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Originally Posted by smithtofuhr86
A couple things to keep in mind, Mike Richards ditched the fan with little to no notice and took off in the middle of the night sort of speak to Toronto to the next shiny new thing and that was to help kick off the new TSN radio 1050 in Toronto. He admitted as much years later after they turfed him at TSN, he was apologetic and then the Fan960 was kind enough to give him a afternoon segment back once a week with Rob Kerr where he would come on and talk about a variety of things in the sporting or non sporting world.
Maher retiring sucked but not sure what other options may have been out there I guess. Kirsch or the Fan network went with Wills, it is what it is I guess. I personally try not to let the commentator ruin what is the most important and that is the happenings on the ice where it really matters.
I hear you about the afternoon show, loved Joe Sports, he did tend to fill a lot of time at times by taking phone calls but he loved interacting with fans but....you can't go on a speech like yours without mentioning Pat Steinberg. He has at times carried that entire station on his back. He has done it all, him and Ryan Leslie were an awesome 1 / 2 when they worked together and Nault used to run the board (less Nault was better than what we are stuck with today) but after Rob left recruiting Leslie back to Calgary to be near his girls and away from the desk at Sportsnet was a huge catch for Kirsch. This was around 2014, I believe a tight budget ran him off the air but he quickly & fortunately re-surfaced when Roger Millions job opened up on TV.
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Who was the guy that ran with Steinberg before Leslie? All time awful sports radio guy. They binned him when Leslie came.