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Originally Posted by Kasi
What the hell is wrong with Toronto sports media? It’s like Cathal Kelly and Simmons are in a race to try to get the most vile posts in. They both show up on the jays aggregator and I have to skip them both. And Gregor Chisholm who used to be a decent jays reporter has made his move over to more general reporting and I feel he’s like I have to be an ####### too to fit in. Like Tim and Sid (or whomever replaced Sid are pretty good) but the flagship sports reporters from Toronto sucks. Well tbh Francis isn’t much better.
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
People can dislike Francis but he’s never posted the ugly and hateful type of garbage that Simmons does
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Yeah, Francis is filling a different media role. He trolls for sure. If the fanbase is united on A he writes a column supporting B. If things are going well he prods that things are going to go bad soon. If things are going bad he suggests things are good and the fan base are stupid and overreacting.
He's a contrarian as a hockey reporter, a contrarian with contacts and legit info from time to time. He's also a really kind human being that would never in a million years say anything racist or discriminatory.