TSN 690 and Other Montreal Based Media (Part 10)

[Adam Michaels]

 

[First Line]

Why do I torture myself with this guy when I could spend my time stabbing my ears with a fork instead.

Flynn: Habs should have gotten rid of the bad contracts

The other day he said nobody would pay a 1st for Lehkonen unless we send a 2nd back with him lol (we got a recent 1st rounder PLUS a 2nd)
Now he is saying we should have dumped all our bad contracts during deadline and all the moves Hughes made were easy...
Then he says that only 5% of 1st round picks make it to NHL - WHAAAAAT???
HOW IS HE ON THE AIR!!

Its a bunch of nonsensical drivel.
Says we should trade all the big contracts but doesn’t want to rebuild.
Goes on to say we should unload them to be competitive but that with all those players we are too good to miss the playoffs.

I just listen to hear Marinaro yell at him for his moronic takes.

 

[Asif10]

i listen to tsn 690 a lot, and the amount of time Normand has been inconsistent is wild. he's like the poorman's version of skip bayless.

tbh the only show worth listening to on tsn 690:

Marinaro :i know there's haters but my guy is passionate but he's entertaining and he has his sources.
Habs lunch: good podcast to have on the background
Mike Johnson & Aaron Ward: nice players perspective

everything else is wtv

 

[Runner77]

I just listen to hear Marinaro yell at him for his moronic takes.

It's a set up. Marinaro does the same with Peter from Westmount -- brings in a low wattage guy that he can easily manipulate.

Everyone knows that Flynn's takes are nonsensical. Very easy for Marinaro to make himself look like the guy with the reasonable positions when his counterpart is off base as often and as glaringly as Flynn is. It's an old radio schtick that the likes of Tom Lapointe and Richard Morency would hilariously execute in their heyday and always had listeners falling for it.

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

Marinaro’s voice is nails on a chalkboard to me, might be a chicken and egg thing coupled with his takes.

The fact he has to essentially secrete a sound out of his face every 5 seconds doesn’t help.

 

[Runner77]

Marinaro’s voice is nails on a chalkboard to me, might be a chicken and egg thing coupled with his takes.

The fact he has to essentially secrete a sound out of his face every 5 seconds doesn’t help.

He’s great for people who love soccer and who enjoy commercials for local food joints that he gets into mid-sentence, with no advance notice. Whenever he does this, I’m off to another station.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

It's a set up. Marinaro does the same with Peter from Westmount -- brings in a low wattage guy that he can easily manipulate.

Everyone knows that Flynn's takes are nonsensical. Very easy for Marinaro to make himself look like the guy with the reasonable positions when his counterpart is off base as often and as glaringly as Flynn is. It's an old radio schtick that the likes of Tom Lapointe and Richard Morency would hilariously execute in their heyday and always had listeners falling for it.

Same thing he does with Brendan kelly

 

[jackeymoon]

Am I bad to think Stil is at least ok? What’s the background on him?

I think he knows very little about hockey

 

[DougHarvey]

Not sure if this is the right thread to post this but those three TURDS from Bardown were the absolute worst panel I have ever seen. If this is the future of sports analysis we are in a sad state.

 

[sampollock]

Sad that I turn to 1050 TSN to hear sports talk,
690 is Tony mouth is flapping and tearing down the public , because FIFA is all he wants

 

[Runner77]

Sad that I turn to 1050 TSN to hear sports talk,
690 is Tony mouth is flapping and tearing down the public , because FIFA is all he wants

He’s a soccer guy first and foremost, nothing he does surprises me. Channel flipping has never been more necessary for those of us who can’t get into it.

 

[sheed36]

Sad that I turn to 1050 TSN to hear sports talk,
690 is Tony mouth is flapping and tearing down the public , because FIFA is all he wants

Tony's child like tantrums when people tell him they don't care about soccer is getting worse and worse to the point he's telling listeners to turn his show off now. Telling listeners to tune out sounds like a bad idea to me when his show relies on listeners to stay alive.

It just seems difficult for him to understand and accept that people are just not passionate about soccer like he is and they just don't care about the sport at all.

Now I'm not a soccer fan but I do realize he also as listeners who enjoy when he talks soccer and that he needs to cater to these listeners as well. I usually just tune out when the topic being discussed doesn't interest me like the soccer topic doesn't.

