tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282149616119015865.post4970768325983093446..comments2023-10-31T07:43:44.636-04:00Comments on Barry Melrose Rocks: How to Make Woody Paige Look Like a GeniusKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072031544460278914noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282149616119015865.post-20996827197954791282008-03-28T15:55:00.000-04:002008-03-28T15:55:00.000-04:00scotty: yeah, I guess I was just feeling extra-sta...scotty: yeah, I guess I was just feeling extra-stabby that day or something.Loser Domihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090253142284327561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282149616119015865.post-53595897457042115212008-03-28T13:24:00.000-04:002008-03-28T13:24:00.000-04:00LD - calm down, just calm down. It will be ok, no ...LD - calm down, just calm down. It will be ok, no nede TO GO crazee on this one. <BR/>/friendly mocking<BR/><BR/>But while you pointed out no one outright said hockey is so violent, that is the crux of the issue - they won't cover the best playoff race in any sport, they will cover junior fisticuffs. Which, btw, is bothering the hell out of me that they are calling it minor league, when it is juniors: just because the other big sports don't have something comparable, they don't understand it and call it minor leagues. <BR/><BR/>As for Mr. Paige, I worked with Woody for over a year and he does like hockey. He does have some knowledge, but he is far from a puckhead and, frankly, isn't a huge sports fan in his personal life. As Kev mentioned, Woody does his homework and plays a fun role on the show. <BR/><BR/>ATH was an outgrowth of the success of PTI - rather than have two guys arguing, we can have four! And all four are columnists who get paid for their opinions and the more outrageous the opinion, the more readers they get. So of course they are going to scream and yell nonsense, just so they can stay 'relevant.'<BR/><BR/>And I've said it before and will say it again, ESPN loves anything negative about hockey right now - because it lessens the sport mainstream value so they will have to pay less and less for the rights whenever they decide to go after the contract.<BR/> Is it fair journalism? No, but its fair business practices and at the end of the day, ESPN is a business, not an upstanding objective source of news. Too many people forget that ...Scotty Hockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440672878311338910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282149616119015865.post-60982277628885119012008-03-28T11:22:00.000-04:002008-03-28T11:22:00.000-04:00Wait, where's the giant chicken addressing the jur...Wait, where's the giant chicken addressing the jury and the bad photoshops?<BR/><BR/>/Pensblog'd!Wyshynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167170142629169173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282149616119015865.post-10801243584945714192008-03-27T18:33:00.000-04:002008-03-27T18:33:00.000-04:00it always pisses me off whenever non-hockey people...it always pisses me off whenever non-hockey people try to talk about hockey simply because they will ONLY do so if tehre is some sort of bad/violent act (Bertuzzi anyone?) And THEN they have teh gall to go on and on about "oh, hocey's so violent" and then some other dimwit's all, "wel it's part of the game, blah blah blah." Oh COURSE people will complain about the violence because that's ALL THAT NON-HOCKEY MEDIA EVER SHOWS! <BR/><BR/>actually, nobody said anything like that here, did they? aw, dammit<BR/>/rant<BR/>/dick jokeLoser Domihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090253142284327561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282149616119015865.post-8983140858319268842008-03-27T16:23:00.000-04:002008-03-27T16:23:00.000-04:00As a diehard Avalanche fan, I have extensive exper...As a diehard Avalanche fan, I have extensive experience reading Woody Paige in the Denver Post.<BR/><BR/>And I have to be honest with you, the guy doesn't know much about hockey.<BR/><BR/>Or, if he does, he conceals that knowledge well behind stupid puns and atrocious one-liners in his lazy columns about whatever it is he's decided to chime in on at the moment.<BR/><BR/>He may have won this round, but only because he was the least-dumb guy on the show. I guess that's an achievement for him.Joe @ MHHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293639441340691558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282149616119015865.post-33630633820359748192008-03-27T16:16:00.000-04:002008-03-27T16:16:00.000-04:00And I care about ANY of ESPN's commentators opinio...And I care about ANY of ESPN's commentators opinions on this situation because????Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759059813818382920noreply@blogger.com