Toronto Sports Media Discussion Thread - v7 (2022 Edition)

[TMLBlueandWhite]

You willingly paid heed to a Damien Cox piece?

You weren't born "just after that period", you were born yesterday.

Good one.

 

[Westlander]

You willingly paid heed to a Damien Cox piece?

You weren't born "just after that period", you were born yesterday.

****ing hell man. Still angry about the game last night?

 

[pcruz]

****ing hell man. Still angry about the game last night?

No.

Cox, Feshchuck, Simmons.

The trifecta of bottom of the barrel scum drudging "journalists" in Toronto.

I've been unwillingly hearing from these idiots for 30 years now.

 

[Nineteen67]

No.

Cox, Feshchuck, Simmons.

The trifecta of bottom of the barrel scum drudging "journalists" in Toronto.

I've been unwillingly hearing from these idiots for 30 years now.

its most likely a good book with cox and stellick, and gord is about as good as youll find.

 

[Craig Button]

No.

Cox, Feshchuck, Simmons.

The trifecta of bottom of the barrel scum drudging "journalists" in Toronto.

I've been unwillingly hearing from these idiots for 30 years now.

I can’t understand how they’re still employed

 

[Nineteen67]

I can’t understand how they’re still employed

Almost every week I read most of Simmons column…. I’m guessing I’m no the only one.

 

[ACC1224]

I can’t understand how they’re still employed

You can't? People talk about them and what they write daily.

 

[Nineteen67]

Did any listen to Jason Bukala on Kyper and Bourne today?

I wasn’t paying close enough attention to the stats he was throwing out but they weren’t good. I’ll have to listen the podcast, but basically the gist of what he said is the Leafs stars don’t perform as well as other stars when the play against good teams.

 

[wingman75]

Did any listen to Jason Bukala on Kyper and Bourne today?

I wasn’t paying close enough attention to the stats he was throwing out but they weren’t good. I’ll have to listen the podcast, but basically the gist of what he said is the Leafs stars don’t perform as well as other stars when the play against good teams.

Like playoff teams? You don't say lol

Sounds interesting, I will listen to that one in a couple of hours.
Caught some of The Leaf Report and they insinuated a similar thing regarding the underlying numbers.

 

[pcruz]

Almost every week I read most of Simmons column…. I’m guessing I’m no the only one.

It's pretty obvious with some of the opinions you share.

Were you on board with Simmons when he was trashing the Sundin Leafs and trashing Quinn, mostly due to being too dirty and employing goons like Tucker, Domi, and Belak?

Were you on board when he was trashing the Leafs in the Kessel era for Phil (the cancer in the locker room - a disgusting thing to call a cancer survivor) because they lacked heart and grit, longing for tougher days of Roberts and Tucker?

Were you on board when he was trashing the Leafs for their obvious lack of skill in the years before Matthews was drafted?


Simmons is a reactionary writer who plays to the emotions of the easily manipulated masses.

The reason he has remained employed is that he has enough of a balance between the "perpetually angry at the team", and the "hate-read" crowd.

 

[pcruz]

I'll preface this with:

"I love Overdrive and listen to them on podcast every day"

Not because I agree with them, not because I disagree with them.

Because the dynamic between the 3 is great entertainment.

Yesterday, Hayes and O'Dog got caught with their pants down and I'm loving it as I listen.

4:00 started off with Jeff all up in arms about the response by Mitch to a question.

He wanted the answer phrased a very specific way - share how pissed off the players are about losing, how they feel the games have generally been good, but a few mistakes have led to the losses, not giving up, striving to be better.

For over 2 hours they harped on this.

And then they played the actual clip of the Marner response and it was almost word for word what O'Dog was hoping the response to have been from the start.

"I actually think that wasn't that bad" - Jeff O'Neil


Just like Patrick Roy, I think the Overdrive guys got caught "hot-dogging".

That's just great entertainment...

 

[Nineteen67]

It's pretty obvious with some of the opinions you share.

Were you on board with Simmons when he was trashing the Sundin Leafs and trashing Quinn, mostly due to being too dirty and employing goons like Tucker, Domi, and Belak?

