Job Listing - Flames Colour Commentator

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Did they jerk Millions around? I think he genuinely enjoys hosting to play by play. Seems that way anyways.

Either way, weird to post a listing for this type of job. You figure it's for the former players that Sportsnet recruites, not for any George Costanza to apply for.

I think Millions does enjoy it, but he wasn't exactly given a fair shake as PBP either. Hell, television's pretty much been a revolving door since Ed Whalen retired. Hopefully radio doesn't follow suit.

also, I hope that the radio gigs are open because Loubo is back doing PBP on television.

[CaptainCrunch]

I'd like to apply for the job, I think I can do an excellent job of doing it in a voice of an East German movie actor with the puck and the stick and the little men skating around da ice really fast ya.

[Rutuu]

What I'd really like to see is for them to drive a boatload of money up to Bob Staffer's house and for him to take the job. You couldn't find a bigger Edmonton bumpkin on the radio waves and to have him have to force out every word of PBP for a team he loathes would be fantastic.

Even better would be listening to the team/city win him over during the course of his first season and to finally hear the epiphanies when:
1. He realizes the Oiler's are a joke
2. Edmonton is a dump he wasted over half his life in

...those things would bring me MUCH joy...your move Sportsnet.

[saXon]

Originally Posted by liamenator

"Please note due to system limitation, you will not be able to attach your demo to your application. Please upload a demo on YouTube and send the YouTube link to Kelly Kirch, Program Director at Kelly.Kirch@rci.rogers.com. Due to the large file size, please do not send demos directly to Kelly Kirch or to rogersrecruiting.com inbox."

Global telecommunications giant. Bandwidth restrictions.

Or they want a quick and seamless format to be able to work with. Many acting/voice over agencies use video hosting sites such as youtube as they don't have to waste space and resources of their own.

[puckedoff]

Hopefully Pierre "Monster" Macguire" gets the gig



Edit: (I don't mean actual Pierre I mean the CP poster in Abbotsford)

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Did they jerk Millions around? I think he genuinely enjoys hosting to play by play. Seems that way anyways.

Either way, weird to post a listing for this type of job. You figure it's for the former players that Sportsnet recruites, not for any George Costanza to apply for.

The listing says NHL experience as a player or coach OR 5 years of broadcasting experience are required, so not for any George Costanza. Still pretty odd to list it though.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

This is actually a good opportunity to adopt the model (becoming popular around the NHL) where you have a main "A Team" play-by-play and colour guy who does every single game. Then you have a "B Team" that will do radio when the "A Team" is on TV. If it's a national broadcast, then the A Team shifts to radio.

The fact that they haven't posted the TV positions makes me wonder if they will do just that and grab all four positions from the postings.

The other wild card, though, is how Rogers is going to handle national games. They haven't even told their talent how that's going to work, but they might just keep the Flames play-by-play crew intact for national games too (at least some of them).

It makes sense if you think about it. Say they're on a road trip that goes Islanders/Rangers/Devils and the Rangers game is a national one but the other two are regional. Does it really make sense to fly a national crew in to do the one game while also paying for the hotels, meals, etc. of the regional crew?

[Derek Sutton]

Gotta think Brad Curle is being considered for radio. I know when he left Lethbridge years ago, getting closer to and working for the Flames was a primary reason. I wonder how much say the Flames have I the hiring of the new guys.

[Dion]

I'd like to see Brad Curle get the job with Loubo being the color guy.

[kn]

Yeah, you've got to figure Brad Curle is in the running. He's pretty solid on the Hitmen broadcasts.

[Vinny01]

Does Pinder get a shot?

[The Original FFIV]

One name to keep an eye on is Dan Russell. He's doing pbp for whl on shaw and desperately wanted the Canucks pbp job after Jim robson retired. has been a mainstay in Vancouver radio for 3 decades and just recently ended his sportstalk radio show. Could see him as a strong candidate.

[Nehkara]

Loubo needs to be in one of the four positions. He is awesome and has encyclopedic hockey knowledge.

It will be a big loss for Calgary hockey fans if he is not working with the Flames next season in some capacity.

[mikeecho]

Curt Keilback please.

[bzoo02]

Loubo for pbp and Warrener for colour, in my mind, would be the best combo.
Warrener would give the ex-player POV and lots of inside stories and analogies from the 04 team.
And Loubo is just flat out awesome.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by bzoo02

Loubo for pbp and Warrener for colour, in my mind, would be the best combo.
Warrener would give the ex-player POV and lots of inside stories and analogies from the 04 team.
And Loubo is just flat out awesome.

Ugh. Not a huge Warrener fan.

I think Loubo on PBP and Kerr on colour would be the ideal combo.

[calgARI]

Kerr on color? He doesn't have much understanding at all of the technical side of the game.

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by bzoo02

Loubo for pbp and Warrener for colour, in my mind, would be the best combo.
Warrener would give the ex-player POV and lots of inside stories and analogies from the 04 team.
And Loubo is just flat out awesome.

Can't see Warrener being interested given the amount of travel and all the evening work.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

Sportsnet probably have someone in mind already. Maybe this is just the company's hiring policy to make a job posting just to get the process done.

I think that is the policy if they want to take advantage of the TFW program. Ah, that would be the most awesome experiment ever. Maybe not...

[TjRhythmic]

Originally Posted by calgARI

Kerr on color? He doesn't have much understanding at all of the technical side of the game.

Kerr is very knowledgeable with regards to hockey. He was a bad pbp guy mostly because his mind worked faster then his mouth and he kept bumbling things up. Put him in a situation where he can just talk hockey during the game, not having to worry about play calling, and he'd add a lot to the game