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Post by dannycater on Jan 11, 2024 1:49:38 GMT
I feel like I just unlocked an XBox achievement! Bleep, *BookboyTtooAnnoyedtoWriteAnEssay* I also agree it's best not to go too far down that rathole, as much as I enjoy such conversations. And I'm also not surprised you disagree with everything, especially that people with penises can be woman. You are Bookthey after all! Yay Mo, Larry, cheese!
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Post by moognoates on Jan 11, 2024 3:34:45 GMT
Poor Jack was really having a tough time getting out the name Nichushkin the other night. Everytime he mentioned the name it sounded like he was talking with a mouth full of mashed potatoes.
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Post by MrHulot on Jan 11, 2024 14:15:29 GMT
Poor Jack was really having a tough time getting out the name Nichushkin the other night. Everytime he mentioned the name it sounded like he was talking with a mouth full of mashed potatoes. ...and according to the mega bitch from Moscow who used to live next door, that's the proper way to pronounce it - "Ni chmsh kmn", meaning "no mashed potatoes left, I ate them all"...
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Post by Fletcher on Jan 11, 2024 22:38:26 GMT
Poor Jack was really having a tough time getting out the name Nichushkin the other night. Everytime he mentioned the name it sounded like he was talking with a mouth full of mashed potatoes. ...and according to the mega bitch from Moscow who used to live next door, that's the proper way to pronounce it - "Ni chmsh kmn", meaning "no mashed potatoes left, I ate them all"...Jack just sounds like he's got a mouth full of marbles every night now, and the non-verbal grunts and gasps are getting worse too. It's just starting to make me sad. Maybe somebody can kidnap Goucher while they're in Vegas. I'm starting to have visions of Brickley calmly saying "sure Jack, we'll be announcing the Stanley Cup this Spring...with Patrice, and Zdeno, and Tuukka...and you can pet the rabbits..." while quietly slipping bullets into his gun.
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Post by Fletcher on Jan 20, 2024 15:23:51 GMT
BTW, if anyone has instagram, there's an account called hack_edwards that has a pretty good compilation of Jack's weirdest sequences. It's fairly amusing, with a side of sadness.
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Post by dannycater on Feb 14, 2024 14:48:19 GMT
Lastest Jack Decline Meter: 2 games ago "and Neeler...Neely" Last night "the referlee...referee" and now saying Sophia's last name at end of broadcasts resemble a Geeeeor-geee-evvvv chalkboard scratch...
On another note--the in-game interviews during play, it's so distracting and takes away from the game itself. They had Neely on for eternity one night, Bourque another, and I love Patrice, but Jack's fawning over him and the length of time while he was on was just...distracting...he was in that booth for a very long time. Save those type interviews for in-between periods or in the other NESN programs.
And I'm going to just say it's time...let Faust finish out season
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Post by sandogbrewin on Feb 14, 2024 19:53:29 GMT
The interview with Bergeron was brutal.
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Post by Lord Markwart on Feb 14, 2024 23:33:09 GMT
Yep...time to drop the mic. and do his next job in the progression of his life. His speech is trending in the direction that would put him up there with the likes of Trump and Biden. Perhaps his next job could be the President of the US!
Edit: Please forgive politics; the referlee said it was appropriate.
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Post by dannycater on Feb 15, 2024 14:52:50 GMT
It's time to just give the job to Faust rest of season....Look I sympathize with Jack's health issues and understand the fan base and his history now as a B's long-time NESN guy....but it's time and really the more they keep him on the air--the more they embarrass him.
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Post by moognoates on Feb 16, 2024 2:55:45 GMT
There are 28 games and a playoff round remaining.
Jack was really bad tonight and it started immediately with his opening statement.
Like this fading Bruins team that clearly is suffering from a lack of talent, I let Jack finish out the season as he is fading fast and then send him off to retirement.
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Post by 50belowzero on Feb 16, 2024 4:10:54 GMT
There are 28 games and a playoff round remaining. Jack was really bad tonight and it started immediately with his opening statement. Like this fading Bruins team that clearly is suffering from a lack of talent, I let Jack finish out the season as he is fading fast and then send him off to retirement. I don't think NESN gets any playoff games, so no worries there.
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Post by fiberglassmask on Feb 16, 2024 5:10:52 GMT
There are 28 games and a playoff round remaining. Jack was really bad tonight and it started immediately with his opening statement. Like this fading Bruins team that clearly is suffering from a lack of talent, I let Jack finish out the season as he is fading fast and then send him off to retirement. Yeah, I don’t see a team in a playoff position right now this team could beat. Is it statistically possible for them to miss the playoff?
