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Originally Posted by Bingo
Don't get out much?
Calgary fans know who Rod Phillips is ... Gene, Monster Truck
Phillips has a banner doesn't he?
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Growing up, there were not a lot of games on local TV, and on radio listened to my local broadcast.
Probably rare a 10 year old kid in Calgary knew of Rod Phillips in the 80's.
I knew of him in later years, of course.
Show his picture and give his name to 1000 hockey fans across North America, and you'd probably be hard pressed to have more than a couple look at it and associate him with the Calgary Flames. Same with Rod Phillips and the oilers.
I just don't see an announcer as "Mount Rushmore" representation for a team.