Springfield has the AHL league offices located there. They also have had a team since the founding season of 1926. HOF legend Eddie Shore owned the team while playing for the Bruins, and many times played for both in the same season
@MichaelThomas-ll1hw25 күн бұрын
We got ourselves a comedian, folks
@geoff310326 күн бұрын
Milwaukke should be the AHL team for Chicago, and Nashville should put their team in Memphis. And Capitals would be better off having a team in Baltimore
@Foltz0326 күн бұрын
Hershey is my hometown...GO BEARS!!!!!
@gabrielorto400826 күн бұрын
If I wanted a list of tourist destinations I would have looked it up. Other cities have stronger fan bases and history then some of these franchises.
@moappleseider169926 күн бұрын
Grand Rapids is laughing at this list.
@ry-flix26 күн бұрын
I actually had Grand Rapids on my list, interested to hear your thoughts
@moappleseider169924 күн бұрын
@@ry-flix I just think as far as it being a cool town, and a solid fanbase in a pretty good arena it should be top 5.
@designs994127 күн бұрын
I would have included san diego
@MiladYosufi27 күн бұрын
why is Hershey #1? I would have picked Toronto or Palm spring..
@Mad_ox828 күн бұрын
Go Cuda!
@dennis3351Ай бұрын
I am in Springfield and most of the crime is in certain hoods and contained to certain demographics , if you mind your own business and avoid those areas like every city. your chances of crime are alot less. . And suburbs of the city are ok. Too many simply parrot a statistic that never goes to detail where and how the crime originates. And Springfield hockey besides Hershey goes back to 1936. Its history is deep in Hockey. Going to games is very safe. Has nothing to do with the ahl there. Stop knocking the city. If you wont be visiting then don't. And I knew Springfield hockey since 1970. I also do not like how nhl teams rake in plenty of profits and take teams from other locations to move then next door to their arenas. Also some teams had individual identities like the Providence ''Reds.' Now names after nhl team Bruins. They should have their own identity that relates to the history of the ahl there not copy past nhl team. Additionally how Belleville got a team is beyond me. population 55k. an arena that's like college.
@rvirkutisАй бұрын
Lol I live in Belleville theres so many crack heads
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
I hope the Blackhawks flip Indy and Rockford like the Kings did a few year back with their AHL and ECHL teams. You can make a lot more fans in Indy with an AHL team, and its still close enough to Chicago plus has an airport for flying players out. I'd even go a step further and move the Chicago Steel to Rockford and find another bigger market for the ECHL team. Louisville maybe. But Rockford is wasted as an a minor league market. Shame also the Hawks cant have a relationship with the Wolves but that won't happen while Don Levin is still alive.
@paulj675627 күн бұрын
I know. A Wolves - Blackhawks affiliation would be great. But the Wolves have always had a strange relationship with the NHL and the AHL. Levin & co decided to go it alone this past season (2023-2024) and play as an independent team. Well that was a disaster on so many levels. They ended up re-pairng with the Carolina Hurricanes for the next three seasons. I think the NHL intervened , stating that there should be as many AHL teams as there are NHL teams. Plus the Hurricanes have been given more oversight on the Wolves day -to-day operations.
@geoff310326 күн бұрын
@@paulj6756 why doesn't the NHL do more to intervene and stop the Wolves from going off the reservation?But yes, Don Levin hates the Blackhawks ever since old man Wirtz tried to keep the Wolves out of Rosemont.
@MattpGrant57Ай бұрын
Rockfford Ill has always been the shittiest place in America.
@MrJoeoliveАй бұрын
If Houston gets a team we better have the affiliate in San Antonio.
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
1000%
@roshango125abАй бұрын
As a Massachusetts native I was incredibly excited to see how you would mispronounce Worcester and you didn't disappoint
@ry-flixАй бұрын
Lol
@BRIANCOTNOIRАй бұрын
I live in New England. Springfield isn't anywhere as bad as you make it out to be. They've got the MGM Grand Casino next to the arena (you can usually find fans going there after games) Springfield also has the Basketball Hall of Fame and several other museums to visit. Now if you want to talk crime laden cities in the AHL. I would never want to be anywhere near Bridgeport, CT after dark. Hartford, CT had it's ups and downs with crime, but there's literally nothing to do downtown, and the same goes for Providence, RI
@sarff99Ай бұрын
Cities you wont believe has AHL teams?? How about KZreadRS you cant believe has s KZread Channel. If you havent been to a place, dont make a video bashing the place you haven't been to. Also, you don't pronounce the "S" at the end of ILLINOIS. Nice try sport.
