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# Eric Francis: What A Maroon
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/eric-francis-what-a-maroon/
- Published: 2012-01-13T05:50:44.000Z
- Updated: 2012-01-13T05:50:44.000Z
- Author: Julian Sanchez
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

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Oh boy, that Eric Francis sure has his finger on the pulse of his local sports team that he covers for a living. In case you don't know who Eric Francis is - I mean, in addition to being one of the rotating stooges on HNiC's Hot Stove - he is a brutal journalist whose career has 'possibly' been [a big benefactor of nepotism](https://twitter.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com#!/neatebuzzthenet/statuses/6165038238793728) on the part of his [pretty important mother](http://www.dianefrancis.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com).

Most recently, he was the embarrassment that was dumping on the character of [Evgeny Kuznetsov](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/111542/evgeny-kuznetsov?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) during the World Juniors. He was rightly torn apart repeatedly:

1. [Sour Grapes And The Myth Of Journalistic Objectivity](http://www.japersrink.com/2012/1/4/2682328/eric-francis-sour-grapes-and-the-myth-of-journalistic-objectivity?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
2. [Eric Francis Is A Jingoist](http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2012/01/05/eric-francis-is-a-jingoist/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
3. [This is why they think we’re sore losers; Calgary columnist writes hit piece on Kuznetsov](http://sports.yahoo.com/juniorhockey/blog/buzzing%5Fthe%5Fnet/post/wjc2012-this-why-they-think-were-sore-losers-calgary-columnist-writes-hit-piece-on-kuznetsov?urn=juniorhockey,wp5582&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Saying that there is no chance [Mike Cammalleri](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54658/mike-cammalleri?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) is heading back to Calgary **nine minutes before it is confirmed** takes a special kind of incompetence even for a Sun Media writer.