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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
To be honest, they should have kept Strombo and let him develop his own thing. Instead, they panic and re-hire McLean.
Amber's ok, but a little too vanilla. I don't fault him for the McDavid pump ups. I think it's a mandate from SN to do so. Plus, guy is usually pretty impartial in spreading his love to all Canadian teams, Flames included. I think it's more of a case of fans of teams will only hear what they choose to hear.
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I know its not a popular opinion, but I tend to agree with this. Did they think that their primary audience was Octogenarians so they had to run back home to Momma MacLean?
David Amber?
I dislike Amber for a number of reasons, firstly because he's just another pom-pom waving Oilers fanboy which is annoying enough, but mostly because he's vacuous. He doesnt know anything or have a genuine, honest opinion on anything other than how great the Oilers are.
He's just an empty mouth-piece, a puppet. Sportsnet Corp has their hand so far up his ass you can see their fingers when his lips move.
Axing or low-balling Bieksa was a mistake, he was the only one willing to really discuss situations with honesty and the only one with recent NHL experience, but I understand if he doesnt want to work for peanuts.
And holding Friedman as some high standard and 'untouchable?' That guy has been next to useless for years now. Just another puppet of the network, I bet he still has information and contacts but he's not allowed to say any of it, so he just toes the Company Line and gets to keep his seat.
Thats why Friedman gets to stay, because he does as he's told and has a reputation that he can tread on.