Originally Posted by pylon
There was a point where I thought these threads were OK, and even participated in them, but they are not. There has been 2 PBP guys dismissed from SNET, and this website specifically, and forums like it, has been more instrumental than you may think in making that happen. How do I know this? I just do, and the mods can feel free to PM me on how I know.
These men have families, and responsibilities. And would be just as devastated as any one of us to lose their livelihood or be demoted at their work place as you or I. Complaining is one thing, calling out the guy to be FIRED, is straight up wrong. How would you feel, if you were called out in a public forum by all the customers who's cars you filled, video game you took on trade, car you sold,... whatever it is you do, to be publicly lambasted and piled on, not because you did it poorly, but because they didn't like the way you looked or the way your voice sounds. Kerr has an incredible enthusiasm and mind for the game, and that more than makes up for what may be the odd awkward comment, or voice fluctuation.
I really like Sushi. But if I go to a sushi restaurant, and I don't like the way the chef prepared the Nigiri and he had a mole on his face I found gross, yet the other 4 people in my 5 person party do like it and don't care about the mole, then it is unreasonable for me to stand up, ask for the manager or owner, and ask they fire the chef because I disagree with his preparation technique and looks. That is what this is boiling down to. Superficial BS, not his actual abilities.
Rob Kerr is an incredible hockey mind, an enthusiastic broadcaster, and by all accounts of anyone who has known or met him, a really good man. I am ashamed that a bunch of donkeys on here that think the 5 bucks a month they contribute to their cable bill towards Sportsnet, gives them the right to call for his dismissal. It is downright pathetic.
Give your heads a shake, and get some class.
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