Joe McGrath
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"Well you like what Harrison is trying to do there"..... Following some 3rd liner going between Harrison's legs to walk in alone.
Tripp perpetuates Carolina Hurricanes fan base losing mentality and acceptance of it.
At least Tripp kinda knows what hes talking about.
The PA guy, Brian Hoyle, and the multiple in-arena hosts throughout the years are complete jokes.
They ruitinely bash player names and many other terrible things. I thoguht about starting an entire thread. I have about 10 names I've heard Hoyle screw up. At one point, it was a weekly thing.
This season, Tripp Tracy has routinely messed up Andrej Sekera's name by pronouncing it the way that he did previous to this season. Forslund made mention that Sekera himself corrected the 2 broadcasters prior to the season. Not saying that I give a pass to Hoyle, but if Tripp can't pronounce player names from his own team, clearly he's no better.
And Tripp doesn't know what he's talking about. That's clearly obvious through the many posts in this thread and other Trippism threads from previous years. He makes stupid comments because he's got time to fill and he doesn't know how to fill it.
Re: Hoyle, I think he sounds a lot like the Rehabilitation announcer from "Idiocracy" when announcing canes' goals. Probably not exactly a compliment.
Just a random, personal gripe because it came up in this thread under in-game entertainment and it was driving me particularly nuts last night in the arena, but I'm sick to death of Ron the Ref.
Sick, sick, sick.
He seems like a nice guy, but the schtick is just beyond old after watching it in person year after year.
Random fact of the day.
Ron the Ref was Cappy in the Icecap days.
Just a random, personal gripe because it came up in this thread under in-game entertainment and it was driving me particularly nuts last night in the arena, but I'm sick to death of Ron the Ref.
Sick, sick, sick.
He seems like a nice guy, but the schtick is just beyond old after watching it in person year after year.
Random fact of the day.
Ron the Ref was Cappy in the Icecap days.
One of my friends who played for the Junior Canes back in the day says he's an absolutely terrible ref, as well.
If we're talking minor league baseball, the Grasshopper's guy is ridiculously bad. His name is Spazz IIRC (or something similar) and he sounds exactly as you'd expect. I believe he's an agent for one of the Kardashians as well.
But when Tripp messes up Sekara's name, it's not because he pronounces it the way it used to be pronounced. He adds an "A" in the first syllable for some reason and says Sakara. And how many people say Ger-Bay? I know Muller does, but he has that strong Canadian accent. Still, how do you not pronounce your own player's name correctly?
I'd still rather have Ron than the Bulls on-field host, Jatovi. Jatovi's a heck of a nice guy and it's hard to dislike him on a personal level, but his schtick...everybody who participates in promos is always "very/really excited" or "very/really nervous" and they always "need your help."
Ugh. Indeed.
I think you hit on something here, which is just my general dislike of in-game "promotions" and "entertainment," no matter who's doing it.
Tripp Tracy is nowhere near an exalted authority to, a guiding light for, or a clear reflection of the Carolina Hurricanes fan base. If you don't know this by now...
And that is not a humble opinion.
so you believe that the common hockey fan pays no heed to him? or commentator's analyses in general aren't viewed by most as gospel? I certainly do and evidence of it is all around us.
"Well you like what Harrison is trying to do there"..... Following some 3rd liner going between Harrison's legs to walk in alone.
Jay Harrison while playing one less game is a plus 2 with 3 pts..
Jordan Staal is a minus 3 with 3 pts.
Old Harry is better than young Jordan at a fraction of the cost.
If we're talking minor league baseball, the Grasshopper's guy is ridiculously bad. His name is Spazz IIRC (or something similar) and he sounds exactly as you'd expect. I believe he's an agent for one of the Kardashians as well.
But when Tripp messes up Sekara's name, it's not because he pronounces it the way it used to be pronounced. He adds an "A" in the first syllable for some reason and says Sakara. And how many people say Ger-Bay? I know Muller does, but he has that strong Canadian accent. Still, how do you not pronounce your own player's name correctly?