Carp Sucks and Retires; Arthur Staple Takes Over Athletic Beat

[Blue Heaven]

https://theathletic.com/2895406/2021/10/18/carpiniello-covering-the-rangers-has-been-a-dream-job-but-after-43-memory-packed-years-its-time-to-hang-them-up/

[Morphinity 2.0]

Good career? 

[Chris Drewry]

It won't be very hard to find a better replacement.

[ThirtyONE]

19 minutes ago, Morphinity said:

Good career? 

hahaha shit. 

[Ozzy]

5 minutes ago, Drew a Penalty said:

It won't be very hard to find a better replacement.

I bet he's already subscribed to this thread!!!  LOL

Hey Rick!  Take care man!!!  You'll miss us!! 

[Phil]

15 minutes ago, Drew a Penalty said:

It won't be very hard to find a better replacement.

Gotta be Mercogliano.

[siddious]

Rick is a nice guy but he's been phoning it in for a while now.

Mercogliano is the man if he takes over that would be awesome. Though I hope he keeps doing his podcast.

[Sharpshooter]

Carpinello. Blueshirts Brotherhood. Same difference. Give the gig to us!

Edit: Yeah, Mercogliano would be great.

Edited October 18, 2021 by Sharpshooter

[Pete]

Just now, siddious said:

Rick is a nice guy but he's been phoning it in for a while now.

Mercogliano is the man if he takes over that would be awesome. Though I hope he keeps doing his podcast.

It's just now what he signed up to do anymore. From his column:

Quote

Players on Zooms or in press-conference settings only. No locker rooms. No relationships. No one-on-ones. I have yet to have a conversation with Alexis Lafrenière. I don’t think I’ve had a personal talk with Chris Kreider since he signed his contract. I have zero relationship with Gallant. This is a problem that one day, fingers crossed, will change.

 

[Cash or Czech]

I'm okay with less boomer takes from a paid news site. Thanks for your effort, I guess? Hope they find a strong replacement.

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, Xander said:

I'm okay with less boomer takes from a paid news site. Thanks for your effort, I guess? Hope they find a strong replacement.

[ThirtyONE]

Only reason I don't want it to be Vince is because I enjoying reading/listening to his shit for free.

[Cash or Czech]

If they hire Adam fucking Herman or some other prick I'm cancelling my subscription. Fuck that asshole.

[Morphinity 2.0]

10 minutes ago, Phil said:

Ciao bello 

[shestYORKin]

not sure why but I read “Rick Carpiniello Is Retiring Vol. 1” and cringed a little

 

 

[Sharpshooter]

5 minutes ago, shestYORKin said:

not sure why but I read “Rick Carpiniello Is Retiring Vol. 1” and cringed a little

 

 

LOL! Same!

[Flynn]

1 hour ago, Xander said:

I'm okay with less boomer takes from a paid news site. Thanks for your effort, I guess? Hope they find a strong replacement.

There is a fine line between "boomer takes" and the younger bent in the direction of all analytics.  There has to be a happy medium between Carp telling my Trouba is actually great, and the Dom Luszczyszyn/Shayna Goldman telling Me Goodrow is the worst because his turds average 2.435 inches in length. 

Give me analysis with some solid contacts and relationships. 

[josh]

Maybe the players want nothing to do with him? 

[Cash or Czech]

43 minutes ago, Flynn said:

There is a fine line between "boomer takes" and the younger bent in the direction of all analytics.  There has to be a happy medium between Carp telling my Trouba is actually great, and the Dom Luszczyszyn/Shayna Goldman telling Me Goodrow is the worst because his turds average 2.435 inches in length. 

Give me analysis with some solid contacts and relationships. 

Trouble is he had neither. I don't like the analytics-only approach either. I like a nice combo of what we're seeing on the ice reinforced by analytics. The Athletic has some great writers who do this in other sports. I want to see it adapted for the Rangers.

He reads like my dad wrote it, and my dad, well...

[siddious]

4 hours ago, Flynn said:

There is a fine line between "boomer takes" and the younger bent in the direction of all analytics.  There has to be a happy medium between Carp telling my Trouba is actually great, and the Dom Luszczyszyn/Shayna Goldman telling Me Goodrow is the worst because his turds average 2.435 inches in length. 

Give me analysis with some solid contacts and relationships. 

I respect that you wrote his name out correctly because after the third z I would just start smacking my keyboard and hoping no one notices

[Gravesy]

Hooray. Fucking outstanding news. Hopefully they find someone that makes the Rangers section of the Athletic relevant again.

[Blue Heaven]

Is Staple going to be the full time Rangers writer going forward since Kevin Kurz is coming to cover the Islanders via San Jose? 
 

 

Edited December 6, 2021 by Blue Heaven

[Phil]

Sounds like it. Staple said something recently that the plan was to cover the Rangers full-time.

[Flynn]

I was hoping they were going to hire Vince M.. Hopefully not having double duty helps.. Carp gets shit on, but he did produce a good bit of content. 

[siddious]

22 minutes ago, Phil said:

Sounds like it. Staple said something recently that the plan was to cover the Rangers full-time.

Much like Joe Micheletti, he has graduated from NY's B team to NY's A team now. Congrats to him. Hope he does a better job than Carp did.