Tribute The Official “Bring Back Jack” Thread

[ZJuice]

Credit where credit is due. I felt his emotion was significantly better than usual this game. Might have a cold but his voice was a bit raspy on some calls.

Still no Jack but maybe taking strides to improve.

He definitely got better as the game went on. Felt his emotion, he was definitely into it tonight!

 

[bellagiobob]

Two games in with Singh, and I’d say for sure he has improved. I’m pleased that I didn’t really notice him, which for me is good.

 

[ZJuice]

Two games in with Singh, and I’d say for sure he has improved. I’m pleased that I didn’t really notice him, which for me is good.

May have to change the petition to bring back Gene and remove Kypreos, Hrudey and everyone else that has shown that they don’t like our squad.

 

[oilers'72]

Listening to Alex Faust and Jim Fox on Bally Sports (replay). Pretty good duo.

 

[bellagiobob]

May have to change the petition to bring back Gene and remove Kypreos, Hrudey and everyone else that has shown that they don’t like our squad.

Have to admit I haven't watched a second of the pregame or intermission banter. Just been switching between games.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

Meanwhile, I just listened to the ESPN crew. Gord Miller and Cassie...

 

[brentashton]

Meanwhile, I just listened to the ESPN crew. Gord Miller and Cassie...

Gord is good. I’ll leave it at that.

 

[BudBundy]

Credit where credit is due. I felt his emotion was significantly better than usual this game. Might have a cold but his voice was a bit raspy on some calls.

Still no Jack but maybe taking strides to improve.

I’ve been pretty down on Singh, but I have to agree and admit that he was better last night. I bit more enthusiasm in his voice. Maybe the more physical game got him going? I don’t know. He’s still not my favourite but he was good enough that he fit into the play, and he didn’t take away from the experience.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

the Singh Curse has been broken

 

[The Nuge]

People are way too hard on Singh. He’s been fine, and he won’t improve unless he calls more games. It wasn’t that long ago that those of us who liked Louie were in the minority.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

I'm curious as to what the attitude would be like here if we had Mark Lee and Kevin "Like a Receiver in Football" Weekes calling this series.

 

[ujju2]

May have to change the petition to bring back Gene and remove Kypreos, Hrudey and everyone else that has shown that they don’t like our squad.

I still want Jack, but yeah I haven't really noticed Singh at all which is good. But we definitely need Gene.

 

[Mav3rick07]

Singh is getting better and more tolerable, but there's still lots of other broadcasters that I'd prefer over him. It's nothing personal, he's just a tad vanilla at times and bland. Not to mention we usually lose when he announces.

I can't help but wonder who would announce the Battle of Alberta in Round Two if that occurs. I think I'd take Singh over Ball in that case, because Ball is pro Calgary and the last thing we need is more Calgary homers.

 

[AM]

Singh is getting better and more tolerable, but there's still lots of other broadcasters that I'd prefer over him. It's nothing personal, he's just a tad vanilla at times and bland. Not to mention we usually lose when he announces.

I can't help but wonder who would announce the Battle of Alberta in Round Two if that occurs. I think I'd take Singh over Ball in that case, because Ball is pro Calgary and the last thing we need is more Calgary homers.

I’d rather a Calgary homer then an Edmonton born Vancouver fan. That said, it’s the oilers job to win over all commentators, so as long as the oilers do their job it will be a pleasant experience. Think about it, wouldn’t you want to hear balls heart break in real time. Cue Conan line.

 

[BlackDogg]

I noticed improvement as well in Singh's call.

Could it be reverse racism?

 

[snipes]

Singh is getting better and more tolerable, but there's still lots of other broadcasters that I'd prefer over him. It's nothing personal, he's just a tad vanilla at times and bland. Not to mention we usually lose when he announces.

I can't help but wonder who would announce the Battle of Alberta in Round Two if that occurs. I think I'd take Singh over Ball in that case, because Ball is pro Calgary and the last thing we need is more Calgary homers.

Hrudey is insufferable in between periods. Adding Ball to calling our series is ridiculous.

Cart before the horse though, need to win our series first. Besides, the Stars might knock the Flames out anyways.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

@alphahelix

How are you holding up buddy? I know things didn't go your way but you can at least Singh's been decent, right?

 

[alphahelix]

@alphahelix

How are you holding up buddy? I know things didn't go your way but you can at least Singh's been decent, right?

I’m holding up a lot better than if I were a contemptuous cynical pessimist like yourself: keep taking your meds.

I (& almost all of the dozens of commenters on the 3500+ strong petition) have noted the whole time that Singh is a fast-improving and reasonable option as a broadcaster who has little to nothing to do with the petition.

Its always been about 1) The Rogers monopoly‘s habitual ignorance of the fanbase in Edmonton in all of their decision making, & 2)Jack Michaels, who is still by majority opinion the best option for broadcasts. A guy who has called hundreds of regular season games with no reward. A guy who brings cup finals energy to timbits preseason games.

