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Old 07-25-2020, 12:42 AM   #21
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I’ve met him numerous times at Stamps games. Just brief small talk each time, but always seemed like a great guy. He’s one of my faves for sure.
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Old 07-25-2020, 12:59 PM   #22
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these days when media people tend to be loud mouth, abrasive, jerks, Jermaine is the opposite. You'd never confuse him with a hard hitting journalist; his questions tend to be softballs, but I'd rather reporters inform about a story, instead of create a story by stirring the pot, or just making up stuff <Dregger>

TSN Calgary reporters tend to be in that mold. Jim Van Horne, Peter Watts, Teresa Kruze, Lisa Bowes and Jermaine Franklin. Wonder who is in line to replace him?
Lets take the best thing Winnipeg has going for them in sports. Sarah Orlesky.
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Old 07-25-2020, 01:30 PM   #23
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It will likely be some young up-and-comer we've never heard of before. I'm not sure how old Jermain is, but I'd guess somewhere in his early-mid 40s. He's been here almost 20 years, so he would have been in his mid-late 20s when he started.

I suspect his replacement will be at a similar point in their career.
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Old 07-25-2020, 01:46 PM   #24
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Sounds good to me, I'll take it! /s
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Old 07-25-2020, 01:56 PM   #25
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Sounds good to me, I'll take it! /s
You should send your profile to TSN, maybe they will hire you to cover Calgary sports!
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Old 07-25-2020, 01:56 PM   #26
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Bring in Leah Hextal.
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Old 07-25-2020, 01:58 PM   #27
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You should send your profile to TSN, maybe they will hire you to cover Calgary sports!
Hah, thanks, but definitely not. This city is full of talented journalists with way more experience and skill than me. I don't even have a degree! Perfectly happy to keep working at Dollarama for now... I do have a new opportunity in the works, though.
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I’ve met him numerous times at Stamps games. Just brief small talk each time, but always seemed like a great guy. He’s one of my faves for sure.
He used to play on my soccer team and he is genuinely one of the nicest, kindest human beings you've ever met.

Unless you get him angry, because hes a huge dude.
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Loved Franklin. He's everything the fans truly want in a journalist - No bull****, no confrontational stuff, no stirring the pot, no devil's advocate. Nothing he did was inflammatory, it was just informational and connecting.

Too often journalists think they have to invent story-lines or create them with friction and contrarian views. But what most journalists need to understand is that there is a grand canyon between what sells and what people like and respect. Everyone turns and looks at a car wreck, but most people don't like or want car wrecks.

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Old 07-25-2020, 10:06 PM   #30
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Franks is just a great person. We're all gonna miss him.
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His son was in my daughter's preschool class. First time I met a local celeb.

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Old 11-19-2020, 07:08 AM   #32
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Looks like Salim Valji is Jermain's replacement in Calgary for TSN.

https://twitter.com/salimvalji

https://www.tsn.ca/talent/salim-valji-1.1552589

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Damn, too bad it wasn't Eric Francis getting out of town fast enough...Jermain Franklin is always good. That's too bad!
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Old 11-19-2020, 08:44 AM   #34
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Always liked Jermain and sometimes less is more...

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Looks like Salim Valji is Jermain's replacement in Calgary for TSN.

https://twitter.com/salimvalji

https://www.tsn.ca/talent/salim-valji-1.1552589
Edmonton native, dare I say no good?
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Old 11-19-2020, 10:54 AM   #36
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Bring in Leah Hextal.
I wish I could thank this, but the post is too old now. She is hero in my opinion.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...lers-futility/

I think she would be great to have in the broadcast booth as a permanent fixture.
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Old 11-19-2020, 11:01 AM   #37
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That intermission panel and that article was the start of her superstardom among Flames fans.

But she's done nothing but great work before that, and since that, culminating in her calling the Flames game on Intl Women's Day last season.

She's a gem.
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Edmonton native, dare I say no good?
He did leave, so that has to count for something.
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He did leave, so that has to count for something.
It looks like he got out as quickly as he could too, going to Montreal for University. We should probably give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
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Old 11-19-2020, 08:31 PM   #40
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Best of Luck to Jermain!

Always enjoyed his reporting - Will be a fan wherever he ends up.
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