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D Locke on Mike and Mike

I haven't listened to him much since his first stint here in Salt Lake, but, I really liked him then. I can see how his voice and attitude rubs folks the wrong way, but, I appreciate how well he researches his arguments and presents them. I'd much prefer listening to a bunch of manufactured stats than some meandering discussion about fry sauce.

Just me though. If you like the Fry sauce approach to the game more power to you. I prefer a guy who's into the stats. I like Boler, seems like a good guy. Just doesn't add much of anything to the game to me. Harpring is just a little annoying, but, I figure maybe little old ladies like him for something. To each their own.
 
margodydek said:
Someday, Harpring is going to call Boler out on his misuse of "skip pass" and this is what it's going to end like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyHkbQ6uics&feature=player_embedded
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If that's what it takes for Boler to understand the difference between a skip pass and a bounce pass, I'm all for it.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=k9YOgxz22EU

"Garnett for 2, count it. That's a long 2 pointer, his right leg just inside the 3pt line, so Mike, that means they give him two points." Hahahahaahahahaha
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=k9YOgxz22EU

"Garnett for 2, count it. That's a long 2 pointer, his right leg just inside the 3pt line, so Mike, that means they give him two points." Hahahahaahahahaha
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Hahahahahahahaha. I can see why they started to get on each others nerves after watching that video.
 
Margo's take on Locke:

We now live in a society where it's easier and more "in vogue" to be cynical. I personally have nothing wrong with somebody who does something 100X better than I could, and does it with passion. Does he do a few things that bother me? Yes. Does he try to sound cool/clever? Yes. Is he now going to let these 15 min go to his head and try to come up with other outlandish calls that will get him more national pub? Probably. But he puts a ton of time and passion into his job, and give us a ton of insight and data on the team, so I'll keep listening to his podcasts and his calls and not complain about it.
 
if you're really looking for a change, i hear the spanish play-by-play guys do a nice job. ;)

i give locke credit for caring, but also for having the whatever-you-call it to sit there with mike & mike and laugh about it. obviously he doesn't take himself too seriously, so it's cool that he can joke about the situation. his whole schtick since he got the job is that he's a rabid fan-boy to whom the jazz somehow gave a microphone... and those 12 seconds of radio pretty much prove that it's not an act. again, i can respect & understand that.
 
theNBAnerd said:
if you're really looking for a change, i hear the spanish play-by-play guys do a nice job. ;)

i give locke credit for caring, but also for having the whatever-you-call it to sit there with mike & mike and laugh about it. obviously he doesn't take himself too seriously, so it's cool that he can joke about the situation. his whole schtick since he got the job is that he's a rabid fan-boy to whom the jazz somehow gave a microphone... and those 12 seconds of radio pretty much prove that it's not an act. again, i can respect & understand that.
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Well said. As much as I hate that Locke won't say the damn score of the game for about 15-20 minutes at a time, I can't fault his love for the team.

That sound clip was hilarious though, I hadn't heard it until today. What's funny is I think I made the same sound he made as I was watching it live, except I definitely sprinkled in about 10 swear words between the incoherent "bah! badabadAH!'s"
 
YB85 said:
He also can go a long time without letting the listener know the score, which is a huge no-no in my book.
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In his first year, once I was listening to the game driving home from work. He never said the score even once during my 25 minute commute. Even though he has improved and does give the score more often now... he still sucks at it.
 
He is pretty terrible on the radio, but he also has to babysit booner, so he has a lot on his plate during the games. If he would just quit trying to make up catch phrases he would be a lot less laughable, but I would also laugh at him a lot less. All in all, he is a pretty decent radio personality who knows his stuff, but tries way to hard whilst calling the actual games.
 
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