I've also been tuning into Leafs Lunch on TSN1050 of late. It's not great sports radio and very catered to the Leafs by a couple of huge Leafs homer hosts (as expected) but they do have better guests than what Habs lunch does and what Campbell does on Knuckles old show. Plus I'm still kinda ticked off over Nilan being let go and there's only so much Campbell I can tolerate in one day.

 

[sampollock]

They need better sports talk on 690

 

[Runner77]

Tony's child like tantrums when people tell him they don't care about soccer is getting worse and worse to the point he's telling listeners to turn his show off now. Telling listeners to tune out sounds like a bad idea to me when his show relies on listeners to stay alive.

It just seems difficult for him to understand and accept that people are just not passionate about soccer like he is and they just don't care about the sport at all.

Now I'm not a soccer fan but I do realize he also as listeners who enjoy when he talks soccer and that he needs to cater to these listeners as well. I usually just tune out when the topic being discussed doesn't interest me like the soccer topic doesn't.

I've also been tuning into Leafs Lunch on TSN1050 of late. It's not great sports radio and very catered to the Leafs by a couple of huge Leafs homer hosts (as expected) but they do have better guests than what Habs lunch does and what Campbell does on Knuckles old show. Plus I'm still kinda ticked off over Nilan being let go and there's only so much Campbell I can tolerate in one day.

I could never get into soccer as much as I tried. Best I’ve done is watch Team Canada and a few World Cup games.

For me, 690 has mostly been a black hole from 10 AM - 3 PM. I’ll occasionally tune in during Marinaro’s show and only listen if there’s an interesting hockey guest. I totally flee anything that involves Campbell.

Bell doesn’t seem to care all that much about the quality of its broadcasters on 690, so it looks like it’s going to stay the way it is.

 

[Runner77]

They need better sports talk on 690

I think @OldCraig71 should have his own show. If not, he should do a podcast. I think he’d be more interesting than any of these putzes.

 

[angusyoung]

They need better sports talk on 690

They are rebuilding,just like the Habs.

 

[angusyoung]

I could never get into soccer as much as I tried. Best I’ve done is watch Team Canada and a few World Cup games.

For me, 690 has mostly been a black hole from 10 AM - 3 PM. I’ll occasionally tune in during Marinaro’s show and only listen if there’s an interesting hockey guest. I totally flee anything that involves Campbell.

Bell doesn’t seem to care all that much about the quality of its broadcasters on 690, so it looks like it’s going to stay the way it is.

Yes,he should know his listening audience and cater to the consensus.

 

[sampollock]

Yes,he should know his listening audience and cater to the consensus.

Me neither... hockey, baseball, CFL and NFL football, golf... done

 

[HuGo Sham]

where the hell is melnyk? it's getting weird. he's very irregular for the last year. seems like he doesn't give two f***s. he's supposed to be a cornerstone there. take his 6 figure salary and spread it around among some new talented people

 

[Adriatic]

Why do I torture myself with this guy when I could spend my time stabbing my ears with a fork instead.

Flynn: Habs should have gotten rid of the bad contracts

The other day he said nobody would pay a 1st for Lehkonen unless we send a 2nd back with him lol (we got a recent 1st rounder PLUS a 2nd)
Now he is saying we should have dumped all our bad contracts during deadline and all the moves Hughes made were easy...
Then he says that only 5% of 1st round picks make it to NHL - WHAAAAAT???
HOW IS HE ON THE AIR!!

That's why that segment is so great, it's truly hilarious lo.

 

[Runner77]

where the hell is melnyk? it's getting well weird. he's very irregular for the last year. seems like he doesn't give two f***s. he's supposed to be a cornerstone there. take his 6 figure salary and spread it around among some new talented people

I heard Gallo say yesterday that MelNick was not feeling well but no other details were given.

 

[sampollock]

tony is going to cry all am, on the football game last night

 

[Schooner Guy]

tony is going to cry all am, on the football game last night

I turned 690 off a few minutes into his cry session. I couldn't take it anymore.

 

[SOLR]

So did Mitch Melnick hate Pierre McGuire after all?

Literally haven't heard a peep about his "great friends" new job nor have I heard any mention of the famous last interview. Anyone else find it odd?

Generally, friends don't talk about their friends jobs with NDAs in public.

 

[Suzuki x 14]

I truly enjoy watching soccer, and talking it for that matter, I love that Tony dedicates time to the sport. However, 50 minutes into a show on the so called “home of the Habs” to not even simply mention the word Habs, is disgraceful.