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  1. That Aud Smell
    ^ Interesting. Occam’s razor, as Eleven noted. Especially so if the antipathy crossed over from “I’m going to click to see what this idiot says” to “I never read that guy’s column.” The click numbers wouldn’t have lied.
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    Is June 1 a date of significance?
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    But those who must generate and then report financial results to Mr. Buffett very well may. In this particular instance, though, I tend to agree with you more than not. I only got this started by saying it was plausible that TBN's business interests in separating Sullivan and Gleason may have extended to an interest in currying favour with PSE. OTOH, if that were really what's afoot, Vogl would have stayed put and Harrington would be gone.
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    And sometimes a foundering legacy media company that kowtows to the region's wealthy in a desperate effort to shore up its bottom line is just ... is just that.
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    It's that simple, eh? Oh, and they sho nuff do. They sho nuff do.
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    There was a lot to like in his demeanor. There was not a lot to like in his roster-building and franchise architecture. The former was evident right away, and was naturally celebrated. The latter took some time to emerge, and was rightly decried.
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    Query how and why that came to be. And what implications that might have for a sphere of influence. PSE may have little or nothing to complain about when it comes to TBN, but that certainly doesn't foreclose them having influence. Quite the contrary, I'd think.
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    Lord (Stanley), yes. And now I'm trying to think of what other saves belong that list.
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    I'm sure there were some who did. People used to say a lot of things.
  11. That Aud Smell
    The 80s called ...
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    Thanks, fellas. This is the good sh1t. (Not the method or approach, necessarily (but, sure, maybe), just keeping current on what's being discussed out thar.) Stop. The guy was wondrously greasy. I'd be hard pressed to think of a bigger save, given the situation.
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    ^ Setting aside the overwhelming bias of that Fredonia Journo professor (!!) and the fact that his writing makes Gleason’s style seem sophisticated, I do note with interest his theory that OneBuffalo (PSE) could be partly responsible for eliminating Sullivan and Gleason. Certainly, TBN has elsewhere become an unapologetic mouth piece for the Buffalo Niagara Partnership (i.e., the real estate developers, the manufacturers, and major local money havers in general).
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    Your words, not mine. It's also not the point I was making.
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    Less talented and even more aggressive, yes. He was never a favourite of mine.
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    I have a close friend and several cousins who grew up in the DMV and are true-blue Caps fans (not Ovechkin bandwagoners). None of them have any illusions about who and what Wilson is -- they're not cheering that arsehole when he recklessly annihilates yet another opponent-player.** ** I will recognize that the SCF might prompt them to take leave of their senses.
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    Also in danger of getting lost in the sauce here is that Tom Wilson is a POS.
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    It really is poppy to argue that eliminating hits like the one Wilson delivered is tantamount to taking hitting out of the game. The NFL enacted a rule that was intended to eliminate, or greatly reduce (I'm honestly not sure), those Hines Ward crack-back specials. I think the NHL should do something similar. The root of the issue can be found just beneath the surface of such sentiments.
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    Ah, I see. Okay. Also: Lulz. Thirdly: The CBS's of the world are in their own dogfight for survival.
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    I don't think there are really any more distinctions like this, anymore. Any news organization must position itself to pop on every available medium or platform. TBN has taken a run at this, in fits and starts. For example, Sullivan and Gleason were asked to do a radio show of sorts (after being told to stop appearing on WGR (because they were viewed as a competitor)), and that radio show morphed into a podcast. Your local news TV station is pushing plenty of written content, too.
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    This is my view of the matter as well. I don't care for the principle or proposition that the game is characterized by traps for the unwary, such that if you make a nice pass and track its progress for a moment, you're apt to get blown up by someone approaching laterally. But I understand that this is how the game was commonly played, for a long time. And this, too. Wilson's track record informs an understanding of what's going on there. Not for nothing: Liverpool lost the Champions League final last weekend in large part because human POS Sergio Ramos took down Mo Salah with a pretty clear intent to injure (an attempt that was successful). I effing hate Ramos, but recognize that winning teams often have players like that on their rosters. I never wanted to get into the weeds on supplementary discipline. I'm more advocating for that sh1t to go away, generally.
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    My point is that when you come in from that angle, the collision is as likely, if not more likely, to involve contact with the head (or a trauma to the head when it strikes the ice). I suppose it's possible that Wilson made an effort to avoid contact with the head, and succeeded. This is the larger point. We don't need that hit in the game. And, of course, it still can be used in that manner without permitting blindside smears. It's a fair assessment to say that the Vegas player was moving in a direction where his eyes were not focused. OTOH, the idea of "admiring a pass" seems antiquated. The phrase seems to suggest something that's self-satisfied, indulgent, maybe even lazy -- rather, than, y'know, tracking the movement of the puck in order to plan your next move toward a spot on the ice. Also, the idea of your head being on a swivel always seemed to suggest, to me, that you need to have eyes in the back of your head, etc. I now understand the phrase to refer to the idea that you need to be moving your head (and eyes) constantly so as to focus on the direction in which you're headed. Interesting. And I can see the point that's being made now, a bit better. I just don't have use for blindside hits in the game, I guess.
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    That's like the inverse of a blind squirrel finding a chestnut. Late, blindside hits are, by their nature, reckless. How often do we hear about how fast the game moves (in both the NHL and NFL, actually) and how it's essentially impossible for a hitting player to calibrate the precise manner of contact so as to avoid head contact? Wilson was coming in with a sledgehammer, not a scalpel. The fact that he didn't hit the Vegas player's head is merely good fortune.
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