VainGretzky
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She needs to throw in a few boom goes thy dynamite
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.
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.
Are there though? I honestly think that women don't have the same strength in their speaking voice as men to be able to pull off pbp commentary. There are some female soccer commentators in the UK and they're just terrible, sound like pre-pubescent teenage boys every time they try to raise their voice or get excited. I have no idea if they're actually good commentators because I can't get past the nails on chalkboard of their voice straining to be heard. It requires a completely different vocal range to presenting in a studio.
I think it's the same thing when female politicians get accused of screeching, regardless of affiliation. Or when my wife shouts at the kids and her voice doesn't actually get any louder no matter how much effort she puts in.
I watched the OT. Very relaxing actually. She's good.
There are decent sounding women on radio , mostly non sports though. I'm sure there are women out there who would do a good job . Those just don't get the opportunities . It's often those who have famous names who get the jobs because it's easy to promote those .
They should let Megyn Kelly do the pbp. That would be awesome
There are decent sounding women on radio , mostly non sports though. I'm sure there are women out there who would do a good job . Those just don't get the opportunities . It's often those who have famous names who get the jobs because it's easy to promote those .
That's my point though, sports pbp requires a strength of speaking voice that women don't physically possess - completely different to say a singing voice (which is why many Male vocalists from Bruce Dickinson to B-Real go and train with female opera singers, to learn how to project more power and protect their voices)
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.
Women dont sing like Pavarotti, because those who can are not interested in singingI don't think you can generalize that. Imho the women with voices who would most suitable for sports play by play don't seem to be that interested in going into that field of work .
The current version of hiring women seems to be. Shit we need to fire a female. Hey i know former female player X or former player Y sister , wife , cousin etc. Let's hire her. Thats not a recipe for success because it leads to below average quality broadcasts and people complaining and some idiots complaining in lets call it less than ideal ways.
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.