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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Derek Wills is one of the few guys from the fan 960 that I’m not a huge fan of. I don’t mind his play-by-play but I almost always disagree with his analysis. His endless defence of Smith gets tiresome.
That being said I feel like we are listening to different clips here. To me Pinder was the one who came across as a total jerk in that clip. Wills barely got a sentence out before Pinder interrupted him and started talking over him. I thought Wills was justified in sounding defensive. He didn’t say anything about Smith that sounded unreasonable and I think the goaltending battle for playoffs is wide open. However I agree with Pinder, playoffs start today and I think it’s still Rittich’s net. Smith hasn’t done quite enough to be back in the #1 slot going forward. Yet.
And then I thought Pinder was quite rude at the end. He was so dismissive.
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I dunno, I heard Wills decide to make it a Wills/Pinder thing rather than a goaltending debate. It was the closest I heard Pinder to being frustrated on air, and I didn't mind him taking exception to being personally berated live by yet another colleague while doing his job.
Wills straight up accused Pinder of rooting against the Flames and its players just so he could be right. That's a bit over the line, IMO.