Is There a Worse Announcer Than Cassie Campbell?

[canadianmagpie]

Mark Lee. I've watched games on mute because he was commentating.

 

[Muikea Bulju]

Doc,Pierre mcguire and that kendal whatwver her name .

Pierre is annoying. His voice is horrible. But he is not even close to as bad as Campbell.

Plus they are not trying to forcefeed him as much they do with Cassie, he was thrown to the west broadcasts because nobody actually likes him

The commentators for NESN Bruins games are much much worse

Actually, they are very good, as long as you like passion.

At least they are not boring, and they go all in.

I have never liked boring ""objective"" commentators on NBC etc, I've always preferred the complete homers, even if I don't like the same team.

I even like the Colorado he SHOOTS and scores -guys (the old one + the new one) better than NBC guys.

 

[didimentionlarseller]

Oops

 

[RegDunlop]

I would rather listen to the Away broadcast than her.

I would rather listen to the sound of flatulence passing in the wind than her.
Actually probably similar.

 

[sparxx87]

I don’t think Jack Edwards is bad, he’s just extremely biased. He’s actually pretty sharp in spite of being an obnoxious and annoying little shit. He works for the NESN and appeals to his audience.. He’s actually not bad when you keep that in mind.

I’d throw Greg Millen into the mix. It’s tough to believe this guy had the capacity to play in the league. There’s good and bad, but nobody ever has me asking “wtf is this guy talking about?” more than Millen.

 

[WeaponOfChoice]

#freebillclement
#freegarythorne

They're worse than Cassie.

 

[Master P]

They're worse than Cassie.

How dare you

 

[Hennessy]

I've said as much last year - I'm shy to criticize a pioneer who is doing her best.
That said - is her best ready for prime time?
Obviously no.
I WANT her to succeed.
I want her to kick some assholes in the balls with her just being there.
But she ain't there yet.
We ain't there yet.
Soon, I hope.

 

[Jedub]

Actually I think Jim Hughson is much worse.

 

[The Panther]

Worse than Cassie Campbell?

The two worst in hockey right now are Jack Edwards, he of Boston play-by-play, and the guy who does the "color" commentary for Colorado (I think that's Peter McNab, himself a former Bruin). Those two make me run from the room if their voices penetrate my ear-drums. My definition of hell would be being strapped to a chair with each of their commentaries on a endless loop.

(Far worse than either of them was Paul Romanuk doing play-by-play. I do give Leafs' fans credit for getting him fired, however... that was way overdue.)

There are several other fairly irritating ones (Greg Millen comes to mind), but no one lowers the bar like Edwards, McNab, and (formerly) Romanuk.

As far as Cassie Campbell goes, she's in the Mike Milbury-file of commentators -- dry, dull, and mundane. She's very good at nicely articulating the completely obvious. She's much more articulate than Milbury, though, so she's better than him. Overall, she's about average.

 

[The Panther]

I don’t think Jack Edwards is bad, he’s just extremely biased. He’s actually pretty sharp in spite of being an obnoxious and annoying little shit. He works for the NESN and appeals to his audience.. He’s actually not bad when you keep that in mind.

No. Being biased because you work for a local network is not an excuse for being a boorish idiot.

 

[ZenOil]

Pretty embarrassing. Hire the best people for the job.

 

[sparxx87]

No. Being biased because you work for a local network is not an excuse for being a boorish idiot.

yeah, he’s pretty out there.. but his job is to be entertaining to his audience and he does a pretty good job of that, I think.. You’re just not his target audience.

I can’t stand him, either.. but I just think there’s a lot worse. Campbell is pretty bad at her job, Millen as well.. Edwards isn’t necessarily bad as much as he’s annoying and hard to listen to for anyone outside his target market.

I think it’s fair to say good and bad can be pretty subjective for this sort of thing.

 

[KidLine93]

Treating people equally is sexist/racist/what have you in 2020

You need to get better at reading comprehension. How is giving her the job because shes a girl instead of someone who's better at the job not sexist? Please explain? I'm all for equality, just let the person who is best at the job do the job. I find it hard to believe that with her performances so far shes at. the top of the list. There are many men in this league who have jobs because they are friends or have close ties with someone within their organizations and not because of their ability to do the job, I'm guessing she has her position for the same reason.