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Post by Fletcher on Feb 16, 2024 15:03:46 GMT
I think Jack is officially in Dick Clark territory, when they paraded him out for one more slurry/strokey Rockin' New Years Eve, against any rational thought.
I talked to someone who recently watched their first NESN broadcast of the year, and asked me "what's wrong with Jack Edwards?" after one period of play. I'm worried Brickley is going to put him down soon.
Some jokes there, but it honestly is starting to make me sad, which is not a fun element of watching a Bruins game after a stressful day at work.
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Post by moognoates on Feb 17, 2024 3:36:26 GMT
There are 28 games and a playoff round remaining. Jack was really bad tonight and it started immediately with his opening statement. Like this fading Bruins team that clearly is suffering from a lack of talent, I let Jack finish out the season as he is fading fast and then send him off to retirement. I don't think NESN gets any playoff games, so no worries there. NESN gets the first round
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Post by moognoates on Feb 17, 2024 3:38:07 GMT
There are 28 games and a playoff round remaining. Jack was really bad tonight and it started immediately with his opening statement. Like this fading Bruins team that clearly is suffering from a lack of talent, I let Jack finish out the season as he is fading fast and then send him off to retirement. Yeah, I don’t see a team in a playoff position right now this team could beat. Is it statistically possible for them to miss the playoff? I don't believe that strongly in this team this year but you are being ridiculous
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Post by dannycater on Feb 17, 2024 4:42:37 GMT
There are 28 games and a playoff round remaining. Jack was really bad tonight and it started immediately with his opening statement. Like this fading Bruins team that clearly is suffering from a lack of talent, I let Jack finish out the season as he is fading fast and then send him off to retirement. Yeah, I don’t see a team in a playoff position right now this team could beat. Is it statistically possible for them to miss the playoff? Fiber also losing it here.
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Post by islamorada on Feb 17, 2024 12:33:23 GMT
I think Jack is officially in Dick Clark territory, when they paraded him out for one more slurry/strokey Rockin' New Years Eve, against any rational thought. I talked to someone who recently watched their first NESN broadcast of the year, and asked me "what's wrong with Jack Edwards?" after one period of play. I'm worried Brickley is going to put him down soon. Some jokes there, but it honestly is starting to make me sad, which is not a fun element of watching a Bruins game after a stressful day at work. My thoughts were essentially, well, mute "Jack on the box", and figure out the game. You are correct though time has come to tell Jack his days are done. Sandog was correct, the Bergeron interview was painful. Recently in an audible listening session a remark was made about voting, in jest of course. Those between 20-40 should have one vote, 40-60 two votes and 60 and older one vote. The message clear that over 60 health issues are predominant. It is sad and definitely viewable by those who don't follow the games.
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Post by fiberglassmask on Feb 17, 2024 14:56:18 GMT
Yeah, I don’t see a team in a playoff position right now this team could beat. Is it statistically possible for them to miss the playoff? Fiber also losing it here. Serious question… which team in a playoff spot right now ,would you bet your own real money against in a playoff series, vs. the Bruins?
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Post by dannycater on Feb 17, 2024 15:18:48 GMT
Fiber also losing it here. Serious question… which team in a playoff spot right now ,would you bet your own real money against in a playoff series, vs. the Bruins? Florida is the only East team that the B's would have a dogfight against...the others all have weaknesses, all beatable.
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Post by fiberglassmask on Feb 18, 2024 2:15:36 GMT
Serious question… which team in a playoff spot right now ,would you bet your own real money against in a playoff series, vs. the Bruins? Florida is the only East team that the B's would have a dogfight against...the others all have weaknesses, all beatable. Well, at least they won’t line up against powerhouses like the Kings, lol. Every Atlantic Division playoff team that could match up with these Wanna Bs would smoke them first round.
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Post by dannycater on Feb 22, 2024 13:43:59 GMT
First this is a great story on Edwards by Globe's Chad Finn, 2nd he needs to retire...and after reading this it's not even a condition now. There's a comment he makes toward the end about making a graceful exit. It should be right after this season at the latest.
NESN’s Jack Edwards opens up about his speech issues, saying he is fine medically and puzzled himself By Chad Finn Globe Staff,Updated February 22, 2024, 5:00 a.m.