Were you on board when he was trashing the Leafs in the Kessel era for Phil (the cancer in the locker room - a disgusting thing to call a cancer survivor) because they lacked heart and grit, longing for tougher days of Roberts and Tucker?

Were you on board when he was trashing the Leafs for their obvious lack of skill in the years before Matthews was drafted?


Simmons is a reactionary writer who plays to the emotions of the easily manipulated masses.

The reason he has remained employed is that he has enough of a balance between the "perpetually angry at the team", and the "hate-read" crowd.

Yes, I was reading his columns when he bashing and trashing those folks, I also listen to the cronies “The Leaf (sic) Report”, been listening to McCown for years, read Cox‘s columns in The Star, watched Coaches Corner and listen to Grape’s podcast.….FYI, I don’t read and listen for confirmation, I do it for entertainment purposes.

 

[pcruz]

You read opinion pieces of certied bullshit "journalism" for entertainment?

From journalists who take contradictory stances on the same topic depending on the weather, and who have no moral compass in their work?



Bobcat may be many things, but wishy washy is not one of them. The closest he has ever been to that point is when he talked about the Jays who were owned by his direct employer. And even then he would not hold back his actual opinion on the franchise when it got bad enough.

Simmons invents stories to sell to people willing to listen to him.
Has anyone caught up to the hot dog vendor 10Km from Mastercard centre yet and asked how his business has been since Phil left town?

Kypreos is the same. Still bitter the team tossed him out like yesterday's lunch.

Same goes for Healy who is an otherwise funny guy, but anything Leafs related he can't take the hatred goggles off.


Simmons was part of the possee writing about Mats and opining that a soft Euro could never lead his team to a Cup.

And then last year with the Salming thing, he was so complimentary to the man for being a trailblazer for Euros, and how that enriched the sport, and the Leafs specifically.


So you'll have to excuse anyone who thinks of Simmons as scummy tabloid level pseudo-journalism who writes for mouth breathers.


Toronto has too many people who read his shit and regurgitate it.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

I love how Steve Simmons asks Leafs players questions now and they don't answer him seriously.

His articles do have readability the guy is just not an ideal human.

 

[stickty111]

I love how Steve Simmons asks Leafs players questions now and they don't answer him seriously.

His articles do have readability the guy is just not an ideal human.

One of Burke's very few shining moments

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Haha yeah I actually kinda felt bad for Simmons there. Pretty scathing thing to hear someone say.

 

[rojac]

I'll preface this with:

"I love Overdrive and listen to them on podcast every day"

Not because I agree with them, not because I disagree with them.

Because the dynamic between the 3 is great entertainment.

Yesterday, Hayes and O'Dog got caught with their pants down and I'm loving it as I listen.

4:00 started off with Jeff all up in arms about the response by Mitch to a question.

He wanted the answer phrased a very specific way - share how pissed off the players are about losing, how they feel the games have generally been good, but a few mistakes have led to the losses, not giving up, striving to be better.

For over 2 hours they harped on this.

And then they played the actual clip of the Marner response and it was almost word for word what O'Dog was hoping the response to have been from the start.

"I actually think that wasn't that bad" - Jeff O'Neil


Just like Patrick Roy, I think the Overdrive guys got caught "hot-dogging".

That's just great entertainment...

Seems like idiocy to me. O'Neill always comes across as stupid to me and I have little use for stupid people.

 

[wingman75]

I'll preface this with:

"I love Overdrive and listen to them on podcast every day"

Not because I agree with them, not because I disagree with them.

Because the dynamic between the 3 is great entertainment.

Yesterday, Hayes and O'Dog got caught with their pants down and I'm loving it as I listen.

4:00 started off with Jeff all up in arms about the response by Mitch to a question.

He wanted the answer phrased a very specific way - share how pissed off the players are about losing, how they feel the games have generally been good, but a few mistakes have led to the losses, not giving up, striving to be better.

For over 2 hours they harped on this.

And then they played the actual clip of the Marner response and it was almost word for word what O'Dog was hoping the response to have been from the start.

"I actually think that wasn't that bad" - Jeff O'Neil


Just like Patrick Roy, I think the Overdrive guys got caught "hot-dogging".

That's just great entertainment...

