Tribute The Steve Dangle Thread

[Aussie Bruin]

Starting in 2 weeks gambling ads will be nonstop on NESN.

Australian sports bit hard on the gambling bug about a decade ago, following the UK's lead, and its now at saturation point. I find it problematic, and sometimes outright annoying - not the mere fact that you can gamble on sport, just the sheer amount of advertising and enticement that goes on - but it's a huge money spinner so once you've allowed it you're stuck with it.

 

[TD Charlie]

Didn’t he get a job with sports net, was it a short term thing?

He’s over the top and a little insane at times. When the Leafs crush his soul he is always highly entertaining though.

Probably a great guy to chat hockey with too

 

[GordonHowe]

Laughter brings out them endorphins and good for the soul!

Some fine suggestions on the board today. Will check,

 

[GordonHowe]

Australian sports bit hard on the gambling bug about a decade ago, following the UK's lead, and its now at saturation point. I find it problematic, and sometimes outright annoying - not the mere fact that you can gamble on sport, just the sheer amount of advertising and enticement that goes on - but it's a huge money spinner so once you've allowed it you're stuck with it.

In the United States, local and even national news outlets actively and approvingly promote state lotteries, which is gambling in all but name.

Hey, my mother and her sisters used to go down to Vegas and play the slot machines for a harmless kick.

And if people want to gamble, that's their business, whether it's scratch cards, Powerball, sports betting or Wall Street.

Unfortunately, many who play the lottery or gamble hoping for that one big score can ill afford to chase the cheese. To me, gambling of any kind, save pennies or something like that, is like opening my wallet and saying, "Here, take my money."

Even so, it's their life, not mine.

 

[Blowfish]

 

[Blowfish]

A must watch...

 

[rfournier103]

A must watch...

I loved his Marchand takes. I wonder if Steve knows he has a thread on the Bruins board?

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Didn’t he get a job with sports net, was it a short term thing?

He’s over the top and a little insane at times. When the Leafs crush his soul he is always highly entertaining though.

Probably a great guy to chat hockey with too

He knows his hockey shit.

In the United States, local and even national news outlets actively and approvingly promote state lotteries, which is gambling in all but name.

Hey, my mother and her sisters used to go down to Vegas and play the slot machines for a harmless kick.

And if people want to gamble, that's their business, whether it's scratch cards, Powerball, sports betting or Wall Street.

Unfortunately, many who play the lottery or gamble hoping for that one big score can ill afford to chase the cheese. To me, gambling of any kind, save pennies or something like that, is like opening my wallet and saying, "Here, take my money."

Even so, it's their life, not mine.

Now its pot.

Can other drugs be far behind?

 

[Bruinaura]

 

[Aussie Bruin]

I loved his Marchand takes. I wonder if Steve knows he has a thread on the Bruins board?

He's right too. Marchand being Marchand and baiting Toronto is all good and well, but his trashing of that young journalist was completely unnecessary. The power imbalance in that exchange made it unfair and unreasonable. Brad is Brad and you take the very good with the occasional bad, but fair play to Steve for sticking up for a colleague.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

He's right too. Marchand being Marchand and baiting Toronto is all good and well, but his trashing of that young journalist was completely unnecessary. The power imbalance in that exchange made it unfair and unreasonable. Brad is Brad and you take the very good with the occasional bad, but fair play to Steve for sticking up for a colleague.

I don't fault Brad for speaking up after the journalist interjected "weird" at the conclusion of his tweet quoting him. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, journalists were taught to keep their opinions to themselves and report the facts. Brad was asked a question. He answered it. If a journalist's skin is too thin to handle a mild chastising, it's time to step away.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

I don't fault Brad for speaking up after the journalist interjected "weird" at the conclusion of his tweet quoting him. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, journalists were taught to keep their opinions to themselves and report the facts. Brad was asked a question. He answered it. If a journalist's skin is too thin to handle a mild chastising, it's time to step away.

It was weird and deserved to be identified as such. I'd have used a less charitable word if it were me - 'stupid'. It was also a lie. Let's not blow it out of proportion - it's a minor thing and I'm sure that journo is fine and can look after himself. But Steve called it out and I say good on him for doing so.

 

[McGarnagle]

When did Marchand turn into Elon Musk on twitter?

 

[Blowfish]

 

[mjhfb]

Starting in 2 weeks gambling ads will be nonstop on NESN.

Seeing this makes me remember so many old TV shows and movies about some sports figure forced to tank the big moment because his loved one was kidnapped by crooks gambling on the event.

 

[whatsbruin]

20 Minutes of his obnoxiousness is too much for me.
5 min dose and I'm good.

 

[Fenway]

 

[rfournier103]

I thought I’d put this post here.

This is a picture I reported on fb for being “false and misleading.”

 

[Blowfish]

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I thought I’d put this post here.

This is a picture I reported on fb for being “false and misleading.”

Ha! Love the old black and white Maple Leaf cup pics! Not sure hockey would be the same with the Leafs winning a cup.

 

[nORRis8]

Mostly I don't get his shtick. He's a YouTube guy who hollers and screams win or lose.
Borderline it's like he has a screw loose.
In other words you might be a future candidate to coach the Leafs.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Ha! Love the old black and white Maple Leaf cup pics! Not sure hockey would be the same with the Leafs winning a cup.

Color TV would break and never come back

 

[McGarnagle]

What annoys me about Steve Dangle is that it's something literally anyone could've done. If I made angry reaction videos to Bruins games in 2007, I'd be on NESN right now.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

What annoys me about Steve Dangle is that it's something literally anyone could've done. If I made angry reaction videos to Bruins games in 2007, I'd be on NESN right now.

This.

From the first time I watched one of his clips a while back that was my first thought as well. Anyone can pop a couple Adderall and take a few shots and then go half insane and rip anything and everything apart

 

[rfournier103]

What annoys me about Steve Dangle is that it's something literally anyone could've done. If I made angry reaction videos to Bruins games in 2007, I'd be on NESN right now.

Absolutely you would.

Look at Charlie Moore. He literally makes more money than any of us by being on vacation year round.

What an age we live in.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

What annoys me about Steve Dangle is that it's something literally anyone could've done. If I made angry reaction videos to Bruins games in 2007, I'd be on NESN right now.

See, we all think that.
Yet
There are a lot of copycats for other teams and NONE of them took off.

He has a natural camera presence, voice, and comfortable conversational aspect to him that makes these videos work. He knows what he is talking about most of the time and is pretty fair. He also gets across the frustration of a sports fan.
We have all been there.

I mean, if you think you can do it, give it a go. Make a self recorded video of you post the next Bruins game, then watch it back. I bet you will learn its a lot harder than it looks.