Jack Edwards has been calling Bruins games on NESN since the 2005-06 season.
The irony of his circumstances has not eluded Jack Edwards.
“The way I see it, two things work to my disadvantage,” says Edwards, who has been calling Bruins games on NESN since 2005 and as the exclusive play-by-play voice since 2007.
“The game is speeding up all the time. And I’m slowing down all the time.”
Anyone familiar with the work of the 66-year-old Edwards, particularly over the past couple of seasons, should understand his reference immediately.
He has sounded different in recent seasons. Slower. His speech is sometimes slurred. Certain words, unpredictably, require elongated enunciation.
Hockey is regarded by broadcasters as the most challenging sport to call, largely because of its rapid pace. Edwards, who has called hockey since his days at the University of New Hampshire, can sound as if he is stuck in a neutral-zone trap when he should be on a verbal breakaway.
It’s impossible not to notice, and it’s magnified if you have recently experienced the contrast of watching one of those vintage Bruins broadcasts — before Edwards’s speech pattern changed — that NESN often shows.
Edwards hasn’t discussed the change publicly until now. In part, he says, because his doctors remain mystified about what has happened.
“I did not have some kind of accident,” he says. “I do not have cancer. I don’t have dementia. I haven’t had a stroke. All of that’s been confirmed by Mass. General neurology.
“They’ve done tests that seem like I’m going through some sort of science-fiction scene, but it’s really true. The images of my brain literally reveal nothing. That’s my joke with them.”
Edwards says he has been given no specific diagnosis or medical term for the change. He says he is in “robust” health and grades out as “superior” on intellect tests his doctors have given him.
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“It doesn’t fit in any slot,” he says. “There have been a couple of guesses, but they haven’t made a definitive diagnosis and they’ve been working on me for a year and a half. It’s very frustrating, as you can imagine, for me to have this slowdown in my speech.”
Edwards is grateful to his analyst partner, Andy Brickley (right), for his support during this difficult time. Edwards is grateful to his analyst partner, Andy Brickley (right), for his support during this difficult time.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF For Bruins fans who remember Edwards’s soliloquy on Patriots Day 2009 about “redcoats” and “ragtag farmers” after a Bruins win over the Canadiens, it may not come as that much of a surprise that his family has a tradition, started by Edwards’s late father, of reading aloud the Declaration of Independence on July 4.
It was during the annual reading in 2022 that Edwards realized his ability to speak at his usual pace had become compromised.
“The Declaration of Independence has quite a few unusual words,” says Edwards, “and a year and a half ago, I couldn’t process the words, and it’s not like it was unfamiliar. I’ve read it for, like, 20 years, 25 years.”
His daughter, now a senior at New York University, convinced him to visit his primary care doctor and seek speech therapy.
The doctor connected him with a neurologist, who ruled out dementia, a stroke, and other suspected possibilities. He was then referred to Massachusetts General Hospital.
“I meet with the smartest people I’ve ever known about every three months,” says Edwards. “They’ve done a battery of tests on me and I’ve met with research groups, plural.”
Edwards undergoes 40-60 minutes of what he says is “exhaustive and exhausting” speech therapy on non-game days and 10 minutes or so on game days. He had just completed his exercises before our phone conversation Wednesday.
“I thank all the people who are working on this problem and helping me, and they seem to feel and I anecdotally feel that I’m making incremental progress,” he says. “The brain is a funny thing, especially mine. It is still possible to train a 66½-year-old brain to do the same things you used to do in a different way. And that’s what we’re working on through speech therapy.”
Edwards does not partake in social media other than to post his line charts on X.com before Bruins games. But he acknowledges he’s heard the conjecture and speculation. And he gets questions about his situation, including from peers.
He mentions a play-by-play announcer for another NHL team who visited Edwards and analyst Andy Brickley in the broadcast booth before a preseason game in September.
“He said, ‘How’s it going?’ ” recalls Edwards.
“And I said, ‘Just fine.’
And he said, ‘So, how are the cancer treatments going?’ ”
Brickley, who has been alongside Edwards in the booth for his entire NESN tenure, has a subtle way of chiming in with just two or three words to help his partner catch up to the action when he’s lagging behind.
“Brick has been sensationally supportive and he’s the greatest teammate I’ve ever had,” says Edwards, while also noting the support of the production team, which has closed ranks around him since the speech issues arose.
Edwards says that Bruins fans have been nothing but encouraging and kind in person.
