Winging It In Motown · Nov 28, 2016
What We Talk About When We Talk About “Grit”
When we signed Steve Ott, I was not happy with the signing, to put it mildly. Since then, I and many others have been using the word “grit” sarcastically when discussion him. Some might wonder, “why is grit a bad thing?” It’s not, but it is when it is not accompanied by other things such as: “being good at playing hockey at the NHL level.”
At the quarter point of the season, I wanted to take a moment to look back on how Ott’s play thus far has only served to cement my view that it was a bad signing, regardless of how some of Detroit’s local media outlets continue to tell us that he’s a good addition to the team.
The reasoning behind the signing