nivek_wahs
03-19-2008, 11:05 AM
http://rodpedersen.blogspot.com/2008/03/rodpedersencom-tuesday-rodservations.html
WHY THE PATS ARE HATED
(Our Sportsline junior hockey panel Monday night at Capital Ford Lincoln. From left: Chris Hodges, me, and Kelly Remple)
As expected, last night's WHL playoff preview show on CKRM's Sportsline was a lot of fun. We spent a good 30 minutes on the Pats/Broncos first-round series, and skimmed briefly over the other Eastern Conference series ... Wheat Kings/Hurricanes, Hitmen/Warriors, Tigers/Ice.
When I say "we", I'm referring to junior hockey enthusiasts Kelly Remple and Chris Hodges who co-hosted with me. Remple is a former Pats AND Warriors marketing director, and spent many years as a sales rep for CTV with the MJ Warriors, SC Broncos and Pats as clients. Now he's a financial advisor. Hodges, of course, is a sportscaster with CTV.
In the last segment of the show, I hit them with this... "The Regina Pats are hated because (blank)", and turned them loose.
Because we with the Pats hear it all the time ... "you're the most hated team in the Conference by other fans, media, coaches and GMs". Well Kelly and Chris have been out and around, and offered opinions as to why this is the case.
REMPLE: "HONESTLY, I THINK TWO THINGS; #1, AND HOPEFULLY BRENT PARKER DOESN'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY BECAUSE I MEAN IT AS A COMPLIMENT, BUT IN SPORTS, GENERAL MANAGERS THAT HAVE SOME CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY ARE LIKED BY THEIR OWN FANS 'CAUSE THEY'LL GO OUT AND MAKE A BOLD STATEMENT BUT FANS OF THE OTHER TEAMS HATE HIM. ROY SHIVERS DID THE SAME THING ... PEOPLE ACROSS THE CFL COULDN'T STAND HIM BUT RIDER FANS APPRECIATED IT. I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE BRENT'S THE FIRST THING ON PEOPLES' LIPS WHEN I ASK THEM.
AND #2, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS THE REGINA MEDIA COVER THE REGINA PATS FIRST. YES, THEY'D LOVE TO GET OUT TO MOOSE JAW AND COVER THE WARRIORS MORE BUT THE REALITY IS THERE'S 34,000 PEOPLE IN MOOSE JAW AND IT'S 40 MILES AWAY AND THERE'S 200,000 PEOPLE HERE. SWIFT CURRENT IS 2-AND-A-HALF HOURS AWAY, THERE'S 16,000 PEOPLE THERE. CTV'S THEIR STATION, BUT HOW COULD YOU GIVE THEM THE SAME AMOUNT OF COVERAGE YOU GIVE THE PATS? IF YOU'RE A SEASON-TICKET HOLDER IN SWIFT CURRENT AND YOU WATCH CTV EVERY NIGHT, FRANKLY YOU GET SICK AND TIRED OF READING AND WATCHING BRENT AND CURTIS AND EBERLE AND PYETT. THEY GET REGINA PATS-ED OUT!
To which I replied, "And that is the Regina Pats' fault HOW?"
REMPLE: I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS THE PATS' FAULT.
HODGES: NO BUT IT LENDS TO THE MENTALITY THAT THE PATS HAVE THE IMAGE THAT THEY'RE SOMEHOW BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE DIVISION. LISTEN, I DIDN'T BUILD SWIFT CURRENT 2 AND-A-HALF HOURS FROM OUR STATION, SO DON'T HANG IT ON ME. THE PATS DIDN'T DO IT EITHER, SO DON'T HANG IT ON THEM EITHER. HEY, I'D LOVE TO GO HAVE A COFFEE WITH DEAN CHYNOWETH OR JON KEEN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME GOES WITH THE WARRIORS. I SEE DEAN OR DAVE HUNCHAK JUST BEFORE OR JUST AFTER A GAME AND THEY'RE NOT THEMSELVES IN THOSE SITUATIONS. HEY, WE LOVE GOING TO COVER THE BRONCOS. WHEN WE GO THERE, WE'RE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS. WE ARE RECEIVED LIKE ROYALTY.
REMPLE: BUT CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD IRRITATE FANS IN THOSE CITIES WHEN THEY WATCH TV EVERY NIGHT AND ARE INUNDATED WITH THE REGINA PATS? I'M NOT SAYING IT'S RIGHT ROD, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I DON'T THINK IT'S A PERSONAL ATTACK. I THINK IT'S HUMAN NATURE. YOU'RE ASKING MY OPINION ON WHY THE PATS ARE HATED, SO THERE IT IS.
