OT-Mickey Redmond announcing the Wings
Let me start w/ the voices of the Red Wings are Great. I was driving home yesterday and listened to Ken Kal and Paul Woods for the first period and had Mickey Redmond and Ken Daniels on FSN to watch the rest.
Anyway, I was saying to some friends from Ohio (they know nothing about hockey and claim to not care) how Mickey Redmond is hilarious to listen to b/c he is like listening to a fan watching hockey b/c he gets all pissed off at the refs for soft calls, bad calls, etc. With six seconds left the Wings deflected an Anaheim shot into the crowd and Redmond says on TV, "You have got to be Shittin me!" I rolled and it was a perfect example for our sheltered friends from Ohio.
Bring on the Blackhawks!
You are exactly right, he is fan first and an announcer second.
That's the second time I've heard Redmond quoted as "you have got to be shittin' me!" at the end of the game. I was watching the CBC broadcast because they are about seven seconds ahead, so I can switch to FSN if I want an instant replay or if I miss something. It's too bad I have to sacrifice Kenny D and Mickey.
Too bad last night was the end of their year. It'll be nice to have the NBC games because of the HD, but I can't stand the VS announcers. Hopefully CBC will carry all of the Wings weeknight games.
said "kidding",
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFBMIulVltc
If you weren't a Wings fan, Redmond would drive you crazy. This is the main reason why I hate homer announcers on either side of the coin.
when they're on...you know...a Red Wings network. It's the national people who shouldn't be homers.
Then this must make you throw up on your shoes...
http://www.ufer.org/sounds/Wrangler_Carter.mp3
My favorite thing is when Mickey and Ken go off on a tangent about the merits of wood sticks versus composite ones.
I think they were a bit more homer-ish this series than normal. I think they were frustrated because they really felt like the Wings were the better team (Babcock also said he felt that Detroit outplayed Anaheim in every game, even the ones they lost). I kind of agree.
dominate in every single statistical category. they outshot the ducks every single game. probably most surprising is that detroit out hit them along with getting more scoring chances, winning nearly 60% of faceoffs, etc. etc.
The only thing the ducks did better was convert power plays. the wings penalty kill still needs to get better, but the stood tall on the 5 on 3 kills.
category that we did not dominate: puck luck
anaheim got more lucky bounces than us
They were indeed more homer-ish for this series because it was versus Anaheim! The only way it gets worse is versus the Avs, and the only thing bigger than THAT is Michigan-OSU!
*So says a Detroit team homer. Yeap.... even the Lions.
I love listening to Mickey but agree - if I wasn't a Wings fan, I'd have to find another station to watch the game on. I'll tell you though, if you think Mickey is bad try some of the East Coast hockey announcers. I've seen a few games on the Madison Square Garden network and those guys are straight up jackasses.
Yeah, Redmond and Daniels are total homers, but at least they're funny homers. They kick up the bias in the playoffs.
BUT: They also will call out Wings players who make mistakes and laud players on the other team that execute great plays.
Some other homer announcers will not say ANYTHING negative about their team nor anything positive about the other team.
So as homerism goes, they're in the middle of the pack, IMO.
Agreed. They are quite complimentary to opposing players good traits and they were commenting for both teams on some of the shitty non-calls and ticky-tack penalties that were called.
Has anyone come across a torrent of the game (with Ken and Mickey of course)? I've been checking around and haven't seen it yet. Thx
I don't f*cking get Versus.
I watched it on FSN, too. I heard him say what I thought was "Oh, you're kidding me". Was it really "shitting me"? I'll have to call home to the wife and tell her not to delete it from DVR until I get home and re-watch that part. Either way the tone of his voice was priceless when he said that. It was pretty much what every Wings fan was thinking and feeling at that moment.
I would suggest a DVR for replay and FSN has an HD broadcast.
Ken and Mickey are homers in the right way. I think you should always be a little bit homerrific on the local networks. Listen to a White Sox broadcast for the wrong way to be a homer.
That word needs to be banned from future use.
I puke in my mouth when the Hawk clip plays.
Is he still calling piddly-ass singles "duck farts"?