I remember a game that Matt Vasgersian did in Memphis with Jerry Lawler- in either the third or fourth week,that i saw on the raw NBC feed on satellite, and he seemed to be out of his element. If NBC had been smart they'd not let Vince run the show, but let Dick Ebersol do that instead.
On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 8:15:04 PM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 6:32 PM, 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> >> On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 12:57:12 PM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: >>> >>> >>> Buck has his annoying tendencies but that should not qualify him as >>> among the worst. My standard for that would be someone who does not have >>> booth experience and freezes or stammers, or someone who does not know the >>> sport or players well. The only examples that come to mind for me are Jim >>> Ross calling the XFL and Bob Prince once called a Penguins game on TV. My >>> pick of Ross is no reflection on his work in wrestling - it became clear in >>> the XFL games he did with Jerry Lawler that he never trained for football. >>> >>> >> Just a note: Ross did have some experience with football announcing prior >> to the XFL. He called the Atlanta Falcons for one season on the radio in >> 1992 back when he was still the lead announcer for WCW. >> >> I throw into this pile former UFC announcer Mike Goldberg's disastrous >> short lived stint for the NFL on FOX. Goldberg was lambasted for >> misidentifying players and coaches while announcing. In which, Goldberg >> took to Twitter to bitch at angry fans which is never a good sign. >> >> >> http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/mike-goldberg-handle-criticism-well-nfl-fox-debut.html >> > > I will state that Ross was out of his element rather than incompetent. NFL > teams do an excellent job of involving announcers in team access and > providing notes that can be used to fill time so there is not dead air. The > XFL built their rosters at the last minute and team PR was probably orders > of magnitude worse than the NFL. Doing high level play-by-play, especially > with Vince McMahon talking in your ear, was going to be a real challenge. > In the 30 For 30 doc aired recently Matt Vasgersian talked about being > dropped from main game announcing after the first because Vince felt he > wasn't high energy and into it enough. > > Until somebody comes up with a better choice than Mike Goldberg, I give > him my vote as worst ever. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
