vadim sharifijanov
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If you're being turned off of hockey because of old hackey guys then what kind of person are you?
this accusation feels odd/off. not sure which
If you're being turned off of hockey because of old hackey guys then what kind of person are you?
It was a dumb move. Trying to appeal to a younger audience when TV audiences (and probably many NHL markets that have priced themselves out of normal families -- Toronto) are aging. As you mentioned, he isn't even a hipster just an old guy hanging on to that image. I think it was just a clash, along with all the gimmicky in studio stuff they tried that was just awful. Felt kind of.. American.. as a style of broadcast. Yuck.
I didn't mind him. But Ron just can't be replaced
I really like Strombo as an interviewer though. I think if they had started with him in that role, maybe a new segment, and started to get him more involved slowly, it may have worked better
"felt.... American"?..... I wouldnt say that BC, most US Broadcasters have more sense than what Rogers tried to pull. US Broadcasters would not have recruited a host from the ranks of MTV, a VJ/DJ and installed him as "Host/Anchor"...
MuchMusic VJ J.D. Roberts, ca. 1984:
Fox News chief White House correspondent, and former CNN and CBS anchor, John Roberts:
I don't know, that wasn't my experience of it. Granted, I was only about 10 at the time, but I remember when MacLean first came in. My parents loved him immediately, including his bad puns. Everywhere I went in Canada for the next few years, every time a HNIC game was on, all people would talk about was how much they loved the 'Ron & Don (Cherry)' show, and everyone seemed very happy with MacLean.
None of this applied to Strombo. MacLean was "Hockey Night in Canada" personifed -- dorky, polite, old-school values, just a little bit wittier and a lot younger than before. Strombo came in with his slacker, lean-forward-off-my-seat style of super-casual questioning, and it was everything HNIC had never been about.
I don't really blame Strombo; he just wasn't the right fit. They should have gone for a young, dorky, straight guy -- i.e., a younger upgrade of MacLean.
What does this have to do with anything?
The Bruins were gifted the Cup in 2011 to punish Vancouver for something that happened on HNIC?
Now, as for the Boston thing [...] I don't think any of that had to do with Burrows/Auger.
Fox News chief White House correspondent, and former CNN and CBS anchor, John Roberts:
The model Strombo was hopimg to follow.
That or Ryan Seacrest
other way around.
i brought up the 2011 finals to show that the totally crooked and completely biased colin campbell, that’s who ron maclean lines up alongside to smear alex burrows on national tv. shows you what kind of shill that guy is.
Good lord, I hope not. Burke is a train wreck with ZERO likability. I can't stand listening to him. I usually turn it off when he's on as he sounds like nothing more than an angry old man.It seems like Brian Burke is positioning himself as a replacement for Don Cherry
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Indeed. I seem to recall reading that post HNIC he jumped on a Harley & drove down to LA where he has an apartment or home, friends. Doing what career-wise no idea though I think he still works with CBC Radio (FM, has or had a weekly music show) amongst other things out of Toronto. Whatever. He does have marketable talent ('s). Where they lead... who knows. Seems a resilient fellow. Open minded. Intelligent.
Heard something similar as he is friends with a in town DJ here. Thought he was pretty good when I saw him on CBC, never watch much of the HNIC pre game or intermission anyways for years !
Think Strombo was better then remembered generally by the HNIC base, but yeah, didn't really work, and was roundly decried before the first telecast.
When Rogers took over 4 years ago they wanted to reinvent HNIC but Strombo had a big elephant in the studio because MacLean was still on the show with Cherry. MacLean actually embraced the Hometown Hockey concept on Sunday and when he got his old job back 2 years later he demanded that he would continue Hometown.
Strombo made a fatal mistake 4 years ago when he declined to rush back from the owners meeting in Florida to cover Jean Beliveau's funeral. Rogers then give the anchor duties to MacLean who did a top-notch job.
It is common knowledge that Bettman and MacLean had issues and it boiled over in 2010
but now they are at least cordial again
Strombo was excellent on interviews he had time to prepare for but he was not wired to cover hockey on the fly.
Exactly. I knew there would be trouble when Maclean kept his role on Coach’s Corner. The setup was a bit like, “this is my new wife, but my old wife still has a room in the house and prepares all of the holiday meals.”
other way around.
i brought up the 2011 finals to show that the totally crooked and completely biased colin campbell, that’s who ron maclean lines up alongside to smear alex burrows on national tv. shows you what kind of shill that guy is.