Rumor: Rob Kerr And Charlie Simmer let go by Sportsnet

[Skobel24]

I'll miss Kerr. I thought he was awesome.

 

[WhereIsIt]

Kerr was hilarious sometimes, but not in a good way... his PBP was seriously lacking. Best of luck to him though.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

I just realized something. What if they replace Simmer....


with Eric Francis?

 

[Noori]

Kerr and Simmer, while both great guys, were absolutely brutal for PBP/commentary. Rob Kerr is tailor-made for radio. This guy knows his hockey and is great at discussing the finer points of the game. But when he's forced to use cringe-worthy cliches every ten seconds, it ruins the experience.

As for Simmer... well, he's had a helluva an NHL career and probably has made decent money. Time to retire ol' chap.

 

[Kanye]

I'll miss Kerr.

Simmer, not so much.

 

[DCDM]

I just realized something. What if they replace Simmer....


with Eric Francis?

Then I'll be done with Flames TV broadcasts. Radio it is.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I'd be fine with Kerr doing colour commentary (or "host" which is what Millions is now) as he's actually quite intelligent. He's just lousy at calling the play by play.

I've never understood having Charlie Simmer - I mean he was a good player once, when I was a kid, but has zero ties to Calgary other than living here.

Hopefully a former announcer isn't recycled (Millions or Loubardias) or it isn't Mark Lee (barf) and Rick Ball is hired.

 

[Mr Lebowski]

We'll never here Kerr yell VAAAAAAAAAN BRAAAAABAAAAAANT on a regular basis. I'd like to see Kerr as a colour commentator. Not sure who should replace him.

 

[SickHandsNoShot]

Oh and "Dangling in a phone-book" is hands down the funniest thing ive ever heard.

 

[Bosnian Beast]

Can someone post the "Where is it?" one more time? Just for old times sake?

 

[Lunatik]

this is still just a rumor and has not been confirmed

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Always feel bad when someone is fired, espwcially if they haven't really done anything wrong. Either way, best of luck to Kerr and here's hoping we can get a good PBP announcer.

The thing Kerr did wrong was being bad at pbp.

 

[MuffinMerc]

I'd be fine with Kerr doing colour commentary (or "host" which is what Millions is now) as he's actually quite intelligent. He's just lousy at calling the play by play.

I've never understood having Charlie Simmer - I mean he was a good player once, when I was a kid, but has zero ties to Calgary other than living here.

Hopefully a former announcer isn't recycled (Millions or Loubardias) or it isn't Mark Lee (barf) and Rick Ball is hired.

I like Mark Lee

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

I'd be fine with Kerr doing colour commentary (or "host" which is what Millions is now) as he's actually quite intelligent. He's just lousy at calling the play by play.

I've never understood having Charlie Simmer - I mean he was a good player once, when I was a kid, but has zero ties to Calgary other than living here.

Yeah I'd be fine with Kerr doing CC because nobody can deny he's very knowledgeable in hockey. It's just doing PBP that he's terrible at and he says some really bizarre things. Hopefully, Kerr will make his way back the way Loubardias did (just not with the Flames tv broadcasts, please).

I always wondered about why Simmer was around too. The best explanation I could come up with was his history with the game might give the audience some insight on how the game is played and what might be going through a player's mind, but he's been out of the game for over 20 years.

On a related note, I just found this article about Peter Loubardias after his firing and making a come back:
http://www.calgaryjournal.ca/index....bardias-journey-back-from-broadcasting-embers

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Can someone post the "Where is it?" one more time? Just for old times sake?

 

[GetThePuckOut]

this is still just a rumor and has not been confirmed

Rob Kerr is fired...

Or is he??!

 

[1989]

Rob Kerr is fired...

Or is he??!

WHERE IS HE?!

Surprised you didn't take that route.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Rob Kerr is fired...

Or is he??!

I would have also accepted:

Has Rob Kerr been fired? Yes he has/No he hasn't!

 

[Bosnian Beast]

And again, we're just saying this is a rumour so we can't say for sure whether Kerr and Simmer were fired.

 

[TheClassicK*]

It seems like it's more than a rumour. Jason Gregor confirmed it on twitter and even replied to a question from someone else saying they're going through the hiring process for new PBP announcers.

 

[Nordberg]

I would love to have Loubo back, but I'm not opposed to trying someone new. I do feel bad for Kerr though, he came off as a really likeable character for me even if he was jarring sometimes.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Offer Rhett Warrener the colour gig.

 

[Beats By CoRD]

Hope it's true. I couldn't stand to listen to these guys another 82 times a year. I was losing it at the end of this year.

 

[Lunatik]

Hope it's true. I couldn't stand to listen to these guys another 82 times a year. I was losing it at the end of this year.

it's really closer to 50 times a year

 

[Ace Rimmer]

it's really closer to 50 times a year

With the new tv contract & partnership of CBC and sportsnet, it could be a lot more than 50 - 82 may not be far from the truth.