Please for the Love of God No More Steve Brown
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Batman
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No way. Brown is terrible. I can't get excited at all with him at the helm of the announcing duties. Honestly, I have never heard a weaker call on a game winner than his when he called the Trey Burke Game winner vs new york.
At least Locke has some passion. But man BollarJack is way better than both.
Grandpa Jazz
Active Member
Brown is a left over from my generation. Got entrenched as a "sports" reporter back in early 70"s and just stayed there. Never had any talent or really any apparent interest in sports and it shows. He is sucky to the max. My wife complains that i ruin the game for her because i complain about Brown so much. But then i do that about Boler too. Boone, i give my personal hall pass too because i remember him as a player and i feel bad that the younger generation missed him. He was a very very good player. Just has no flair with the language. No one complained about him much when he was teamed with Rot Rod. High school football is where Brown belongs (if anywhere) and i wish they would limit him to that.
I sorta give Boone a pass because he feels like an old friendly uncle who is becoming senile, yet I know he still cares and he had his moments back in the day (and will still have them today, just much fewer of them).
Was it Brown that kept calling the shot clock the "short clock"? My brain sputtered a few times when hearing that yesterday. And yeah, he calls the wrong players all over the place. Though sometimes it's obvious that he doesn't know an opposition player as he won't say a name at all.
PS. Bedlam is a great word. Was perfect when Boler used it. Thought his call on the Hayward winner vs Cleveland was great.
PS. Bedlam is a great word. Was perfect when Boler used it. Thought his call on the Hayward winner vs Cleveland was great.
Thee Jazz Fan
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Take a stand for something. No more rodents!!!
He makes for great drinking games.
Edgewriter
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Brown is bad, but Booner has his issues too. His favorite phrase is "for the most part". I swear I've heard him use it three times in the same paragraph.
The best thing that happened to him is working with Locke on the radio broadcast. Locke thinks he is a genius and his constant compliments make Boone try to up his game.
The flubs Harpring makes bother me the most, though. I am tired of him saying someone is shooting from "the three point land". It's either from "the three point line" or from "three point land". My wife and I laugh when he talks about how players have nice bodies. He also likes to talk about how players like to get their hands on balls. Someone must have spoken to him about it because he changed it to "basketballs". It's also become tired how little preparation he does.
That's one reason I give Locke a pass with his faux pas. Locke works his butt off and tries to get to know the players and work on the ins and outs of the system. Both him and Booner attend practices and know what the coach is trying to do. Boler and Harpring treat this as just their day job. Showing up for as few games as they can get away with. That's why we have to put up with so much Steve Brown.
I also get bothered with Boler says someone is shooting "three throws".
The best thing that happened to him is working with Locke on the radio broadcast. Locke thinks he is a genius and his constant compliments make Boone try to up his game.
The flubs Harpring makes bother me the most, though. I am tired of him saying someone is shooting from "the three point land". It's either from "the three point line" or from "three point land". My wife and I laugh when he talks about how players have nice bodies. He also likes to talk about how players like to get their hands on balls. Someone must have spoken to him about it because he changed it to "basketballs". It's also become tired how little preparation he does.
That's one reason I give Locke a pass with his faux pas. Locke works his butt off and tries to get to know the players and work on the ins and outs of the system. Both him and Booner attend practices and know what the coach is trying to do. Boler and Harpring treat this as just their day job. Showing up for as few games as they can get away with. That's why we have to put up with so much Steve Brown.
I also get bothered with Boler says someone is shooting "three throws".
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Someone should also tell him exactly where the elbow is on the court.