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Originally Posted by stone hands
More or less I take issue with your assertion that being on the radio broadcast automatically means they have to be an absolutely unbearable to listen to homer like wills or they will get fired, as peter maher occupied the same role for the vast majority of the franchises existence and was nowhere near as unlistenable outside of actually calling games as Wills is. Maher actually provided insight and wasn't just running defense for when meanies who use stats and logic to bad mouth poor performers
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I didn't mean they had to be unlistenable or a huge homer on the call. Peter Maher called a great game and took great pains to sound as excited for an opposition goal as a Flames goal. One of the reasons he was a hall of fame broadcaster. I meant that if you're looking for a fact-based take about an uncomfortable reality for the home team it sure as heck won't come from the play by play announcer. Especially in today's media landscape where ownership is concentrated in too few hands.
For the record, I actually like listening to Wills call a game. I just don't expect to ever hear a non-biased take out of him on matters of the Calgary Flames because of his position. Nor would I expect such from any other play by play guy about the team they cover.