While I’m going to post a new blog entry I have decided to continue being a jerk by doing it in THIS space, not the space House requested. This would be a good time for a “ha House!” from KP.
Last Wednesday offered a reunion years in the making for me, I likened it to my Beatles reunion. After over a decade apart Gary Louris and Mark Olson of The Jayhawks reunited for an album and a tour that dropped them at the Mod Club for a two guys and two guitars acoustic show. The Mod Club floor was seated, which is rare for that establishment, and my biggest complaint was the 20 minutes in the ice cold before doors opened. The show itself was great with the two plowing through almost every track on their latest CD, Ready for the Flood, and from two of their CDs as The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow the Green Grass. The almost two hour delay before they took the stage was only eased through the addition to my life of a Blackberry, courtesy of the new job. Chatting via MSN and reading/posting to Twitter helped kill the time and reminded me, again, of why I love technology as much as I do.
Now, the story you actually want to hear. Thursday, the 35th anniversary of my birth, was a regular work day that found me in Molson HQ near the crossing of the 401 and 427 in north Toronto. Following some meetings my colleague and I were told we should stay in the cafeteria because Brian Burke was coming by to speak to the gang. We made our way there and didn’t wait long for Burke to show up, and his interview session to the employees of Molson would be conducted by Joe Bowen. Bowen made his way through fielding uncensored questions from the audience, and nothing seemed inappropriate. I noticed @molsonmoffat was “tweeting” away and was catching up on his updates via the Blackberry as he offered a play-by-play of some of Burke’s candid comments:
reality is cameras only there because it’s the Leafs – players may suck 12:45 PM
Leaf players get “blue and white disease” think they’re great cause cameras show up 12:43 PM
Burke “leadership is the most highly compensated trait in the history of the world” 12:39 PM
“luke schenn is a stud…wish i drafted him” 12:33 PM
patrick roy responsible for goal scoring drought in modern nhl – glamourized position 12:33 PM
today’s leafs are flawed…”we got s*#tkicked last night” 12:28 PM
brad may brought in to wake some guys up…living with luke schenn 12:24 PM
trades are extinct in today’s nhl with cap era 12:23 PM
telling us his draft day plans – he’s been so shrewd ppl afraid to deal with him 12:23 PM
likes his teams “Irish tough” – instigate vs. react 12:22 PM
having lunch with Leaf GM Bryan Burke. really candid 12:21 PM
My only addition was this Tweet discussing a story Burke told about drafting Trevor Linden. Burke liked to meet his potential draftees to get an idea of their personality and character before drafting, but before their scheduled meeting got a call from Linden saying he’d be unable to make it. When asked why Linden responded that his Dad had said he had to call and cancel because there were farm chores to be done. Burke asked what needed to be done and Linden regaled him with a story about castrating bulls. Burke again threw a question Linden’s way, this time asking him what his job would be. Linden’s response was he was the guy holding the bull down while the others “chopped it’s nuts off”. Needless to say that was enough character for Burke who promptly drafted him 2nd overall.
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