They desperately need to figure out what TSN does and copy it. Whether it's upping the crowd noise for atmosphere, getting the colour commentator between the benches, etc... Sportsnet needs to do something. The other day I was flipping between the 2 productions and the difference was tremendous. On Sportsnet you had Kerr using his golf commentator / fake smile tone laughing at some bad joke Simmer laid out while talking about how the new kids just want to have a solid game and limit mistakes, blah, blah, blah. On the TSN, you had Ferraro (who I don't really like) ramping up the intensity with some technical analysis of how one team was exploiting the other teams weaknesses in a tone that screamed intensity with the crowd noise dialed up so you felt like you were there. The Sportsnet broadcast felt like you were watching curling. Really boring curling!
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