No bagel, no bagel, no bagel. Festivus Time...
by mf37 on Dec 23, 2010 4:38 PM EST
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PrintBefore I wrestle and pin PPP to the ground as part of the feats of strength, thus ending this year’s festivus, there will be the airing of the grievances.
Brian Burke: Candor does not equal clarity. And either lose the tie or do it up properly. Half-assed works about as well with neck ties as it does with "accelerated rebuilds."
Ron Wilson: If someone offers you a job in a major media market where you have to spend part of each day talking to the media do yourself, your health and everyone else a gigantic favour - just say ‘no.’
Dave Poulin: Your next player personnel recommendation is going to have to be out-of-this-world if you're ever going to get the stink of Lebda off you and your CV.
HNIC/TSN/Sportsnet: For the love of all that’s hockey, tone down the PbP and sports panel jackassery. If I wanted badly formed thoughts, minor theatrics and yelling I’d spend more time in the suburbs with my in-laws. First channel that offers me a game sounds only channel has my undying support. Someone make this happen.
MSM: Next one that asks a GM a "Would you do it again?" question gets bounced from the sports beat over to the Lifestyle - pets section. If you're lucky and hardworking, the closest you'll get to covering sports is filing a story on a squirrel that water skis.
MLSE: You make it so hard to be a Leaf fan. Next time a Leaf gets a hat trick and the rink is littered with hats, I want to hear Tom Anselmi speak out against it. I want pull quotes with dire warnings. If a waffle can hurt an ACC patron, a pink, glittery, MLSE endorsed TML hat tossed from the purples is murder waiting to happen.
NHL: Take a page from the NFL and make the refs publicly accessible and publicly accountable. No reason they can't step up to the mic to explain why goals are called back or others stand.
Those who post trade rumours: Just stop it. Seriously. You’ve missed every trade Burke has made since becoming GM. You couldn't smooth a silk sheet if you had a hot date with a babe...I lost my train of thought...
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But but but
Trade discussion is like 90% of what makes rebuilds interesting!
If we have to wait patiently on young kids to develop how will we fill pages of analysis on a daily basis?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
MLSE: You make it so hard to be a Leaf fan. Next time a Leaf gets a hat trick and the rink is littered with hats, I want to hear Tom Anselmi speak out against it. I want pullquotes with dire warnings. If a waffle can hurt an ACC patron, a pink, glittery, MLSE endorsed TML hat tossed from the purples is a murder waiting to happen.
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I think hat tricks have already been banned
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by GettinGiggy on Dec 24, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
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I lol'd
Half-assed works about as well with neck ties as it does with “accelerated rebuilds.”
That’s GOLD Jerry!
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Dec 23, 2010 6:13 PM EST reply actions
haha!!! well said
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
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by blindfolded tank driver on Dec 23, 2010 6:49 PM EST reply actions
One game last season the commentator feed was busted. So for nearly a whole period I just head the swish of skates on the ice and boards rattling. It was so tranquil.
Lack of announcing is why I adore watching my junior hockey. Its just the game, and little else to spoil it.
"I don’t know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember, I can rip your throat out if I need to."
by Wrap Around Curl on Dec 23, 2010 7:05 PM EST reply actions
I would definitely pay extra money to somehow just hear the players and the crowd
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by Chemmy on Dec 24, 2010 8:44 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Here's a Damien Cox-related grievance
In the latest mailbag, he referred to a Leafs goalie prospect named “Brent Scrivens” and this isn’t the first time he’s done so. Is it too much trouble to learn some of the players’ names?
Cox is too busy churning up one of his “people are saying” or “I’m hearing” heaping piles of bullshit to get names right.
Plus, Cox memorized “1967” and really, that seems the limit of what he can hold to memory.
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by torleafsfan29 on Dec 24, 2010 7:01 AM EST up reply actions
Things that it is too much to ask Damien Cox to do
1. Remain consistent from article to article
2. Show respect to the folks who put gravy on his table
3. Parse the difference between “its” and “it’s”, no matter how many emails I send him
The elderly: They may seem friendly, but can they really be trusted?
I listen to the Wilson audio Mirtle posts from practice most days, and I don’t see anything wrong with how Wilson deals with the media. He’s honest and often pretty amusing.
He’s been better this year. But at times he can be quite unfair. Ron has a hard time controlling himself when he’s in a bad mood.
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by James Mirtle on Dec 25, 2010 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
mf37 is silky smooth indeed.
Burke is the type of guy who will take a big shit on the floor right in front of you and then tell you straight faced that it wasn’t him. -Skinnyfish 12/3/10
by Future_considerations on Dec 23, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
First channel that offers me a game sounds only channel has my undying support. Someone make this happen.
I tried whispering this in ears for a while. The announcers are simply on one channel of a sound board. It really wouldn’t be that hard.
If you can switch to a different language with the SAP button, you should be able to turn off announcers.
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Alternatively, install a surround sound system and disable the center/centre channel.
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Depends on the broadcast but that works sometimes.
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by Chemmy on Dec 24, 2010 8:45 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
CBC had the Olympic track and field events streaming with no commentary.
If they did this for hockey that would be a big admission of how useless their “talent” is. Would be great to see.
by Leaf in Habland on Dec 24, 2010 2:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Ahh, the water-skiing squirrel.
Saw that scene in Anchorman just last night … classic local sports reporting that.
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Dec 24, 2010 2:32 PM EST reply actions
A thought on Play-by-Play:
It’s totally anachronistic. It’s a useless carry-over that came from radio, then crappy TV where we could barely see the players names or faces. With HD TV, you can see the stubble on their faces, forget what number they’re wearing. The play-by-play guys often don’t even have as good a look at the action as the viewers at home.
They need to go.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
It might be kinda cool if TV pushed in the opposite direction; instead of reminding us that we’re sitting at home by trying to amuse us with talking heads, they could put more mics in the audience and around the rink and go for a more immersive kind of experience. It’d be a tough sell to censors, for sure, but hearing fan heckling and players chirping each other are important parts of going to a game.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
I agree with this completely. Off topic slightly though: censors should suck it up. If I buy a ticket to a game, and the guy next to me swears, that’s my own problem. How is it that when something goes over the airwaves, I’m no longer responsible for the choice I make to watch or let my kids watch? Censors be damned!
by Leaf in Habland on Dec 25, 2010 8:29 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
It’s generally accepted wisdom in broadcasting that dead air is bad. It wouldn’t just take a change in hockey broadcasting culture, but in broadcasting culture as a whole to get a change like that through.
by Draglikepull on Dec 25, 2010 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
Advertising
wouldn’t have to change… in fact… less airtime devoted to annoying announcers means more opportunity for advertisers to promote their products as subtle background noise.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Dec 26, 2010 12:25 AM EST up reply actions
I think he means while play is going. If no one is talking or commanding attention, people tune it out, and advertisers don’t like that. Cheering would be awesome to hear, but if nothing crazy is happening during the game, it might seem like relatively dead air, with no particular sound commanding your attention. Also, since the language used by fans in the stands is usually less than appropriate for prime-time public TV, advertisers may not want to be associated with it so much.
That said, it’d be really awesome if they could convince censors to just mic up the players and make their individual banter the dialogue of the action. It’ll never happen, though.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
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