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Jeff Marek no longer with Sportsnet - Unknown why
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X/Twitter is basically all bots now. It has become useless.Bunch of bots have taken over the "jeff marek" search on x.
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What's the value here with these accounts all posting the same thing, basically?
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He was also the host of Ice Surfing and Amazon will be doing a show like that.
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.)
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.)
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Don Cherry threw himself under the bus.
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The only thing good about Steve Dangle is you can tell immediately how old someone is if they like him.
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Or how many brain cells they have
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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.
He has the chops to cover things outside the NHL too (CHL, world juniors, PWHL). Would be very interesting to know what happened.
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.
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Bowman hired, Marek fired, what a world.
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That blogger is as tuned into Toronto media as it gets. He's a reliable source
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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.
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Hmm…And here I was under the impression of “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”…
The other media outlets having seemingly confirmed it makes a big difference.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.
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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.
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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…
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
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32 Thoughts and Hockey Central are produced by the national rights holder. They were never intended to be Leafs/Toronto centric shows
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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
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?
Is it still guessing or do we know the reason he was let go yet?
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