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Poll: Which announcers DO you like?

Which announcers DO you like?

  • Donny Marshall

    Votes: 55 20.4%

  • Ian Eagle

    Votes: 148 54.8%

  • Gus Johnson

    Votes: 77 28.5%

  • John Fanta

    Votes: 154 57.0%

  • Bill Raftery

    Votes: 226 83.7%

  • Jay Bilas

    Votes: 148 54.8%

  • Dick Vitale

    Votes: 39 14.4%

  • Clark Kellogg

    Votes: 103 38.1%

  • None of the above.

    Votes: 10 3.7%
  • Total voters
    270
I used to like Gus Johnson, but he's not the announcer he used to be. I sure hope he's not working tonight's game. He makes bizarre statements, references players from the last century, and, to me at this point, is unlistenable.
 
Henry said:
I used to like Gus Johnson, but he's not the announcer he used to be. I sure hope he's not working tonight's game. He makes bizarre statements, references players from the last century, and, to me at this point, is unlistenable.
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I agree about Gus not being what he used to be. Unfortunately, he's doing tonight's game again with Jim Jackson and Allison Williams who thought she was at the BIG10 tourney yesterday.
 
RashadRay11 said:
Someone has their priorities in massive disarray blasting an alum announcer so much who is just doing their job. If you don’t like him, mute him. It’s really quite easy.
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UCFan is right though, Donny is insufferable. "Just doing their job"... very poorly, and we are within our rights to acknowledge that. Seems like your only rebuttal is pearl clutching that he's an alum and that somehow makes him off limits? Fanta's talent and enthusiasm is wasted on him, pains me how often they get paired together. I'm all good on the guy that just spouts endless platitudes all game for the sake of hearing himself talk. Sometimes I really wonder if he's watching the same game I am.
 
Why isn't Bill Raftery covering the Big East championship game?

I really hope that's his choice and not the network.
 
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HooperScooper said:
Ron is a commercial real estate broker up here in Boston. We do some business with his company and I always enjoy talking hoops with him. I think he just got tired of trying to call games with the travel while doing his day job. He's probably in his late 60s now and just didn't want to do it any more even though he said he liked it because it kept him connected to the game.
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beerfan said:
I believe Dickie V was the first to sat that, Bilas is too much of a stiff to do that.
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Dickie V was the first, but Bilas did as well.
 
Vote for Dickie V being a wonderful human being but an abysmal announcer and shameless Duke homer to the point of being unwatchable
 
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HooperScooper said:
What do you think of Casey Jacobsen? He hasn't done many UConn games but I thought he was pretty good.
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I like him, don't know if it's a work/life balance thing but I wished he worked more games instead of the studio show
 
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Poe said:
Gus Johnson gets more annoying every year. The “pure” catch phrase is so lame.
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I think he is losing it. Not concise anymore. He called Bill Murray ugly during the Xavier game... I thought that was extremely weird
 
UCFan1513 said:
He might be the worst alum you could pick. Arrogant and often uninformed, likes the sound of his own voice and can’t stop making things about him. You’d think the guy was Michael Jordan the way he talks sometimes. I’m consistently shocked someone at Fox chooses to cut him a paycheck - most fans of other teams agree
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Need a shovel to get through this BS
 
the problem with Donny is he thinks he is more interesting than he actually is. as if every anecdote about himself is of interest to the viewer.

and he does the annoying self-deprecating thing, when he wants to talk about himself without it being too obvious that it is an ego stroke, but it is always very transparent.

and his game insights are pretty generic/weak, so it is not enough to offset his personality.

overall, I am very surprised he even got the job in the first place. must have schmoozed the right person.
 
Devland said:
Before my wife passed , she was sick for a couple years. I got accustomed to watching games with the sound muted so I could spend time with her and still watch games. Once you acclimate to it, it becomes normal. I now realize that all announcers talk way too much and find myself tuning them out.
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only watch muted. there's no play by play when you're at the game, not needed at home
 
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kobebeanbryant said:
the problem with Donny is he thinks he is more interesting than he actually is. as if every anecdote about himself is of interest to the viewer.

and he does the annoying self-deprecating thing, when he wants to talk about himself without it being too obvious that it is an ego stroke, but it is always very transparent.

and his game insights are pretty generic/weak, so it is not enough to offset his personality.

overall, I am very surprised he even got the job in the first place. must have schmoozed the right person.
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he was equally ineffective when he was an alumni trustee
 
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