"Take that Calgary Puck!" — SN960 and Calgary sports media discussion

[Jetfire]

Originally Posted by McG

It is seriously flawed to have a Canuck and oilie fan when the two markets are Calgary and Vancouver. What?!? Sportsnet had to hit their oilers quota? No problem then. Carry on.

I seem to recall Nault saying on multiple occasions he's a Canucks fan too. Just gross.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

I am not a fan that the new co-host for Rintoul is an Oilers fan. I heard her taking about jumping out of her chair when Nurse scored that goal. Why do Canuck and Flames fans care?

I'm cutting her some slack as it's first week but I hope she starts feeling a bit more comfortable and natural in the coming weeks/months as right now she's a little rough around the edges.

[Johnhitbox]

I can't help but notice the insane amount of praise I've been hearing from hosts and guests about the Oilers lately. I've already tunes out after 9 o'clock, now I might skip the afternoon show.

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[RM14]

Will Nault admitted the other day he and his friends have never been excited about Flames in the last 20 years except for 2004 (when the whole country was). Thats who SN960 wants Flames fans to listen to 4 hours a day.

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by RM14

Will Nault admitted the other day he and his friends have never been excited about Flames in the last 20 years except for 2004 (when the whole country was). Thats who SN960 wants Flames fans to listen to 4 hours a day.

It's like a lot of posters on here now too. It's a opposite bandwagon where they think it's a contest about who dislikes the Flames more and for the longest time. Pretty lame if you ask me.

[Toonage]

^^ A belligerent boorish loudmouth who isn't even a Flames fan. Terrific.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

It's like a lot of posters on here now too. It's a opposite bandwagon where they think it's a contest about who dislikes the Flames more and for the longest time. Pretty lame if you ask me.

Yeah honestly with info like that you'd think half the board would absolutely love Nault.

[colbym72]

Originally Posted by Jetfire

I seem to recall Nault saying on multiple occasions he's a Canucks fan too. Just gross.

I know Will personally. He is a massive Flames fan. Not being excited about them is a bit of hyperbole, but really, other than the Find a Way Hartley Flames, and the year they got 2nd overall, has there been a ton of excitement? Just a lot of disappointment and underachieving.

[Erick Estrada]

Nault does get carried away on some of his rants. It’s one thing for forum posters to be overly negative and lose composure but he works for the radio station that covers the team. He doesn’t have to be a homer or apologist (there are enough of those covering the team) but the childish tantrums are a little much IMO.

[RM14]

Originally Posted by colbym72

I know Will personally. He is a massive Flames fan. Not being excited about them is a bit of hyperbole, but really, other than the Find a Way Hartley Flames, and the year they got 2nd overall, has there been a ton of excitement? Just a lot of disappointment and underachieving.

Everyone's disappointed. What people are annoyed about is that he has the exact same take everyday. Which is great that he has repeatedly states his disappointment cause he's being honest.

I just don't think he has anything else to add at this point other than how disappointing things are and always have been.

[Vinny01]

With the amount of negativity and hate the Flames have got recently on this forum I am a little surprised that Nault doesn’t have a cult following of posters that love what he is saying.

He must just be that bad at his job.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

With the amount of negativity and hate the Flames have got recently on this forum I am a little surprised that Nault doesn’t have a cult following of posters that love what he is saying.

He must just be that bad at his job.

Recently? We are after all discussing an organization that has reached the 2nd round of the playoffs just twice in the last 30+ years. The fact that there are still fans of the organization in numbers is pretty impressive when you consider just how bad this organization has been for the last three decades. I'm also a Raiders fan and it's the same thing there of being optimistic every offseason only for nearly every single season in major disappointment. There becomes a time when enough is enough and many of us are simply tired of the constant mediocrity of this franchise. It's at least two years of we fans discussing the flawed core that can't get it done only for management to do nothing but continue with it to the point where they have put themselves in a corner where the team is on decline and trade value of several players diminished. Running an NHL isn't rocket science yet this organization continually chooses to make the wrong decisions over and over. Maybe it's an ownership issue but regardless it's getting old having these same discussions every single year. If you want to be part of a positive fan community I would suggest you change your allegiances and start cheering for a winning organization.

[redmile04]

Originally Posted by colbym72

I know Will personally. He is a massive Flames fan. Not being excited about them is a bit of hyperbole, but really, other than the Find a Way Hartley Flames, and the year they got 2nd overall, has there been a ton of excitement? Just a lot of disappointment and underachieving.

Even those years arent great for most teams standards, sad a second round appearance is considered one of the better and 2nd overall year, end result was one playoff win. BT needs to go!

