Glenn Healy

[KULEMINakajesus]

Watching the rest of the cbc broadcasts I'm starting to believe he's just a colour commentator that focuses on negative events / bad plays.

On the contrary there's Pierre Mcguirre that only focuses on the good plays / player background and people seem to hate him as well.

 

[Leafidelity]

Healy is terrible for everyone. You won't find a fanbase that likes him.

 

[Bomber0104]

Watching the rest of the cbc broadcasts I'm starting to believe he's just a colour commentator that focuses on negative events / bad plays.

On the contrary there's Pierre Mcguirre that only focuses on the good plays / player background and people seem to hate him as well.

I prefer Healy to Mcguire and I don't even like Healy.

Mcguire just makes me shake my head thinking "Did you actually just say that...?" about 10 times per broadcast.

Healy doesn't use the standards for criticism for every team and that's what drives me nuts about him.

 

[TMLife*]

Just noticed him flinging **** as well. All negative

 

[ImpartialNHLfan]

I find they take a page out of wwfs book. Ventura and gorilla monsoon

 

[PanniniClaus]

Healy has been negative forever. No balance. One can only assume CBC has him playing a role and his role is "negative man."
He plays it well.

 

[garce]

Methot has been terrific even though his awful chase of Cooke caused the Pens goal, imagine if that was Phaneuf being overly aggressive,,,, oh

 

[Peasy]

I love Pierre, the WJC arent the same without him.

Seemed like Healy was starting to be more positive towards the leafs in the playoffs.

 

[PanniniClaus]

I love Pierre, the WJC arent the same without him.

Seemed like Healy was starting to be more positive towards the leafs in the playoffs.

I agree - he started out with his usual venom but something seemed to change during the series - I would imagine that was a directive from the people he reports to as well.

 

[pooleboy]

I love Pierre, the WJC arent the same without him.

Seemed like Healy was starting to be more positive towards the leafs in the playoffs.

i actually agree with this, Pierre was annoying after a while but for 2 weeks with him amping up players like he did i actually enjoyed it.

and Glen Healy is a bum, as soon as CBC fires his ass they will have a much better broadcast.

 

[thewave]

I have troubles enjoying a game with him commenting. I was watching Ottawa, he is even annoying in non leaf games, I think I may hate him.

 

[The Reaper]

Wish the guy would shut up

 

[peety16]

Lol like tonight I heard Healy say "Jarome needs to start playing better as his linemates are Crosby and Malkin. This is the Penguins not the Calgary Flames"... I mean ya but wow I hope not too many flames were watching because thats about as backhand as it gets

 

[Offspring]

Pierre McGuire always reminds me of a 'little brother' type personality...I just can't not like him like so many people do.

Healy on the other hand, Healy can suck it. If he was truly just a 'negative' colour commentator he wouldn't be riding the Bruins d*cks so hard.

 

[ITM]

While we're all flinging Marchand around, could the CBC just mercifully ditch, Stock, Weekes and Petrillo while they push the eject button on Hughson and Simpson?

I'm starting to pine for Al Strachan.

Stock and Petrillo provide insight on a Sylvia Browne level.

Kevin Weekes is about as useful as an instant replay of Stock's analysis. He essentially repeats the topics that introduce his "segments" and in those rare instances in which he's fleshing out the topic at hand it's demonstrative of a person who is not being retained because he offers anything valuable apart from apparent likability. And when he does that "passionate" repeat of the same word attempting to compress his point, over others trying to weigh in...

Watching them provides proof positive that dumbing down viewership is an agenda.

On the other hand, a panel that consists of MacLean, Friedman, Amber and...Hrudey? Would provide a telecast worth tuning in for. Heck, even giving Cassie Campbell-Pascall greater visibility would do wonders...

Oake? No complaints, always a solid job.

Dean Brown, Ken Daniels, Mark Lee...All better options (If Daniels were available) than Hughson.

 

[ShortSideFlick]

Not related to Healy, but on the topic of broadcasters, was anyone else impressed by Crawford doing play by play for the WHC?

I've never been big on him as an analyst/panel guy but I thought he excelled at the play by play. Lots of brief analysis and perspective slipped in here and there without disrupting the flow. To be honest I was a little shocked, but I'd love to see Crawford getting more play by play time with TSN next season (and hopefully less panel time).

 

[thewave]

Not related to Healy, but on the topic of broadcasters, was anyone else impressed by Crawford doing play by play for the WHC?

I've never been big on him as an analyst/panel guy but I thought he excelled at the play by play. Lots of brief analysis and perspective slipped in here and there without disrupting the flow. To be honest I was a little shocked, but I'd love to see Crawford getting more play by play time with TSN next season (and hopefully less panel time).

He was as annoying as Healy in a different way. I also can not stand Piere either and I also can't stand hughson as well. There are guys I like, really I swear. Ray is good at ice level usually and if i have to hear someone once in a while its him.

 

[Diatomic]

Healy or Pierre? Who is worse?

 

[LeafsNation75]

Remember prior to the start of Game 3 when Healy criticized the Leafs for not picking up the puck after they won Game 2, because he blamed their lack of playoff experience.

 

[MoeMoney]

Healy or Pierre? Who is worse?

Healey is worse then anyone. He is so negative and I always get a kick out of him blasting elite goalies for minor plays meanwhile he was a career backup. And if he says Swagger again I'm gonna flip.

 

[The Hutch]

Career backup goalies seem to make for either bitter or just plain terrible commentators. Healy, Weekes, and John *** Garrett. Send them all to the Big Ten Network. But then fire them, because I don't want to listen to them when I am watching Big Ten hockey next season.

 

[SteelWind]

I like McGuire. A lot. His calls back to roommates and Assistant Equipment Managers and Zamboni drivers at the college and junior teams some of these guys played on is a little nutty though. He's the Brian Linehan of hockey.

Mind you, I admit to also enjoying Healy. He's not always negative, but on a broadcast during which there are so many pom-poms being waved, it's nice to have some bile from time to time. He's the only guy with the guts to do it it seems.

DJ Short, otoh, seems like an "analyst" that is intended to be speaking to some demographic that I am no longer in. I hate this guy and I frequently believe that I know more about hockey then he does. That's not a good feeling to engender in your audience.

If it makes you feel any better about how clearly odd I must be for actually liking Healy, after hating, nay, loathing Nick Kypreos for the first few years he was on TV and radio, he's become my favorite analyst now.

I think it comes down to this: ex-players almost all uniformly suck for the first few years they are on the air. They either then lose their jobs or they develop their "broadcaster" persona and continue their broadcast careers.

Then you either like em -- or you just don't.

 

[Deuce Awesome]

Not watching the Ottawa series because of the three musketeers.



Can you read CBC? Get rid of these idiots

 

[The Hutch]

Mind you, I admit to also enjoying Healy. He's not always negative, but on a broadcast during which there are so many pom-poms being waved, it's nice to have some bile from time to time. He's the only guy with the guts to do it it seems.

After how irritating I found Marc Crawford's continuous verbal rusty tromboning of the Sedins during the WC gold medal game, I can understand how the opposite approach can feel refreshing.

 

[ConnorTO]

Pierre is ****en awesome