@zalex45Ай бұрын
Omg!! Crime and homelessness!!! The cities are war zones
@jakeellman7447Ай бұрын
As someone who lives in Rockford it’s really not bad. The BMO is in the heart of downtown and during game days is pretty busy and crowded and police are usually not hard to find so it’s pretty safe
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
And I like going to the Piggies games there. Especially in light of how bad yet still expensive Hawks tickets are. I go there and to Steel games plus the odd Wolves game (if they play the Piggies) for my live hockey fix.
@sblack53Ай бұрын
I wonder if St. John’s would have made the list before the Leafs moved their AHL team to the Ex grounds.
@danielryan8089Ай бұрын
Bring the ahl back to San Antonio!
@benkenobi_Ай бұрын
Surprised wheeling WV isnt on here
@paulj675627 күн бұрын
Wheeling is an ECHL city.
@lopoa126Ай бұрын
Edmonton should move their team to a city with a connecting airport in Montana or the Dakotas. Bakersfield is miserable. Lots of homeless problems in these failing cities. Governments really needs to build more housing to deal with this homeless epidemic. Not enough affordable housing around as the private sector is failing.
@chickenalaking1319Ай бұрын
Most of the homeless are drug addicts who have mental problems and don't want to live in a house.
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
surprised the Oilers don't move their AHL team to Edmonton like the other Canadian teams have done. Bakersfield can always take a Double-A team.
@Fatblue246Ай бұрын
ngl, surprised no Bridgeport mention tbh.
@kylet3033Ай бұрын
Thumbnail looked like the Bridgeport Islanders (the old sound tigers) too
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
right? Stupid AF that the Islanders don't put their AHL team at the old Coliseum in Nassau
@user-wx5ce5mr8hАй бұрын
They should make the dallas stars farm team go to Birmingham Alabama bc they already have a nice rink and the city could easily support a team there
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
Dallas should move their team to OKC IF Houston gets a team.
@mjpottertxАй бұрын
Send one to Houston, please!
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
better. They should have the Carolina Hurricanes or Winnipeg Jets. Those teams would double in value overnight playing in Houston.
@mjpottertxАй бұрын
@@geoff3103 Unfortunately , few hockey fans here (and the people who are live in the outer suburbs an hour away from downtown) , nowhere to train, and the basketball team owner controls the arena. Not happening, I'm afraid.
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
@@mjpottertx naw, it'll happen. If hockey can work in Vegas, Dallas, Tampa and other non-traditional cities Houston is a cinch. And who cares where people live? Most people don't work from home. How many people work or visit in a 5 mile radius of downtown Houston?
@mjpottertxАй бұрын
@@geoff3103 Well, Houston isn't Dallas. Dallas is more cosmopolitan. Houston, especially the city itself, is a dirt poor city getting poorer. And a strong cultural hatred of hockey as a "fureign" sport. If it wasn't for my job and friends, I'd move to Dallas in a second.
@andiiramii2775Ай бұрын
Ontario Reign fan here 🍿
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
me too. From back when they were a Double-A team and the venue was the CBBA
@guythibodeau4976Ай бұрын
Which ones would be the five best?
@ry-flixАй бұрын
I'm currently working on that video, stay tuned
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
in terms of growing fans and proximity to the parent club its San Diego, Cleveland, Ontario, Tucson, Des Moines, Rochester, Providence, Austin, Hartford, Abby, Calgary, Laval, Toronto, Winnipeg and SHOULD be Charlotte. Everyone else needs to be relocated.
@TGsports_Free2watchАй бұрын
At first I thought it was worst markets. But yeah most of these cities suck but take Rockford and Springfield for instance. They both get huge crowds
@huntercopeland9371Ай бұрын
I’m with ya, Phil. I fuckin love that nacho “cheese” stuff too.
