While I don't think Flames ownership is nearly as heavy handed as the Oilers I feel they do have expectations that radio personalities paid to represent the team must choose their words carefully when it comes to criticism and at times be a cheerleader. Maher rarely if ever criticized players or the team but didn't go out of his way to polish the turd in the bad years. He straddled the line well but at the same time I found him pretty well useless on the radio outside of PBP as he had little to offer outside of stories.
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