Absolutely not, wasn't a fan of Laurence Holmes either.Am I alone in thinking that Hub is atrocious?
Not so rough. The guy has little or no idea about high school rules. Commented that the refs "blew the whistle early" on an encroachment foul cuz he didn't know it was a dead ball penalty. Questioned several touchback calls until the middle of the 8A game when one of the producers finally told him it was automatically called when a kick breaks the goal line plane.Rough crowd... Hub seems ok to me. MUCH better than the kids doing the regular season games, and better than most finals I remember. But I'm multi-tasking and not paying attention as much as usual.
State finals are typically a Mickey Mouse broadcast.
They will have a knowledgeable person there from time to time (like Edgy), but overall it's usually pretty bad. With that said, I've somewhat come to expect this level of ineptitude, and I didn't notice anything particularly remarkable about this year's broadcast.
Joe Buck sucks!If the IHSA finals were called by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman the crowd of this board would still find something to complain about the broadcast.
Joe Buck sucks!
I get that this stage is where a lot of newbies get their start (ie Sarah Kustock), but they are PAID professionals. Shouldn't they have enough pride in their chosen profession to at least crack a rule book instead of looking like a dolts.
Then there's McInerny. Not nearly as bad as Hub, but still tends to be from the "back when I coached" school of broadcasting.
Welcome to the world of PC dogz.not a big hub fan (he thinks he is more knowledgeable than he really is) but to kind of at least credit him for questioning some calls(refs), when questioned the perceived fumble and catch that truly inbounds. some calls(coaches) was good. when he questioned the call for the bubble screen when the db was rolled up tight. it was better than saying the ram qb made the absolute wrong read.( hence bad call from coach). or why this coach is not using his weapon(marwabe(sp) vs ms coach was using his best weapon consistently. I liked it overall.
the best by far were bowen & rodewall(sp). you have to get excited on some plays.
having two mono-toned voices is very distracting.
the worst the two chicks they had this year. the blonde was just awful in respect to asking questions(knowing subject matter). she asked like the same question over and over.
sierra(sp) was worse than during her sox broadcast year.
these two talked way to slow for comprehension.
Welcome to the world of PC dogz.
No one seems to care about getting the most qualified people to do some of the work we saw over the week end. The announcers and especially Edgy, I really have no problem with, but the others? YIKES!!ya I get it. at least get people that can speak.
the two ladies talked like they literally had marbles in their mouths.
ya I get it. at least get people that can speak.
the two ladies talked like they literally had marbles in their mouths.
They talk like you type. Terrible.
ah problem is your thumbs and forefingers must work better than mine. that is probably from constantly pulling yur tweezerpud.. whatever dude. comeback of the year! zing! ahya got me.
My daughter called his show "Radio Big Bang" - its like if Elvin from the Cosby Show got his own program.Absolutely not, wasn't a fan of Laurence Holmes either.
At least Jack coached at one time. I get tired of simpering pencil-necks like Costas and Joe Buck spewing their "expert" diatribes they think we give a damn about.Every year I watch more and more of televised sporting events WITH THE SOUND OFF at the pro, college and HS levels. I think Kirk Herbstreit is one of the absolute worst. He just fills air time with sound, often having no basis for his non-stop pontificating.
Hahaha!! Personally I like Joe Buck. But let's face it, Troy Aikman makes the broadcast work.At least Jack coached at one time. I get tired of simpering pencil-necks like Costas and Joe Buck spewing their "expert" diatribes they think we give a damn about.
Tirico has grown on me a little bit. I didn't like him at first and at this point I can at least watch. Hopefully it continues to get better. I've always liked Michaels, but I agree he is on his way out. Collinsworth is Collinsworth. Most people I know really like him or really hate him. I haven't seen much middle ground with the people I know.Joe Buck is a square but at least not as lost/behind the times as Chip Caray. Tirico and Collinsworth were not horrible as a crew this Sunday, hopefully fleeting exposure to Al Michaels in this transition period can wipe some of the ESPN flava off.