Earlier today, it was announced that the Western conference defeated the Eastern Conference in the all-star game, by a score of 25-22. In what will go down as one of the most defensive battles of all-time, we sat down with GM Scantlang (?) to figure out what went wrong.
Q: Obviously 25-22 isn’t the result you anticipated…What do you think happened out there?
A: Well, you know, the West just had a better team. It has been no secret in the CCHL that the Western conference is significantly stronger than the East, and the results from the ASG prove that. With powerhouse teams such as the Blackhawks, Jets, Stars, Kraken, Flames, Knights, Avs and the Ducks, I would have bet all of Sumit’s cryptocurrency that the West was going to win.
Q: Some people are saying this was an inside job, that you took the East ASG GM role to sabotage the game. Is this true?
A: At first, no. When voluntold to pick the roster, I flipped a coin and landed on the East. I thought it was going to be a simple task but after releasing the lineup, I quickly realized that I could have put more of an effort into the roster selections. But at that point, it was too late. I had to make a decision whether I was going to stick by my picks, or adapt to the situation and be prepared to address the fact that some will believe I picked this team with the wrong intentions. Although this wasn’t an inside job, I am completely okay proceeding with that narrative.
Q: Okay, well if picking this roster wasn’t done intentionally, how can you justify that lineup?
A: Listen. For YEARS the East has been saying that they are better than the West. When making these picks, I thought “Well, if the East is so much better than the West, this shouldn’t really matter. It will be a blowout regardless.” Clearly I was wrong. We let in 25 goals. You can’t expect to win when letting in that many goals. I thought the guys from Toronto, Quebec, Tampa Bay, New York and Pittsburgh would do better. But they just didn’t meet my expectations. I guess that shows that they are more pretenders than anything. Sure, its nice and cute to have some points in the regular season standings, but when the chips were down, the East was nowhere to be seen.
Q: So where do we go from here? Surely you won’t be back as East ASG GM next season?
A: After the rosters had been set, the West ASG GM decided to make a bet that losing GM has to stay on next season….I know what you’re thinking – making a bet after the works been done is a weird move. Some would call it dirty pool. Maybe he saw the lineup I put together and knew it would be an easy win. Regardless, it was gutless. But as a man of integrity, I will always pay my bets therefore next season I suppose I will take over as the West ASG GM and look for someone to compete against. Maybe I’ll issue a challenge to Sumit *assuming he is still in the league by then and hasn’t been fired (respectfully) (lol)* and see if he’s man enough for the job.
Until then, I will simply collect my sim cash since once again, WEST > EAST.