There’s a sports movie from the year 2000 that I enjoy, and I am not sure I know anyone else who likes it: The Replacements.
I couldn’t help but think about it while watching the Montreal Canadiens play the Tampa Bay Lightning and taking the game to overtime on Tuesday night in a 5-4 loss.
With the threat of spoiling a 22-year-old movie, here are some notes to make this all make sense. Gene Hackman plays the coach of a football team in a league (definitely the NFL, but for legal and rights issues, not the NFL) that uses replacement players during a strike.