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A new contender for worst broadcaster of all time (Leah Hextall)
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KirkAlbuquerque
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i was watching the spanish broadcast of the Kings v Stars on ESPN+ that was pretty sweet, although you could still hear Leah and crew underneath a little bit lol
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serp
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I only woke up for for the third and OT but she was not good. Also the Audio beeing completely off made things worse.
Kcb12345
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She knows her stuff but her voice just doesn't sound like it's meant for play by play, doesn't carry well over the mic. She's pretty quiet too
KirkAlbuquerque
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not really but Spanish is pretty easy to understand
PocketNines
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No comment on the announcing, but the Hulu closed captioning was beyond belief. The person had never seen a hockey game, mishearing most hockey phrases, and didn't know any hockey names. They were totally overwhelmed and just lunging at words, writing soup at the screen. I saw them write about players like "Angela," "Janine," and at one point the person repeatedly wrote "Rihanna" was doing this and that out there. Hakanpaa was Hawkey Pot.
Patrik Barkov
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Sounds like she's narrating a cookbook. No emotion whatsoever.
Vinegar Strokes
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She’s the best Legends of the Hidden Temple PxP I’ve ever heard
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They don't use a person to transcribe cc on live sports, it's done via voice to text
Oilslick941611
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yup, she has broadcasting experience but in clip show and updates via sportnet. She needs some time in the minors working on her PbP skills for sure, not easy for prime time yet.
It was no doubt computer generated. Say "Hey Siri" or "Hey Google" (or, better yet, start something like Google Recorder) on your phone and hold it up to a game and you'll probably get similar results.
Zamknij kurwa ryj
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Look at the NHL front office and coaching ranks, it's definitely not a meritocracy. Nepotism? Certainly.
Megaterio Llamas
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So that's where she went eh. I can't believe she was given a pbp job. Wow, bummer.
I heard Hextall on a game last week and I wouldn't say there was any voice issue. Honestly I would take Hextall's voice over Steve Cangialosi or any of the other ear-bleeders we have around the league.
The problem I had was that Hextall
1) Had little energy for the game. It's a rare gift to be able to keep that consistently high energy and Hextall was drifting off.
2) Didn't know the players. I just want to hear the player names and she seemed to not know most of them.
Hopefully this is just a nervous start. Otherwise it's a terrible hire.
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This is just the ugly part of progress, honestly just give it time.
Think of it this way: right now there's a group of young girls and women listening to the women who are objectively bad and saying "well f***, I can do that. She's making us look bad, you know what? I'm gonna do that and blow it out of the f***ing water" and that's what we're waiting for.
Think of it this way: right now there's a group of young girls and women listening to the women who are objectively bad and saying "well f***, I can do that. She's making us look bad, you know what? I'm gonna do that and blow it out of the f***ing water" and that's what we're waiting for.
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I think they got it all wrong. They want to make things equal for everyone so there is no sexism, stereotyping, discrimination or whatnot, but if someone is bad at what they're doing, they're gonna get criticized, and that chick is horrible at doing hockey play by play. Just stick to what you can do. Not doing pbp in NHL as a woman doesn't mean you're being discriminated
WaitingForThatCab
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It might be television, but you need a radio voice to do sports play by play.
She doesn't have one.
She doesn't have one.
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TheNumber4
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No way she’s worse than Cassie Campbell. And I say this not as a sexist but someone who likes good play by play and color commentary, that’s it!
JPeeper
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I watched a women's hockey game when she was doing commentary and she was pretty bland and just sounded like an amateur attempting to call a game.
Between her and Randorf (one of the worst all time) I have no idea how these people are getting such sought after jobs when they are terrible at them. Like, give Leah some CHL games to call to get better.
Between her and Randorf (one of the worst all time) I have no idea how these people are getting such sought after jobs when they are terrible at them. Like, give Leah some CHL games to call to get better.
serp
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Most likely because they want a woman and well also because of nepotism since she's Ron Hextalls cousin. I would assume there are good female play-by-play voices out there somewhere but those don't have a famous name.
tny760
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female with the correct last name..
100% agree about the CHL, she's just not up for the big time yet or any time soon
AveryStar4Eva
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Yeah it was really bad tbh. I think more women should be involved in the sport and I’ve listened to some great women play by play. There are better options
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