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Now, I have to explain to my higher ups why I was busy trolling Walker when I could have picked up the phone and called Linden on this myself.

Just great.

When I’m having those conversations, if there’s a god, Walker will be doing the exact same thing over at 650.

Because we both just got reverse dunked on.

BEST POINTING OUT

If Walker had been kinder to me, I probably wouldn’t have pointed out that 650 RTd this today:

Uh, you do know Bardown is TSN….. right?

BEST CHEAP SHOT

Just because I’m angry:

Quoting plus/minus seems like a big miss.

Is that a big miss?

BEST TRADITION ENDING

Part of the reason A&W’s Linden interview was so important to me on 650 is because less and less the public is hearing from Canucks management.

It has been a long-standing tradition in this market the Canucks general manager do weekly hits on the radio to explain the goings-on of the day.

It’s been the custom every year I’ve been here, until this one.

Burke did it.

Nonis did it.

Gilly didn’t want to do it, but they told him it was the tradition. So he did it, too.

You think he liked it? He hated it. But he did it because it had become part of the GM’s job in Vancouver.

Benning did it for the first few years.

Now, it seems, he’s out.

My understanding is that GMs received a stipend for their radio hits, usually around $30,000 – $40,000, and in the past that has been given to charity.

If I’m 650, I’m doing whatever I can to make sure we don’t lose our heritage.

It’s been custom here for 20-some years that I know about, and it shouldn’t change just because the GM is in the final year of his contract.

jbotchford@postmedia.com