Just as bad as yesterday's interview. Lack of preparedness, just mickey mouse. Schopp... just embarrassingly bad.
That's right but it's still disappointing. The Jurassic Park these song at the draft makes me want to call him Compy.
Relentless, pesky, chirpy...
Just as bad as yesterday's interview. Lack of preparedness, just mickey mouse. Schopp... just embarrassingly bad.
Granato, who has experience as a minor league coach with the St. Louis Blues and a scout with the Vancouver Canucks, said J.T. Compher will succeed as a pro because of his intangibles, including his competitive nature.
“If you take a puck from him, you better skate as hard as you’ve ever skated because he’s tracking you down and going to steal it back immediately,” Granato said. “And if he can’t get it back, he’s probably going to whack you or run you into the boards.”
J.T. Compher’s teammates, often the victims of a whack or board run, unanimously voted him team captain at three different tournaments, in part, because of that competitiveness.
“He’s a monster when it comes to competing. It might sound like I’ve overstated that … but it’s pretty incredible,” Granato said.
Granato said that dedication will make the difference in college and beyond.
“Anything intangible, as far as an attribute, that I’ve mentioned, he’s a 10,” Granato said.
“That will separate him as he moves along with kids of equal talent.”
I cannot stand listening to them during the afternoon.Schopp was talking about a stupid freakin' Candy Crush game app for a phone for a whole 5 minute segment.Are you kidding me?Then the interview with Compher was a joke,Schopp comes off as a rude, condescending buffoon and is just the worst personality on WGR, worse then even Bulldog.He makes Kevin Sylvester look like a great sports talk host.
Schopp is generally rude which might be tolerable if he knew sports at all. His Sabres knowledge is weak. Barely better than an average fan. In general, the Buffalo media is third rate which is why -- I hate to say because I don't want people to take it the wrong way -- they are stuck in Buffalo. Tim Graham was the only beat writer at the News that was any good on Sabres. Harrington is like a high school reporter. Sylvester is actually OK on radio, too darn flat for TV. I can live with Paul Hamilton -- at times.
John Vogl and Bill Hoppe are both pretty good.
I think your comments about being "stuck " are Buffalo is off the mark. Buffalo is just a microcosm of the larger sport reporting world. There are a handful of good reporters surrounded by a much larger group of buffoons
Its a generational thing IMO. Years back we had the likes of Jim Kelly, Larry Felser, Bob Decasere (sp?) among others reporting locally. Kelley is in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Felser was a fantastic writer.
I think there are so many positions for sports reporters now due to the explosion of sports media in the last few decades. That its led to the dilution overall of the "talent" not unlike when leagues expand. Folks that otherwise wouldn't be in the business are now. There are so many jobs to fill. The tone of sports coverage has changed as well. Its less about well fleshed out articles and informed opinions and more about being controversial or contrarian for its own sake.
John Vogl and Bill Hoppe are both pretty good.
I think your comments about being "stuck " are Buffalo is off the mark. Buffalo is just a microcosm of the larger sport reporting world. There are a handful of good reporters surrounded by a much larger group of buffoons
Its a generational thing IMO. Years back we had the likes of Jim Kelly, Larry Felser, Bob Decasere (sp?) among others reporting locally. Kelley is in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Felser was a fantastic writer.
I think there are so many positions for sports reporters now due to the explosion of sports media in the last few decades. That its led to the dilution overall of the "talent" not unlike when leagues expand. Folks that otherwise wouldn't be in the business are now. There are so many jobs to fill. The tone of sports coverage has changed as well. Its less about well fleshed out articles and informed opinions and more about being controversial or contrarian for its own sake.
From what I Compher could be a bigger version of a Brad Marchant with a bit less of scoring upside.
From what I Compher could be a bigger version of a Brad Marchant with a bit less of scoring upside.
Quick someone bump him on the prospects forum. Or do only Detroit posters do that?Big Ten Hockey @B1GHockey 28m
The #B1GHockey Freshman of the Year as voted by the Big Ten coaches & media is JT Compher of @umichhockey. pic.twitter.com/6PxAY7HRq6
Big Ten Hockey @B1GHockey 28m
The #B1GHockey Freshman of the Year as voted by the Big Ten coaches & media is JT Compher of @umichhockey. pic.twitter.com/6PxAY7HRq6
Quick someone bump him on the prospects forum. Or do only Detroit posters do that?
I mentioned this in the prospects thread. The hat tricks are nice and all, but this kid is a sensational hockey player having nothing to do with scoring. Like last year, I got to watch him in person back-to-back and you can't really appreciate what he does on the ice, in all phases of the game, unless you see him live. He does it all on the ice and does it well. He is an outstanding hockey player, and the stats will rarely show it. He'll get the attention now because of the tricks, but that's a small fraction of the story. Not to get too effusive with the praise, but he brings so much more than that.Back to back Saturdays with hat tricks for JT.
I mentioned this in the prospects thread. The hat tricks are nice and all, but this kid is a sensational hockey player having nothing to do with scoring. Like last year, I got to watch him in person back-to-back and you can't really appreciate what he does on the ice, in all phases of the game, unless you see him live. He does it all on the ice and does it well. He is an outstanding hockey player, and the stats will rarely show it. He'll get the attention now because of the tricks, but that's a small fraction of the story. Not to get too effusive with the praise, but he brings so much more than that.