Paul Steigerwald's contract

[Ogrezilla]

This thread was deader than Hobey Baker!

and he died in a plane crash!

 

[crossicepass]

Wait until Kolby takes over. You'll sign petitions to bring Steigy back.

 

[Ogrezilla]

steiggy out, super genius double M in.

 

[MrWilson*]

steiggy out, super genius double M in.

Ur kidding I hope. Talk about an annoying clown that has even less business being on the air than staggy. Wow.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Wait until Kolby takes over. You'll sign petitions to bring Steigy back.

I can barely stand his voice in between periods.

 

[Darth Vitale]

Trivia question: how many yinzers does it take to throw Mark Madden off a yellow bridge?

 

[Son Goku]

Trivia question: how many yinzers does it take to throw Mark Madden off a yellow bridge?

Enough to match and overpower his tested 166 IQ

 

[Gallatin]

As I understand it - anecdotally only - the only person to blame for the Mike Lange/Paul Steigerwald shuffle is Mike Lange.

Lang was having some real issues there at the end of his TV tenure. Really glad he pulled himself together to continue his career via radio.

 

[Harvey Birdman]

I don't know how anyone can dislike Errey. He knows what he's talking about, he see's absolutely everything and he is funny. A bit of a homer, but not nearly as much as Steiggy. A little homerism makes sense when you are on a local channel anyway.

Same here I actually love Errey... Love in the way the towns folk love the village idiot. But love none the less...

Steigerwald though... I've never wished such horrible things upon a person I have never met before. There are nights he makes watching the team I cherish and hold dear almost unwatchable. The unspeakable things I wish would happen to that man are mind numbing at times.

 

[M0NTY26]

I don't know, we can hope I suppose. I do know that he is the commentator for the Xbox Live indie Lacrosse game which was wierd/shocking.

The creator of that game, Carlo, graduated with and is friends with Pauls son, Dylan.

 

[SwordofStMichael]

A young Paul Steigerwald, as the Penguins director of marketing, in 1984 greeted the 18 year old Mario Lemieux at the airport and drove him in to town.

Steigerwald is not going anywhere. He is part of the original inner circle.

As for a possible eventual replacement for either Lange or Steigerwald...
...here are (local) guys I know off-hand that have done hockey play-b-play professionally (been paid for it over at least one full season):
Steve Kolbe (NHL Capitals)
Steve Mears (NHL Islanders, Shreveport Mudbugs)
Dan Kingerski (Johnstown Chiefs, Team USA)

or...Scott Ferrall (Atlanta Thrashers)...shake it uuupp!!!

 

[gopens66]

I want an exact count on how many times Steigerwald said, "Shoots it wide........on purpose!" this season. The man drives me insane.

 

[SuburbanRhythm]

Trivia question: how many yinzers does it take to throw Mark Madden off a yellow bridge?

0. MM on a decaying Pittsburgh bridge would collapse before anyone got the chance.

 

[Jacob]

The only thing I dislike about Steigy is how bi-polar his game calling is. If the Penguins are playing well to start a game, even if the game is tied, you'd think it was 7-0 in the third period. Then the other team scores or has a good shift and it's like the Penguins are playing historically bad. Just call the game. As fans we ebb and flow enough as it is, we don't need any help from the PBP guy.

 

[SwordofStMichael]

Now that Pens are done try this...stream local radio PbP of other teams

I listened to the Chicago radio PbP last week..we complain about our guys but the CHI color-analyst read the same promo during every stoppage, which limited his time to give any actual analysis.
"...Hawks playoffs brought to you by the new Bradford Woods commercial development, a perfect place to start your business Saad had a great chance there but another good save by Rinne..."
after every stoppage

The only thing I dislike about Steigy is how bi-polar his game calling is. If the Penguins are playing well to start a game, even if the game is tied, you'd think it was 7-0 in the third period. Then the other team scores or has a good shift and it's like the Penguins are playing historically bad. Just call the game. As fans we ebb and flow enough as it is, we don't need any help from the PBP guy.

Yes this.

 

[Shady Machine]

The only thing I dislike about Steigy is how bi-polar his game calling is. If the Penguins are playing well to start a game, even if the game is tied, you'd think it was 7-0 in the third period. Then the other team scores or has a good shift and it's like the Penguins are playing historically bad. Just call the game. As fans we ebb and flow enough as it is, we don't need any help from the PBP guy.

That's the only thing you dislike about him?

 

[Ogrezilla]

Ur kidding I hope. Talk about an annoying clown that has even less business being on the air than staggy. Wow.

I am kidding. Though Madden knows far more about hockey than Steiggy. He'd be an awful announcer though.

 

[Jacob]

That's the only thing you dislike about him?

Pretty much. He's otherwise harmless.

 

[Shady Machine]

Pretty much. He's otherwise harmless.

He's all around miserable to listen to IMO.

 

[FlightlessBird]

Wait until Kolbe takes over. You'll sign petitions to bring Steigy back.

Exactly. Though I think he'd take over radio before TV. Couldn't stand him on Capitals games, and would be painful to listen to him call for the Pens.

 

[SwordofStMichael]

Kolbe and Mears both voices sound very flat to me, no change in pitch even when they raise their voices or get excited. But then again so does Jim Hughson, sounds flat, and he's considered one of the best so I'm probably not a good judge.

By the way Kolbe was doing RMU hockey play-b-play, with Prisuta on color, he is a good at calling the play didn't hear too many flubs or mistakes but his voice and screaming goal calls were cringe worthy.
Mears sounds the same to me when he did Team USA.

last thing..we are very spoiled with Mike Lange, very spoiled...almost every PbP guy gives a long loud "Sccooorrree"...Mike's pause then "...heeee shooots and scores.." is unique in my experience, that split second pause, that split second of anticipation seems like an eternity. Listening to that growing up you get goose bumps everytime.

 

[Darth Vitale]

He blows.

 

[Mister Hockey]

I can see Mears being groomed for the job and I'm cool with that - he's the least annoying guy we've had since Lange and Edzo and seems to know the game enough. Unfortunately Steiggy and Errey are both very young and could be here for a LONG time.

On Steiggy last night, his "the.....big.....long.....stick.....of Hal..Gill" got an "are you kidding me?" from my wife. Steiggy couldn't have said it any more sketchy.

Edzo is the reason "Mikey" got yanked from TV. They were the most annoying pair ever. They sounded like two drunks in a bar, funny only to themselves.

It was a nice reality check for Lange. He is a lot better after being vanquished to radio.

 

[The Old Master]

Edzo is the reason "Mikey" got yanked from TV. They were the most annoying pair ever. They sounded like two drunks in a bar, funny only to themselves.

It was a nice reality check for Lange. He is a lot better after being vanquished to radio.

the way you make this stuff up you should be in politics.

 

[Mister Hockey]

the way you make this stuff up you should be in politics.

Apparently you never watched the Pens broadcasts.