They were reacting to the twitter post by the hack known as Luke Fox. If you want to take the time, go find his post about the Marner quote, then listen to Marner's interview. Absolutely gutless reporting. I've muted that loser from my twitter feed.

 

[pcruz]

They were reacting to the twitter post by the hack known as Luke Fox. If you want to take the time, go find his post about the Marner quote, then listen to Marner's interview. Absolutely gutless reporting. I've muted that loser from my twitter feed.

I don't have Twitter, so for whatever reason, people's profiles no longer show their tweets in chronological order for me and I just don't go on that site at all.

Which is a phenomenal way to make money on advertising, by the way - make your product as shit as possible so people just pretend it doesn't exist.


Regardless, these guys are professional, ar least Hayes is, and they had 2 hours of hot takes based on absolute garbage.

As much fun ad they are, I can't take their word or opinion on matters too seriously if they are going to be spin doctors.

For all the crap Noodles gets, he is the only one of the 3 who wants big picture and context. Because stuff like this does indeed happen from time to time.

 

[wingman75]

I don't have Twitter, so for whatever reason, people's profiles no longer show their tweets in chronological order for me and I just don't go on that site at all.

Which is a phenomenal way to make money on advertising, by the way - make your product as shit as possible so people just pretend it doesn't exist.


Regardless, these guys are professional, ar least Hayes is, and they had 2 hours of hot takes based on absolute garbage.

As much fun ad they are, I can't take their word or opinion on matters too seriously if they are going to be spin doctors.

For all the crap Noodles gets, he is the only one of the 3 who wants big picture and context. Because stuff like this does indeed happen from time to time.

I mean, anyone who takes in that show for anything other than entertainment needs to take a step back from their keyboard. I agree with some of what they say, and disagree with other stances. But I don't take any of it too serious, and I think that is what makes the show enjoyable. They will laugh at themselves, and others... while touching on most of the relevant moments of sport. It's three hours of not having to think about all the bad stuff going on in our world. I zone out on the golf and Jays talk though, I will admit... NBA too lol

Interview and Fox's representation in words:

 

[meefer]

Did any listen to Jason Bukala on Kyper and Bourne today?

I wasn’t paying close enough attention to the stats he was throwing out but they weren’t good. I’ll have to listen the podcast, but basically the gist of what he said is the Leafs stars don’t perform as well as other stars when the play against good teams.

Scout's Analysis: How the Maple Leafs should approach the NHL trade deadline

On Thursday morning the Toronto Maple Leafs sit in a wild card spot in the East and haven't won in four games. Are they contenders? Should they be deadline buyers? Jason Bukala looks at the team and shares his recommendations.

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[colchar]

It's pretty obvious with some of the opinions you share.

Were you on board with Simmons when he was trashing the Sundin Leafs and trashing Quinn, mostly due to being too dirty and employing goons like Tucker, Domi, and Belak?

Were you on board when he was trashing the Leafs in the Kessel era for Phil (the cancer in the locker room - a disgusting thing to call a cancer survivor) because they lacked heart and grit, longing for tougher days of Roberts and Tucker?

Were you on board when he was trashing the Leafs for their obvious lack of skill in the years before Matthews was drafted?


Simmons is a reactionary writer who plays to the emotions of the easily manipulated masses.

The reason he has remained employed is that he has enough of a balance between the "perpetually angry at the team", and the "hate-read" crowd.

Simmons has a face that even his own mother wants to kick.

 

[colchar]

Seems like idiocy to me. O'Neill always comes across as stupid to me and I have little use for stupid people.

You know there are plenty of people who will consider you stupid right?

 

[Nineteen67]

I don't have Twitter, so for whatever reason, people's profiles no longer show their tweets in chronological order for me and I just don't go on that site .

Which is a phenomenal way to make money on advertising, by the way - make your product as shit as possible so people just pretend it doesn't exist.

“ Simmons is a reactionary writer who plays to the emotions of the easily manipulated masses.”

Now it all makes sense.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Like playoff teams? You don't say lol

Sounds interesting, I will listen to that one in a couple of hours.
Caught some of The Leaf Report and they insinuated a similar thing regarding the underlying numbers.

Yeah, i love that we need these analysts to tell us what we have been saying for 5 or 6 years. Easiest job in the world if you can get a job in hockey.