OT - Most annoying: Crosby or Putin?

who doesn't use photoshop as a verb?

Maybe I'll go type something into that Google search engine thingy and find out.

Are you annoyed because someone summed up your whole job in a single word?

(I keed, I keed... you do fantastic work.)

People use it as a verb because it IS a verb.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photoshop

"photoshop" on its own doesn't bother me too much. However, "photochop" does. It's fairly commonly used among auto enthusiasts.

GET OFF MY LAWN!

This is just another example of the English language evolving, which is an ongoing process. Does it bother you when people google things too?

Of course, I understand that Red Wings fans would not be a fan of Crosby. And we're all bummed that Crosby made the game-winning shot for Canada. But is he a jerk? There are players who are so annoying, you would not want them on your team. Is Crosby in that category? Would Wings fans not want Crosby to play in Detroit? Has he done goon kind of stuff (like the MSU players last year?) Is he always rude to fans and media? In baseball, which I follow more, there are always some "good guys" who play well, but then there are great players who are royal jerks, prima donnas, etc. I just don't know hockey well enough to know much about Crosby and his character.

Crosby has helped to resurrect the Pens (who I loathe) and in the process saving my tax dollars that the governor was nice enough to give Pittsburgh to save the Pens from moving a few years back. If the Pens fail, I can be assured of a tax increase.

First off he whines non stop on the ice. Also He was voted the player who complains the most by NHL players. (see link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?page=0809playersurvey)

That is why people don't like him... or at least me and at least 52% of NHL players.

Full disclosure: I am a big wings fan. However, I've hated Crosby even before the heart breaking '09 cup finals.

During the '08 finals I noticed that he, never, stops, whining! Every push, every no call, any time he thinks he deserves a penalty he gets this absolute look of incredulity such that he seems to be saying "how dare you not call that for me? don't you know who I am?"

In short, I hate him because he displays an aura of entitlement. He comes off like he deserves the cup, the mvp, the gold medal, and all the accolades just because he is Sidney Crosby.

I would have been gracious to Canada had anyone other than Crosby scored that game winner. I want nothing but bad things for Crosby and the fact that he scored the game winner is what's bothering me most about the loss.

As long as you aren't one of those Tebow bashers. If you are a Tebow basher, then this might be the most hypocritical post/string of posts in the history of the interwebz.

Is it really necessary to post the video again? Draper's little text message whining to the media really is embarrassing.

I can see how people think he comes off like that. I also think, however, that you see many of the top players (especially team captians, which he is) in the refs ear a lot.

If you watch him play you will notice that players will often clutch, grab, hook and take cheap shots at him all game long. If he didn't call attention to it the refs would likely miss even more of the calls than they already do.

As one of the best players in the world he has to expect to be targetted game in and game out, but he shouldn't be held to standards that other players aren't expected to adhere to. In most pro sports the games best players are treated like babies, while in hockey at least, they are expected to be able to tolerate and play through what the average player isn't.

I am not a fan of Pittsburg but have watched many of their games and if I was Crosby, I would be whining to the refs a lot as well. He gets held in one form or another virtually every time he gets the puck.

He is a Douche.

If I remember correctly, Game 1 was moved because of the NBC/Versus wanting to have the potential Game 7 on a Friday night (which would have been better than Sunday night in the summer, actually) - as much as I hate Bettman, I don't think you can blame him for that one as much the TV "partners."

I'm guessing Crosby.

Crosby: Mildly annoying because he's a good hockey player who seems to haunt my favorite teams.

Putin: An egomaniac whose decisions have killed people.

No contest.

Very annoying to their families.

With a toy, it's a good reminder that at the end of the day, we're just fans of a game. I love following Michigan, and spend way too much time here at Mgoblog. However, sometimes I need to let it go. Now, when my 8 year old boy crabs that the world is ending because his twin sister destroyed some Lego creation of his, it will remind me of your icon, and also remind me that while I love the game, the world isn't ending when Michigan loses (or has several crummy years.)

Same Boat, Crosby gets hated for the same reasons as Tebow... overexposure/hype.

As someone in my office said this morning "Not only was it bad that we lost, but now throughout every game on NBC and during the playoffs I have to sit through 15,000 highlights of Crosby winning the Stanley Cup and the gold medal"

At least no one has said that 10 minutes with Crosby will change your life...

I guess I just don't understand how people "Hate" people they don't know. If I don't enjoy watching a player I would simply say I am not a fan of his. I wouldn't say I hate him. I wouldn't call him names or things of that nature (unlessit is in the midst of a deep seeded rivalry like in the case of OSU, I totally get the hatred there).

Even though it doesn't have much to do with my original point and I don't want to get in the practice of defending Crosby I will address a couple things you said:

First, when speaking about the best players in the world you can't really compare different positions. For better or worse, the "best player in the world" tag will always go to a forward and he will be compared agaianst other forwards. Short of Bobby Orr, I don't think any other defencemen has ever carried that title.

When considering my previous point, I will say that as aplayer of the sport for over 30 years I disagree with your opinion completely. There can only be twoplayers in this debate for people who know the game of hockey, and most of the disagree. The two players are obvious and they are Crosby and Ovechkin.

The others you listed (2 goalies, a defensement and Malkin), well as I said the other positions aren't comparable and Malkin is definitely not in the same class. He is an offensive talent to be sure, but his game is not nearly as complete as the other two.

In fact, Ovechkins isn't as complete as Crosbys either. You will never see Ovechkin play on the penalty kill. He just doesn't have the defensive skill. Crosby plays in all situations and does so at a very high level.

Ovechkin hits harder and is likely more of a pure goal scorer than Crosby, but Ovechkin doesn't make players around him better the way guys like Crosby does and Gretzky used to.

For these reasons I think Crosby is the better of the two. For other reason some thing Ovechkin is the better of the two. The one thing all hockey experts and fans who really know the sport agree on is that there is only two people in that debate, period.