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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I don’t know Wills personally and maybe there’s something I missed somewhere but this post seems entirely unfair. Personally I don’t mind Wills call. It’s not easy following up a hall of fame broadcaster and maybe the issues are not his call but rather it’s different from what longtime fans were used to.
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I've met Wills and he seems like a super nice guy. I didn't ask him (and never would), but I can't imagine that anyone in his position would be interested in having the guy you replaced come in for "just one" playoff game. That's preposterous. Derek Wills has had to deal with a lot of behind the scenes garbage to get the games done over the past couple years. Broadcasting from a board room has to be incredibly difficult, and that isn't because he chose that method.
And before I even say this...I loved Peter Maher. He was great and made some amazing calls in the 2004 run. But, as he got nearer to the end it wasn't the same. I think that some people are romanticizing how great this would be, when really his calls were not that great in the last year or two. That's not an attack on him at all, as it will happen to us all as we age.