I hate how Mears calls goals

[tabness]

It's like he can't decide if he's excited or not. He lengthens the "scooores" a lot and deepens the tone of his voice, but there's no emotion, it sounds fake and forced.

It's not even like a depressed Mike Haynes call when the other team scores which had charm, it's just annoying.

 

[Mr Nogatco]

It's like he can't decide if he's excited or not. He lengthens the "scooores" a lot and deepens the tone of his voice, but there's no emotion, it sounds fake and forced.

It's not even like a depressed Mike Haynes call when the other team scores which had charm, it's just annoying.

Some things you just can’t fake. When you have genuine passion and excitement for the game you’re calling, it shows. Regardless of team affiliation, or even nationality.

 

[Mr Nogatco]

<volume warning>

 

[tabness]

Some things you just can’t fake. When you have genuine passion and excitement for the game you’re calling, it shows. Regardless of team affiliation, or even nationality.

Don't even know what language that guy is speaking but the call made me smile.

 

[Seedtype]

I like Mears a lot overall, but yeah... his goal calls are pretty mediocre.

 

[majormajor]

Basically that's what Jackets fans say about Mears, who is our new pbp guy. He is very listenable and then someone scores and people are like "that's it?"

He lengthens the "scooores" a lot and deepens the tone of his voice, but there's no emotion, it sounds fake and forced.

On the Jackets broadcast he occasionally can't stop himself from getting overly excited on a goal call and his voice cracks, which sounds worse.

He seems to be a very professional pbp guy who just doesn't have the pipes for a good goal call, we can assume he's worked on it for years. So sadly it seems keeping his voice down is the best he can do.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Some things you just can’t fake. When you have genuine passion and excitement for the game you’re calling, it shows. Regardless of team affiliation, or even nationality.

god damn sign me up to listen to that guy call every playoff game each year

 

[End on a Hinote]

Sounds like a sMears campaign

 

[SEALBound]

He was the Pens PBP for awhile and I liked him but this is a fair criticism.

Also, as much as I really do like Colby Armstrong, commentary is not his strong suit,

 

[sr edler]

Don't even know what language that guy is speaking but the call made me smile.

It's unmistakably Finnish. This way of calling goals goes contrary though to the general Finnish self-image of being low-key and emotionless. I think it's inspired by South American football calls.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I'd rather hear his "meh" goal call than someone growling out an excited goal call when its 5-1.

 

[syz]

The part where it sounds like they're making him do PBP with an Xbox 360 mic doesn't help.