King Knut Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Commentary Guy in the Studio segments in between periods. Nice to see him taking that game up a notch, though I thought for certain Hexy was going to ask him to dress when Mason, Emery and Zepp were all injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStraw Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 He seems to be on the fast track. I think he does a good job, very articulate breaks things down nicely. Nice change of pace from Milbury and JR (although I like JR) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poulin20 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Yes Flyers seem to be good at developing broadcasters for the national scene. (Dork Emrick, Bill Clement, Jonesy, JR, and now Boosh). If only we could harness this energy to develop D-men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Yes Flyers seem to be good at developing broadcasters for the national scene. (Dork Emrick, Bill Clement, Jonesy, JR, and now Boosh). If only we could harness this energy to develop D-men Emrick and Clement were just good and good together. The more recent ascensions have come mostly because NBC Universal and Comcast getting into cahoots and having Studios in town. Now if you work for Comcast Sportsnet Philly, technically you also work for NBC Sports. Easy jump if they need people and with NBC Universal pushing the playoffs and airing every game, they need more (and cheaper) commentators. Good economics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie58 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Greetings: At the beginning, Boosh seemed very uncomfortable and stiff. He has taken it up several notches and I agree his assessment is a plus. I suspect that being a goalie helps--it is a "rink-wide" vantage. I did not miss Coates this year...not one bit. On that score, Therien has gotten better as well. Howie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedZep Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Nice change of pace from Milbury and JR I often wonder how Milbury has this job... he is terrible, usually wrong in his assessments, and also terrible. Did I mention he is terrible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStraw Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Did I mention he is terrible? I think you did mention that he's terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesesteak Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Emrick and Clement were just good and good together. The more recent ascensions have come mostly because NBC Universal and Comcast getting into cahoots and having Studios in town. Now if you work for Comcast Sportsnet Philly, technically you also work for NBC Sports. Easy jump if they need people and with NBC Universal pushing the playoffs and airing every game, they need more (and cheaper) commentators. Good economics. Emrick is HORRIBLE...I'd rather listen to Howard Eskin yell at Morons, Dopes and Nitwits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Emrick is HORRIBLE...I'd rather listen to Howard Eskin yell at Morons, Dopes and Nitwitsdoc's hard for me now because he does the Devils snd he's so far up Crosby's craw In national games, but he's a pretty great play by play guy. Who else follows the action the way he does? He and clement were a hell of a team back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStraw Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 doc's hard for me now because he does the Devils snd he's so far up Crosby's craw In national games, but he's a pretty great play by play guy. Who else follows the action the way he does? He and clement were a hell of a team back in the day.Strader, Forslund, Gord Miller to name a few. Doc is horroble. He tries too hard to be clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Find a way to get Gary Thorne back to doing hockey . Great play by play guy.I like Dave Strater and Brian Engblom too. They do a nice job.Boosh and Anson Carter are very good together as analysts . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I often wonder how Milbury has this job... he is terrible, usually wrong in his assessments, and also terrible. Did I mention he is terrible?I would just add that he is terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Emery does a good job staying with the play, but his vocabulary is a distraction to me rather than a help. His narrative sounds like Mad Libs. "He [random verb]s the puck to Crosby who [random adverb] [random kitchen appliance]s it up the boards to Kunitz..." So that it comes out "He shinnies the puck to Crosby who sexually blenders it up the boards to Kunitz..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Emery does a good job staying with the play, but his vocabulary is a distraction to me rather than a help. His narrative sounds like Mad Libs."He [random verb]s the puck to Crosby who [random adverb] [random kitchen appliance]s it up the boards to Kunitz..."So that it comes out "He shinnies the puck to Crosby who sexually blenders it up the boards to Kunitz..." I think that's fairly accurate and to be honest it cracks me up. The worst part is how accurate the repetitive "Crosby" mentions are. I swear he randomly calls his name out when the Penguins aren't even playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Boosh and Anson Carter are very good together as analysts . I enjoy Kevin Weeks on NHL network too. Pretty decent analysis (if not goalie heavy) on their nightly recap show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I think that's fairly accurate and to be honest it cracks me up. The worst part is how accurate the repetitive "Crosby" mentions are. I swear he randomly calls his name out when the Penguins aren't even playing. The worst part is that I love hockey...but when Emerick is calling the play I have a hard time enjoying it. He's that irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 I watched too many games in the 80's and early 90's with him calling the Flyers with Bill Clement. I hear him and the only difficult part I have is hearing his voice getting happy when other teams score. The worst part is that I love hockey...but when Emerick is calling the play I have a hard time enjoying it. He's that irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 @King Knut I watched the Flyers then too. Poulin was one of my favorite players...but if came out playing for Philly now it would just be pathetic. Like Emericks commentary is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Knut Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 @King KnutI watched the Flyers then too. Poulin was one of my favorite players...but if came out playing for Philly now it would just be pathetic. Like Emericks commentary is today.Ha ha. Nostalgia means pain. It's not a wheel. It's a carousel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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