Confirmed with Link: Carp Retires

[bobbop]

Click to read more...

 

[rangers1314]

View attachment 471595

Rick...we think its time for you to retire....

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Hopefully we can get a beat reporter who doesn't despise the fans and seems to actually care about the work.

 

[Fitzy]

Before Vince came around I liked Carp a lot. More than Zipay, at least.

But Vince has just sort of outworked everyone else. Have fun in retirement, Rick.

 

[UnSandvich]

At long last

 

[Harbour Dog]

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

The Athletic should hire Vince or promote Shayna.

 

[Mike in Houston]

I will miss Carpy. He was my favorite.

 

[Kravtsov420]

And this one will last a lifetime! Thank you lord h. Adam Fox

 

[Cmox]

Before Vince came around I liked Carp a lot. More than Zipay, at least.

But Vince has just sort of outworked everyone else. Have fun in retirement, Rick.

Carp was really good 20 yrs ago.

 

[duhmetreE]

Hopefully we can get a beat reporter who doesn't despise the fans and seems to actually care about the work.

I'd hope Vince gets considered but then all the info will be paywalled

Vince is by far the best day to day information guy. Brooksie is still the major nugget and controversial article king.

 

[Daves a mess]

Lol. * Bless his heart*

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Mentioned in the other thread but yeah it was time

I did laugh a bit that he was complaining about how the process of covering the team has changed and how much he hated it.

I wonder who they’ll bring in, I’d be very surprised if it’s Shayna

 

[nyr2k2]

Good period?

Vince would be good but it feels like he's probably destined for more than just the Rangers beat.

Shayna is a great person and a great writer but I'm not sure if the beat would be her thing. Most of what I've seen from her has been analytics-heavy analysis of things (which is fine but not a replacement for what Carp did). If she can do the day-to-day reporting and cultivate sources, I guess she's be a decent choice.

 

[bbny]

I seem to be in a minority, but I enjoyed Carp's contributions for the most part. I had the Athletic for quite some time, mostly just for the Rangers coverage. There was a bit of a drop off in writing after Gorton/JD were fired though. His disdain for the move seeemed to seep into every article afterwards. I also think he lost whatever insider connections he had within in the org after the shake up. Vince seems to have traction there now. It's a passing of the baton.

 

[Mike in Houston]

I'd hope Vince gets considered but then all the info will be paywalled

Vince is by far the best day to day information guy. Brooksie is still the major nugget and controversial article king.

Vince is paywalled too.

 

[will1066]

His heart was not in it. It showed in his output. Not defending low-quality work, but 43 years doing a job is a long, long time and I imagine it was permanent burnout. Add in some professional rivalry or jealousy perhaps and industry changes, and nowhere else to go professionally.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Hate to take cheap shots on the guy, but his best work was clearly behind him. Whether his heart wasn't into his work anymore or someone forced him out, either way, it was time to go.

Back before the web, it was tough to read his stuff with any regularity when newspapers were so regional, but he was always a good listen when he would do some guest spots on the FAN. Now he just seems bitter & jaded, with the front office purge clearly pushing him to the edge.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Thank god

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Shayna is a great person and a great writer but I'm not sure if the beat would be her thing.

Yup, was thinking the same

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Just saw this.

Congrats to Carp on his retirement.

Looking forward to seeing who will replace him

 

[RGY]

Good riddance. He was awful. Maybe years ago he was tolerable, but in the past couple years he was really just an lazy “journalist” tweeting out “Good Period?” every flipping game. 3 games into the season he retires? Sounds like he was forced out because of his hack work.

 

[McRanger92]

I had my criticisms of Carp, especially after the Wilson incident and the firings after, because he had clearly lost his objectivity but I never missed on of his game reviews. Love him or hate him, he always had a unique perspective on things.

The Athletic would be making a big mistake if they didnt hire Vince to replace him.

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Maybe we can get a legit reporter who isn’t a shit-stirrer?

 

[EdJovanovski]

The Athletic should hire Vince or promote Shayna.

Shayna is a massive prick, as are her Blueshirt Bozo friends. If people think Carp was an ahole to fans people should look at stuff she says to fans on social media.

Carp was the nicest guy when me Inferno & Kreidermsn met him at the draft. He stopped and talked to us for like 20+ min