My point is it's a double standard for Rogers to take Joe Bowen off the Leafs regional broadcasts and keeping the same broadcasters the Canucks, Flames, and Oilers already had.
To be honest, they are different situations. For Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, Sportsnet broadcasts around 40-50 regional games. For the Leafs, it’s around 15 games. So, it makes a certain amount of sense to combine that role with the #2 play-by-play role.
We also don’t know if there were other factors involved. Maybe TSN didn’t want a radio guy who was a Sportsnet TV guy. So maybe Bowen had to choose between a small job with Sportsnet or going radio only.
Also, where’s the vitriol for TSN dumping Joe Bowen from Leafs regional TSN broadcasts? There isn’t any because most people liked Miller and Cuthbert. And, I’ll tell you what. If Sportsnet had managed to hie Cuthbert away from TSN for the #2 play-by-play role in 2014, no one would have objected to him doing Leafs games.
Almost all of these discussions are about disliking Paul Romanuk and not about a love for Joe Bowen.