OT - Awful Announcing

Submitted by canzior on

Was it just me or was Phil Simms awful (again)?  Twitter was eating him alive and even Chris Cooley (former Redskin) watched the game on mute.  Who else has been this bad?  During the season I was ear-raped by Brock Huard, twice in a row, Spielman is up and down through a broadcast, and I absolutely refuse to listen to Pam Ward.  And Blackledge is pretty meh too

Everyone Murders

February 8th, 2016 at 9:23 AM ^

Without Musberger, how would we know how hot AJ McCarron's girlfriend Katherine Webb is?  I mean, what's nicer than having a septagenarian enthuse over the attractiveness of someone a third his age?

#BobDoleBritneySpearsDownBoy

MGoGrendel

February 8th, 2016 at 9:40 AM ^

I am so glad that I never have to listen to Musberger again.  He gets on a meme before the game starts and sticks with it - even if the opposite is happening in the game.  Sucky Entertainment Commentator belongs in the SEC. 

Brian.

February 8th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^

Theres nothing wrong with Musberger. Theres nothing wrong with Simms. The only one I have a problem with is Gus Johnson. I dont understand whats wrong with them.

ijohnb

February 8th, 2016 at 10:58 AM ^

Dakich because he is honest and just calls it how he sees it.  When a player is dogging it he just says it or when a team doesn't show he calls them out.  He flat out said we were finished against Indiana basically before their big run even started.

In reply to by ijohnb

umumum

February 8th, 2016 at 1:58 PM ^

has become like Vitale--he says so much irrelevant and inconsistent shit that he is bound to be correct once in awhile.  Also like Vitale, Dakich now lives in a bubble, spews platitudes and pet observations, and simply doesn't do his homework like he once did.  Kara Lawson,for example, is far better prepared--as is obvious when they are in the studio together.

Timnotep

February 8th, 2016 at 9:28 AM ^

Galloway is far and away the worst commentator / analyst I've ever seen. He does a worse job than Lou Holtz at cover up his bias and is far less entertaining.

That said, there are a ton of terrible commentators; Phil Sims is definitely up there...

We need to just start an army of Keith Jackson clones

jg2112

February 8th, 2016 at 9:10 AM ^

Doc Emrick, Gary Thorne or Martin Tyler should call every sporting event. If they aren't available, the game should not be broadcast until one of the two is able to watch it remotely and provide play by play.

lilpenny1316

February 8th, 2016 at 10:13 AM ^

In terms of purely calling a game, Bob Cole is my favorite hockey announcer now that Dick Irvin is retired.  

Gary Thorne made watching Oriole games fun as a casual observer, so he definitely gets my vote for one of the best crossover announcers in the field.  It still feels weird looking at him without Bill Clement and his stache. 

stephenrjking

February 8th, 2016 at 10:46 AM ^

Bob Cole, in his prime, was peerless. Of course I'm biased because he called a lot of great Wings teams, but he brought both enthusiasm and The Voice and a love of the game that just worked. CBC HNIC when the CBC really owned it was the best sports broadcast, with the best personalities, available in any sport anywhere.

Space Coyote

February 8th, 2016 at 10:25 AM ^

Those are my favorites as well,  though it's clear that they sometimes get some pre-game talking points and talk to them multiple times a game, regardless of what happens on the field sometimes.

I also like Tirico, and while Gruden is all over the place, he is at least entertaining, optimistic, and every once and a while drops knowledge (not nearly enough, but at least it's evident he knows what he's talking about).

And while Al Michaels is getting up there in age, his voice is iconic. I can easily put up with Michaels/Collinsworth compared to most other teams. I'll throw Jim Nantz in as solid as well.

I honestly don't mind most announcing teams. I think every team tends to hate each one because at some point or another they talk up an opponent and talk down their team. My biggest problem is that I feel like if most of them actually put in the amount of work that should be expected from major media types, then they could be great. The collective knowledge at places like ESPN, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, etc. is crazy. Yet they come at us with hot takes. But I guess hot takes sell, so... 

Blue and Joe

February 8th, 2016 at 9:14 AM ^

The CBS crew is probably my least favorite. Nantz is good, but in the same way that vanilla ice cream is good. He brings zero excitement to the game. Of the network channels, NBC has the best NFL crew.

M-Dog

February 8th, 2016 at 9:36 AM ^

Yeah, for the Super Bowl I thoght he seemed bored to be there.  Zero excitement.  Zero big moment feel.

And then add to that the game sucked and was between two teams most people don't care about (and the commercials were pretty meh) and it all had the feel of just going through the motions.

It was the Super Bowl so you pretended to be into it, even though you were not.  I started to fall asleep when it bacame clear that Carolina was not going to score once, much less twice, to get back in the game.

Oh well, we were due for a let down.  Over the last decade or so we've had some great Super Bowls.  Last year's may have been the best ever.  Can't expect that every year.