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Old 03-13-2016, 10:49 PM   #222
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Originally Posted by hwy19man View Post
The same thing happened to Ron MacLean when he took over from the fired Dave Hodge. My father tells me that everybody wanted MacLean off the air or send him back to being a weather man.
Uh...not so much. He was a bit raw (read his book for some insights on that - it's kinda fun), but he did OK. Dave Hodge was getting oversold even then, and he was a lot younger. But Ron knew the game well and while there was some short-term yammering, it didn't last long.

If I had to compare that to Strombo, no way. Strombo is just awful. And not knowledgeable at all. He throws out things and you can see the real hockey people just trying not to roll their eyes. Blech.
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