Nieuwendyk, Dryden will have their numbers retired

[Trotsky]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote ursusminor]Not allowing number 13 seems weird to me.[/quote]

I always thought that was simply a superstition thing.  But there are a few 13's in the pros now, so time to let that one go, too.[/quote]

Why?  A tradition is a tradition.  The more unique the better, in fact.

As was said, the Yankees' retired numbers are a self-parody, as is the whole "league retired number."  Hockey is particularly risky because of the proliferation of all the stupid high numbers in the NHL.  91 isn't a flippin' hockey player, it's a non-skill football position or a NASCAR vehicle.

[Ronald '09]

[quote Trotsky][quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote ursusminor]Not allowing number 13 seems weird to me.[/quote]

I always thought that was simply a superstition thing.  But there are a few 13's in the pros now, so time to let that one go, too.[/quote]

Why?  A tradition is a tradition.  The more unique the better, in fact.

As was said, the Yankees' retired numbers are a self-parody, as is the whole "league retired number."  Hockey is particularly risky because of the proliferation of all the stupid high numbers in the NHL.  91 isn't a flippin' hockey player, it's a non-skill football position or a NASCAR vehicle.[/quote]

You can't mean to imply that Justin Tuck is a "non-skill football" player, despite what this past week may have shown.

[ugarte]

[quote Ronald '09][quote Trotsky][quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote ursusminor]Not allowing number 13 seems weird to me.[/quote]

I always thought that was simply a superstition thing.  But there are a few 13's in the pros now, so time to let that one go, too.[/quote]

Why?  A tradition is a tradition.  The more unique the better, in fact.

As was said, the Yankees' retired numbers are a self-parody, as is the whole "league retired number."  Hockey is particularly risky because of the proliferation of all the stupid high numbers in the NHL.  91 isn't a flippin' hockey player, it's a non-skill football position or a NASCAR vehicle.[/quote]

You can't mean to imply that Justin Tuck is a "non-skill football" player, despite what this past week may have shown.[/quote]
"Skill position" is a poorly-named category, but it refers to QB/RB/WR and, if you want to stretch it, TE. To wit, Nnamdi Asumogha is a skilled football player while JaMarcus Russell plays a skill position.

[Trotsky]

[quote Ronald '09]You can't mean to imply that Justin Tuck is a "non-skill football" player, despite what this past week may have shown.[/quote]No, it never occurred to me to check our 91.  I started out with "a lineman" and then wasn't sure it might be a DB," so I switched it.  Please don't send Justin Tuck to egg my house.

[Give My Regards]

[quote Trotsky]91 isn't a flippin' hockey player, it's a non-skill football position or a NASCAR vehicle.[/quote]

Or Dennis Rodman.

[Josh '99]

[quote Trotsky]Hockey is particularly risky because of the proliferation of all the stupid high numbers in the NHL.  91 isn't a flippin' hockey player, it's a non-skill football position or a NASCAR vehicle.[/quote]Honestly, I can't bring myself to care about this in the slightest.  It's just a number, and if it makes the player happy to wear a high one, so what?

On the other hand, I think teams in general are overzealous about retiring numbers these days.