“Bruins fans are lovely and loving, and I have the benefit of the doubt with most of them,” he says. “I know intellectually that they know something is going on, but I have had nothing but encouragement from them face-to-face.”
He is told that this probably is the first time Bruins fans have been described as “lovely and loving.”
“Well, once you’re a member of the cult, everything looks different from inside,” he says with a laugh.
When asked to confirm his contract terms, Edwards simply says that he’s in the middle of a multiyear deal. Former Kings broadcaster Alex Faust, a Northeastern graduate, has been well-received while filling in for Edwards on a couple of occasions this season.
Edwards is genuinely hopeful that speech therapy will help him get back to where he wants to be. And if not?
“I’m treating it like an in-season injury, something that’s going to get better,” he says. “If I, or NESN, decide that I’m hurting the product or costing the fans an enjoyable experience, I will say goodbye. But we haven’t had any discussions like that.
“l love my job, but I know that retirement isn’t that far off,” he adds, noting that his retirement plan will be to ski roughly 100 days a year.
“I’m going to turn 67 next month. I hope to make a graceful exit when the day comes.”
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Post by 50belowzero on Feb 22, 2024 14:20:54 GMT
First this is a great story on Edwards by Globe's Chad Finn, 2nd he needs to retire...and after reading this it's not even a condition now. There's a comment he makes toward the end about making a graceful exit. It should be right after this season at the latest.
NESN’s Jack Edwards opens up about his speech issues, saying he is fine medically and puzzled himselfBy Chad Finn Globe Staff,Updated February 22, 2024, 5:00 a.m. Jack Edwards has been calling Bruins games on NESN since the 2005-06 season. The irony of his circumstances has not eluded Jack Edwards. “The way I see it, two things work to my disadvantage,” says Edwards, who has been calling Bruins games on NESN since 2005 and as the exclusive play-by-play voice since 2007. “The game is speeding up all the time. And I’m slowing down all the time.” Anyone familiar with the work of the 66-year-old Edwards, particularly over the past couple of seasons, should understand his reference immediately. He has sounded different in recent seasons. Slower. His speech is sometimes slurred. Certain words, unpredictably, require elongated enunciation. Hockey is regarded by broadcasters as the most challenging sport to call, largely because of its rapid pace. Edwards, who has called hockey since his days at the University of New Hampshire, can sound as if he is stuck in a neutral-zone trap when he should be on a verbal breakaway. It’s impossible not to notice, and it’s magnified if you have recently experienced the contrast of watching one of those vintage Bruins broadcasts — before Edwards’s speech pattern changed — that NESN often shows. Edwards hasn’t discussed the change publicly until now. In part, he says, because his doctors remain mystified about what has happened. “I did not have some kind of accident,” he says. “I do not have cancer. I don’t have dementia. I haven’t had a stroke. All of that’s been confirmed by Mass. General neurology. “They’ve done tests that seem like I’m going through some sort of science-fiction scene, but it’s really true. The images of my brain literally reveal nothing. That’s my joke with them.” Edwards says he has been given no specific diagnosis or medical term for the change. He says he is in “robust” health and grades out as “superior” on intellect tests his doctors have given him. Advertisement “It doesn’t fit in any slot,” he says. “There have been a couple of guesses, but they haven’t made a definitive diagnosis and they’ve been working on me for a year and a half. It’s very frustrating, as you can imagine, for me to have this slowdown in my speech.” Edwards is grateful to his analyst partner, Andy Brickley (right), for his support during this difficult time. Edwards is grateful to his analyst partner, Andy Brickley (right), for his support during this difficult time.STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF For Bruins fans who remember Edwards’s soliloquy on Patriots Day 2009 about “redcoats” and “ragtag farmers” after a Bruins win over the Canadiens, it may not come as that much of a surprise that his family has a tradition, started by Edwards’s late father, of reading aloud the Declaration of Independence on July 4. It was during the annual reading in 2022 that Edwards realized his ability to speak at his usual pace had become compromised. “The Declaration of Independence has quite a few unusual words,” says Edwards, “and a year and a half ago, I couldn’t process the words, and it’s not like it was unfamiliar. I’ve read it for, like, 20 years, 25 years.” His daughter, now a senior at New York University, convinced him to visit his primary care doctor and seek speech therapy. The doctor connected him with a neurologist, who ruled out dementia, a stroke, and other suspected possibilities. He was then referred to Massachusetts General Hospital. “I meet with the smartest people I’ve ever known about every three months,” says Edwards. “They’ve done a battery of