*climbs up on the box....awaits her turn*

Perhaps a quote from William S. Burroughs is appropriate at this time. It seems El Paso might have had a real-life encounter with "Naked Lunch - a frozen moment when everyone sees what is at the end of every fork."

For the people who pled a case earlier this year that hockey games were violent, and that children are learning to fight and take cheap shots from the players...here is an even better case.

But in this case, it isn't violence...it is a criminal felony. Posession of Marijuana is illegal...even if its not cocaine, LSD, heroin...its still against the law. And to hear a few El Paso fans saying he's innocent...and wrongly fired...why did he turn himself in, if there wasn't some level of validity to the charges? Hey, if he's innocent of all charges, then go ahead and blast the authorities. But until then, think of the message that this is sending to the children? It is okay to be busted with drugs, because you can always bond out and still coach the team that night.

Instead of saying, "The Sherriff's Dept. and the worthless El Paso Times can all go to hell," perhaps the vocal citizens of El Paso should be saying that such an act is an atrocity and such a crime cannot/will not be tolerated within their city, within the league, and within our society as a whole. We aren't talking parking tickets here, folks...people don't get arrested on felony drug charges just because the sherrif's department woke up and said...'hey, lets ruin a hockey fan's day.'

If he's innocent, then I will welcome him back. If he is guilty, then I hope he truly understands the impact his alleged actions have had on the Central Hockey League, in El Paso, and the future of hockey.

Now....who wants to be next?

"Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records." - Anonymous