@AT-el8eqАй бұрын
Bakersfield, CA is a large community. Those photos you showed definitely depicts parts of East and South Bakersfield but a huge part of the community is very nice, luxury homes, clean, and a place Im happy to call home. I have told folks before that to travel from the furthest part of southwest Bakersfield to Northeast Bakersfield, it’s about 23 miles and a 30 minute drive. So yes, in a town of that size it’s hard to not have some kind of trash involved.
@chickenalaking1319Ай бұрын
What do you expect from someone who poverty shames?
@DanielOrteez22 күн бұрын
People see one picture of a dirty dumpster and they assume that the entire city is like that. Same with homeless people.
@jasonmelendez5216Ай бұрын
Bakersfield Fog was a WCHL team back in the day. Their logo was a smog cloud.
@stormcloudfilmsАй бұрын
No these cities make sense. Added motivation.
@GarretMartinnАй бұрын
Not sure if those cities or this video are more terrible. I’m leaning toward the video at the moment.
@hamburglar83Ай бұрын
Funnny thing 0about Rockford is they are getting better against crime and infrastructure cuz the state got some jobs back in the region…..housing prices actually went up like 20-50%.
@PhoenixRiseinFlameАй бұрын
Places like Springfield and Bakersfield get teams, but somehow, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati don’t have teams
@davidshea7865Ай бұрын
springfield had 14+ consecutive sell outs this year. the market is legit
@heylol2187Ай бұрын
Atlanta obviously is not good for hockey, check out the last NHL team there.
@alecbarker8543Ай бұрын
Cincinnati and Indy both have teams….
@JohnZoniАй бұрын
Atlanta, Cincinnati and Indianapolis all have ECHL teams....
@dennisking7872Ай бұрын
@@davidshea7865 Springfield has a long, well-established hockey history (especially in the AHL, though the team's name has changed many times over the years).
@AlekManoahisnotabadpitcherАй бұрын
Bakersfield makes no sense for the Oilers affiliate
@getube9Ай бұрын
Wrong, we actually support our team.
@AlekManoahisnotabadpitcherАй бұрын
@@getube9 I know, but its a random place for a team from Canada to place their affiliate
@getube9Ай бұрын
At Quick Glance sure. But this town has a very good tradition of supporting its hockey teams. I still think Calgary should have moved their franchise to Fresno and rekindled this rivalry.
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
@@getube9 thats well and good about the support, but still doesn't make sense though. Bakersfield could definitely be an ECHL team for San Diego.
@getube9Ай бұрын
Cough sputter... hack... Condors EAT Gulls! LOL
@trollo_ed8869Ай бұрын
Springfield from Family Guy? No, unless your talking about the special episode where Family Guy visited Springfield but the main show who lives in Springfield is The Simpsons
@ry-flixАй бұрын
It was a joke brother
@TheBandit025NovaАй бұрын
1:52 They now know as the Sticky Bandits
@sergoogle5061Ай бұрын
you remind me of a kid that qq's on games a lot. Kek
@supermegaguy666Ай бұрын
No, it's the Quahog from The Simpsons
@troyortego4655Ай бұрын
my favorite player... ever!
@murphsave1Ай бұрын
It’s Worcester not Worcester
@emersonmanning1124Ай бұрын
In defence of San Jose. It makes it much easier if players get called up/sent down. Players don’t have to move, pull their kids out of school, and allows team facilities to be shared (AHL players having access to NHL fitness coaches, medical facilities, etc.). It just makes more sense for teams to have their AHL affiliates close to their home city
@adblue8955Ай бұрын
Yeah you see the same thing in the NBA D League. Everyone plays in the same city now. It's good for the organization but as a fan I hate it
@bjnt92281Ай бұрын
@@adblue8955A few MLB teams have their AAA team in the same city as well or close to it in the suburbs.
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
naw still dumb, If anything they should move them to either Oakland or Sacramento. Close enough yet far enough. You don't make any new hockey fans in SJ having two teams there.
@andiiramii2775Ай бұрын
@@geoff3103 As a Reign fan living in Sac. that would be awesome.Not many hockey fans out here
@geoff3103Ай бұрын
@@andiiramii2775 I hope they come to their senses one of these days. If the Sharks are the team for NorCal they need to spread their "fins" and get to as many people/areas as possible instead of just concentrating on SJ. Makes ZERO sense what they are doing.
