FRIDAY COMMENTARY – I LIKE IT, I LOVE IT

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AS YOU KNOW ON FRIDAYS, I LIKE TO INCLUDE A COUPLE THOUGHTS TO SEND YOU INTO THE WEEKEND. SO HERE GOES:

THE EDMONTON OILERS REVOLVING DOOR FOR COACHES GOT ANOTHER SPIN ON THURSDAY WITH THE FIRING OF DAVE TIPPETT. IT’S ALWAYS SO SAD WHEN THESE THINGS GO DOWN BECAUSE HE WAS THERE OUT OF A FRIENDSHIP AND TRUST WITH OILERS GM KEN HOLLAND AND THE CHANCE TO COACH CONNOR MCDAVID IN A SPECIAL MARKET.

NOW THAT’S GONE UP IN SMOKE AND EDMONTON’S STARTING OVER WITH SOMEBODY NAMED JAY WOODCROFT. (DID I GET THAT RIGHT?)

IT’S FULL-ON PANIC MODE IN EDMONTON, GIVEN THE FACT HOLLAND SAID LESS THAN A MONTH AGO HE WASN’T GOING TO FIRE ANYBODY.

NOW THE OILERS ARE LEFT WITH EVANDER KANE, AND NO DAVE TIPPETT.

HOW DO YOU THINK THAT’S GOING TO TURN OUT?

BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE A WORLD AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW. IT’S FRIDAY OF SUPER BOWL WEEK AND LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED MY FIRST-EVER SUPER BOWL PARTY.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS TO SEE HOW IT WENT, BUT I SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME WITH THE LIKES OF CRIS CARTER, RG III, RON JAWORSKI, SOLOMON WILCOTS AND WAYYYYYYYY MORE.

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT THE NFL AND I NOTICED IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE MOVED INTO IT WITH THE RP SHOW: THE PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE LEAGUE ARE EXTREMELY NICE.

IT’S LIKE THEY TAKE THEIR INVOLVEMENT AS A BADGE OF HONOUR AND WANT TO DO THEIR PART TO REPRESENT THE SHIELD WITH DIGNITY AND CLASS.

I LIKE IT. AND I WANT MORE OF IT.

ENJOY SUPER WEEKEND AND AGAIN, RAMS BY DOUGLE DIGITS.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY.

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