Announcers For Thursday

[chalk1]

OK, I give in. The correct spelling should have been hole. Never meant to diss anyone in gender or ability. Go UConn.

 

[Chin Diesel]

@Chin Diesel you going to be ok? Storm east of you?

Thanks for asking. Plenty safe on this one. Well to the east. Might get some much needed rain from it.

 

[superjohn]

Holy crap. So much wrong here. What exactly is a "natural understanding"? Are you saying their brains can't handle the complexity?

Did you hitch a ride back from 1955 with Marty in the Delorean?

Get with the times. Women can even vote now.

Please don't try to answer these questions, as you clearly don't have a natural understanding of anything...

He/she is probably referring to women not understanding the complexities of the game as well as men because they never played the sport. I know a lot of people who feel this way whether it's women or men who never played the sport.

It doesn't seem like that crazy an opinion or too difficult to interpret whether you agree with him/her or not.

 

[Windham4th]

He/she is probably referring to women not understanding the complexities of the game as well as men because they never played the sport. I know a lot of people who feel this way whether it's women or men who never played the sport.

It doesn't seem like that crazy an opinion or too difficult to interpret whether you agree with him/her or not.

You don't have to physically do something to understand it inside and out. I never played football and I can still tell you how many goals a home run is.

 

[HartfordHank]

not the girl

Woman might be more appropriate.

 

[superjohn]

You don't have to physically do something to understand it inside and out. I never played football and I can still tell you how many goals a home run is.

 

[KembaKek]

Woman might be more appropriate.

you're correct

 

[RSTuthill]

christ this is all kinds of awful... There was a head coach in the CFP last year who never even played football, in fact played baseball at Texas Tech. plenty of male announcers never played either. Can understand not liking Meghan McPeak, but there is an abundance of talented female PxP

besides, Ed Cohen is on the call... not the girl

Woman.

 

[Chin Diesel]

You don't have to physically do something to understand it inside and out. I never played football and I can still tell you how many goals a home run is.

 

[gsmooth]

She use to call Robert Burns a wide receiver...

True but that is the sacrifice we have to make with her. UConn was 5-1 with her calling their games.

 

[Nostical]

I have no problem with Ed Cohen. He’s a pro and will do just fine—as I’m sure the others will. But there’s a big difference between complaining that an announcer (regardless of gender) never “played“ the game and one who doesn’t “know“ the game. It’s not important if you played the game. Lots of broadcasters never played the sports they cover. (Jim Nantz never played football) But all of them “know“ the game, learned it’s nuances, and have a talent for explaining it publicly to a wider audience than most of us could do on a barstool.

 

[RSTuthill]

I have no problem with Ed Cohen. He’s a pro and will do just fine—as I’m sure the others will. But there’s a big difference between complaining that an announcer (regardless of gender) never “played“ the game and one who doesn’t “know“ the game. It’s not important if you played the game. Lots of broadcasters never played the sports they cover. (Jim Nantz never played football) But all of them “know“ the game, learned it’s nuances, and have a talent for explaining it publicly to a wider audience than most of us could do on a barstool.

To your point, there are also coaches who are incredibly successful who never played the game at the level they are coaching. There is a prime example in Hamden right now. Rand Pecknold played hockey at Bowdoin, D-3, and just coached Quinnipiac to an NCAA championship.

 

[freescooter]

How about Paul Brown? Didn’t play football. Won a National Championship at Ohio State. Won 3 NFL Championships, founded 2 NFL teams. Had 37 winning seasons and 1 .500 season in 42 seasons as head coach.

 

[AreBee1969]

DEAR GOD! The cracking voice of this Mr. Haney Green Acres knucklehead is throwing gas on the fire of my aggravation. After that last TD my remote almost got smashed.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

That was the worst I’ve ever heard someone announce a game. Give that man some tea!

 

[DawgEnjoyer]

I don't want to get super mean in case that guy had a real health issue, but that was atrocious.

Fauria is also bad and you could tell did ZERO prep learning numbers, names even context....it's not like it's his job or anything.

Also no disrespect to the coach of THE CHAMPS...but I don't need to hear Dan Hurley talk over a drive of a close football game.

 

[AreBee1969]

I don't want to get super mean in case that guy had a real health issue, but that was atrocious.

I found on a Knicks site that Cohen has Spasmotic Dysphonia which a vocal disorder that causes your vocal chords to spasm on certain syllables and words. Apologies for the insensitivity, but it was really difficult to listen to. Maybe if the game result was more positive I would have been more sensitive.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I found on a Knicks site that Cohen has Spasmotic Dysphonia which a vocal disorder that causes your vocal chords to spasm on certain syllables and words. Apologies for the insensitivity, but it was really difficult to listen to. Maybe if the game result was more positive I would have been more sensitive.

Almost like a medical condition which would keep someone from hiring you to talk for a living????

 

[AreBee1969]

Almost like a medical condition which would keep someone from hiring you to talk for a living????

Kind of like why my physique limits me from getting hired as an underwear model.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

I found on a Knicks site that Cohen has Spasmotic Dysphonia which a vocal disorder that causes your vocal chords to spasm on certain syllables and words. Apologies for the insensitivity, but it was really difficult to listen to. Maybe if the game result was more positive I would have been more sensitive.

Without knowing the condition, it sounded to me like he was constantly holding back a laugh.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I found on a Knicks site that Cohen has Spasmotic Dysphonia which a vocal disorder that causes your vocal cords to spasm on certain syllables and words. Apologies for the insensitivity, but it was really difficult to listen to. Maybe if the game result was more positive I would have been more sensitive.

I’m sure he’s an inspiration for someone, but it’s sorta ridiculous that he’s calling games at this level with a condition like that.

Between this dude and the woman who didn’t know football last year, it’s making me think finding capable broadcasting talent is extremely difficult.