Proposal: Jack or Singh?

[Duder54]

Given the choice, I'll take Jack and Louie 10 times out of 10.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It's not just winning everything. It's the journey, the ride that is the most important. And you might as well make that as pleasant and enjoyable as you can.

I get that but I still don't care. If they got rid of PbP altogether I wouldn't bat an eyelash.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Sadly petitions are a waste of time. I'll be listening to Jack on 630 CHED.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Sadly petitions are a waste of time. I'll be listening to Jack on 630 CHED.

It makes you feel empowered and gains a sense of control over matters we have no control over!

(But you're right, I am just hoping somehow the petition gains enough momentum it hits the news but it won't. )

 

[millax]

Jack is terrible at using his words to illustrate to a listener...The puck is fired up the right wing boards.. what is happening on the ice. He far too often is rambling about..dumped into the corner by Kane.. random things that have nothing to do with what is going on the ice. He needs to stay focused on the play and let the colour guy... out front and HE SCOOOOOOOOOORES.. add the colour to the commentary.

 

[McOvechking]

Jack Michaels is the best in the business and Singh is by far the worst.

 

[BudBundy]

Singh drives me absolutely nuts. His “sing-song” soccer-style call when a goal is scored is grating when it’s an Oiler and it feels like he’s openly mocking us when it’s an opponent that scores. His actual PBP is tolerable, but I can’t say it adds anything.

Jack gets so overly excited sometimes that he feels phoney and his tangents are legendary, but he’s the better option of the two.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

although I get sick and tired of Jack's digressions...he's light-years better than Singh

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Mark Lee

 

[onetweasy]

It is funny how over time everyone typically grows to hate a commentator.

Post Drew Remenda people loved Louie.......then the odd comment here and there and eventually the resume of annoying comments builds up and you end up hating that commentator.

To be fair, some I just dislike from the first puck drop and Singh is one of them.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Who cares who calls our games? If the Oilers won it all I wouldn't care if Gilbert Gottfried or Paul Lynde was doing PbP.

Everyone one should. It’s entertainment that we pay for.

 

[McDNicks17]

Everyone one should. It’s entertainment that we pay for.

Not if you're sailing the seven seas.

Sportsnet needs to up the garbage sub-par product they provide for me to give up that life.

 

[GOilers88]

He gained his fame with his Palmeri goal call while doing the Punjabi broadcast. Now, he thinks he can do the same schtick with others. It was cool the first 100 times, not anymore, thanks.

Bonino bonino bonino boninoooooo

 

[rboomercat90]

Cassie Campbell or Leah Hextall?

Same kinda choice but it’s Cassie Campbell only because Leah Hextall is unlistenable.

 

[GMofOilers]

Uh...you've obviously never heard Leah Hextall call a game.

Singh sounds like prime Rod Phillips by comparison.

To be fair to Singh, he's improved a TON over the last year. When he started he was abysmal. Now he's "ok".

My issue with Singh was always that, just like Hextall, he got thrust into the national games without near enough experience. Neither of their hiring's were merit based, because neither of them had done enough PBP to realistically even be considered for a national job. I don't give Singh any credit for his experience calling games in Punjabi. Calling them in English is obviously radically different.

All this being said, if Singh can continue to improve at the rate he has over the last two seasons, he could end up very very good.

Jack is still my guy though.

I would take Hextall over singh every day of the week, and twice on sundays

 

[Kerberos]

Jack is terrible at using his words to illustrate to a listener...The puck is fired up the right wing boards.. what is happening on the ice. He far too often is rambling about..dumped into the corner by Kane.. random things that have nothing to do with what is going on the ice. He needs to stay focused on the play and let the colour guy... out front and HE SCOOOOOOOOOORES.. add the colour to the commentary.

Perfect impression of the torturous experience listening to Jack Michaels calling a game entails. On top of the attention deficit he routinely displays, also get the sense he's sitting there with a thesaurus and awed by big fancy words he doesn't know how to properly incorporate into his pbp commentary. Even the mundane is scintillating now apparently.

And the screaming. The screaming is just too much. I can hear the saliva spraying out of his esophagus.

 

[Stoneman89]

Bonino bonino bonino boninoooooo

Thanks for correcting me! I edited my post. Those bloody Italian guys are all the same anyhow!

I would take Hextall over singh every day of the week, and twice on sundays

Hextall is the worst announcer I have ever heard. Bar none. And there's been a lot of good candidates to fill that position.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Everyone one should. It’s entertainment that we pay for.

Technically when you pay to see the Oilers you don't get any PbP.

 

[tiger_80]

Agreed. Give us the Jackinator.

Pierre Mguire.

 

[alanschu]

Either are fine.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Technically when you pay to see the Oilers you don't get any PbP.

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[JordanGalhanth]

I've posted this before, but can you imagine Jack calling this goal?

"Buck 11 to go in the final stanza, Oilers pressing for the equalizer, DOWN the stretch we go! You know this reminds me Louie of the time when Notre Dame needed a Hail Mary to upset number three seed Michigan in the 1987 Daisy Bowl Classic... Oilers wanting the same end result here tonight, now SAMSONOV back-door, tapped IN! *realizes he should be excited* ALESSSSSS HEMSKY FOR THE WIN!!!! AND THE OILERS...ARE 66 SECONDS AWAY FROM DISPATCHING THE ALMIGHTY JUGGERNAUT REDWINGS TO THE THRESHOLD OF ELIMINATION!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[Arty Spooners Bsmnt]

I've posted this before, but can you imagine Jack calling this goal?

"Buck 11 to go in the final stanza, Oilers pressing for the equalizer, DOWN the stretch we go! You know this reminds me Louie of the time when Notre Dame needed a Hail Mary to upset number three seed Michigan in the 1987 Daisy Bowl Classic... Oilers wanting the same end result here tonight, now SAMSONOV back-door, tapped IN! *realizes he should be excited* ALESSSSSS HEMSKY FOR THE WIN!!!! AND THE OILERS...ARE 66 SECONDS AWAY FROM DISPATCHING THE ALMIGHTY JUGGERNAUT REDWINGS TO THE THRESHOLD OF ELIMINATION!!!!!!!!!!"

The often not saying someone scored when they scored was annoying.

 

[elmeroil]

Jack by a landslide, signed

 

[JSlick]

nah, I like it when the pbp team is neutral, like in a national broadcast. Wish we had a Kevin Harlan or Mike Breen equivalent for nhl games