z31maniac wrote: All of you guys ragging on sports broadcasters...........seriously, how many different ways can they state the obvious? What else can the possibly say? "So and So's mom made spaghetti last night for dinner since its his favorite meal" then you would all be bitching about them talking about stuff that is irrelevant.
The good ones find a way to pull it off.
Zomby Woof wrote:vwcorvette wrote: Steve Levy and Barry Melrose calling a Ranger/Islander game. Sounds like two guys kickin back on the couch drinking some brews.I've never heard those guys, but have on occasion watched hockey on either ESPN, or Versys, and I have to say, it has been by far, the worst play by play and colour commentary I've EVER heard. No wonder you guys don't like hockey
I think that the problem is that they realize most of the US doesn't know squat about hockey. Because of that, the announcing is dumbed down so much that anyone who knows anything about the game ends up wanting to beat their head against a wall.
On a semi-related note, I love listening to Don Cherry for the entertainment value.
z31maniac wrote:novaderrik wrote:You don't honestly think they are paid by the word, these guys sign yearly contracts with the networks. You're just trying to find some way to justify your opinion. I'll wait for you to post a link to Jalopnik stating how you haven't read Jalopnik in 2 years since XXXXX left. It's not that the Internet is bad, its that people think their over-the-top criticism matters. Or is relevant.z31maniac wrote: All of you guys ragging on sports broadcasters...........seriously, how many different ways can they state the obvious? What else can the possibly say? "So and So's mom made spaghetti last night for dinner since its his favorite meal" then you would all be bitching about them talking about stuff that is irrelevant.they are freakin' annoying- the idiots on tv that think they have to spout off a stat for everything are the reason idiots out in public think they need to spout off a stat for everything. they are right up there in the same league as the talking heads on the cable tv news networks- i honestly think they get paid by the word and it doesn't really matter if anything they say makes any sense or has any grounding in reality as long as they sound like they know what they are talking about and believe in what they are saying.
and yet you choose to criticize my criticism. i don't need to justify my opinion any more than you need to think your criticism of my criticism matters any more than the criticism you criticize..
i was a jalopnik hater long before it was cool to be a jalopnik hater- i guess i'm kind of a hipster like that, except it's actually true. it's just never been my thing and i never understood why people thought it was so awesome- it has always kinda been the "Spike TV" of the automotive corners of teh internets to me.
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