For me, Ron is a perfect example of "you either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain"
Used to really respect him and he was a quintessential part of Hockey Night in Canada throughout my childhood...the yin to Cherry's yang.
But it's a stark lesson in how times change and the if you don't adapt and keep rolling out the same tire schtick, it gets really old really fast.
I haven't been able to stand him and his rambling stories for a long time now, which sucks because I think he did a lot for the game over the years, but now most people will only remember how awful he's been for the past decade.
They keep trying different things to make the intermissions more relatable, but the one thing they aren't trying is the one that's so obvious to the rest of us...put Ron out to pasture and start looking for the next generation's voice of HNIC.
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