lol dude i don't really give a damn about the eye candy factor, sherry seems like a legit fan and is sassy as hell she'd be funny on TV. deb has been doing interviews and all that **** for YEARS and still sounds like a second year broadcast major from a state school, the intermissions are sometimes painful to watch.
bring gary thorne back into the booth (to hell with the o's gary we all know you miss hockey) send the cangi man back to the intermission report
honestly though i hope the "new ownership" pushes for a revamp of the TV broadcasts.
He might welcome the switch back to hockey actually. Fewer games to cover and less travel. I would like that.
I wouldn't want to listen to Holik's voice for three hours a night...but he'd be GREAT in the Don Cherry intermission role. An edgier version of Stan during the Matt and the Maven days.
I don't know why Thorne isn't doing hockey, I guess baseball's his passion or he's being paid really well by the O's...people always got on him for butchering names (which he did) but I always attributed part of that to his insane schedule between doing hockey and baseball at the same time for ESPN. Anyone would butcher names if they had to do THAT much at once.
I'll miss Chico, he's such a great guy. I really liked what I heard from Dano doing it in the Boston game, it sounds like he did alright last night too.
If it's true Chico retires after this season, then bringing in Dano is the perfect transition. From one passionate guy to another.
Yeah covering multiple sports and multiple teams within those sports will leave a few international names going through the buzz saw. If he had a home team to learn inside out and just had to learn the opponents names on game day without calling other sports in between I'm sure he'd be clean up what few mistakes he made.
He might welcome the switch back to hockey actually. Fewer games to cover and less travel. I would like that.
I would prefer Sherry Ross on TV and Dano on the radio. She's earned the job and I would like it if the Devils made a bold move like that.
Use Chico to wander around the arena during home games and talk to fans/vendors/celebs. Call it "Taste of the Game with Chico". That's where he shines. That way he's still around and it would reduce his workload and travel.
Considering that Dolan(who owns MSG, remember?) probably won't go for having basically a Grandma(you've seen what Sherry looks like, right?) on the air calling games, I doubt we'd see Sherry on the air anytime soon.
Though I would love to see this just to show that the MSG Network only value TALENT over LOOKS, I fear that's not what the reality is.
Dolan would sooner have Deb Placey call games because she's better Eye-Candy, I bet.
It is what it is.
Dano's not exactly a looker himself though Well okay we find him adorable but he ain't getting on GQ anytime soon.
I love Dano but his hoarse, droning voice is just awful for broadcasting. By the time he gets to the end of his long train of thought he trails off into an inaudible mumble. I honestly can't decipher what he's saying sometimes. I like him more in small doses.