Relic
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2 hours ago, 73 Percent said:
This is rhe most awkward interview ive ever seen.
Really? He seemed calm and confident to me. The reporters questions were... normal questions... What part did you find "awkward"?
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7 hours ago, kilgore said:
Passion, humour, and unrelenting commitment to helping the Canucks to win a Cup. He was, as I heard Paterson say, not a Canucks (management) fan, but more of a Canucks fan fan. Which is why it has always been bizarre to me to read so many here, supposedly made up of fans, that didn’t get him.
He constantly was watching and thinking and coming up with ideas, and critiques about what he thought they were not doing they could be. And he traveled with the team, he wasn’t just speaking out of his a**, no matter how much of a smart a** he seemed. And he laid it out tempered with wit and humour. He didn’t care about the niceties or being polite, maybe that was the problem for some. I don’t know. I loved that he didn’t lay off on standing up for his opinions in an argument even against long time broadcasters like Pratt, whom he put in his place better than any other guest host on that show.
Of all the sports personalities in this town he was the one that will be missed the most by myself. As someone said, I also think he was misinterpreted as being “negative”. That was the last word I thought of with him. Critical, cynical, honest to a fault is what I think of. Finding a new angle to a story that no one had thought of. And willing to argue his point and not back down.
His passion to one day watch the Canucks win a Cup was his driving force. That, as a fan, coincided with my wishes better than with any other reporter. I loved his sticking up for Alex Burrows before anyone else did during the Auger incident. He had the balls to do things like that.
And to also hear this morning how he went out of his way to help so many young sports journalists, including Halford and Brough was great to hear, and revealed the kind of character he had behind the voice. He was the fans voice. He spoke (or yelled) what I wanted to yell about the team.
RIP Botch
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Great post.
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https://theathletic.com/762937/2019/01/14/how-elias-pettersson-changed-everything-in-vancouver/
Hands down the best Canucks beat writer. Sad day.
Tip of the hat to Botch.
RIP
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1 hour ago, Odd. said:
One thing you cannot deny about Botchford, he was very passionate. I've always respected his work, even if I didn't agree with it many of the times. He had my respect. He was credible for the most part. And he was an amazing writer that most times brought a 'dissenting' taste to his work that really made everyone keep reading his work. He was a successful writer.
This is a shocker, this one hurts really bad. I'm at a loss for words, I gasped when I opened this thread. Very sudden and far too young, and leaves behind a very young family. 3 kids without a father, and another wife loses her companion.
I cannot reiterate this enough, Botch was a passionate Canucks fan, and I'm sad he won't have the chance to see this team enter it's brighter years.
RIP, we've lost a great writer.
Like they've been saying on 1040 all day I think Botch was more a fan of Canucks fans then he was a fan of the Canucks. That, to me, is huge reason why his articles were so engaging to read (as a 30 year plus fan)
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7 hours ago, Curmudgeon said:
I have always defended Botch. Of all the local media guys, he was the most engaging and had a drive to get the details behind the story. Yes he could be irritating, but nobody worked harder to track down the facts. It was popular around here for people to pile on whenever some of his work was brought up, but he was never a fan boy and he didn't serve up fat softballs to players, coaches or management. He asked the questions I had and he was fearless. His invention of the Provies was groundbreaking, current and a much needed refresh to traditional, hero-worshipping sports journalism. When I wanted reaction to something the Canucks had or hadn't done, I trusted Botch more than any other Vancouver media member. I will miss him making management and coaches squirm and will miss him on the Patcast. I feel terrible for his wife and kids and hope they can adjust to the gaping hole left in their family.
Totally agree with everything you've said. The Provies/Athletties were innovative, must read post game coverage. Tip of the hat to Botch.
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I read that bit of the article and thought the same thing. The Vancouver media has been pushing the idea of Trading Virtanen quite a bit over the past year or so without making a compelling case. It makes no sense to trade him now in my opinion.