I just hope whoever was doing the postgame show of the Vancouver game isn't doing it again.
Holy crap, talk about William Shatner syndrome. And now.......let's talk about......the last play.......in the second..........period. We can all see..............how it fell....................apart...........
Holy crap, dude! Whoever that was couldn't string together more than 3-4 words without a pregnant pause. It was awful. I listened just long enough to catch the final score at work and couldn't take it any longer and shut it off. Brutal. Those kind of pregnant pauses work well when pushing a point, but must be used very sparingly. Overdoing it a la Jim Rome just makes for baaaaaaaaaaad radio.
Last year right up until the season was half over,Simmer was saying with great assurance that Montreal was very weak and would soon regress. I dont think he's ever been right on his pronouncements about the next GM's or coaches whenever there is an opening although he always proclaims his opinion as fact.Seems like he is wrong more often than right.
It seems as though earlier in his career he had formed an opinion of Ryan and wants to be proved right. Bobby is off to a slow start so that hasn't helped.
His idea of having Greening and Condra replace Neil and Smith was interesting though. Neil is losing his ice time but for certain games like tomorrow with Calgary the Sens will want him in the lineup. But I think its nearing the time that Neil should take an occasional turn in the press box, not because he isn't trying but just because he has lost a step.
Listened to Dean and Gord on the radio doing the Edmonton game and can't begin to tell everyone how juvenile it was with the Dean and Gord sideshow.
Play by play was secondary to Dean's open mic rants with Gord reluctantly joining in. Despite the fact that Dean is a good play by play guy (when he wants to be), this just clarifies why he isn't in the elite group of guys doing the games on TV with Sportsnet, CBC and City tv.
Listened to Dean and Gord on the radio doing the Edmonton game and can't begin to tell everyone how juvenile it was with the Dean and Gord sideshow.
Play by play was secondary to Dean's open mic rants with Gord reluctantly joining in. Despite the fact that Dean is a good play by play guy (when he wants to be), this just clarifies why he isn't in the elite group of guys doing the games on TV with Sportsnet, CBC and City tv.
Simmer's take on the Sens is bang on for the most part. He, like many others, recognize that we are winning games despite being outplayed. He realizes this can't continue for much longer and I totally agree with him. I also agree with him that the major factor is lack of overall team speed.
I also share his frustration when he says that the team could be much better with a few strategic changes.
While Simmer can be quite silly at times, and I don't agree with him on the issue of Bobby Ryan, his analysis is generally quite good and I think we're lucky to have him in Ottawa.
Super powerful Tim Murray interview on TSN 1200 right now, Tim Murray is almost crying the entire interview. Said he likely would not have left Ottawa if he knew Bryan was sick.
He wanted to go. He went for the interview and then they chose him. At that point I'm guessing it is hard to say no.It was never clear to me why Ottawa let Tim Murray go to Buffalo when Bryan Murray's retirement had to be just a year or two off and no one else internal ready to step in at that level. Almost like they didn't think he was up to it or he didn't think the organization was where he wanted to take the next step. Just wondering ...
That was a tough listen. We always look at things in the scope of hockey and this interview was a reminder that to Tim, he's Uncle Bryan. The guy who's been there for him his entire life and taught him everything he knows about the game...
I can't even imagine what Tim's going through but he should feel no guilt about taking the Buffalo job. Life happens.
It was never clear to me why Ottawa let Tim Murray go to Buffalo when Bryan Murray's retirement had to be just a year or two off and no one else internal ready to step in at that level. Almost like they didn't think he was up to it or he didn't think the organization was where he wanted to take the next step. Just wondering ...
There's only 30 NHL GM jobs in the entire world. You take one when you get it. Who knows what would have happened in Ottawa.
What if Brian Murray decided to retire? The job doesn't automatically get handed to Tim Murray, they would still do interviews with other candidates and choose the best one.
How dumb would he feel if he turned down Buffalo and then in 2 years Ottawa hires someone else?
Does Lee always do the postgames by himself now or is it just because it such a late broadcast. I thought of Saturday Simmer would of stayed but it sounds like he's gone and I know the other day Todd White only did the pregame.
Still paying dues?
Most likely it's because of the late starts. He deserves more airtime.
Lee also does color commentary for home 67s games on Rogers. Dude is always working.
He's got a face for radio.
Why doesn't TSN1200 play The Reporters show anymore on sundays?
While at work it is a nice change to everything NFL that is on for hours non stop..
Versage is one of the best there. Yeah, you can say he has grating voice and the Bickersons things can get old with Mendes, but he has a near encyclopedic knowledge of sports on the station. Can talk NFL, CFL, Junior/AHL, NHL...I have no idea why he hasn't been picked up by a larger station. Pretty genial guy too!
I like Versage. The show he used to have with Phil "Showdog" Melanson was quite bad, but that was because Showdog just was not good.
And I think Versage's value is in his versatility - they really can stick him into any sports broadcast and he comes across as knowing something about the sport in question.
Been saying this for a long time. He knows more about "sports" than most on the station but loses out to the jocks.
I have the perfect idea. Give Leever a show, 1- 4 on Saturdays about the NHL. News from the past week and the up coming games of the night. Have a hell of a lot of interviews. I can't tell you how many times I switch the dial to 1310 am and hear NHL talk much of the afternoon. They also talk a lot about the Raptors which i do enjoy.