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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3851658, member: 1220"] he is right and your wrong. Sometimes the only way go get heard is to be agressive. This trend started a long time ago when they started replaceing regular announcers with ex players. They used to have an ex coach or player do the color but it seems to have morphed entirely into color. The womens games are worse because they seldom if ever have real announcers but are staffed entirely which ex players and coaches who are suited more to Sports news commentary and not announcing. I have watched games that resembled nothing but casual conversations between two sports fans with no hint they are even at a game. Part of the problem is that the womens game was and sitll is highly infected by the " good ol girl "syndrome. They feel it is necessary to have mostly women involved in the sport. I doubt that their are very many pure professional announcers who are women. So we have get stuck with sports commentators fill ins comprised of ex coaches and ex jocks who just do not have announcers skills. It does take skill to be a competent announcer. Its not just about filling dead air with gossipy banter or sports talk material. [/QUOTE]