NFL 2012 Draft: Teh Mega Thread!

[CountDeMoney]

Are you kidding?  I'd take CC over Phil's "and he goes", " and I goes", and "then he "goes", non-"said" saying ass any day.  Fucking illiterate motherfucker.

Yeah, I know.  For whatever reason, Simms just doesn't bother me.  Then again, I don't have to hear Simms doing non-stop local radio & TV ads for car dealerships, window replacement, and heating/cooling.

Heh, OK, I can understand that then.  Sorta the same reason I cringe when Jim Palmer's calling a game--I heard his voice three times on radio and TV commercials already that day.

[derspiess]

For some voices I kinda like hearing them regularly.  For example, Marty Brennaman has been doing Reds games on the radio for as long as I've been alive (give or take a few months).  I have memories going back to the the 70s of listening to Reds games with him and Joe Nuxhall (RIP) on the radio.  It was sad when Nuxy died in 2007 and it just won't be the same whenever Marty is gone.

It's not so much that I like Marty Brennaman-- in fact he's pretty much a self-aggrandizing asshole.  But I do like hearing his voice on the radio

[CountDeMoney]

But I do like hearing his voice on the radio

I miss Hank Stram, when he used to do MNF for CBS Radio back in the day, when I wasn't allowed to stay up past 9.  I had one of those bulky ass radio headsets from the late 70s/early 80s that ran on a 9-volt battery and only got AM stations, and I'd listen to the games.  Looked like a cosmonaut in that damned thing.

[Valmy]

Frank Herzog: Touchdown!  Washington Redskins!

He got to say that much less frequently during his last 10 years in the job.

[CountDeMoney]

I miss Hank Stram, when he used to do MNF for CBS Radio back in the day, when I wasn't allowed to stay up past 9.  I had one of those bulky ass radio headsets from the late 70s/early 80s that ran on a 9-volt battery and only got AM stations, and I'd listen to the games.  Looked like a cosmonaut in that damned thing.

LOL, found 'em.   Mine were yellow.

[derspiess]

Merrill Reese is always awesome doing Eagles games. 

His partner Mike Quick, however, is equally un-awesome.  "Donovan MACNabb"

[Neil]

But I do like hearing his voice on the radio

I miss Hank Stram, when he used to do MNF for CBS Radio back in the day, when I wasn't allowed to stay up past 9.  I had one of those bulky ass radio headsets from the late 70s/early 80s that ran on a 9-volt battery and only got AM stations, and I'd listen to the games.  Looked like a cosmonaut in that damned thing.

I remember those.

[Valmy]

Merrill Reese is always awesome doing Eagles games. 

His partner Mike Quick, however, is equally un-awesome.  "Donovan MACNabb"

Ex-players and coaches are generally terrible even as color guys.  I remember how hilarious the old Houston Oilers games were with Bum Phillips doing color.

Play by Play guy: 'Another soul crush playoff loss for the Oilers'

Bum: "Yep *mutter incomprehensively*"

[derspiess]

Come on, though-- you gotta love Bum.

[Valmy]

Come on, though-- you gotta love Bum.

Oh of course I do just radio was not really playing to his strengths

[CountDeMoney]

Come on, though-- you gotta love Bum.

Oh of course I do just radio was not really playing to his strengths

Couldn't see the hat.

[Barrister]

Merrill Reese is always awesome doing Eagles games. 

His partner Mike Quick, however, is equally un-awesome.  "Donovan MACNabb"

Ex-players and coaches are generally terrible even as color guys.  I remember how hilarious the old Houston Oilers games were with Bum Phillips doing color.

Play by Play guy: 'Another soul crush playoff loss for the Oilers'

Bum: "Yep *mutter incomprehensively*"

Since my father is a sports writer, and my cousin is a sports broadcaster (normally does the local minor league baseball team, but he actually did colour on a handful of Winnipeg Jets games on the radio this last year) I hate the constant stream of ex-athletes they bring in to broadcasting.  It's a whole separate skill set from playing the sport.  They need to focus on bringing in talented play-by-play and colour analysts, not ex-athletes.

[CountDeMoney]

Hey BB, your old man ever been to Cooperstown?  The Baseball Hall of Fame has a great little exhibit devoted specifically to sportswriters and sportscasters.  It's a nice touch.

[derspiess]

Since my father is a sports writer, and my cousin is a sports broadcaster (normally does the local minor league baseball team, but he actually did colour on a handful of Winnipeg Jets games on the radio this last year) I hate the constant stream of ex-athletes they bring in to broadcasting.  It's a whole separate skill set from playing the sport.  They need to focus on bringing in talented play-by-play and colour analysts, not ex-athletes.

Ex-athletes can bring some insight that career broadcasters lack, though.  And some of them (definitely not all, but some) are able to make up for lost time & become good announcers in their own right.  I'd put the Bengals radio color guy, Dave Lapham, in that category.  Bonus points for him because he played for the New Jersey Generals after his 10-year stint with the Bengals.

Now the current Reds radio color guy is Jeff Brantley and he is horrible.  Every time I hear him speak I think back to the one season he pitched for the Cardinals where they had spent big bucks to get him and I believe he set a club record for blown saves.  Plus his Mississippi accent is annoying and he adds no special insight.

[Valmy]

Keith Moreland, former Philly and Cub and Texas football/baseball player and current Chicago Cub broadcaster, was amazing when he called the Texas games and as a former catcher his knowledge of baseball was almost eerie.  He would call everything before it happened.

'This would be a good situation to send the runner at first....and there he goes'

'The next pitch will probably be a slider inside....and a great inside slider for a critical strike out'

and so forth.  He knew football as well but damn it was like listening to Napoleon give commentary on a battle when he called a baseball game.