Well, boo-hoo. That's the way it is in southern Saskatchewan and it's not the Pats' fault. Please get over it. Or start cheering for us :)
WHY THE PATS ARE HATED
(Our Sportsline junior hockey panel Monday night at Capital Ford Lincoln. From left: Chris Hodges, me, and Kelly Remple)
As expected, last night's WHL playoff preview show on CKRM's Sportsline was a lot of fun. We spent a good 30 minutes on the Pats/Broncos first-round series, and skimmed briefly over the other Eastern Conference series ... Wheat Kings/Hurricanes, Hitmen/Warriors, Tigers/Ice.
When I say "we", I'm referring to junior hockey enthusiasts Kelly Remple and Chris Hodges who co-hosted with me. Remple is a former Pats AND Warriors marketing director, and spent many years as a sales rep for CTV with the MJ Warriors, SC Broncos and Pats as clients. Now he's a financial advisor. Hodges, of course, is a sportscaster with CTV.
In the last segment of the show, I hit them with this... "The Regina Pats are hated because (blank)", and turned them loose.
Because we with the Pats hear it all the time ... "you're the most hated team in the Conference by other fans, media, coaches and GMs". Well Kelly and Chris have been out and around, and offered opinions as to why this is the case.
REMPLE: "HONESTLY, I THINK TWO THINGS; #1, AND HOPEFULLY BRENT PARKER DOESN'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY BECAUSE I MEAN IT AS A COMPLIMENT, BUT IN SPORTS, GENERAL MANAGERS THAT HAVE SOME CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY ARE LIKED BY THEIR OWN FANS 'CAUSE THEY'LL GO OUT AND MAKE A BOLD STATEMENT BUT FANS OF THE OTHER TEAMS HATE HIM. ROY SHIVERS DID THE SAME THING ... PEOPLE ACROSS THE CFL COULDN'T STAND HIM BUT RIDER FANS APPRECIATED IT. I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE BRENT'S THE FIRST THING ON PEOPLES' LIPS WHEN I ASK THEM.
AND #2, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS THE REGINA MEDIA COVER THE REGINA PATS FIRST. YES, THEY'D LOVE TO GET OUT TO MOOSE JAW AND COVER THE WARRIORS MORE BUT THE REALITY IS THERE'S 34,000 PEOPLE IN MOOSE JAW AND IT'S 40 MILES AWAY AND THERE'S 200,000 PEOPLE HERE. SWIFT CURRENT IS 2-AND-A-HALF HOURS AWAY, THERE'S 16,000 PEOPLE THERE. CTV'S THEIR STATION, BUT HOW COULD YOU GIVE THEM THE SAME AMOUNT OF COVERAGE YOU GIVE THE PATS? IF YOU'RE A SEASON-TICKET HOLDER IN SWIFT CURRENT AND YOU WATCH CTV EVERY NIGHT, FRANKLY YOU GET SICK AND TIRED OF READING AND WATCHING BRENT AND CURTIS AND EBERLE AND PYETT. THEY GET REGINA PATS-ED OUT!
To which I replied, "And that is the Regina Pats' fault HOW?"
REMPLE: I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS THE PATS' FAULT.
HODGES: NO BUT IT LENDS TO THE MENTALITY THAT THE PATS HAVE THE IMAGE THAT THEY'RE SOMEHOW BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE DIVISION. LISTEN, I DIDN'T BUILD SWIFT CURRENT 2 AND-A-HALF HOURS FROM OUR STATION, SO DON'T HANG IT ON ME. THE PATS DIDN'T DO IT EITHER, SO DON'T HANG IT ON THEM EITHER. HEY, I'D LOVE TO GO HAVE A COFFEE WITH DEAN CHYNOWETH OR JON KEEN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME GOES WITH THE WARRIORS. I SEE DEAN OR DAVE HUNCHAK JUST BEFORE OR JUST AFTER A GAME AND THEY'RE NOT THEMSELVES IN THOSE SITUATIONS. HEY, WE LOVE GOING TO COVER THE BRONCOS. WHEN WE GO THERE, WE'RE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS. WE ARE RECEIVED LIKE ROYALTY.
REMPLE: BUT CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD IRRITATE FANS IN THOSE CITIES WHEN THEY WATCH TV EVERY NIGHT AND ARE INUNDATED WITH THE REGINA PATS? I'M NOT SAYING IT'S RIGHT ROD, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I DON'T THINK IT'S A PERSONAL ATTACK. I THINK IT'S HUMAN NATURE. YOU'RE ASKING MY OPINION ON WHY THE PATS ARE HATED, SO THERE IT IS.
Well, boo-hoo. That's the way it is in southern Saskatchewan and it's not the Pats' fault. Please get over it. Or start cheering for us :)