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by Travis Hair on Apr 11, 2010 10:05 PM MST up reply actions  

Excellent! Turn it up to 11!

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by Travis Hair on Apr 11, 2010 11:15 PM MST up reply actions  

There are worse fans than those for the Red Wings:

In our experience at the RBC Centre, Sabre fans rank right up there.

Pen’s fans are pretty miserable as well.

Bruin’s fans think they deserve it.

Laff’s, I mean Leaf’s fans, well, they’re just so pathetic you can’t help but feel sorry for them.

I understand Cannot, er Canuck fans leave a stain on everything as well. Is that true?

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by lcd2you on Apr 12, 2010 7:06 AM MST reply actions  

There may be elsewhere

But my experiences with Wing fans and others here will tell you this too. Is that they’re more obnoxious and rude and classless than the vast majority of fans we get here. Buffalo came close this year and Vancouver is becoming annoying, but the Wing fans, at least here, are f’n awful.

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by Travis Hair on Apr 12, 2010 7:12 AM MST up reply actions  

This is brilliant. Well done!

Oh, and good luck, Coyotes! You’ve got Stars fans and the rest of the NHL on your side.

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by Pat Iversen on Apr 12, 2010 7:36 AM MST reply actions  

This is pretty funny but even funnier are the Red Wings fans that this it’s serious and are foaming at the mouth at your 24 hour waiting period.

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by PPP on Apr 12, 2010 7:45 AM MST reply actions  

Too much time

Dealing with Chicago fans?

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by Travis Hair on Apr 12, 2010 7:46 AM MST up reply actions  

good one CNS

it’s nice to see you are funny at every site you post

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by stacie7 on Apr 13, 2010 1:30 PM MST up reply actions  

See!

Casey can be funny about it!

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by Travis Hair on Apr 12, 2010 7:46 AM MST up reply actions  

haha i of course was kidding. Looking forward to this series

by Casey Richey on Apr 12, 2010 7:47 AM MST up reply actions  

I know!

I don’t get why i’m getting emails and angry people when it was clearly a joke. Whatevs. :P

Me too. On the ice should be pretty even.

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by Travis Hair on Apr 12, 2010 7:48 AM MST up reply actions  

Hey Casey

I know I’m gonna infuriate some Wingers with my comment above, but I hope you of all people know it was in jest and enjoy the ribbing.

With that being said, I believe I will now remove the email address from my profile…

Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.

by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 12, 2010 12:21 PM MST up reply actions  

Best of luck against the Wings and my hardcore Wings-fan brother.

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by Steck It Out on Apr 12, 2010 7:46 AM MST reply actions  

This is great

Let me be the first Second City Hockey commenter to commend you for it. And I’m appalled I’m the first SCH reader to comment—c’mon people! I’d put this up as a fanshot there if I knew how.

Enjoying the #ThrowTheSnake bit on Twitter, too!

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by KofC on Apr 12, 2010 8:54 AM MST reply actions  

I’ve made like 1000 comments on SBN and no one’s tried to make a KFC joke to the best of my knowledge (at most people wonder if I have a Kansas City connection). Must be the timing…

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by KofC on Apr 12, 2010 9:06 AM MST up reply actions  

Bravo!

I suspect many of the SCH people may be suffering the 24 hour wait out with the angry mobs from Detoilet.

I guess that makes me number two from SCH to get in here commending this fantastic list.

by runningquicklynowhere on Apr 12, 2010 11:21 AM MST up reply actions  

I was upset about the wait period

because I wanted to get on right away and tell you how funny and great I thought the post was. I really hope you guys kick some Redwing ass. We’re not hanging out with the angry mobs from Detroit where I’m from.

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by stacie7 on Apr 13, 2010 1:33 PM MST up reply actions  

Since I won't be at the game

everyone PLEASE do the Coyote commandments 10x over for me!

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by hunterpencefan on Apr 12, 2010 11:24 AM MST reply actions  

Let me be the 3rd/4th SCHer

to f’in REC this post. Great stuff, and let this be the first and last time this postseason any fanbase has to put up a “Guide to Dealing with Detroit Fans”. ;)

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by chiblackhawks on Apr 12, 2010 4:11 PM MST reply actions  

Outstanding!

I didn’t see a mention of earplugs anywhere, though… they’re pretty necessary to drown out the drunk Wings fan next to you and they’re obnoxious screaming about “problems with the goal” after you shake Howard’s confidence and they bring in Osgood in game 3.

I’m also surprised there aren’t any Wing Trolls here messing up the comments section… I guess the delete key on your keyboard works fine, eh?

As always, fuck Detroit. St. Louis can’t fulfill our own hopes and dreams, so we look to you.

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by hildymac on Apr 13, 2010 7:38 AM MST reply actions  

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