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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
FfldCntyFan said:
Vitale was great,.... until ~1989 or so, when he started becoming a caricature of what he had been, a high energy, enthusiastic announcer. As time went on it got more and more ridiculous. By the early 2000's he was too far gone.
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His love affair with Duke and the ACC just got ridiculous that nobody could take him seriously anymore.
 
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I like the guy who sounds like Jay Bilas but isn't actually Jay Bilas.
 
upstater said:
Not these guys doing the game tonight
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Disagree. Jackson is really good when he’s paired with a play-by-play announcer who’s not a Gus Johnson or John Fanta type.

Which leads me to a second point. This poll should be split into two parts…play by play announcer and color analyst. Raftery is a color analyst… Gus Johnson is a play-by-play announcer.
 
Roll call: who voted for everyone, just because they could?
 
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.
 
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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Was wondering what happened to him, he was a staple going back to the WTNH 8 broadcasts
 
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Gorman 🐐
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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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According to AI, you are correct. I'll edit my post and vote. Thanks!
 
Why isn't Bill Raftery covering the Big East championship game?

I really hope that's his choice and not the network.
 
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.
 
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formerlurker said:
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.
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That was pretty funny.
 
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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temery said:
Roll call: who voted for everyone, just because they could?
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i voted for everyone and then I voted for the option that said none of the above.
 
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