I feel good for him. He's going to be in a national spotlight almost constantly this season, which is a nice step toward that NBC gig that we all know he'll get eventually. And he'll be a cult figure for another fanbase which, much like ours, will always hear his voice behind their fond memories of the early days.
To me the split between Forslund and the Canes really wasn't all that painful. John reached the peak of his profession and wanted to be paid accordingly, with opportunities to grow into a well-earned national role. Dundon was staring down the barrel of a season with little-to-no revenue, and the economic reality that there's no real bottom-line difference between an A-level announcer and a C-level announcer as far as a regional broadcast is concerned. It was pretty clearly a situation where both needed to move on. And it's not like Maniscalco is some basketball guy that they found wandering the Bojangles parking lot. He's a big part of Canes culture too... believe it or not, he'll soon have logged 15 years covering this team. The change is fine, and it was coming sooner or later in some form.
