David Levine
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Joined: 7/14/2007
From: Las Vegas
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ORIGINAL: Lynn G. Sweens, think of it like this. Someone goes to college and studies hard, but has almost no help from family or student guidance counselors or anyone else. Against a lot of odds, he earns a degree. Did he steal it or earn it? If someone said "dude, you stole that degree" in some kind of intended praise, wouldn't that sound weird? Sure. But I don't think that's an accurate analogy at all. Gus working hard and earning his shot in the League and then his current position is closer to getting a degree than the results of one single game. And "stealing a game" is not in any way a Minnesota thing. Its a time-honored sports saying anytime a team wins a game that they're badly outplayed in. It says nothing about the level of ability, work or dedication of the players on the winning (or losing) team. Its just short-hand for winning a game that you probably should have lost. And Herculean efforts are often a part of the equation. In this case the rest of the team played so poorly, that Gus "stole" the victory with outstanding play. Its high praise.
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