tests on me and I’ve met with research groups, plural.” Edwards undergoes 40-60 minutes of what he says is “exhaustive and exhausting” speech therapy on non-game days and 10 minutes or so on game days. He had just completed his exercises before our phone conversation Wednesday. “I thank all the people who are working on this problem and helping me, and they seem to feel and I anecdotally feel that I’m making incremental progress,” he says. “The brain is a funny thing, especially mine. It is still possible to train a 66½-year-old brain to do the same things you used to do in a different way. And that’s what we’re working on through speech therapy.” Edwards does not partake in social media other than to post his line charts on X.com before Bruins games. But he acknowledges he’s heard the conjecture and speculation. And he gets questions about his situation, including from peers. He mentions a play-by-play announcer for another NHL team who visited Edwards and analyst Andy Brickley in the broadcast booth before a preseason game in September. “He said, ‘How’s it going?’ ” recalls Edwards. “And I said, ‘Just fine.’ And he said, ‘So, how are the cancer treatments going?’ ” Brickley, who has been alongside Edwards in the booth for his entire NESN tenure, has a subtle way of chiming in with just two or three words to help his partner catch up to the action when he’s lagging behind. “Brick has been sensationally supportive and he’s the greatest teammate I’ve ever had,” says Edwards, while also noting the support of the production team, which has closed ranks around him since the speech issues arose. Edwards says that Bruins fans have been nothing but encouraging and kind in person. “Bruins fans are lovely and loving, and I have the benefit of the doubt with most of them,” he says. “I know intellectually that they know something is going on, but I have had nothing but encouragement from them face-to-face.” He is told that this probably is the first time Bruins fans have been described as “lovely and loving.” “Well, once you’re a member of the cult, everything looks different from inside,” he says with a laugh. When asked to confirm his contract terms, Edwards simply says that he’s in the middle of a multiyear deal. Former Kings broadcaster Alex Faust, a Northeastern graduate, has been well-received while filling in for Edwards on a couple of occasions this season. Edwards is genuinely hopeful that speech therapy will help him get back to where he wants to be. And if not? “I’m treating it like an in-season injury, something that’s going to get better,” he says. “If I, or NESN, decide that I’m hurting the product or costing the fans an enjoyable experience, I will say goodbye. But we haven’t had any discussions like that. “l love my job, but I know that retirement isn’t that far off,” he adds, noting that his retirement plan will be to ski roughly 100 days a year. “I’m going to turn 67 next month. I hope to make a graceful exit when the day comes.” Thanks for posting this Danny, explains alot. It also clears up the rumor he had cancer, another internet BS story. I hope he can find out whats going on and get it fixed, very strange though that Doctors can't find anything even after a battery of tests.
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Post by dannycater on Feb 22, 2024 15:15:45 GMT
I don't think just because they haven't "found anything" that he doesn't have some sort of neurological disorder. Clearly the brain works in mysterious ways..I do feel sorry for him because while it's great to know he is healthy, it's got to be depressing for him to not know why this has happened to him. It's truly bizarre to not have something connected medically.
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Post by MrHulot on Feb 24, 2024 4:53:51 GMT
...“l love my job, but I know that retirement isn’t that far off,” he adds, noting that his retirement plan will be to ski roughly 100 days a year.“I’m going to turn 67 next month. I hope to make a graceful exit when the day comes.” It has to be the skiing.
Maybe he met a couple of TV commentators from Austria, Germany, Switzerland or Liechtenstein on some slope and tried to discuss skiing with them. They must have messed up his Broca's area. Seriously, has anyone here who's capable of speaking or at least understanding German ever watched an alpine skiing broadcast in Europe, or anything that involves winter sports like luge or bobsledding? I guess that's highly unlikely, and you should thank the Good Lord for it, because the "language" (if you could call it that) these guys and some famous athletes like Christa Kinshofer, Rosi Mittermaier (R.I.P.), Georg Hackl or Erich Schaerer and the commentators were using was absolutely unintelligible. TV stations should have at least provided subtitles for those broadcasts.
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Post by fiberglassmask on Feb 24, 2024 15:37:34 GMT
It was an informative and a sad article in the Glob.
It’s gotta be frustrating, and Danny says, just because it’s not identified doesn’t mean he doesn’t have some neurological impairment or early stage dementia. As awful as it is, it’s gotta end sometime and he’s had a great run.
I found his comments to be courageous.
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