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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
"Gaudreau... over to Monahan. He shooooooots.... and heeeee...........SCORES!"
and while he's dragging out "shoooots... and heeeee" you can clearly hear crowd noises indicating something's happened but you're left hanging on his dawn out delay.
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This is what drives me nuts too. Your #1 job as a radio PBP guy is call the play as it happens, for the simple reason that people can't see the game (but can hear the noise). Having a drawn-out scoring call is passable on tv, but on radio you can't be behind the crowd. It takes all the spontaneity out of a goal.
He seems like a decent guy and I don't mind his analysis (apart from coming across as a bit of a sponsor shill), but I just haven't warmed to his play calling at all.
What makes it worse is that every time a Peter Maher commercial comes on, you're reminded of what you're missing. Peter Maher didn't try to win a Grammy with his goal calls. He just did a simple "he scores" as soon as possible and it worked.