MONDAY COMMENTARY – WHAT MAKES US GREAT
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IT’S PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO SOON FOR “YOU PEOPLE” TO START FINDING THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR AFTER THE PANDEMIC, BUT I’VE ALREADY STARTED.
AFTER ALL, THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II COST LIVES, BUSINESSES, CAREERS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND LEFT AN OCEAN OF HARD FEELINGS.
SO IT’S UP TO YOU WHEN YOU WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS – IF EVER – BUT I GOT A DOSE OF IT THIS WEEKEND.
FRANKLY I GOT A REAL SENSE OF “WE’RE BACK” SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE SPORTS CELEBRITY GALA IN ASSINIBOIA ALONG WITH LANNY MCDONALD AND CHRIS WALBY.
IT WAS THE LARGEST-ATTENDED EVENT ASSINIBOIA’S EVER HAD, WE WERE PACKED IN LIKE SARDINES AND EVERYBODY WAS SMILING EAR-TO-EAR.
SO THAT WAS GREAT.
BUT THEN ON THE DRIVE FROM ASSINIBOIA HERE TO CALGARY, THE POSITIVE WAVES KEPT COMING. I HADN’T BEEN ON THAT HIGHWAY 13 FOR 25 YEARS – WHEN I WENT TO VISIT MY BROTHER IN GREAT FALLS – AND IT WAS PRETTY COOL TO PASS THROUGH TOWNS LIKE ANEROID (HOME OF PATRICK MARLEAU), SHAUNAVON (HOME OF BRAYDON COBURN & HAILEY WICKENHEISER), AND THEN OF COURSE IT LINKS UP WITH HIGHWAY #1 AT GULL LAKE, HOME OF ONE OF THE GREATEST ROUGHRIDERS EVER, OUR GOOD FRIEND ROGER ALDAG.
YOU ALL KNOW THIS. BUT DO YOU APPRECIATE IT?
IN A CHAT WITH TSN ANALYST AND FORMER BRUIN AND FLYER DAVE POULIN, HE TOLD ME AWHILE BACK THAT SASKATCHEWAN IS FAMOUS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS BECAUSE OF THE LEGENDARY SMALL TOWNS WHERE THE SPORTS STARS WERE RAISED.
HONESTLY, I’D NEVER STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT IT.
NO WONDER WE LOVE OUR SPORTS IN SASKATCHEWAN SO MUCH! AND THESE GUYS, AND GALS, PUT US ON THE MAP.
TO SPEND A DAY DRIVING THROUGH THIS GREAT PROVINCE AND REFLECTING ON WHAT’S MADE IT GREAT – THE PEOPLE – WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS I’VE HAD.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY.
(The Rod Pedersen Show airs daily at 12 pm ET on Game+ TV Network across Canada and the USA. Call your cable provider for details. You can also watch on YouTube Live or listen 24/7 at RodPedersen.com/ListenLive)
Thanks Rod I appreciate everything you do. Had to give my head a shake and realize how blessed we are to live in Saskatchewan.
‘Zackly! Couldn’t agree more!
You went through Pontiex/Cadillac too. Mark Lamb, 1990 Stanley Cup winner was raised there.
Saskatchewan is/was/always will be the greatest out of the 10 Provinces. The list is endless as to why. All the forward thinkers came out of those towns. It could have been for sports or business. I recall a Philadelphia Flyers documentary and Bobby Clarke basically summed it up that a bunch of guys from Saskatchewan captivated a “tough” city, but even Philly/South Jersey were is disbelief at how tough they were. In spite of that we now have thee absolute worst of the worst coming up and in prime positions. Worst crisis since WW2 and they failed miserably. We grew… Read more »
Well said Rod you own how you feel and react! Being positive is a choice! That sounds like an awesome drive thru memory lane ! Enjoy you show and keep up the great work!