@harrisonosirrahАй бұрын
Awesome video. Thanks for calling in to record it.
@richardrice8076Ай бұрын
1:36 ok that was 2013 what about oh I don't know 2023?!?!?!?
@ChrisHulettАй бұрын
Worcester is pronounced Woo-ster, not War-cester. I’m from Mass and even we struggle to pronounce other local city/town names. The 2015 Pacific shift killed AHL hockey in New England even though the shift made sense logistically. Great video btw.
@toddgelineau6536Ай бұрын
I’m a Hartford fan and deeply miss Manchester, Lowell, Portland, Worcester and even New Haven
@TimothyWengerАй бұрын
No, it’s “woo-sta”
@austinsmith7731Ай бұрын
At least Portland still has an ECHL franshise. Mariners games are fun
@grapefruitsodags8387Ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure it's worse than Springfield. Oh, and they have an ECHL team too. It's also where the Red Sox AAA affiliate moved to unfortunately (I live near Providence so I don't like it)
@Max-oo8yo28 күн бұрын
Yeah even though i'm a providence fan, I dearly miss the Sharks and my Worcester Sharks jersey is one of my favorite jerseys i own
@yeltsin6817Ай бұрын
Love the story how he unplugs his phones and they had to come looking for him. What a move. There is another hilarious story about when in Chicago they talked to him about his weight and diet and that he has to watch what he eats. An hour later the coach catches him at an outdoor bar patio eating a mound of poutine
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Phil is an American hero
“Steiger not gunna lie felt terrible out there”
Springfield has the AHL league offices located there. They also have had a team since the founding season of 1926. HOF legend Eddie Shore owned the team while playing for the Bruins, and many times played for both in the same season
We got ourselves a comedian, folks
Milwaukke should be the AHL team for Chicago, and Nashville should put their team in Memphis. And Capitals would be better off having a team in Baltimore
Hershey is my hometown...GO BEARS!!!!!
If I wanted a list of tourist destinations I would have looked it up. Other cities have stronger fan bases and history then some of these franchises.
Grand Rapids is laughing at this list.
I actually had Grand Rapids on my list, interested to hear your thoughts
@@ry-flix I just think as far as it being a cool town, and a solid fanbase in a pretty good arena it should be top 5.
I would have included san diego
why is Hershey #1? I would have picked Toronto or Palm spring..
Go Cuda!
I am in Springfield and most of the crime is in certain hoods and contained to certain demographics , if you mind your own business and avoid those areas like every city. your chances of crime are alot less. . And suburbs of the city are ok. Too many simply parrot a statistic that never goes to detail where and how the crime originates. And Springfield hockey besides Hershey goes back to 1936. Its history is deep in Hockey. Going to games is very safe. Has nothing to do with the ahl there. Stop knocking the city. If you wont be visiting then don't. And I knew Springfield hockey since 1970. I also do not like how nhl teams rake in plenty of profits and take teams from other locations to move then next door to their arenas. Also some teams had individual identities like the Providence ''Reds.' Now names after nhl team Bruins. They should have their own identity that relates to the history of the ahl there not copy past nhl team. Additionally how Belleville got a team is beyond me. population 55k. an arena that's like college.
Lol I live in Belleville theres so many crack heads
I hope the Blackhawks flip Indy and Rockford like the Kings did a few year back with their AHL and ECHL teams. You can make a lot more fans in Indy with an AHL team, and its still close enough to Chicago plus has an airport for flying players out. I'd even go a step further and move the Chicago Steel to Rockford and find another bigger market for the ECHL team. Louisville maybe. But Rockford is wasted as an a minor league market. Shame also the Hawks cant have a relationship with the Wolves but that won't happen while Don Levin is still alive.
I know. A Wolves - Blackhawks affiliation would be great. But the Wolves have always had a strange relationship with the NHL and the AHL. Levin & co decided to go it alone this past season (2023-2024) and play as an independent team. Well that was a disaster on so many levels. They ended up re-pairng with the Carolina Hurricanes for the next three seasons. I think the NHL intervened , stating that there should be as many AHL teams as there are NHL teams. Plus the Hurricanes have been given more oversight on the Wolves day -to-day operations.
