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What is up with him? Missed his awesome goal call on Ek's snipe. He seemed much more subdued. We want the fired up call Anthony. Get better soon!
Hell no! The "HE SCOOORRREEEESSS!!!!" is the worst goal call in the NHL.
I don't think he can change his goal call. It's his signature on the broadcast. Plus he'd have to train himself to do something else. The SCOOOORRREEESSS!!! call is basically muscle memory at this point. It would take an off-season to unlearn/learn something new.
I'd really like to hear some of the Central/South American futbol announcers call a hockey game. They make soccer sound so interesting (I don't understand a word of the broadcast).
I'm wondering if the Wild broadcast was on AFN (Armed Forces Network) today. He takes his homerism and goal calls down a notch when it is.
I don't think he can change his goal call. It's his signature on the broadcast. Plus he'd have to train himself to do something else. The SCOOOORRREEESSS!!! call is basically muscle memory at this point. It would take an off-season to unlearn/learn something new.
I'd really like to hear some of the Central/South American futbol announcers call a hockey game. They make soccer sound so interesting (I don't understand a word of the broadcast).
I'm wondering if the Wild broadcast was on AFN (Armed Forces Network) today. He takes his homerism and goal calls down a notch when it is.
The constant need to reference every single Minnesota connection in each and every game finally caught up to him, I'm guessing.
Vocal chords? I think you mean upper-body injury.
Hasn't slowed down Pierre McGuire.
Doesn't mean it's enjoyable to listen to. In fact, using Pierre to justify those actions speaks volume AGAINST continuing to do it.
I just don't get who that's for? Even my dad, and old-timey "we grow 'em" Minnesotan finds the Wild broadcasts grating because of the constant shoe-horning of the "one of us" angle.
Two players get into a fight/scrum: THAT'S UNIVERSITY OF DENVER VS COLGATE UNIVERSITY RIGHT THERE, REALLY SOLID STUFF.
Replace universities with any single institution/junior team/high school team in North America, and you have your average Pierre McGuire broadcast. I'd take Tony LaP any day.
I don't mind LaPanta. He's not great, but he's a substantial upgrade over Terhar. He's at the very least a competent, serviceable play by play guy.
Greenlay on the other hand makes me want to bang my head against a wall. I'm willing to bet if we replaced him with someone competent the complaints about LaPanta would almost disappear because of how much Greenlay drags the whole telecast down.
Feel like someone ought to change their user name to this thread title.