Jeff Marek no longer with Sportsnet - Unknown why

[JPT]

Very surprising news. I have a hard time imagining him being insubordinate.

I wonder if he got poached. I heard rumours that Amazon was aggressively pursuing talent from other networks.

Amazon loves ruining everything, so I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Evergreen]

Bunch of bots have taken over the "jeff marek" search on x.

x.com

x.com

What's the value here with these accounts all posting the same thing, basically?

X/Twitter is basically all bots now. It has become useless.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Very surprising news. I have a hard time imagining him being insubordinate.

I wonder if he got poached. I heard rumours that Amazon was aggressively pursuing talent from other networks.

He was also the host of Ice Surfing and Amazon will be doing a show like that.

 

[Faterson]

You rip what you seesaw. And off you go, with your fake laughs.

He pretty much single-handedly destroyed Hockey Central @ Noon, by unceremoniously kicking Darren Millard, Kypreos & MacLean off of it. That trio was always a lot better than what Marek did with the show afterwards. I had to stop following it.

Milquetoast is, indeed, the keyword, and there's only so much of it you can take.

(That Marek also threw Don Cherry under the bus goes without saying; that was required standard behavior of Sportsnet employees.)

 

[Sniper99]

He did a pretty good impression of Ric Flair about 10 years ago on Tim and Sid, maybe WWE will hire him

 

[TooManyHumans]

You rip what you seesaw. And off you go, with your fake laughs.

He pretty much single-handedly destroyed Hockey Central @ Noon, by unceremoniously kicking Darren Millard, Kypreos & MacLean off of it. That trio was always a lot better than what Marek did with the show afterwards. I had to stop following it.

Milquetoast is, indeed, the keyword, and there's only so much of it you can take.

(That Marek also threw Don Cherry under the bus goes without saying; that was required standard behavior of Sportsnet employees.)

Don Cherry threw himself under the bus.

 

[895]

The only thing good about Steve Dangle is you can tell immediately how old someone is if they like him.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

The only thing good about Steve Dangle is you can tell immediately how old someone is if they like him.

Or how many brain cells they have

 

[Chileiceman]

I like Marek. He seems like he's a more interesting person that he lets on air. I think it would be interesting for him to have a gig where he can be more opinionated, hard to do when you work for the NHL rights-holder.

He has the chops to cover things outside the NHL too (CHL, world juniors, PWHL). Would be very interesting to know what happened.

 

[Turin]

He was good on 32 Thoughts, the podcast will likely be worse without him

 

[rojac]

So other than the blogger Jonah "hearing things from multiple sources," has there been any actual word on this from any other media. There certainly doesn't seem to be any kind of official verification unless I missed something.

 

[Fantomas]

Bowman hired, Marek fired, what a world.

 

[Warden of the North]

So other than the blogger Jonah "hearing things from multiple sources," has there been any actual word on this from any other media. There certainly doesn't seem to be any kind of official verification unless I missed something.

That blogger is as tuned into Toronto media as it gets. He's a reliable source

 

[LOFIN]

So other than the blogger Jonah "hearing things from multiple sources," has there been any actual word on this from any other media. There certainly doesn't seem to be any kind of official verification unless I missed something.

Firstly, the original tweeter is apparently someone who is indeed very connected. Multiple hockey media personel are following him on twitter, even a guy like Bob McKenzie. I would say that's pretty reliable.

Secondly, yes. There are multiple smaller outlets who have reported that a SportsNet representative has confirmed that Marek is no longer with them. For an example:

Jeff Marek no longer works for Rogers Sportsnet

The longtime Sportsnet host last worked day one of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.

theprovince.com

 

[FMichael]

Hmm…And here I was under the impression of “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”…

 

[rojac]

That blogger is as tuned into Toronto media as it gets. He's a reliable source

Firstly, the original tweeter is apparently someone who is indeed very connected. Multiple hockey media personel are following him on twitter, even a guy like Bob McKenzie. I would say that's pretty reliable.

Secondly, yes. There are multiple smaller outlets who have reported that a SportsNet representative has confirmed that Marek is no longer with them. For an example:

Jeff Marek no longer works for Rogers Sportsnet

The longtime Sportsnet host last worked day one of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.

theprovince.com

The other media outlets having seemingly confirmed it makes a big difference.

 

[WillTheThrill]

The only thing good about Steve Dangle is you can tell immediately how old someone is if they like him.

Damn I make one joke about him replacing Marek and we're still talking about him 4 pages later

 

[lokomotiv15]

Steve Dangle is insufferable swill. As someone who has the misfortune of living just beyond the GTA limits and still has to catch some of his whatever it is he does on TV, he is the absolute Snicklefritz of sports/social media personalities.

 

[Budz]

His strength is his hockey knowledge and history of the game. His weakness in the media is his lack of fandom and passion to a team.

Only my opinion.

At times he seemed to be allergic about the Leafs. Would rather share his insights about Minnesota or Winnipeg etc etc

I started to tune him out a bit…

 

[FlappyGiraffe]

His strength is his hockey knowledge and history of the game. His weakness in the media is his lack of fandom and passion to a team.

Only my opinion.

At times he seemed to be allergic about the Leafs. Would rather share his insights about Minnesota or Winnipeg etc etc

I started to tune him out a bit…

That's probably a good thing for a podcast that covers all 32 teams

 

[Warden of the North]

His strength is his hockey knowledge and history of the game. His weakness in the media is his lack of fandom and passion to a team.

Only my opinion.

At times he seemed to be allergic about the Leafs. Would rather share his insights about Minnesota or Winnipeg etc etc

I started to tune him out a bit…

32 Thoughts and Hockey Central are produced by the national rights holder. They were never intended to be Leafs/Toronto centric shows

 

[The Un4casted Storm]

32 Thoughts and Hockey Central are produced by the national rights holder. They were never intended to be Leafs/Toronto centric shows

To be fair, most so-called national shows produced by TSN and Sportsnet are very Leafs/Toronto centric so I can see why there would be some confusion lol

 

[Straight Fire]

Surprising that the guy who came across as the champion of walking on egg shells somehow got fired. It seemed like he and Friedman were crowned hockey news royalty for no known reason, but Marek did grow on me a little - at least he was someone to listen to with reasonable hockey knowledge during the day.

Is it still guessing or do we know the reason he was let go yet?

 

[Brookbank]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816899507118047676

 

[Slats432]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816899507118047676

Would be just cause.