@@paulj6756 why doesn't the NHL do more to intervene and stop the Wolves from going off the reservation?But yes, Don Levin hates the Blackhawks ever since old man Wirtz tried to keep the Wolves out of Rosemont.
Rockfford Ill has always been the shittiest place in America.
If Houston gets a team we better have the affiliate in San Antonio.
1000%
As a Massachusetts native I was incredibly excited to see how you would mispronounce Worcester and you didn't disappoint
Lol
I live in New England. Springfield isn't anywhere as bad as you make it out to be. They've got the MGM Grand Casino next to the arena (you can usually find fans going there after games) Springfield also has the Basketball Hall of Fame and several other museums to visit. Now if you want to talk crime laden cities in the AHL. I would never want to be anywhere near Bridgeport, CT after dark. Hartford, CT had it's ups and downs with crime, but there's literally nothing to do downtown, and the same goes for Providence, RI
Cities you wont believe has AHL teams?? How about KZreadRS you cant believe has s KZread Channel. If you havent been to a place, dont make a video bashing the place you haven't been to. Also, you don't pronounce the "S" at the end of ILLINOIS. Nice try sport.
Omg!! Crime and homelessness!!! The cities are war zones
As someone who lives in Rockford it’s really not bad. The BMO is in the heart of downtown and during game days is pretty busy and crowded and police are usually not hard to find so it’s pretty safe
And I like going to the Piggies games there. Especially in light of how bad yet still expensive Hawks tickets are. I go there and to Steel games plus the odd Wolves game (if they play the Piggies) for my live hockey fix.
I wonder if St. John’s would have made the list before the Leafs moved their AHL team to the Ex grounds.
Bring the ahl back to San Antonio!
Surprised wheeling WV isnt on here
Wheeling is an ECHL city.
Edmonton should move their team to a city with a connecting airport in Montana or the Dakotas. Bakersfield is miserable. Lots of homeless problems in these failing cities. Governments really needs to build more housing to deal with this homeless epidemic. Not enough affordable housing around as the private sector is failing.
Most of the homeless are drug addicts who have mental problems and don't want to live in a house.
surprised the Oilers don't move their AHL team to Edmonton like the other Canadian teams have done. Bakersfield can always take a Double-A team.
ngl, surprised no Bridgeport mention tbh.
Thumbnail looked like the Bridgeport Islanders (the old sound tigers) too
right? Stupid AF that the Islanders don't put their AHL team at the old Coliseum in Nassau
They should make the dallas stars farm team go to Birmingham Alabama bc they already have a nice rink and the city could easily support a team there
Dallas should move their team to OKC IF Houston gets a team.
Send one to Houston, please!
better. They should have the Carolina Hurricanes or Winnipeg Jets. Those teams would double in value overnight playing in Houston.
@@geoff3103 Unfortunately , few hockey fans here (and the people who are live in the outer suburbs an hour away from downtown) , nowhere to train, and the basketball team owner controls the arena. Not happening, I'm afraid.
@@mjpottertx naw, it'll happen. If hockey can work in Vegas, Dallas, Tampa and other non-traditional cities Houston is a cinch. And who cares where people live? Most people don't work from home. How many people work or visit in a 5 mile radius of downtown Houston?
@@geoff3103 Well, Houston isn't Dallas. Dallas is more cosmopolitan. Houston, especially the city itself, is a dirt poor city getting poorer. And a strong cultural hatred of hockey as a "fureign" sport. If it wasn't for my job and friends, I'd move to Dallas in a second.
Ontario Reign fan here 🍿
me too. From back when they were a Double-A team and the venue was the CBBA
Which ones would be the five best?
I'm currently working on that video, stay tuned
in terms of growing fans and proximity to the parent club its San Diego, Cleveland, Ontario, Tucson, Des Moines, Rochester, Providence, Austin, Hartford, Abby, Calgary, Laval, Toronto, Winnipeg and SHOULD be Charlotte. Everyone else needs to be relocated.
At first I thought it was worst markets. But yeah most of these cities suck but take Rockford and Springfield for instance. They both get huge crowds
I’m with ya, Phil. I fuckin love that nacho “cheese” stuff too.
