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Old 01-21-2021, 11:37 AM   #61
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https://deadspin.com/hockey-medias-s...der-1846095230

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You can always count on the hockey press to give time to a former coach who gave them time back in the day. That train is never late. One of the more archaic things about hockey, and a way it still drags miles behind, is that the press will almost always side with a coach and GM in a dispute with a player. Because hey, chances are that coach got loaded with that writer at a Montreal strip club before he threw up poutine on one of the dancers. Apparently, those bonds are hard to break.
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Hockey still views any speaking out from a player as insubordination, or the rants of a spoiled child, and back in their day, this would have been met by a crosscheck or spear that would have removed their spleen on ice. Hockey players should be seen and not heard, to hear hockey tell it.

We know Mike Babcock is a raging *******. If you don’t remember, and a lot has happened since then, Babcock was ****canned from the Leafs last season because it came out that he’s a raging *******.
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Old 01-21-2021, 11:58 AM   #62
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Wasn't it Milbury that tweeted in a drunken haze covering the play-ins? Or am I getting that confused?


At any rate, I am sure that his comment was not the only reason why he got canned. I am sure this was just the straw that broke the camel's back. I didn't really find him enjoyable to listen to anyway.
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Old 01-21-2021, 12:02 PM   #63
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No.

The problem is Milbury is terrible at his job.

End of story.
Then fire him for being terrible at his job.

Don't blame it on his comment, then turn around and hire someone who is worse (or equally bad).
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Old 01-21-2021, 01:05 PM   #64
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Commodore lets his feelings about this hire be known.....never change Mike!

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Commodore lets his feelings about this hire be known.....never change Mike!

LOL

I get that Commodore has some sort of vendetta against Babcock....but hes not wrong.
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Old 01-21-2021, 03:47 PM   #66
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I called Mike an idiot for his covid tweets but now I find him him hilarious again.
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I called Mike an idiot for his covid tweets but now I find him him hilarious again.
Agreed about Babcock. What did he say about covid?

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Old 01-21-2021, 04:07 PM   #68
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Agreed about Babcock. What did he say about covid?

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Gotcha. That pissws me off. Like as if we enjoyed out lives during the lockdown.

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Old 01-24-2021, 11:46 AM   #70
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Watching the game on NBC. Man, listening to Babcock makes me cringe. You can just feel the ######baggery oozing off of him.
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Watching the game on NBC. Man, listening to Babcock makes me cringe. You can just feel the ######baggery oozing off of him.
I feel the same. I watched a bit of the intermission in Sunday morning with Babcock and he is a horrible tv personality. Despite what he might know about the game he just doesn't belong on tv. His interviews while a coach were always brutal and as an analyst he is even worse.
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