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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
Agreed that he needs a better foil than Loubardias who as far as I know has "Loved the game" of every single flames player ever with the exception of Dougie Hamilton.
Loubo actually seems almost even keel these days when compared to Wills.
On their sign-off from the game on Monday night did anyone notice Wills take a veiled shot at pinder or did I imagine that?
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Not sure if it was Monday's game, but yes - I definitely heard him talking to Lou and Pat and mentioning something along the lines of how great it was to be able to talk with them about Smith because they were more 'professional' or something (paraphrasing). Definitely a shot at Pinder.
I used to not mind Wills' call of the game but lately it seems he's taken his arguments with Pinder personally and he's let it impact his game call. He seems to have an agenda now to really go over the top in talking about Smith almost as if he's trying to get the listeners on his side while no one is there to oppose him. It's incredibly unprofessional and just listening to him on the the afternoons with his ridiculous takes has really made me start to dislike him as a PBP guy. Throw in Lou and Steinberg and the games are basically unlistenable. Of course, no one else calls the Flames games on the radio, so there's not much choice (if streaming the TV broadcast isn't an option, which it isn't always for me).
I will say tho, I've been a big hater of 960 since Boomer took over the morning show but I've found myself going out of my way to tune in at 2:07pm lately (they never start on time). Pinder is good at what he does and he's dragging all the other boat anchors along with him. I don't know if the the changes promised will ever come or if they were like my near years resolutions and only talked about in December, never to be actually carried out. If they do happen tho, I hope Pinder stays on the afternoons and actually gets some talent to work with.