Personally speaking, I AM glad that we don’t have to listen to a Harnaryan-Cassie Campbell call and we were lucky enough to be left with Louie, but thats negative thinking and as reinforced in the very first post here — this has always been a positive movement.

Its no surprise whatsoever that people like you can’t abide that without derailing every thread at every turn to belittle, besmirch and self-aggrandize.

Your contributions are so valuable here, o wise one: what would we do without you? Its difficult to even imagine what must be going through your head when you click that post button- how can you feel good about yourself as a person? Must come from a very sad place in life. Good luck out there.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

I’m holding up a lot better than if I were a contemptuous cynical pessimist like yourself: keep taking your meds.

I (& almost all of the dozens of commenters on the 3500+ strong petition) have noted the whole time that Singh is a fast-improving and reasonable option as a broadcaster who has little to nothing to do with the petition.

Its always been about 1) The Rogers monopoly‘s habitual ignorance of the fanbase in Edmonton in all of their decision making, & 2)Jack Michaels, who is still by majority opinion the best option for broadcasts. A guy who has called hundreds of regular season games with no reward. A guy who brings cup finals energy to timbits preseason games.

Personally speaking, I AM glad that we don’t have to listen to a Harnaryan-Cassie Campbell call and we were lucky enough to be left with Louie, but thats negative thinking and as reinforced in the very first post here — this has always been a positive movement.

Its no surprise whatsoever that people like you can’t abide that without derailing every thread at every turn to belittle, besmirch and self-aggrandize.

Your contributions are so valuable here, o wise one: what would we do without you? Its difficult to even imagine what must be going through your head when you click that post button- how can you feel good about yourself as a person? Must come from a very sad place in life. Good luck out there.

Cheers, hope you enjoy the rest of the playoffs and Mr Harnarayan's commentary.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Hrudey is insufferable in between periods. Adding Ball to calling our series is ridiculous.

Cart before the horse though, need to win our series first. Besides, the Stars might knock the Flames out anyways.

Apparently Hrudey was getting angry off screen in the telecast and came back on and was caught still redfaced. he boiled over I guess. Nothing like the Flames losing to anger him. Such a tool.

 

[Not Canada Drai]

Don't care tbh, he's not my favourite but he's fine. Maybe if the Oilers win we might give the Kings an insufferable Singh call to hate for years to come.

I'm just glad we're enjoying Oilers playoff hockey. What ever happened to that fan who switched fandom to the Coyotes? Poor guy.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Given last game, I wonder if there's a leash on Quick, and if the Oilers come out strong, if you could chase him from the net?

 

[North Cole]

Don't care tbh, he's not my favourite but he's fine. Maybe if the Oilers win we might give the Kings an insufferable Singh call to hate for years to come.

I'm just glad we're enjoying Oilers playoff hockey. What ever happened to that fan who switched fandom to the Coyotes? Poor guy.

Stevenf1919?

Given the state of Yotes hockey, prolly this:

 

[redgrant]

I’m holding up a lot better than if I were a contemptuous cynical pessimist like yourself: keep taking your meds.

I (& almost all of the dozens of commenters on the 3500+ strong petition) have noted the whole time that Singh is a fast-improving and reasonable option as a broadcaster who has little to nothing to do with the petition.

Its always been about 1) The Rogers monopoly‘s habitual ignorance of the fanbase in Edmonton in all of their decision making, & 2)Jack Michaels, who is still by majority opinion the best option for broadcasts. A guy who has called hundreds of regular season games with no reward. A guy who brings cup finals energy to timbits preseason games.

Personally speaking, I AM glad that we don’t have to listen to a Harnaryan-Cassie Campbell call and we were lucky enough to be left with Louie, but thats negative thinking and as reinforced in the very first post here — this has always been a positive movement.

Its no surprise whatsoever that people like you can’t abide that without derailing every thread at every turn to belittle, besmirch and self-aggrandize.

Your contributions are so valuable here, o wise one: what would we do without you? Its difficult to even imagine what must be going through your head when you click that post button- how can you feel good about yourself as a person? Must come from a very sad place in life. Good luck out there.

There are millions of oiler fans across the country. A petition with 3500 fans is a micro minority. Its like some fringe politican who gets the most vocal people to show up and ends up with 2% of the vote.

Look at the trucker convoy. 95% of truckers were vaccinated and we had 5% behaving vocally. Most people dont give a shit about getting vaccinated. Just like most people really dont care who calls or even notice who calls the games.

 

[TheNumber4]

Singh is competent. That is all. I'd say his read of the game is still off, getting excited at the wrong time, noting shot passes as shooting wide, little things like that. But overall he can get the job done.

The thing is, Jack is much better still and the majority of Oilers fans like him more and would prefer his calls. Better accuracy, better vocabulary, better insights, deeper understanding of the team, and way better emotion. It just seems illogical to me that Rogers, who's job is to give the Fans the best presentation they can muster, choose to give us a subpar one. Not that big of a deal at the end of the day, but just another reason to dislike Rogers amongst many others.