Location: Part of NJ where its Taylor Ham not pork roll Joined: 05.19.2017
Aug 31 @ 2:05 PM ET
+1 on most of those ideas.
-100 on the musical guests. - GalacticStone
James---
First column I have read from you in months ( I had given up on you ). Some good ideas here, minus the music, ---- I hope that you can sustain this.
The broadcasts are fine because they're pandering to their target audience, the olds. No one under 40 has the attention span anymore to sit through commercials, let alone an 18-minute intermission.
Let them yell at each other. Old people like yelling. Everyone else has a phone or a billion other things to occupy their goldfish attention between breaks in the hockey. They'd be happy with nothing but a black screen and a countdown timer for intermissions.
I can't recall if he's 35 or 38. It doesn't matter. Jimmy will still pretend he's 25. But anyone born between 1981 and 1996 is a millennial? Really? That's quite the gap. 15 years? I never viewed Serena Williams as being a millennial but since she was born in 1981 I guess she's a millennial even though she won her first grand Slam in 1999.
I always thought millennials were people born in 2000 or after. I can admit to being wrong. Tanner can't. I was born in 1975. Does this make me a baby boomer? I always thought my parents were baby boomers. I'm confused.
It's no wonder Jimmy wants people his own age to be hired by Sportsnet. Not him of course. 10 years of writing for hockey buzz making $5 per blog hasn't gotten him anywhere. Other people who've written for hockey buzz have gone on to bigger and better things.
Not Jimmy though. He's still insulting people with no accountability and whining to Captain EO/Ek to ban people because he can dish it out but can't take it. - gergeswillems
According to that article's definition I would be a millenial, but I never felt like one.
For me a millenial is someone who's always grown with technology, and has no idea of the pre-internet age. So basically born 1995 and after.
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Aug 31 @ 3:19 PM ET
According to that article's definition I would be a millenial, but I never felt like one.
For me a millenial is someone who's always grown with technology, and has no idea of the pre-internet age. So basically born 1995 and after. - redseerpf
According to that article's definition I would be a millenial, but I never felt like one.
For me a millenial is someone who's always grown with technology, and has no idea of the pre-internet age. So basically born 1995 and after. - redseerpf
A common cultural marker for many Millenials was supporting Obama (and having his “Hope” poster in your dorm room) in 2008. How would a 13 year old born in 1995 do that?
Taylor Swift, born 1989, is the High Priestess of Millenialdom. Did you think she was part of the WWII Generation or something?
A common cultural marker for many Millenials was supporting Obama (and having his “Hope” poster in your dorm room) in 2008. How would a 13 year old born in 1995 do that?
Taylor Swift, born 1989, is the High Priestess of Millenialdom. Did you think she was part of the WWII Generation or something? - Za Warudo
In the USA, that might be the case. I can assure you nobody gives a crap about Taylor Swift where I'm from, pre or post-1995 millenial.
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Aug 31 @ 3:34 PM ET
The broadcasts are fine because they're pandering to their target audience, the olds. No one under 40 has the attention span anymore to sit through commercials, let alone an 18-minute intermission.
Let them yell at each other. Old people like yelling. Everyone else has a phone or a billion other things to occupy their goldfish attention between breaks in the hockey. They'd be happy with nothing but a black screen and a countdown timer for intermissions. - Hunkulese
I'd love the countdown timer, that is a great idea.
The only thing I agree with is cutting Ron and Don. I would be sad to see Ron go, but Don is a loony and I can't fathom why anybody takes him seriously. He was dead to me after the one Coach's Corner during the Olympics where he spend literally the entire segment spouting conspiracy theories about how the one Russian linesman was out to get us.
Not to say there aren't lots of problems in general. The only good way to fix them is for the NHL to wait until the contact is up and then give it to TSN where it belongs.
I'm with you James for the most part(I could nitpick here or there but big deal).
You Need a Positive, Fun Vibe
It's a hockey show, not a funeral.
I think above all else, this is the big one. I come home from a day at work, I got things to do at home, when I put on a game, I want a fun, positive, good time. Most broadcasts now, I gotta mute them or at least ignore anything other than the actual gameplay. It's a big part of why I've become more and more of an Avs fan the last couple years; their games' broadcasts just have a fun vibe to them, even when I hate the tune playing or disagree with the commentary. It allows my escape from the drudgery of every day life instead of compounding it.
Ummm... Some of those points are valid. But Ron Mclean is great. Heck he could probably run for Prime Minister and win if he wanted. So well spoken and so genuine to everyone he meets. The rest of the cast, I agree, is painful!!!! I think finding some younger guys who played in the league and recently retired (luongo, biznasty, etc), would be a great idea but they need sportnet to allow actual personality. And I truly believe that it has to be ex players with inside knowledge and stories to share. Strombolobopoious was the biggest disgrace, yet met most of your criteria for a quality broadcaster.
In the USA, that might be the case. I can assure you nobody gives a crap about Taylor Swift where I'm from, pre or post-1995 millenial. - redseerpf
Typically the millennials range from mid-80’s to about 96/97. A way of looking at it is if you remember 9/11 you’re a millennial, if you don’t you’re what’s called Gen Z.
Typically the millennials range from mid-80’s to about 96/97. A way of looking at it is if you remember 9/11 you’re a millennial, if you don’t you’re what’s called Gen Z. - RedC21
Yeah I guess that's it. I just feel the "millenial" tag actually works better for the Zs.
Agree that sportsmen is awful, but TSN is still pretty good. Guys like Ferraro, Maclennan, Duthie, Mackenzie, etc are great. There are obviously some bad guys at TSN too, but overall they’re pretty solid.
What? You don't like the eloquent, thoughtful Brad May type in the intermissions? My God, the guy used to break a sweat just thinking. Talking? Forget about it.
MSG's graphics are horrendous, you'd think a company based in NY would be able to find better designers, but you'd be wrong, and the fact they force all their, for lack of a better word, affiliates, Buffalo, Islanders, and New Jersey to use the same awful music and graphics makes it even worse. Hurricane 2000 was an amazing intro for Sabres games, now it's something that some bumhole slapped together in 20 minutes in GarageBand. It's awful:
The old one is dated, sure,(and I'm not sure how well The Stones fit in) but it's infinitely better than the new bland garbage:
MacLean and Kypreos were awful. Just total nonsense most of the time. And when Kypreos tried to do a serious bit he would get tongue tied.
Hate to see people get fired but they don’t need the money.
I think Chris Cuthbert is one of the better play by play guys going . I wish he had a more regular role here in the States, but he usually gets a TSN game every week it seems .
