Thread: Slogans - More Than Just Words

The smell of a new season beckons around every corner. That is music to my ears. Finally, a fresh start to a team and its fans that need it more than anyone would like to admit. With that, season ticket holders like myself received this season’s calendar and slogan to wet our appetites. The problem for some is fair. Each new season since the lock-out has only brought less than the year before. Heck, thanks to Willsie the Kings couldn’t even make it to the bottom and Stamkos, right? Wrong. Really wrong.

Last fall, I remember hearing a player say that there was nothing like the opening night of a new season. It means everything is possible and nothing is impossible. This is a feeling I encourage others to consider before downshifting to Tavares chants the way Stamkos ones preceded it a year ago. Kings fans may be conditioned for mediocrity but this organization’s past no longer has to define its present and future. That is a choice by all concerned.

PRIDE = PASSION = POWER

For some, it easy to look at the Kings’ new slogan, Pride = Passion = Power and use it as fodder for jokes. Hey, at least the Kings’ fans kept their sense of humor along the way to the bottom…right? How about being open to the possibility that next year’s rendition of this team is just that …. a new season with new opportunities not just a rearranging of deck chairs on what has been a titanic of a team post lock-out. I for one have no plans to book my reservation for the basement before the team hits the ice.

I easily admit that when I saw the articles and headlines about Doughty wanting to be a King, I assumed it was great programming by the guy’s agent. None of me believed otherwise. Then, I read some of Lombardi’s quotes about how Doughty had a Kings’ telephone and then reading how Doughty’s heart sank at the possibility of not being a King which was unthinkable to him. Why on earth is it so hard to fathom that there is pride in this organization and with its players to seize this day that is finally theirs?

Think about this… the quote that I revisited more than once last year from Lombardi was that he was most anticipating seeing if the team’s youth would take responsibility for winning. The funny irony to that expectation is that Lombardi asked the kids to lead but gave leadership to their elders figuratively and literally. That makes about as much sense as asking a car to drive without wheels and then scratching your head, kicking the non-existent tires and being shocked when the vehicle is rightly stationary.

Doughty not only wanted to be a King, the thought of being a Thrasher sunk his sanity during the draft. To be fair, it is not just that Atlanta is a challenging organization, it is that it is plain not Los Angeles. That gave me pause. Brown and Frolov took up residence at Toyota Sports Center this summer. Heck, Johnson knows the fan party line and responded in spades to the Daily News when he said age is just a number.

Bottom Line:

Before assuming this season is lost before a minute is played, why not get excited? Why not remember why you became a Kings’ fan in the first place? Why go from zero to sub-zero before giving the players a chance to be heroes because the present is finally theirs to make it what they want. Now. Seize the day; win one for the Gipper and all of that passion that makes hockey my favorite sport on earth. Consider going there first. There is always time to cry or drink in despair over another challenging season.

All I ask before you down shift your proverbial expectation you be open to the possibility that this team has power, passion and pride and wants to take it for a spin. If I was Kopitar, Brown, Frolov, O’Sullivan or Johnson, this season could not start fast enough. Finally, all the seniors left the building and took their losing letters with them. It is their turn. It is their team. It is their time. They are in charge.

Give these players your support, your pride, your passion and the power that every Kings’ fan has … your combined love of this team that can drive you to drink or inspire you. Let’s start by inspiring them by believing in them. What do you have to lose anyway? There is always time to book a ticket to Tavares. Seriously.

Carla Muller

Carla.hockeygal@att.net

Very well put. Im so sick of everyones negative opinions on the upcoming season and am also looking foreward to the fresh start. See you at Staples.
Daiquiris for you.

Originally Posted by Carla Muller

Kings fans may be conditioned for mediocrity but

Kings fans aren't conditioned for mediocrity. Mediocrity would be fantastic at this point. I crave mediocrity. I yearn for the day the Kings are consistently mediocre. No... Kings fans are conditioned to awfulness.

Originally Posted by framer31

Very well put. Im so sick of everyones negative opinions on the upcoming season and am also looking forward to the fresh start. See you at Staples. Daiquiris for you.

Cool!! I look forward to it. There is always time to be negative... I for one am jazzed at the possibilities. Glad to have company.

This is one of the best posts I have read on here in a long long time. Thank you for this, and if I get to come out to LA this season, I hope to see you at Staples.

Originally Posted by Kentucky King

Thank you for this, and if I get to come out to LA this season, I hope to see you at Staples.

I would look forward to that. It is so easy to assume the worst, lose faith and go to business as usual. Once upon a time the Senators were the league's doormat and then they axed Martin, figured it out and became a credible organization and made it to the Finals with players who weren't named Gretzky, Crosby or Ovechkin. Why not the Kings and why not take that step towards credibility this year? Thanks for sharing this leap of faith with me. Others share this faith, they just get lost in the noise from the naysayers.

I don't get the slogan. Wouldn't it make more sense if it was a formula?

Pride + Passion = Power

The OP also has it written "Pride = Passion = Power" in the large font but then "Pride = Power = Passion". None of these terms seem to be remotely "equal". I'm confused. Does someone actually get paid to come up with this crap?

Originally Posted by VCRW

The OP also has it written \\"Pride = Passion = Power\\" in the large font but then \\"Pride = Power = Passion\\". None of these terms seem to be remotely \\"equal\\". I'm confused.

In fairness, I didn't look at my calendar to see the order of the words. Nonetheless, I think the equal sign is there to emphasize the fact that any one of these words alone equate to something even greater when combined. Pride alone can motivate men. Power can empower the weakest. Passion can stir the soul. But, pride with power and with passion.... immeasurably more becomes possible. Dare to be.... not just dream...

Introduce yourself at FF, Carla. We'll celebrate the season to be in style.