TSN 690 & Other Montreal sports media Thread VI

[mitchmagic]

Very mature !

Punched in the head too many times.

 

[40Armia]

Punched in the head too many times.

Oh the irony in that post !

 

[mitchmagic]

Oh the irony in that post !

droooool

 

[Censored Toad]

Canadiens Game Day: 'Talk to Bergy,' Radulov says after Stars win 4-1

posted in the PGT as well.

Many stories this morning regarding rads still unhappy with Marc.

 

[Tighthead]

Has Nilan had anything to say about his old acquaintance Whitey Bulger?

 

[JJ68]

Has Nilan had anything to say about his old acquaintance Whitey Bulger?

ask him on friday during his "ask him anything" segment.

 

[Pickles]

If he is, he should come out. I'm sure he'd be fun to interact with, unlike others.

I've had conversations with him on twitter. He seems like a cool guy. Unlike Todd he responds to his critics instead of blocking them. Todd blocked me and to this day I have no idea why .

 

[1909]

Has Nilan had anything to say about his old acquaintance Whitey Bulger?

He was his father in law. Right ?

 

[Tighthead]

He was his father in law. Right ?

Close. His mother in law had a long romantic involvement with him, he was sort of a stepfather to her. He has spoken some about him before.

Has to be weird to have been connected to someone like that.

 

[1909]

Close. His mother in law had a long romantic involvement with him, he was sort of a stepfather to her. He has spoken some about him before.

Has to be weird to have been connected to someone like that.

I thought he was his ex-wife's father ????

 

[Adam Michaels]

Drouin will be with JiC on 91.9 Sports. He'll actually be in studio with him in a few mins on game day.

Good to see Habs keeping up with trying to be more accessible.

 

[Tighthead]

I thought he was his ex-wife's father ????

His ex wife’s quasi step father. I don’t believe the mother-in-law every married Whitey.

 

[Laurentide]

I decided to stream 690 through my car radio for my morning commute today expecting to hear a lot of Habs/Kotkaniemi banter. But what did I hear instead? Soccer talk followed by unfunny audio clips from Manziel, Charles Barkley and others. Then after a commercial break it was "Ask us anything". I should have called to ask them why I hadn't heard the words "Habs" or "Kotkaniemi" for nearly half an hour. Honestly, do they not realize that the Habs are what keeps the lights on at 690? Stop taking about crap that doesnt matter. Stop deluding yourselves into thinking that your inane comedy bits are entertaining. They aren't. When I tune into 690 the morning after the biggest win of the season so far, I want and expect the on air hosts to be talking about that, not about the big game that Liverpool has this weekend or what Halloween costume Johnny Football wore in Vegas in 2014.

 

[JianYang]

Has Nilan had anything to say about his old acquaintance Whitey Bulger?

Search up his interview with strombo several years ago.

 

[Tighthead]

Search up his interview with strombo several years ago.

I am aware of that. I was specifically looking for anything related to his killing.

 

[sandviper]

I decided to stream 690 through my car radio for my morning commute today expecting to hear a lot of Habs/Kotkaniemi banter. But what did I hear instead? Soccer talk followed by unfunny audio clips from Manziel, Charles Barkley and others. Then after a commercial break it was "Ask us anything". I should have called to ask them why I hadn't heard the words "Habs" or "Kotkaniemi" for nearly half an hour. Honestly, do they not realize that the Habs are what keeps the lights on at 690? Stop taking about crap that doesnt matter. Stop deluding yourselves into thinking that your inane comedy bits are entertaining. They aren't. When I tune into 690 the morning after the biggest win of the season so far, I want and expect the on air hosts to be talking about that, not about the big game that Liverpool has this weekend or what Halloween costume Johnny Football wore in Vegas in 2014.

I can't remember what act or segment finally did it for me, though it was definitely during a Mariano show, but whatever it was, it finally made me just give up on 690 as a daily listen. Most times, I only tune in for games and occasionally pre-game shows. F their post-game shows... I refuse to stick around if Campbell and Gallo are hosting.

