Any broadcaster as a general rule is more excited when the home teams scores, even Maher has more excitement in his voice when the Flames score. Having done play by play on a volunteer basis for a junior A team for the past 4 years, I would say there should be some restraint on the criticism, it is a lot tougher than it looks as a few people have discovered when I have needed an emergency replacement for 2 or 3 games. Kerr is probably a little more excitable than most, but at the end of the day I imagine it is what the majority of Flames fans want or else Sportsnet would probably be looking for an alternative.
Personally, I hate announcers who brush off goals by other teams. I think the responsibility of a PBP guy is to call the level excitement of the game, no matter what. Excited doesn't necessarily mean happy.
Kevin Quinn is awful for this during Oilers broadcasts when the opposition scores on the Oilers.
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Kerr is definitely better this year. I really liked his emotion last night, if you are pumped up yourself about it, you're not going to complain, and if you aren't pumped about your team coming back with 2 goals in the last 2 minutes to win the game, why do you even watch?
Mr. Simmer is getting better as well. He is actually contributing something other than "move your feet" lately. If he could just dump "in today's game..." from his repertoire, he'd almost be good.
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Kevin Quinn is awful for this during Oilers broadcasts when the opposition scores on the Oilers.
Yeah when I'm in the car and half-paynig attention because I'm talking to someone and Peter Mahar yells "SCORES!" I have to pause and wait for a horn so know who scored!
Quinn is pathetic. Goals are events.. even for the other team.
Even Jack Edwards, the Bruins homer, gives it a decent "SCORES!" when the Sabres score in this clip
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Agree about Kevin Quinn. He should be a homer broadcaster, but to sound that cold about the opposing team scoring is so unprofessional. Doesn't bug me but doesn't sound right.
Agree about Kevin Quinn. He should be a homer broadcaster, but to sound that cold about the opposing team scoring is so unprofessional. Doesn't bug me but doesn't sound right.
if you had to call opposing goals so often during your broadcast, I'm sure you'd be pretty downtrodden and haggard about it as well.
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I think the worst case of that I've ever heard was the night the Flames scored 9 in Colorado a couple years back. The play-by-play guy wasn't even calling the goals really by the end of the game.
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The Sportsnet presentation is just horrible, from the play-by-play to the barely awake colour commentary of Charlie Simmer, and the absolutely horrible panel back in the studio.
The production values are embarrassingly low.....you'd think a network that is broadcasting 50+ games a year for the Canadian teams could do something better.
I guess all the talent goes to TSN and CBC.
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My Sportsnet feed bugged out on me last night, so I turned it to the Coyotes broadcast just before Iggy scored to tie it up. Didn't get a chance to hear Kerr's goal call on either, but holy crap what excitement!
I really like the excitement that Kerr brings to his commentary, it shows he cares about how the team performs. He is excited, what is wrong with that. Keep it up Kerr I like it.
The Sportsnet presentation is just horrible, from the play-by-play to the barely awake colour commentary of Charlie Simmer, and the absolutely horrible panel back in the studio.
The production values are embarrassingly low.....you'd think a network that is broadcasting 50+ games a year for the Canadian teams could do something better.
I guess all the talent goes to TSN and CBC.
I actually don't mind Simmer. I don't love him or anything, but I think he's fine, at least in terms of a regional Sportsnet feed. Though much of that may just come from him replacing John Garrett, who I absolutely despised.
Totally agreed on the intermission panel though, just awful. Thankfully I'm almost always an hour behind to start the game, so I just fast forward through that nonsense. Same with Eric Francis at the start of the period. I heart PVR.
you guys hear Quinn call Hossa's overtime winner yesterday? Crowd is going nuts and he can't even raise his voice.
I don't want an announcer like that. Kerr is miles better.
Yeah it was pretty terrible and I don't know why that approach is allowed to fly on Oiler broadcasts - I don't think the homerism is nearly as apparent for other teams on SN.
