Is there a bigger homer announcer than Jack Edwards?

[puckIuck]

the good thing about Edwards is he doesn't try to hide his homerism

 

[rfournier103]

Its not about him being a homer, it’s about how unprofessional that sounded that he took his Homerism to an amateur level.

At least that’s the way I interpreted this.

I guess. I’ve just never given it much thought, really.

 

[Peiskos]

Jack Edwards is much like the fanbase he represents, he can dish it, but he can't take it.

He throws a hissy fit when another player hits a Bruin too hard, but has an orgasm when its the other way around, much like the crowd at TD Garden.

I suppose he is entitled to act however he wants, as with the fanbase, its just unusual.

 

[HuGo Sham]

as a habs fans he's in a class of homers all by himself. elite homerism

 

[LeafChief]

Edwards is so cringe.

 

[Bank Shot]

The Penguins color guys is worse. He's a massive homer and also just yells out random gibberish.

Also John Garrett.

Kelly Hrudey would be near the top of the list as well.

 

[Bring Bak Damphousse]

You need to rethink this one.

Which Hab known for his ridiculous embellishments is throwing himself onto the ice in an attempt to call out another player for diving? Which one of our announcers known for mocking opposing players for diving is defending him?

 

[notsocommonsense]

Jack edwards is painful to the point of wondering if he can actually be that dumb

To be fair, the nucks have John garrett who is such a blind homer that I find him almost as bad

 

[TakeTheBody]

He's awful. Have to put up with him occasionally having NHL Center Ice and if my team plays the Bruins and the only feed is Boston. It's AWFUL. I'm sure he's loved in Beantown. He makes johnny Most look impartial.

 

[JianYang]

Jack edwards is painful to the point of wondering if he can actually be that dumb

To be fair, the nucks have John garrett who is such a blind homer that I find him almost as bad

I've said before that Edwards would be a great WWE PBP guy.

As for Garett, the only saving grace is that his partner is actually quite neutral to balance things out a bit.

 

[BonMorrison]

He’s so good at regular play by play and knowledge and being excited about other teams that I generally don’t give af when he goes a bit ham on this kinda shit tbh. Not sure if that speaks more to how good he is or the quality of regional broadcasters across the league but yeah - I think he’s great. If he didn’t have these kind of tangents, he could hundred percent be a national broadcaster.

 

[notsocommonsense]

I've said before that Edwards would be a great WWE PBP guy.

As for Garett, the only saving grace is that his partner is actually quite neutral to balance things out a bit.

True, shorty is excellent. . I often picture him rolling his eyes at the crap Garrett spouts . . I do appreciate when shorty points out how obviously wrong Garrett is at times

 

[Frank the Tank]

Listening to the Red Wings broadcast yesterday evening was interesting. They are a mix of equal parts calling the action, acting like HF Board trolls towards the other team, and paraphrasing tweets from the opposing team reporters (i.e., its fairly obvious where they get their intel about team trends and recent draft picks).

 

[robsenz]

I expect all home announcers to be like that so I don't care...I actually choose to watch the home team feed every game, just to keep it fresh, although some are painfully boring, at least he gets into the games.

 

[Dicky113]

this was the reason for it all

Haha.

A liiiiiitle bit of a delayed reaction there.

Both commentators were homers on that play, it’s what they’re paid for, move on

 

[dubey]

Homer announcers for local broadcasts are great

It's when they do national telecasts where it gets annoying

 

[Pay Carl]

literally no idea why everyone gets so upset about homerism on a local network

I’d rather listen to someone who grew up in the area and is a fan of the team and is actually passionate

it’s not that serious, relax people

 

[Meatball]

Unprofessional for sure.

 

[Dirty Dog]

I hate him in the most fantastic way.

 

[53or8]

I found mlst of the commentators for alberta teams are super homers

Rick ball is really good though.

 

[ThirdManIn]

*clapping*

"Terrible call! Yeah!"

Oof, even as a fan of Edwards that is hard to listen to.

Yeah I usually really like the way Edwards calls a game, but when he has moments like this it's cringy. Still not as bad as this moment, though:

 

[Mick Riddleton]

A guy paid to do local sports at NESN and he....wait for it................its coming .........the big controversy answer..........

Promotes them in a biased way...... No way, tell me it is not true, the nerve of the guy to keep his job. This has to be against the Law.

He should just talk trash about the team all the time
Move along, ppl this is the same thread that shows up every couple of months.

 

[Maffew]

This threads appears every year. It's not news.

 

[Jozay]

joe bowen

 

[elmaco]

Bruins announcers are obnoxious, can't stand them.

 

[Skipee]

Sportsnet Leafs announcers are absolutely abysmal. Literally makes any game unwatchable. Remember why they were comparing the free agent signing to Neideymeyer? lol.

 

[Saitama]

Sam Rosen is pretty ****ing terrible

Now you take that back!

 

[Mick Riddleton]

This just in...breaking news.....Local NESN guy is a homer to the ones that pay him......news at 11......

Also water is wet,

close this pathetic thread