Bakersfield, CA is a large community. Those photos you showed definitely depicts parts of East and South Bakersfield but a huge part of the community is very nice, luxury homes, clean, and a place Im happy to call home. I have told folks before that to travel from the furthest part of southwest Bakersfield to Northeast Bakersfield, it’s about 23 miles and a 30 minute drive. So yes, in a town of that size it’s hard to not have some kind of trash involved.
What do you expect from someone who poverty shames?
People see one picture of a dirty dumpster and they assume that the entire city is like that. Same with homeless people.
Bakersfield Fog was a WCHL team back in the day. Their logo was a smog cloud.
No these cities make sense. Added motivation.
Not sure if those cities or this video are more terrible. I’m leaning toward the video at the moment.
Funnny thing 0about Rockford is they are getting better against crime and infrastructure cuz the state got some jobs back in the region…..housing prices actually went up like 20-50%.
Places like Springfield and Bakersfield get teams, but somehow, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati don’t have teams
springfield had 14+ consecutive sell outs this year. the market is legit
Atlanta obviously is not good for hockey, check out the last NHL team there.
Cincinnati and Indy both have teams….
Atlanta, Cincinnati and Indianapolis all have ECHL teams....
@@davidshea7865 Springfield has a long, well-established hockey history (especially in the AHL, though the team's name has changed many times over the years).
Bakersfield makes no sense for the Oilers affiliate
Wrong, we actually support our team.
@@getube9 I know, but its a random place for a team from Canada to place their affiliate
At Quick Glance sure. But this town has a very good tradition of supporting its hockey teams. I still think Calgary should have moved their franchise to Fresno and rekindled this rivalry.
@@getube9 thats well and good about the support, but still doesn't make sense though. Bakersfield could definitely be an ECHL team for San Diego.
Cough sputter... hack... Condors EAT Gulls! LOL
Springfield from Family Guy? No, unless your talking about the special episode where Family Guy visited Springfield but the main show who lives in Springfield is The Simpsons
It was a joke brother
1:52 They now know as the Sticky Bandits
you remind me of a kid that qq's on games a lot. Kek
No, it's the Quahog from The Simpsons
my favorite player... ever!
It’s Worcester not Worcester
In defence of San Jose. It makes it much easier if players get called up/sent down. Players don’t have to move, pull their kids out of school, and allows team facilities to be shared (AHL players having access to NHL fitness coaches, medical facilities, etc.). It just makes more sense for teams to have their AHL affiliates close to their home city
Yeah you see the same thing in the NBA D League. Everyone plays in the same city now. It's good for the organization but as a fan I hate it
@@adblue8955A few MLB teams have their AAA team in the same city as well or close to it in the suburbs.
naw still dumb, If anything they should move them to either Oakland or Sacramento. Close enough yet far enough. You don't make any new hockey fans in SJ having two teams there.
@@geoff3103 As a Reign fan living in Sac. that would be awesome.Not many hockey fans out here
@@andiiramii2775 I hope they come to their senses one of these days. If the Sharks are the team for NorCal they need to spread their "fins" and get to as many people/areas as possible instead of just concentrating on SJ. Makes ZERO sense what they are doing.
Awesome video. Thanks for calling in to record it.
1:36 ok that was 2013 what about oh I don't know 2023?!?!?!?
Worcester is pronounced Woo-ster, not War-cester. I’m from Mass and even we struggle to pronounce other local city/town names. The 2015 Pacific shift killed AHL hockey in New England even though the shift made sense logistically. Great video btw.
I’m a Hartford fan and deeply miss Manchester, Lowell, Portland, Worcester and even New Haven
No, it’s “woo-sta”
At least Portland still has an ECHL franshise. Mariners games are fun
I'm pretty sure it's worse than Springfield. Oh, and they have an ECHL team too. It's also where the Red Sox AAA affiliate moved to unfortunately (I live near Providence so I don't like it)
Yeah even though i'm a providence fan, I dearly miss the Sharks and my Worcester Sharks jersey is one of my favorite jerseys i own
Love the story how he unplugs his phones and they had to come looking for him. What a move. There is another hilarious story about when in Chicago they talked to him about his weight and diet and that he has to watch what he eats. An hour later the coach catches him at an outdoor bar patio eating a mound of poutine