I like the pick as well, but still hoping they bring in a color commentator for radio, it doesn't need to be a solo gig.
Interesting... Per DP (I can't link it currently), Moser goes to TV, Conor McGahey to the radio booth. Glad we got back McGahey back from Vegas - seemed like he did really well there, but it makes sense for him to be in Denver if he's maintaining his other local gigs.
Cool. Wasn't McGahey doing TV for Vegas? Makes sense from him to come back still surprising he'd give that up for radio.
Yes, but still lived in Denver. He was also working for Root Sports and doing studio and pregame stuff for the Rockies.I think he was doing their studio work.
Officially official now. Also, not a single mention of Haynes.
Haynes was an awful PBP guy. He cheered for the team but in terms of the quality of his commentating, it was genuinely bad, I can't help but think that all the tears over it are by people who just enjoy status-quo, probably the pro-Patrick Roy crowd too judging by reddit.
While I'm happy that Haynes did nothing wrong, how the **** are you going to replace him with that clown?
Was looking for some old Mike Haynes clips when I found the clip that inspired my title. At least we aren't losing our drunk uncle McNab!
Haynes has, to me, a much better/smoother voice for sports broadcasting.
Again as I've said here before, he was employed by a company that is owned (essentially) by the team. A sense of homerism should have been expected (on top of Altitude not being a national network). So if people had such an issue w/ him being a homer (which is fine--he was), then I'm not sure why there's celebrating over Moser since he was somehow an even bigger homer than Haynes (on top of not having as good a voice for sports broadcasting).
McNab did come down to Moser's booth for games that were nationally broadcast. I didn't hear that often enough to really get a sense of the chemistry but they have at least some familiarity with each other.It remains to be seen what kind of rapport he and McNab will have. I loved the dynamic between Kelly and McNab, didn't much care for McNab and Haynes, not sure why they didn't work but they didn't for me.
McNab did come down to Moser's booth for games that were nationally broadcast. I didn't hear that often enough to really get a sense of the chemistry but they have at least some familiarity with each other.
Wow...some of these takes...
People who are okay with Haynes think Moser is too over-the-top!? Really? Haynes?
And honestly, how many people here have a problem with the home broadcast team being too homer-ish? So long as it doesn't cross into Jack Edwards/Drew Remenda-levels of absurdity I'm fine with it.
And anyone who says Moser is more of a homer than Haynes is flat-out wrong. As I have to keep pointing out, Moser rarely hesitates to call out the team when they're playing poorly, I don't recall Haynes ever, ever doing that.
Again, if you hate Moser that much, you are more than entitled to your opinion, but I really don't think Haynes was far superior, if at all.
It remains to be seen what kind of rapport he and McNab will have. I loved the dynamic between Kelly and McNab, didn't much care for McNab and Haynes, not sure why they didn't work but they didn't for me.
Yeah, the Avs didn't get the kind of national broadcast attention that would let Moser and McNab get into much of a rhythm together, just a game here and there, it probably wasn't something Altitude spent any time preparing for, just using McNab when he was free.Yeah, I didn't hear much of their calls but I heard Mose interrupted McNab a lot, but IMO that's understandable since Moser usually has to do all the talking himself. They'll be doing some rehearsal and training to work things out, I'm relatively confident they'll do just fine.
The one thing I miss a lot was way back in the day when Mike Evans (before he turned into a bitter shrew on Twitter) and Sandy Clough gave Moser non-stop **** whenever they had the chance. They really leaned into him when Moser was making TV appearances recapping Avs games.
New Yorkers have terrible voices, never met one who was articulate at all - they all sound like thugs. However, I will admit that Haynes was one of the better NYers I've listened to...but again it's not really the homerism when it comes to Haynes - he simply just sucked at announcing hockey. Moser will destroy him with his PBP, but Mark is a gigantic duche who thinks he's superior over everyone.Haynes has, to me, a much better/smoother voice for sports broadcasting.
Again as I've said here before, he was employed by a company that is owned (essentially) by the team. A sense of homerism should have been expected (on top of Altitude not being a national network). So if people had such an issue w/ him being a homer (which is fine--he was), then I'm not sure why there's celebrating over Moser since he was somehow an even bigger homer than Haynes (on top of not having as good a voice for sports broadcasting).