I love this clip. I love it because I've often wondered how players feel about resident NHL egghead Pierre McGuire standing between the benches, gushing superlatives and loudly declaring certain player's monsters. For the record: Marty Turco thinks he's a clown.
That said, I also love Pierre McGuire. He's an odd duck, a creepy cat, and he has no idea how personal bubbles work, but he also has some great observations and gets some great responses. Consider, for instance, yesterday's NBC game between the Blackhawks and Flyers. McGuire noticed that the Flyers were sitting back a little, and he asked coach Peter Laviolette directly during a bench interview. The question caught Laviolette off-guard, and he coyly, asked, "Are you sure?," hoping McGuire would back off. McGuire's response: "I'm positive." It was a bizarre moment, but it goaded Laviolette into an impressively honest response: the Flyers had adjusted their system slightly to combat the Blackhawks' speed through the neutral zone. It was a win for McGuire.
The above clip is not a win for McGuire. Neither, by the way, is his choice of eyewear. How a man with such a round head could be convinced that such round glasses were the way to go is beyond me.
Hat tip to Houses of the Hockey, via Puck the Media for the clip.
i laughed with a hearty and robust flavour
ReplyDeleteThat was quite epic, I think Turco is Vexed about being benched and probably feels a little embarrassed.
ReplyDeleteMarty Turco is a "funny guy" who likes to make other people the butt of his "jokes". If you don't get it you obviously have no "sense of humour". Marty needs to learn that comedy is like puck-handling; the line between brilliance and catastrophe is razor thin and timing is everything.
ReplyDeleteIf he were standing in a crowd behind McGuire he'd just be some random jerk making faces at the camera.
this makes me like turco alot more. pierre is a douche. he knows hockey but he is still douchy.
ReplyDeletego turco
In the spirit of gushing superlatives and humor stemming from Saturday night's game, can we pretty-please have a "Things Kevin Weekes Would Say" list thread on PiTB?
ReplyDeleteThese of course would range from the hypothetical "insider information" genre -- "Players really like scoring goals, Mark. If there's one thing you learn as a goalie, it's that NHL players like scoring goals. And getting laid, too." --
to the pointless addition type: "That was a really heads-up play by Edler there. Just really heads-up. That's what you like to see. A great heads-up play by a good young defenseman. Heads-up, for sure."...
...to the DidNotDoTheResearch variety (his Ryan Parent comment last game counts), to the utterly nonsensical (Tambellini and lasers).
J21, I want to rip Kevin Weekes, but he's so, so, super nice. He's the Wayne Brady of hockey broadcasting.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see him interview Hansen. Bunson and Beaker, together again.
ReplyDeleteGod, I remember when Wayne Brady used to host Don't Forget the Lyrics. Those were the days
ReplyDeleteWayne Brady was funnier on what's my line.
ReplyDeleteMost definitely. He was so good on What's My Line people thought his stuff was scripted.
ReplyDeleteBut he was at his funniest on Chappelle's Show.
Pierre McGuire is also a member of the Turtle Club
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