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is there a worse call in sports?

I guess I'm just not a pretentious blow-hard, overly obsessed with how "cool" our announcers sound. I like that they have fun with the broadcast, and aren't too homerish. Yes, Boler's basketball knowledge and word choice is cringe-worthy at times, and Matt has a touch of the downs, but they're much better than the average NBA crew.
 
GVC said:
I guess I'm just not a pretentious blow-hard, overly obsessed with how "cool" our announcers sound. I like that they have fun with the broadcast, and aren't too homerish. Yes, Boler's basketball knowledge and word choice is cringe-worthy at times, and Matt has a touch of the downs, but they're much better than the average NBA crew.
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They are all we have so I love them all (except for Harp, he is creepy).
 
It kind of annoyed me at first, but it has grown on me.

Agree'd with pretty much everything GVC said above. Overall they are giant cornballs, but if you don't take them too seriously, it isn't a big deal.
 
Oh, has it been 3 months already? Time for the quarterly I hate our announcers thread so soon. Wow, how time flies.
 
jimmy eat jazz said:
Not sure you're serious or joking, but the term 'skip pass' has been around for a long long time.
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Unfortunately Bolerjack often calls passes "skip passes" that aren't skip passes. At first I thought he just never had a good view of the play but now I'm convinced he has no idea what a skip pass is.
 
vslice02 said:
Unfortunately Bolerjack often calls passes "skip passes" that aren't skip passes. At first I thought he just never had a good view of the play but now I'm convinced he has no idea what a skip pass is.
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He definitely clueless on that one. I'm surprised no one's corrected him.
 
You don't have to be a blowhard or too-cool-for-school in order to point out bad style. After all, style is what that dude gets paid for. It's a bigger blowhard move to say, in effect, "I analyze the things that really matter, so not this."
 
yeah the houdini call gets overuse and used out of context.

boler and harp both have a bunch of annoying phrases:

when someone shoots it "straight away" (meaning, i think, from in front of the ring) and also "belt high dribble"

harpring: "do your homework early" - i think he made this one up. also, "know your personnel... KYP".
 
Hartsock said:
Boler may say a lot of dumb ****, but at least he sounds cool when saying it. I really loved Locke as a radio host, but listening to him call games makes me very uncomfortable.
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This big time.... Boler has a great voice for broadcasting and is a pro. (there is reason why the SEC wants boler to do thier college football games on saturdays)

Yes he says some dumb stuff but think of all the things hot rod said: Gentle push and a mild arc and the cowhide globe hits home, belt high dribble, yo-yo's the dribble, jacknifed it, etc etc.... hot rod said so much nonsensical stuff over and over again game after game also and we all loved it cause he was our announcer while we were growing up watching stockton and malone take us to the finals.
 
I like boler
meh on harpring
hate locke
i think boone is ok
hate brown
But the worst of the worst is defenately tom nissaulke... I hate him so bad and wont listen when he is on the radio. I have no idea how he has a job.
 
Also..... What is the description of a skip pass anyway?
 
A skip pass is a pass over the top of the defense, from one side of the perimeter to the other. You "skip" the defenders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWBhwr_c7P8


Boler uses "skip pass" as slang to describe a bounce pass.
 
UGLI baby said:
A skip pass is a pass over the top of the defense, from one side of the perimeter to the other. You "skip" the defenders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWBhwr_c7P8


Boler uses "skip pass" as slang to describe a bounce pass.
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Boler equates the bounce pass to skipping stones on a pond apparently.
 
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