Chapter 1: What memories does Randip Janda share about John Garrett?
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Good morning, gentlemen. I'm well. How are you guys?
We're okay. It's been a tough 24, 48 hours across the station. Everyone obviously upset at the passing of John Garrett, but also with a smile remembering all of the good times, the memories, the thoughts, appreciative moments of what Cheech meant to everybody.
And with that, I'll just cede the floor or the phone or the microphone or however you want to phrase it to your memories of Cheech, Randeep.
You're 100% right. This is a tough couple of days. Obviously, Cheech, a very special person. If you met him, if you watched him on television, if you caught his interviews on Sportsnet 650 or any show, he was full of energy. He was just a special person. So anytime... You lose somebody like that who's been around us really as fans.
You know, for me personally, I watched him growing up here in Vancouver, then got to work alongside him in the gondola. He is such a loss for the community. And my thoughts go to John's family, of course, his closest friends.
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Chapter 2: How did John Garrett impact the broadcasting community?
He didn't, he didn't have to, but he just, he showed me his handwritten system every single night. He'd sit there, watch highlights for half hour, 45 minutes with his granddaughter. He had a color coded system and he said, I'm old school. I still do it by hand, but everybody's got a system and I'm sure you have yours too, but he, he would, you know, he just, he didn't have to do that.
that, you know, was at it with the greatest broadcasters of all time. And to get that sort of inroad to his line of thinking or the stories that he would tell, you know, playing against, you know, whether it's Lemieux and the game is
into his history and him cracking jokes like it just normalized everything for me who was stepping into the broadcast I was nervous you know I hadn't been there before and Cheech was just whether he was showing his process whether he was making fun of himself to just normalize everything around him he was
So fantastic in that way, because, guys, we know broadcasters, you know, in the industry, if you've been at it for 40 years, 35 years, 30 years, whatever it was at that point in time, not everybody's so welcoming. Right. And that was the beauty of it. And whether it was, you know, somebody that walked into the gondola for the first time on a tour or 30 recall.
He just made you feel at home, and he'd take a shot at you every now and then, but he'd take a shot at himself as well, and that felt normal. He was just so special in that regard.
I was talking to Shorty last night and he said that Cheech was the best teammate you could possibly have. And I thought that was a really nice turn of phrase and a way to coin it. And, you know, as it relates to like what you and Batch have built now working together for so many years and guys are podcasting together, you're calling games together. How important is that?
It's not just camaraderie. It's being a teammate and being able to provide an assist from time to time. How important have you found that dynamic in light of the fact that Cheech was, as regarded by many, as the ultimate broadcasting teammate?
Yeah, when you have your play-by-play partners say that, and any broadcast, right? It doesn't have to be that role, but I think in that role, because it's a two-person job, obviously bringing Murph as the ringside, there's a lot of heavy lifting there at moments, sometimes when... If you're a play-by-play commentator, you need your color commentator to jump in there.
That trust has to be there, that ability to say, And it felt like with the chemistry, some of the classic clips, whether it's the Luongo jinx job or there was that weird noise on the broadcast that one time against, I believe it was Tampa. You know, just the ability to, A, have great analysis was one thing and they're the best at what they do.
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Chapter 3: What role did humor play in John Garrett's career?
I've had my seven hour days too, you know. So we're all working on it, but it's an interesting initiative because I do feel like it is something that, you know, over the last couple of years, boys, like, I've been looking down on my phone a lot more as well. It's a part of our job, but you know, this is something that obviously it's a part of our life, but how do you manage it?
And that's what we're going to, we're going to have an event. So I might not be popular, but I think. Boo this man. Give me a screen instead. Let's, let's be honest though. Kids I think are more understanding than maybe our generation in high school. I think there'll be a little bit more, hopefully a little bit more welcoming.
We'll see, I guess. We're back next week. Here's a good segue. Hopefully you won't be booing the screen today when you're at bells and whistles watching Athletico Arsenal.
I can tell you one thing. It's not going to be 5-4. It'll be a 1-0, maybe 2-0 if we're very fortunate. But absolutely, I will be there. I will be doing my prep for the Rogers Green Break event from there as well. So, guys, head up to Bells and Whistles, 3296 Fraser Street. Champions League soccer going on currently. They've got hockey playoffs, basketball as well.
And you want to book in those spots for the World Cup in June and July as well. So if you want to watch the Champions League, I'll see you later on today.
Sounds good, buddy. Thanks, Randeep. We appreciate this.
Appreciate it, guys. Take care.
See you, pal. Randeep Janda, Canucks analyst and a presentation of bells and whistles here on the Halford & Brough Show on Sportsnet 650. Okay.
It'd be funny if Randeep's thing was pre-recorded and they wheel out a TV screen.
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Chapter 4: What is the significance of camaraderie in broadcasting?
I'm just locked in right now. You're screen maxing? I'm screen maxing. Okay. I learned that the CFL, which is very popular with the kids.
Yeah.
They are making some changes. One change I like, the other change I do not like. What do you like, Jason? The one change I like is the schedule change to start on the May long weekend, aka Victoria Day. The kids, I don't know, May 2-4 weekend. And I've always associated that with... That's the Ontario way to say it. Well done. We get 24 beers for the May 2-4 weekend.
You guys don't call it that here. That's a nice time of the year to start watching some football in a lot of the country, including BC. It also moves up the Grey Cup a few weeks. Okay. You know, it's still going to be cold if they play the game on the prairies, but hopefully not life-threatening cold. Well, these changes sound great, Jason. Not all of them. I hate... the playoff format.
