Mike Patrick and Len Elmore not in the house tomorrow night

[HooperScooper]

ESPN announces team won't be in Memphis

I wonder if this is going to seem strange.

 

[CallMeBruce]

ESPN announces team won't be in Memphis

I wonder if this is going to seem strange.

When this first came out yesterday or whatever, my buddy's response was "Whatever. Mike Patrick's brain is already on a 3-second delay."

 

[bmo22]

ESPN announces team won't be in Memphis

I wonder if this is going to seem strange.

It will probably sound strange because most commentators feed off of the energy in the building. I would probably watch the game on mute regardless because Elmore is awful to listen to even when he's in the building.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I like Len, he's a smart guy, but it seems like UConn loses 9/10 games that he calls.

 

[jfuchs91]

This is becoming a more common practice for ESPN telecasts. It's just another measure to cut costs.

 

[Offhegoes]

that's some weak ass sh$. If they aren't in the building there's no point. They are there to give insights on what's going on that we can't see as a viewer. serious garbage.

 

[sammydabiz]

Ya think they would do this with Kentucky? Duke? Kansas? Zona?

Welcome to the Group of Five fellas

What a joke ESPN has become.

 

[Leebo]

They can save money on travel and TV personalities, so it's not that shocking, I guess.

 

[businesslawyer]

This is becoming a more common practice for ESPN telecasts. It's just another measure to cut costs.

They started doing it last season. It's hard to tell because they are still talking with the crowd noise mixed in, but obviously it limits their observation if they are only watching the TV feed.

 

[Mano]

Dang, when I read the title I thought you meant they weren't going to be the ones announcing and that we'd get some other pair. I really wished that was the case. Patrick makes about 50 mistakes with calls/names/or rules about every game and is otherwise insufferable to listen to. Elmore used to be good and insightful, but now, maybe it's age, I don't know, but he gets stuck on the same topic and has really slipped IMO.

I'm pretty sure he did the Tulsa game when we launched a million 3's and lost, and he rightly lamented that fact at the time. Then the next game he does, I distinctly remember it, we were getting great ball movement on a possession until we found RP with an open 3, which he missed but it was the right shot, and he goes back to harping about moving the ball and not settling. That's just a small example, but he's really gone downhill these last few years. I think he works best when he's the third man of a 3 man announcing crew.

 

[kobe]

Not to mention Elmore and Patrick are the AAC's "A Team" announcers.

 

[CTBasketball]

We've had an all-star announcing lineup this year.

 

[Chuck]

I foresee a Frank Drebin moment for Mike Patrick as he forgets his mic is on when relieving himself. Len Elmore will probably be on Lexis/Westlaw looking up some cases for his law firm side job and go silent for 20 minutes or so here and there.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Haven't forgiven Elmore for the call of the UConn Memphis game last year. He blasted Brimah for a play when he was pulled down by a memphis guard who was trying to break his own fall and on the other end shrugged off some of the typical Memphis shenanigans. I thought he was awful the entire game. I'm a little disappointed that this thread wasn't about another crew calling the game.

 

[Hankster]

I foresee a Frank Drebin moment for Mike Patrick as he forgets his mic is on when relieving himself. Len Elmore will probably be on Lexis/Westlaw looking up some cases for his law firm side job and go silent for 20 minutes or so here and there.

LOL. "laddidi ugh lallala pffft pffft" Classic LOL

 

[jibsey]

Wonder if they watch the same feed as us or multiple camera angles?

 

[Jaker]

I will take anyone but Vitale.

 

[4in16]

Patrick needs to retire he is just plain awful. He can't remember anything, but mostly names it's a joke.

 

[jibsey]

I would turn the sound off but I like to save that ploy for critical times in a national championship run.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I foresee a Frank Drebin moment for Mike Patrick as he forgets his mic is on when relieving himself. Len Elmore will probably be on Lexis/Westlaw looking up some cases for his law firm side job and go silent for 20 minutes or so here and there.

Or going to the kitchen to microwave some snacks and gets caught singing "The Final Countdown".

 

[Rocktheworld]

And herp-a-derp there they are

 

[LIuconn]

This is brutal. They have no sense of what's going on other than what the camera is showing

 

[HooperScooper]

This is brutal. They have no sense of what's going on other than what the camera is showing

Yup. Like when Calhoun committed a foul. At first they thought the ball went out of bounds off Memphis. Then when everyone starting walking the other way they thought it was off UConn. If they were there they would have seen the foul call or at least they would have known the ball wasn't called out of bounds since they would have seen everyone, including all the refs, walking all the way down to the other side of the court. Stupid ESPN.

 

[The X Man]

My brother just called and said what's up with Patrick & Elmore they're worse than usual and it's like they're not even in the building. I laughed and said you're correct.

 

[Rocktheworld]

My brother just called and said what's up with Patrick & Elmore they're worse than usual and it's like they're not even in the building. I laughed and said you're correct.

It's like they're sharing a stroke

 

[gtcam]

It sounded like they weren't even in the neighborhood - Patrick is a senile drunk and Elmore has turned into a real dolt

 

[polycom]

Espn should never do that again. They had zero energy.

 

[Leebo]

The thing that makes no sense is that if they're watching the same feed that we are how are they not able to see what we're seeing? It's embarrassing.

 

[4in16]

It sounded like they weren't even in the neighborhood - Patrick is a senile drunk and Elmore has turned into a real dolt

Sad thing is they're just as bad in the building. Elmore defending that goaltend was hilarious even Patrick was confused.