People in this city love to regurgitate what they hear on the radio, but most of the time what is said on the radio is crap in order to get ratings. A good example of this is Tony Marinaro.
Early on this year, Tony would challenge callers who would complain about Scott Gomez's contract. He would mention to everyone how Gainey had no choice to get Gomez because he wouldn't have been able to sign any free agents(Cammalleri and Gionta) with Metropolit and Lapierre as his top two centers. But around Christmas time, Tony Marinaro suddenly had a change of heart and went on a month long rant about how Bob Gainey was an idiot for trading for Gomez because his contract will ruin the Canadiens for years. What's even funnier about this hypocracy is that it came at the exact same time that Tony was promoting Pierre Mcguire as a possible candidate for the GM position in Montreal. It also came at a time where people began to question Gomez's play, so it's pretty obvious that the team990 did this order to add fuel to the fire in order to get more ratings for their station. In fact, I even called Tony Marinaro after the Minnesotta game to point out his sudden change of heart and he defended himself stating: "If I ever supported the Scott Gomez trade, then I must have been on medication that day." That's a pretty lame excuse if you ask me.
Another example of adding fuel the fire to get ratings comes with the goalie situation. Tony Marinaro for two years defended criticisms against Carey Price from callers and P.J Stock. Now that it's "cool" to hate Carey Price(until he has 10 good games and everyone jumps on the bandwagon again, as usual), Tony Marinaro has joined in on the bash fest. Not only does he bash Carey Price, but also exaggerates reports about his behavior and relations with his teammates (i.e The Markov-Price story which turned out to be nothing more than a family argument which happens in every household).
The point of this article is not to bash Tony Marinaro, rather it's to point out the stupidity that is said on the radio in order to boost their ratings. Radio hosts do this because there are people out there who can't form their own opinion on hockey games so they need these so called "analysts" to do it for them. The same goes for television shows such as "L'attaque a cinq" and "L'antichambre". The more you listen when controversy is spread, the more these journalists will make up controversies in order to get their station's ratings boosted.
Be skeptical of what you here on the radio because the majority of the time it's to cause controversy in order for you to phone in and listen rather than actual comment and spread hockey knowledge. The media is part of the problem in Montreal and the fans don't help that problem by listening to these clowns spread so called "truths".
Early on this year, Tony would challenge callers who would complain about Scott Gomez's contract. He would mention to everyone how Gainey had no choice to get Gomez because he wouldn't have been able to sign any free agents(Cammalleri and Gionta) with Metropolit and Lapierre as his top two centers. But around Christmas time, Tony Marinaro suddenly had a change of heart and went on a month long rant about how Bob Gainey was an idiot for trading for Gomez because his contract will ruin the Canadiens for years. What's even funnier about this hypocracy is that it came at the exact same time that Tony was promoting Pierre Mcguire as a possible candidate for the GM position in Montreal. It also came at a time where people began to question Gomez's play, so it's pretty obvious that the team990 did this order to add fuel to the fire in order to get more ratings for their station. In fact, I even called Tony Marinaro after the Minnesotta game to point out his sudden change of heart and he defended himself stating: "If I ever supported the Scott Gomez trade, then I must have been on medication that day." That's a pretty lame excuse if you ask me.
Another example of adding fuel the fire to get ratings comes with the goalie situation. Tony Marinaro for two years defended criticisms against Carey Price from callers and P.J Stock. Now that it's "cool" to hate Carey Price(until he has 10 good games and everyone jumps on the bandwagon again, as usual), Tony Marinaro has joined in on the bash fest. Not only does he bash Carey Price, but also exaggerates reports about his behavior and relations with his teammates (i.e The Markov-Price story which turned out to be nothing more than a family argument which happens in every household).
The point of this article is not to bash Tony Marinaro, rather it's to point out the stupidity that is said on the radio in order to boost their ratings. Radio hosts do this because there are people out there who can't form their own opinion on hockey games so they need these so called "analysts" to do it for them. The same goes for television shows such as "L'attaque a cinq" and "L'antichambre". The more you listen when controversy is spread, the more these journalists will make up controversies in order to get their station's ratings boosted.
Be skeptical of what you here on the radio because the majority of the time it's to cause controversy in order for you to phone in and listen rather than actual comment and spread hockey knowledge. The media is part of the problem in Montreal and the fans don't help that problem by listening to these clowns spread so called "truths".
I stopped listening to him for quite a while. Not sure why, though. I used to enjoy listening to him. I guess he began sounding repetitive. As for the Markov-Price incident, I found that quite hilarious because that sort of stuff happens all the time. However, I must say I never heard any conflict like Markov-Price in Boston. But I am sure it's happened, no doubt. The thing is, and I think we can both agree, is that the media here in Montreal put there nose everywhere and get way too involved. In places like Boston, the media well .... lol I'll leave it at that.
ReplyDeleteMontreal NEEDS Sean Avery. I bet the media would have a blast every single day!
Oh Claudio, I wish we had a player who would just run his mouth at the media. Imagine if Tortorella was coaching the habs, my God that would be pure gold!
ReplyDeleteTorts is amazing! Yup, if he would be the Habs coach it sure would be gold! Imagine the french media? I wonder if Larry Brooks would follow him to Montreal. LMAO
ReplyDeleteIf we would get Torts, I would hope to god that Brooks would follow him, the stuff that happens between the two is just hilarious!
ReplyDeleteYa, especially the last incident between the two when Torts unleashed on Brooks about the sarcastic comment made on Wade Redden. He also told Brooks (paraphrasing), "When you were a kid you were probably beat up at the bus stop, huh?" LMAO You could hear the other reporters laughing followed by the priceless look on Larry Brooks' face. Oh man.
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