Please keep RU's legendary play-by-play announcer in your thoughts and prayers.
Bruce Johnson not doing well
- Thread starter PiscatawayMike
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He will always be the number 1 voice of Rutgers sports.
Agree. Schiano did him a disservice by replacing him. One of his few big mistakes during the 1.0 tenure.
Same here. I always liked listening to Bruce on the radio.
Best wishes to Bruce.
”We’ll be back in 60 seconds with the unhappy recap.” BJ after a MBB loss.
”We’ll be back in 60 seconds with the unhappy recap.” BJ after a MBB loss.
To all of RU fans of a certain age, Bruce will always be the voice of RU athletics. A lot games in those days were only on radio, so we all listened to him. Plus, he taught you can see the end of the world from Olean NY.
Mulcahy doesn’t get a free pass. He was the athletic director. He should have told Greg leave Bruce alone for hoops. Bruce bled RU red. Karma came around. Not Bob’s best moment either and equally at fault.
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Bruce was without a doubt the very best announcer we ever had for RU sports. I was and still am so upset that he was first pushed out as a football announcer and than for basketball as well. His coaches show every Monday from 7;10 PM to 8 PM was the very best . Several times I won his trivia contest. One time I didn’t receive the gift I won so I called him at WCTC. He was so nice. He told me he was so sorry but he was going to be at our Edison High School fall sports banquet at the Pines the next week and he would bring my trivia gift for me at the banquet. I coached cross country for all 36 years that I taught in Edison and was head coach for both the boys and girls teams for 25 years. Bruce arrived and met me right at the front table for all of the head coaches who would be speaking that night. He handed me a large WCTC canvas bag which was filled with about 8-10 WCTC gifts. He was the very best. When RU played Florida in Gainesville on November 17, 2007 Bruce came over to me before the game and shook my hand as he saw me sitting in the second row under the basket. He was always so friendly and became a dear friend to me. My thoughts and prayers are out to Bruce that he can have a complete recovery.
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It was KMac as much as anybody responsible for Bruce's departure, especially from basketball. Backstabbing weasel
Doesn’t AD have final say? If Schiano had the final say on football decisions and K Mac controlled hoops what exactly was Bob’s responsibility? Would have been nice if he showed some backbone.
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Get well soon Bruce! Hope you feel better. A major part of the soundtrack of my life - not only for Rutgers sports but the news on WCTC. Also, responding to some other posts, I thought Bruce stayed on for basketball for a few years after football made the switch to McCarthy, no?
Dips, flips... and hits!
Bruce, you are a Rutgers legend!
Bruce, you are a Rutgers legend!
They threw Carlin in for some more misery first. And Jerry has been there since the beginning of Pike’s build. It would’ve been cool to bring Bruce back for some guest calls during this recent run. Bruce - get better so we can do that, okay?
Bruce was kind enough to introduce our bridal party at my wedding back in 2009 as a starting 5! It was such a thrill to have him there, and I consider him a valued friend to this day.
Many prayers to Bruce as he battles back!
Many prayers to Bruce as he battles back!
“To the line, to the lane, and up and in!”
I’m not sure if it has been posted already, but, “Bending, bending, bending…”
Are you sure it wasn't ...looking..... looking...... looking...... when they were trying to inbound.
“…moving from left to right on your radio dial”
I always enjoyed listening to Bruce call Rutgers hoops games
I always enjoyed listening to Bruce call Rutgers hoops games
Second to John from South Brunswick to tell is how bad at everything Rutgers is.
“The 6 foot 2, 219 pound junior from East Brunswick who is currently 14th on the all time career substitution list..”
The first game of the season was always the "lid-lifter".
Here's to a speedy recovery Bruce!
Here's to a speedy recovery Bruce!
I never knew that. That's freaking awesome!
I like Carlin a lot and I understand why Schiano made the move. But all of us in our 50s and 60s love Bruce. As has been stated, radio was our only option for most games in those days and he did a great job. Dick Lloyd for hoops and Richie Policastro for football were also great doing color.
I liked Bruce but Carlin is a big step up from him and has national reach if we are being honest here.
Bruce was Patriot League level, Carlin is P5 level imo.
But RU fans will always love Bruce and rightly so. He was a classic sports announcer for RU fans.
Another Bruce FB classic:
“Caught, then dropped.”
We love you Bruce!
Tony was from an era when Rutgers radio basically only reached Central Jersey. Bruce was from the WOR era when the signal reached a much wider audience, and the teams played tougher schedules.
True but doesn't change how Tony invented the genre.
I love Bruce's calls even when they were occasionally cringeworthy. But Tony was the original original...
Per his son Brian, Bruce is home from the hospital and recovering. It was touch-and-go for a few days, and he's got more ahead of him, but this is great news.
Schiano didn’t replace Bruce with Carlin . It was Tom McCarthy.