A new contender for worst broadcaster of all time (Leah Hextall)

[Legionnaire]

Do you know what a platitude is?

Do you know what reality is?

Yes. Too many of you speaking platitudes. If only hockey had a female broadcaster because then the world would no longer be a place where children are hungry and being trafficed.

 

[Legionnaire]

To be clear equality is a platitude. A misnomer. You are probably better than I in certain areas. I appreciate that

 

[93gilmour93]

Are people really still trying to argue that saying these two female broadcasters are bad at their job somehow means that you hate all women?

2021 logic at its finest and going in strong to 2022. People will look back in the future at this and probably name this time in history The Era of the Broken Brain

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Do you know what reality is?

No, what's that?

 

[crowi]

Are people really still trying to argue that saying these two female broadcasters are bad at their job somehow means that you hate all women?

YES

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

I said nothing whatsoever about "handing" things to anyone.

It sounds like you're a survival-of-the-fittest enthusiast, as regards human societies. Some of us prefer a more humane approach to societies. It's just a different perspective.

Survival of the fittest is more humane than the "humane" approach in the long run, since in times of crisis competency is actually incredibly important.

 

[Legionnaire]

No, what's that?

I don't think this covo should end up in here Extensilism is a complex subject.

 

[Adrianopolous]

You must have a sub zero understanding of hockey if the commentator even matters in the slightest to you. Do you need them to narrate every move on the ice for you, otherwise you won't understand?

She's done a great job in my opinion.

 

[GOilers88]

You must have a sub zero understanding of hockey if the commentator even matters in the slightest to you. Do you need them to narrate every move on the ice for you, otherwise you won't understand?

She's done a great job in my opinion.

This is like saying you have zero understanding of sports if you don't like having Anderson Cooper as an anchor on TSN.

 

[Lt Dan]

You must have a sub zero understanding of hockey if the commentator even matters in the slightest to you. Do you need them to narrate every move on the ice for you, otherwise you won't understand?

She's done a great job in my opinion.

Ladies and Gentlemen; Meet one of Leah's relatives.

 

[The Panther]

Survival of the fittest is more humane than the "humane" approach in the long run, since in times of crisis competency is actually incredibly important.

Certainly in times of crisis, a female hockey broadcaster will doom us all to eternal death.

 

[93gilmour93]

You must have a sub zero understanding of hockey if the commentator even matters in the slightest to you. Do you need them to narrate every move on the ice for you, otherwise you won't understand?

She's done a great job in my opinion.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Hockey gets a new female broadcaster who is mediocre at her job.

2 months and 888 posts later here we are STILL f***ing talking about it. Wow. I'm impressed.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Hockey gets a new female broadcaster who is mediocre at her job.

2 months and 888 posts later here we are STILL f***ing talking about it. Wow. I'm impressed.

I mean she's still not very good, so there's still stuff to talk about.

Jack Edwards still gets threads every now and then due to how ridiculous he is

 

[Channelcat]

Hockey gets a new female broadcaster who is mediocre at her job.

2 months and 888 posts later here we are STILL f***ing talking about it. Wow. I'm impressed.

Apparently we are obsessed with her.

 

[TJL48]

And mediocre is being extremely generous.

 

[ElysiumAB]

You must have a sub zero understanding of hockey if the commentator even matters in the slightest to you. Do you need them to narrate every move on the ice for you, otherwise you won't understand?

You could've waited a few more days to post this, and locked up dumbest post of the year for all of 2022.

 

[Puckstop40]

Im still crying at this

 

[ArGarBarGar]

I don't think this covo should end up in here Extensilism is a complex subject.

...Do you mean existentialism?

Also, I think ontology is the proper term that you are wanting to use, anyway.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Yuck, I knew exactly why this thread looked so long so I was avoiding it but after browsing the last two pages the finger wagging is worse than I thought. I've never heard Leah Hextall so I have no idea but Cassie Campbell is easily the worst colour announcer I've ever heard. Am I not allowed to say that now without being accused of something?

Well, first off, I'd probably accuse you of being a Canadian becuase of how you spelled 'color', but that's neither here nor there.


I think if you just come in and say that you listened to Hextall/Campbell call and game and didn't enjoy it, you shouldn't get too much pushback.


But there are definitely folks who are up in arms, going on about how it's a disgrace to hire a female when there are more qualified men. For me, that falls a bit flat when there are plenty of male announcers who suck at their jobs, but these same people aren't up in arms about those guys.

 

[tfwnogf]

I don't care that she's a woman, she is inexperienced and lacks energy to be good right now, but that doesn't mean she can't improve. Of course, NHL is male hockey, and 99.99% of commentators before her have been men, so she will be judged by the fact that she is a woman. It can't be easy trying to break into such a male dominated area, so for that reason she has my sympathy. However a lot of the criticism in this thread is valid, we can't give her a free pass because that's not fair either. Mediocrity can't be ignored and shouldn't be dismissed as sexism. Some people are not cut out for commentating, I would be terrible at it and have just as much hate as her if not more.

Some people will unfortunately be sexist, but that should not be an excuse to accept terrible casting. No need to rush a hire for the sake of diversity. It's like putting a 16 year old on a first line in the NHL, they wouldn't be ready and nobody would expect them to perform well. Have her cast games in some lower level leagues for a few seasons and go from there.

 

[Galaxydoggystyle]

I mean she's still not very good, so there's still stuff to talk about.

Jack Edwards still gets threads every now and then due to how ridiculous he is

Leah is brutal but I would honestly take her over Jack f***ing Edwards any day of the week that guy I just cannot stand when its a bruins vs habs game.

 

[sting101]

Steven Wright doing play by play and people saying stop picking on him it's not his fault he has curly hair.

 

[EpiK Sandwich]

I caught some of that Ducks/Coyotes game she was doing, the Shattenkirk goal call sounded hilarious..like actively trying to sound like an SNL skit or something. That is all I can add to this thread.

 

[slikki]

I'll give her pass. More I hear of her, more I like her. She seems to know what is going on imo. I bet some "old school" turds just dont like to hear woman voice during game.