On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Does anyone have that strong a feeling about him positively? I'd say at most >> people are indifferent to or think he's not bad. >> He has very few opportunities to show off his personality whereas Boomer and >> Costas do it all the time. > > I never had a problem with Buck. The problem I see is that FOX makes > him their #1 play-by-play guy, which puts him at the level of Curt > Gowdy, Keith Jackson, Al Michaels, and Bob Costas, and Buck just isn't > at that level. There's some fan resentment that they're getting Buck > at all of the major baseball and football events. At this point, with > the egos involved, I don't know that the network can rotate > announcers, but that could take some of the pressure off Buck. > > Building on what Joe posts above, people might gripe about Buck, but I > don't think anybody would turn off a game he was announcing.
You're right. The word that comes to mind when it comes to Buck for me is "smug". He drips with condescension, the attitude of someone who knows what is best, and if you don't agree, then it's your fault. In non-PxP situations, it's never that bad, but when he calls a game, he just drips with it. Michaels does this on occasion, but never to the level of Buck. And I don't think it's that he was born on third and thinks he hit a triple. His broadcasting style is just that way that grates on quite a few people. I don't change the channel, but man, I do wish I had Vin. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
