TSN 690 & Other Montreal sports media Thread IV
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McGuire has to fill more time on multiple media platforms than he has material, so he sensationalizes and exaggerates positions otherwise they'd be devoid of entertainment value. Taking everything he says literally, and overly extrapolating on his pontifications, especially on his daily bluster, is particularly misleading. I don't think he would say half the stuff he utters, in the same manner, if it were off air. And when you're being broadcast as often as he is, you're going to contradict yourself, like it or not. Too easy for fans to pick and choose and play sniper. But, he is getting what his role demands, people are talking about him in forums like HQ.
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Melnick gave a sermon one day on the irrelevance of prédictions (which I agree with).
But he loves asking people for them. He was trying to bring up one with Aaron Ward with Claude Julien on the line the other day and Julien wasn`t impressed.
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Gallo is a smug little f***er and comes across as entitled. I can't understand how he continues to receive so much hype from Melnick. Gallo likes to fancy himself as some kind of relaxation guru, with his nauseating pillow promos and his arcane week-end segments where he makes himself out to be a voice of calm. What a rank amateur. Send him off to CFMB to do his classes or some station in Sudbury. He can't connect with an audience, the guy needs a massive dose of humility. Not on our time please.
Ugh, Melnick, what happened to you? You've become a proponent of mediocrity with all these infantile halfwits you're shamelessly promoting to on air positions, from your production room. Just cause they know how to intern doesn't make them interesting or seasoned radio personalities. Remember your heroes Ted Blackman, Ted Tevan and Nick Auf der Maur? They toiled in the minors and honed their skills before they hit the big time. Stop promoting juveniles already, this ain't Flin Flon radio.
Tony brought up some clips from Jose Theodore's article and played audio clips from Pacioretty. In a nutshell, Patches said it's hard to handle passes from the the defence when they come up the boards.
Paraphrasing, the Canadiens' defense are complaining opposing forwards are coming in too fast.
Paraphrasing, the Canadiens' defense are complaining opposing forwards are coming in too fast.
"I get the puck then bam. I got a guy on me. Making passes is hard."
- Montreal Canadiens defense, probably.
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I missed the first 30 minutes of Tony's show but did he even mention that today is the Habs home opener? All I've heard is what he thinks is wrong with soccer in Canada and how he thinks to try and fix it. I don't watch or even care anything about soccer personally so maybe I'm in the minority when it comes to soccer here in Canada. Tony seems very passionate towards soccer though I'll give him that so good luck trying to change things.
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Marinaro is an unabashed soccer shill. He's shamelessly plugging camps and soccer programs that happen to cater to kids that are the same age as his own ... what a coincidence.
To open a show with soccer when the Habs are the talk of the town, you really have to want to shove it down people's throats. Luckily, 91.9 FM is there to pick up the slack. They focus on hockey first and foremost and are never short of callers and guests all day long. Whenever Marinaro is making pitches to seek employment with Saputo, I just switch over to 91.9 FM. And unlike Marinaro, the guy who goes up against him in the same time slot, Gilbert "Le Stud" Delorme, is always respectful of his audience.
Delorme doesn't humiliate callers like Marinaro does with the likes of Peter from Westmount who is so obviously vulnerable and naive, Delorme doesn't try to be someone else unlike Marinaro who steals Ted Tevan's mannerisms and most importantly, Delorme never cuts anyone off, he is really patient and respectful. I've heard Delorme handle really sensitive calls from individuals that have a speech impediment, individuals who sound like they are intellectually disabled and even kids and you come out thinking how much class Delorme has to do that without belittling anyone.
Marinaro is entertaining but all too often goes overboards and acts like a big "cafone" (Urban Dictionary: uncouth, boorish, ill-mannered person) and becomes cringeworthy, especially when he takes advantage of vulnerable callers to create dubious entertainment.
Yeah , it started rubbing me the wrong way . It became way too obvious what he wanted from with his specific Camps and Programs he would invite on lol Then there was that awkward call with Larry Robinson he had where he kept forcing a meeting between Larry and his kids lol
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I had forgotten about the Robinson call. Marinaro was trying way too hard to pretend he was Robinson's best friend but Robinson wouldn't bite. That's the one thing that fans always appreciated about Robinson, he doesn't take kindly to bullshit. Also, didn't he offer to hook Robinson up with some Grand Prix tickets, cause Tony knows someone? As if Robinson can't afford his own tickets or doesn't know anyone in the Montreal area who can do the same.
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THIS, was the crystal clear moment when it became clear that something was not right.
His words...and I cringed: "My treat"....like Larry needs a handout!?!
I would expand on this but when I do, I get banned from this thread because certain on air personalities have thin skin.
Say we were talking about someone else though, and they did this, it would look like narcissism in that particular case.
His words...and I cringed: "My treat"....like Larry needs a handout!?!
I would expand on this but when I do, I get banned from this thread because certain on air personalities have thin skin.
Say we were talking about someone else though, and they did this, it would look like narcissism in that particular case.
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Hockey Inside Out is going to a FB commenting board on the Gazette website and it looks like it'll be a pay site next year.
So time to move here!! Anyone else migrating?
So time to move here!! Anyone else migrating?
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Can't say there isn't evidence to suggest habs fans being easy to separate from their money.
Captain aHab
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Well the wording is that the forum will be outside of the Gazette paywall for this season. I think we all know what that means...
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Complain about MB and fish for likes. It's real easy when you figure it out.
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Find the threads you like and start to post! Use the reply button to reply directly to another poster, watch the bell icon in the top corner to see if anyone replies to you. That's the basics.
Welcome!
I think I get the jest of it..I did end up on some kind of betting thread..one too many clicks I guess
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