And look, before we get, I don't know if there's any of these hardcore CFL defenders that still text into the show, but I know the league wants more games and more revenue. I understand the challenges. I understand they have to get creative in a gate driven league. That doesn't mean I have to like a playoff format where you can lose a game. This is football.
You can't lose a game in the playoffs in football. Wait a minute. What am I talking about? What are you talking about? Okay. We're going to play some video, and the league did need to produce a video to explain the new playoff format, which might be a bit of an issue. You tell me if you're following this new format.
Okay.
Eight teams will enter the Great Cup Playoffs. Four rounds, nine games, one champion. The journey is evolving. The stakes are rising. The regular season means more as each win down the stretch gets you closer to the playoffs. More chances to get in and more chances to clinch a home playoff date. With the addition of a new round of playoffs, every team must win and win again to survive.
Borrowing from Curling's Page Playoff, The new first round will feature the division showdowns and play-in games. The top two seeds from each division are guaranteed a minimum of two playoff games and will compete for a bye to Round 3, the Great Cup Semifinals. Seeds five through eight face off in single elimination to advance to Round 2, the Elimination Games.
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Chapter 5: How does the new CFL playoff format work?
And when is the West semifinal?
And when is the Grey Cup?
So wait, if eight of nine teams make it, why not just go straight to the playoffs and like rock, paper, scissors for the team that misses?
Just do a full season of just playoffs. I had the Nathan for you meme where it's like the idea, they're all playoff games, right? From the opening week.
Or just like pick a name from a hat. Like, no, you don't make it this year. Go straight to the playoffs.
Okay, so first off, Eight of nine teams making the playoffs. There's no way to avoid a joke. There's no way that the CFL can say that with a straight face. How embarrassing to miss the playoffs in the CFL now. What did you, did you not show up to the regular? Did you forget you had games? Was it like beer league where you had too many forfeits? Like, why did you not make the playoffs?
Why not just let all nine teams make the playoffs and just do... You know what?
I rarely say this about an A-Dog question, but what a great question. Why not just let all nine make the playoffs? Oh, you got to have stakes in the regular season. And I understand there's going to... Look, there still is an advantage to getting one of the top two positions in the division. But there always was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's not changed. But there still is.
People saying, like, the regular season doesn't matter is not necessarily true. It is true. No, it's not. It is. What I don't like about it is... The commissioner was explaining this on the radio yesterday. He was saying, you know... The reason that you have an incentive to get the first or second seed in the division is that you're guaranteed two playoff games.
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Chapter 6: What are the concerns about the CFL's expansion strategy?
It's definitely some sort of multi-level marketing scam, and everyone can see it, but he's talking it up like it's such a great opportunity, and he just needs to put the work in. It's like the office meeting.
It's not a pyramid scheme. There's one guy at the top, two guys below him, and I'm in the third layer, and he draws the drum.
And you're like, no. Are you in financial trouble? Do you need some help? Because I feel like you're going to lose even more money with this. It's exactly right. You cannot hype up Division showdown. Right? It's like, what if we lose? Don't worry.
You're fine.
You get another division showdown next week.
The CFL's like, all right, we're introducing our new pyramid scheme playoffs. No, don't call it that. Okay. Ponzi scheme playoffs.
No, again. I mean...
Good alliteration.
You can't look at... They're juking the playoffs. You know when they say juking the numbers, juking the stats? That's all this is. They're just creating more playoff games because they want more playoff games. But they can't be playoff games when you're not eliminated by losing. It's inherent in the playoffs that there's stakes involved with losing. This is time immemorial in sports.
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Chapter 7: What are the challenges facing the Whitecaps and their sponsorships?
Yeah. That would be kind of funny. I understand the... The fancy people from Toronto. It's the fancier people from Hamilton. Hey. I even know... I know that there's some people out there that are going to... Here's the thing. They're going to frame this as, like, CFL bashing, and they're going to frame this... It's not. I'm worried about these guys. This is...
I don't think it says anything to do with the CFL. This was an idea drummed up, and I know that they, again, in a hilariously Canadian moment, the Canadian Football League drawing on inspiration from curling playoffs.
Drawing from curling, the most exciting sport.
We're playing on ice. This is not a CFL story. This is a league that is on, and again, pardon the pun, but it's on thin ice. This is a business story. Desperately drumming up. Here's the thing. A lot of people have said more playoffs across the board. We've had countless conversations about the NHL playoffs and expanding the field and having a play-in tournament.
The NBA has expanded its field and done a play-in tournament. But I don't think any of them have ever been pushed to expand the playoff field out of desperation. And that's what this feels like. Yeah, the CFL is doing it out of desperation. The NBA is doing it out of greed. Right. That's the way you separate it.
Which I respect.
Okay. Moo cow, all this. I really hope we haven't offended any longtime CFL fans. I know a lot of you go to bat for the league. I don't see anybody defending this. Every time. There's a few people I saw on social media. And every time the CFL is like, you got to give it a chance. And it's like, yeah, it didn't work. I think a lot of old school, traditional CFL fans probably hate this.
Can't stand the new commissioner, too. But just take that part out of it where he's tried to change the game and the rules. This is...
so utterly it's transparent it's thinly veiled this is just an opportunity to say hey could we get more playoff games oh I got a way to do it and all you do is ruin whatever sanctity you had of actual playoff football end of story it's a bad move it's not going to work And I'm sorry that they're doing this to a league that is so desperate that they had to be pushed to these measures. It sucks.
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Chapter 8: What are the key learnings from this episode?
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