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December 19, 2011
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Ici on parle francais --- OR ELSE!!! The closest equivalent in the US I can think of would be the Marlins hiring of Ozzie Guillen as manager in part because he speaks Spanish. Should a local or state government in the US try this sort of influence, there would be deafening screams of racism. Montreal seems to fire all of the decent coaches they have had over the past several years, and the replacements for them have seldom been an improvement. Mais non, Canadiens, you may not have Claude Julien back.
posted by Howard_T at 12:04 AM on December 20, 2011
Should a local or state government in the US try this sort of influence, there would be deafening screams of racism.
Francophone Quebec is not quite a parallel situation. Actually, I'd say it's rather a long way from a parallel situation.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 08:49 AM on December 20, 2011
There are a core of radical French "leaders" in Quebec who feel their own culture and people are superior to all others. These people are in the minority and don't speak for most Canadiens hockey fans who feel their sport is more important than some fake elitist agenda.
posted by cixelsyd at 10:12 AM on December 20, 2011
there would be deafening screams of racism.
Racism?
Your language determines your race?
posted by grum@work at 10:48 AM on December 20, 2011
The government of Quebec is less-than-enthusiastic about the Canadiens' new coach