Waffling at Failure

The Toronto Maple Leafs currently have a losing record. One fan was quite upset with the early failures of his beloved hockey team. So upset that he threw waffles on the ice during the game at the Air Canada Centre against the Atlanta Thrashers on Monday. This act of throwing waffles was his way of protesting the team's poor performance so far. He was arrested and charged with criminal mischief. He has also been banned from the arena and two other venues that hold Maple Leaf events, BMO Field and Ricoh Coliseum.

The Maple Leafs are currently 12-17-4, with the last 4 meaning overtime losses since there are no more ties in hockey. The record itself is not really that bad, but when you here more stats things get worse. The Leafs are 4-6 in their last 10 games and have the third lowest point total in the NHL with 28. During the end of October through the the middle of the November they went on an 8-game losing streak. Their highest winning streak is 4 games, which they did the first 4 games of the season, since then they are 8-17-4. They have been shutout 6 times during this span. Every loss they have had this month has been by 3 or more goals as well.

It is certainly understandable why fans would be frustrated by the team. What I don't understand is why this fan decided to show his frustration by chucking waffles onto the ice. All I can think of is that he was personifying the saying 'waffling at success,' but people would have to think a bit before getting what he meant if this is truly what he was going for. Not to mention he probably looked like an idiot throwing waffles onto the ice and then getting arrested for doing so. Here's a bit of advice for frustrated fans reading this article: if you don't like your team's performance, then do what normal fans do and boo. It's much easier, to the point, and won't get you arrested and banned from multiple sporting venues. Literally waffling at failure is not OK people.

References

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=5948109
http://espn.go.com/nhl/team/schedule/_/name/tor/toronto-maple-leafs
http://espn.go.com/nhl/standings