SilentSam Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 http://vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/iain-macintyre-its-so-hard-to-say-goodbye?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I will always remember him for how he looked like an ostrich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumerman77 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 He'll probably get a job working for one of those hockey nerd's blogs; that is if there is room in their parents' basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI5 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 WHAT? WHY NOT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Saw this guy as one of the better sports journos in Van. We're paying a high price for all this tech "progress". Articles like this one feel like waving goodbye to the 20th C, once & for all. Good luck to IMac..enjoyed his work. This last piece is a dignified bon voyage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 He still didn't own up to his secret agenda. All these years and I never figured out what that guy was up to... Imac, who are you, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhukini Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 The fact that he is leaving and second grade reports like the provies by Botchford is being sensationalized is pretty telling of peoples attention spans, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Always liked Ian. Good luck on whatever endeavors you wish to pursue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Leaving before he is asked to leave. He has control. And I dare say a decent severance package. I believe he writes some articles for the National Post. He is a strong enough brand to earn a living freelancing and doing interviews etc. 34 minutes ago, luckylager said: He still didn't own up to his secret agenda. All these years and I never figured out what that guy was up to... Imac, who are you, really? Who is I-Mac? He is the voice of reason in a market where most of the writers are way too critical. Of course the balanced approach is much harder to write but I-Mac did a pretty good job. I think he got painted as wishy washy because he refused to assume that the owners were the villains and by default, management as well. Here's the secret, they want the same that we want, a cup. The more you scrutinize, the easier it is to question the little things. Believe me, the vitriol that gets slung around this town over this club is damn near all small stuff and conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Always liked Iain's work. Definitely one of the more balanced voices out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Can we just have no media coverage of our team? Is that an option? I feel like that would be better for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Maybe/Hopefully he's going to Rogers or somewhere bigger where he gets to be the Canucks representative considering his immense background experience in this market. If not, maybe he just decided to not continue writing full time and do freelancing and intermission for Canucks as someone else mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 24 minutes ago, Crabcakes said: Leaving before he is asked to leave. He has control. And I dare say a decent severance package. I believe he writes some articles for the National Post. He is a strong enough brand to earn a living freelancing and doing interviews etc. Who is I-Mac? He is the voice of reason in a market where most of the writers are way too critical. Of course the balanced approach is much harder to write but I-Mac did a pretty good job. I think he got painted as wishy washy because he refused to assume that the owners were the villains and by default, management as well. Here's the secret, they want the same that we want, a cup. The more you scrutinize, the easier it is to question the little things. Believe me, the vitriol that gets slung around this town over this club is damn near all small stuff and conjecture. Exactly. What's his deal anyways? I've always been incredibly suspicious of his levelheadedness. Just seems so odd compared to what we're used to from the scum scrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Hopefully Botchford is let go from the Province. He seems unhappy with our rain anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelar Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 1 minute ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Hopefully Botchford is let go from the Province. He seems unhappy with our rain anyways. Send that idiot to Utica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, Stelar said: Send that idiot to Utica Can't we just send him to Toronto? He'd love it there and our prospects wouldn't have to deal with him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 While this guy isn't/wasn't terrible - can we just have, like the Canucks, a full rebuild of the sports media in Vancouver please? It's time to move on from a lot of these slugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynwa Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 19 minutes ago, luckylager said: Exactly. What's his deal anyways? I've always been incredibly suspicious of his levelheadedness. Just seems so odd compared to what we're used to from the scum scrum I think his deal has been to take the facts and to use his considerable knowledge to offer us his level-headed opinion. I can certainly understand people being suspicious of this as we've become used to being continually fed nonstop BS by the mainstream media. In my opinion, Ian is one of the last of a breed of journalists who we had good cause to listen to, perhaps not always to agree with, but whose opinion has always been worthy of consideration and respect. I hope we get to see his work in another field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 34 minutes ago, luckylager said: Exactly. What's his deal anyways? I've always been incredibly suspicious of his levelheadedness. Just seems so odd compared to what we're used to from the scum scrum The scrum isn't all scum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 1 hour ago, BananaMash said: I will always remember him for how he looked like an ostrich. He always reminded me of Snoopy pretending to be a vulture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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