[Johnhitbox]

So, no afternoon show on this Thursday? It's not good Friday or anything. Did I miss something?

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[Jetfire]

Originally Posted by colbym72

I know Will personally. He is a massive Flames fan. Not being excited about them is a bit of hyperbole, but really, other than the Find a Way Hartley Flames, and the year they got 2nd overall, has there been a ton of excitement? Just a lot of disappointment and underachieving.

Ah ok, it was someone else on the station then. One of them definitely said it.

[alexle]

Originally Posted by Jetfire

Ah ok, it was someone else on the station then. One of them definitely said it.

Pretty sure that was Peter Klein. He's mentioned that a few times when he was on the morning show.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Recently? We are after all discussing an organization that has reached the 2nd round of the playoffs just twice in the last 30+ years. The fact that there are still fans of the organization in numbers is pretty impressive when you consider just how bad this organization has been for the last three decades. I'm also a Raiders fan and it's the same thing there of being optimistic every offseason only for nearly every single season in major disappointment. There becomes a time when enough is enough and many of us are simply tired of the constant mediocrity of this franchise. It's at least two years of we fans discussing the flawed core that can't get it done only for management to do nothing but continue with it to the point where they have put themselves in a corner where the team is on decline and trade value of several players diminished. Running an NHL isn't rocket science yet this organization continually chooses to make the wrong decisions over and over. Maybe it's an ownership issue but regardless it's getting old having these same discussions every single year. If you want to be part of a positive fan community I would suggest you change your allegiances and start cheering for a winning organization.

We cheer for the same teams I am also a Raiders fan. It has been a garbage offseason for them

Maybe it is a market issue? Calgary is a market in the bottom 10% of the league for where people want to play. So many fans seem to have blinders on this and when I see them demand that this team should be in the top 10% of the league every year within 5 years of a rebuild I just think fans have expectations that are not in touch with reality. It has almost been 30 years since a Canadian team won the cup. Rich millionaires would rather live in the States and in terms of Canada I would say outside of the Leafs or Canucks you do not have a single market that is desirable. Montreal maybe but you have multiple languages and the worst taxes in the league.

In the years the Flames tanked they really needed to win one of those lotteries that would have landed MacKinnon, Ekblad or Matthews.

For this team to win a cup they need to get super lucky in a lottery but if you deliberately try and chase that player it could be 10 years of being the biggest joke in professional sports like Edmonton and Buffalo (2 markets that Calgary is not that different from)

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Johnhitbox

So, no afternoon show on this Thursday? It's not good Friday or anything. Did I miss something?

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Opening day baseball.

I think we hear even more baseball this year during the work day than ever before. Anything the Fan can do to cut costs and streamline across all stations they will

[McG]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

We cheer for the same teams I am also a Raiders fan. It has been a garbage offseason for them

Maybe it is a market issue? Calgary is a market in the bottom 10% of the league for where people want to play. So many fans seem to have blinders on this and when I see them demand that this team should be in the top 10% of the league every year within 5 years of a rebuild I just think fans have expectations that are not in touch with reality. It has almost been 30 years since a Canadian team won the cup. Rich millionaires would rather live in the States and in terms of Canada I would say outside of the Leafs or Canucks you do not have a single market that is desirable. Montreal maybe but you have multiple languages and the worst taxes in the league.

In the years the Flames tanked they really needed to win one of those lotteries that would have landed MacKinnon, Ekblad or Matthews.

For this team to win a cup they need to get super lucky in a lottery but if you deliberately try and chase that player it could be 10 years of being the biggest joke in professional sports like Edmonton and Buffalo (2 markets that Calgary is not that different from)

Can’t disagree with anything that you have written. It would seem to suggest that the Flames better keep their draft picks and not give away assets like UFAs walking away for nothing or dumping third and fourth round picks on player rentals. This mismanagement of assets is one of the primary reasons for unhappiness with the GM.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by McG

Can’t disagree with anything that you have written. It would seem to suggest that the Flames better keep their draft picks and not give away assets like UFAs walking away for nothing or dumping third and fourth round picks on player rentals. This mismanagement of assets is one of the primary reasons for unhappiness with the GM.

I have read posts with people getting bent out of shape on trading 3rd rounders for help at the deadline or waiving Paul Byron and things like that. Honestly if those are the things to bitch about it is not that bad. The deals I have really hated were the Hamonic, Lazar, Elliott deals where good picks were spent on poor assets. I think if the Flames did nothing at the deadline in years they were really close a large chunk of the fanbase would chastise Treliving for doing nothing.