Toronto media are all Leaf homers but at least there is real sports talk. Yeah, 90% is Leafs and Raptors now that baseball is over, and the other 10% is everyone else, but at least there is actual analysis. Some topics get beaten to death, like Nylander status, but at least the news they discuss is relevant.

 

[40Armia]

I can't remember what act or segment finally did it for me, though it was definitely during a Mariano show, but whatever it was, it finally made me just give up on 690 as a daily listen. Most times, I only tune in for games and occasionally pre-game shows. F their post-game shows... I refuse to stick around if Campbell and Gallo are hosting.

Toronto media are all Leaf homers but at least there is real sports talk. Yeah, 90% is Leafs and Raptors now that baseball is over, and the other 10% is everyone else, but at least there is actual analysis. Some topics get beaten to death, like Nylander status, but at least the news they discuss is relevant.

.

Gallo is flippin annoying !! I turn my radio off when hes on. And Mckenna ‍

 

[teamfirst]

Dont understand the hate on Campbell, seems like a very reasonable man

 

[Garry Valk]

I like Campbell.

 

[Suzuki x 14]

Campbell was fine, WAS being the key word, he has spent way to much time on air with Gallo and it's just unbearable now. He tries so hard to be funny, it doesn't work Campbell/Gallo/Mckenna/Nilan cannot get off that station quick enough, They make my ears bleed

 

[Censored Toad]

https://www.tsn.ca/radio/montreal-690/flynn-drouin-won-t-last-long-in-montreal-1.1204270

Flynn said price was OK, JD stunk
Tony said Price sucked. and JD sucked.

 

[JJ68]

I decided to stream 690 through my car radio for my morning commute today expecting to hear a lot of Habs/Kotkaniemi banter. But what did I hear instead? Soccer talk followed by unfunny audio clips from Manziel, Charles Barkley and others. Then after a commercial break it was "Ask us anything". I should have called to ask them why I hadn't heard the words "Habs" or "Kotkaniemi" for nearly half an hour. Honestly, do they not realize that the Habs are what keeps the lights on at 690? Stop taking about crap that doesnt matter. Stop deluding yourselves into thinking that your inane comedy bits are entertaining. They aren't. When I tune into 690 the morning after the biggest win of the season so far, I want and expect the on air hosts to be talking about that, not about the big game that Liverpool has this weekend or what Halloween costume Johnny Football wore in Vegas in 2014.

come on man...they talk about the Habs and hockey practically every segment and repeat the same shit every damn day just in a slightly different way. It's tiring. Who should be the centre? Is he doing good at centre? Why is he not on the wing?? Wouldnt he be better on the wing?? Lets ask the fans what they think. Lets take calls.

Day 1....will they send Kotka to junior?
2....will they keep him?
3...will they send him back after 9 games?
4...whats best for his development?
5...whats best for his development?
6...whats best for his development?

Seriously they talk about soccer for 10 minutes.

 

[Runner77]

come on man...they talk about the Habs and hockey practically every segment and repeat the same **** every damn day just in a slightly different way. It's tiring....

Seriously they talk about soccer for 10 minutes.

I listen to them every day, sadly. However, I'm usually doing something else so I'm able to ignore them at will.

There is a lot more than 10 minutes of soccer on that station -- Marinaro in particular shoves it down people's throats and they let him know. He gets a lot of angry tweets and emails during the show, especially when he goes beyond an hour of Limpact talk.

While Marinaro is the biggest culprit and shorts sniffer, he's not alone. They also have the morning guys with updates and a soccer guy calling in. Soccer is also featured on Melnick's show. It's discussed during the Friday scrum. And Noel Butler has a soccer show on one of the evenings.

There are other instances but am too lazy to look them up. The hockey talk is present, as it should be -- this is a hockey market, goes without saying. And hockey is the only major sport of the top 4 North American sports that Montreal has a team in -- so I hope they talk about hockey.

The problem is that this market doesn't support any other major NA sport -- if it did, we might get a little further away from the current coverage cycle.

 

[DXStriker]

I don't mind Soccer Coverage .
However Tony takes it next level and shoves it down and insults people and says if you don't like soccer your somehow not normal .

 

[Genesis76]

Best time to be listening to Tony Marinaro, Today.