I could've cried when I heard he was announcing the Memphis game Saturday. The dude has to be the worst announcer ESPN can throw out there ("give him to UConn, we hate them") and every game I listen to when he announces just pisses me off. Whether it was calling Bazz Boatright, or Boatright Bazz, or Brimah Egbudu (not even on the same team) or saying the completely wrong score when all he has to do is look straight above his face, he never ceased to amaze me with his total incompetence. Sorry for this sort of thing but I hate how whenever they can, ESPN gives us the short straw. Great win last night though made up for it. Lets hope we get a good color analyst Saturday.
I couldn't agree more. I'm actually considering writing an open letter to ESPN on him. It's unbelievable how often he says the wrong name...he goes back and forth between Napier and Boatright like it's completely arbitrary. It actually cracked me up when he corrected himself one time. I was thinking - "Dude, you've said the wrong name 20 times this game already, and with 8 minutes left in the game you're going to correct yourself?"
The two most amazing ones werew when he called Brimah Egbudu (on the same possession he called Napier Boat, or vice versa), and the one where he said a fould was on Olander when it was on Shabazz. OLANDER?????? Five minutes earlier they were talking about how he and Calhoun weren't even playing! That one floor me, although nothing should surprise me with him.
This has been going on for a long time - it's not like he's just losing it this year. My favorite was a Duke game I was watching back in 2008 or 2009, when Lance Thomas made a 15 foot jumper on the baseline and he goes "Lance Thomas with his 1st three pointer of the SEASON!"...went on and on about it saying it was the first one he even attempted, etc. Scoreboard immdiately put up 2 points. Then a possession or two goes by and he says, "Oh, now they're gonna say Thomas' was a two..." when he was the only one in the arena or watching the game who had any inkling at all that it was a 3-pointer.
I don't know how the color commentary doesn't think to him/herself about how incompetent this guy is. If I'm Len Elmore I'm asking for another partner...it's just ridiculous. I'm hoping he doesn't have much left in him.