 

[KidLine93]

Pretty embarrassing. Hire the best people for the job.

this is a foreign concept to a handful of people in this thread.

 

[KCC]

Listening to her at the end of the Preds/Flames game tonight where Nashville scored to tie the game with 0.1 seconds left in the third is all the proof I need. Zero emotion, she never raised her voice and was as monotone as you could get. "what an exciting finish" in the most flattening register ever. It's like her voice is from that Speed movie where if she goes above a certain range (level 1), she'll blow up. lol. She is really, really bad at her job.

 

[NeelyWasAWarrior]

Apparently her and some other chicks will be calling the flames game next week. If i'm late oops! lol.

 

[RussianRifle27]

Steve Mears is pretty bad. A play by play guy has to have a good, strong announcer's voice and his is as soft as a poodle.

 

[NeelyWasAWarrior]

Jack Edwards is great at the play-by-play. He’s just a horrific homer. He does compliment opposing players and get strangely excited for opposing goals more than you’d think if just reading HF. Still a homer though.

But I think we all know what they’re going for with Cassie. So she will be around at least for the rest of the season.

Look I like Jack and all but to say he's a great pbp guy is laughable. I'll understand if you're a younger fan as many of the great pbp are of the bygone era. John Cusick and Bob Wilson....now those were GREAT announcers in every sense. As a kid I had the luxury of listening to Cusick on T.V. and on school nights when it was time for bed, I had the luxury of switching over to Bob Wilson on the radio.

 

[JJ68]

I don’t think Jack Edwards is bad, he’s just extremely biased. He’s actually pretty sharp in spite of being an obnoxious and annoying little shit. He works for the NESN and appeals to his audience.. He’s actually not bad when you keep that in mind.

I’d throw Greg Millen into the mix. It’s tough to believe this guy had the capacity to play in the league. There’s good and bad, but nobody ever has me asking “wtf is this guy talking about?” more than Millen.

He's bad. You can be a homer without going overboard and insulting players on the ice. Listening to him is the main reason why Bruins fans have no grasp with reality most of the time.

 

[BostonBob]

He's bad. You can be a homer without going overboard and insulting players on the ice. Listening to him is the main reason why Bruins fans have no grasp with reality most of the time.

Nice job - you not only insult our announcer but our fanbase too. Well done....well done.

 

[Tage2Tuch]

If you're talking about bad hockey broadcasters, the conversation beings and ends with Joe Bowen.

Joe Bowen did "local" Maple Leaf games and radio broadcasts and his level of terrible has never even been approached by anyone else.

First, his voice... His voice is beyond terrible. If there was a Saturday Night Live sketch about a sportscaster who clearly didn't have a voice for the job because it was so annoying, you would go with Joe Bowen's voice.

But even if he had a booming baritone that commanded your attention, it really wouldn't matter because he was just absolutely clueless about hockey and so hopelessly biased that he couldn't even begin to discuss anything the opposition was doing.

Listening to a game that Joe Bowen called was like watching the game with the president of their fan club who had painted his face and was wearing a blue and white wig. But he wasn't the really president, because he couldn't take care of any of the administrative stuff because he suffered a serious head injury as a child. So on top of the blue and white wig is a helmet he had to wear 24 hours a day.

He loves hockey, but he doesn't really totally get it, and he gets really excited when they score a goal and he gets really upset when they call a penalty against them. He can't really moderate his emotions very well because of the accident.

This man has said things on air that were absolutely jaw dropping. Once, after the Boston Bruins walked away from an arbitrators ruling for Dmitri Kristich's new contract making him an unrestricted free agent. The Maple Leafs subsequently signed him. This was, fo course, well within the rules.

After a few games with the Maple Leafs, where Bowen had felt they were getting screwed by the referees, (you know, cause they were calling penalties for things like tripping, hooking and holding) he said, *on air* that he had "heard" that the other teams in the league were tired of the Maple Leafs flexing their financial mite and that there was an a "unspoken understanding" that no team would sign Kristich (you know, collusion) and when the Leafs did this anyway, the other owners were furious but there was no way on the books to punish the Leafs for this (for doing nothing wrong at all) so the plan was to instead have the referees hammer them with penalties so they would lose and that was how they were being punished. He said this. On air. The official broadcaster of the team, employed by the team, said this.

On another occasion, he said that the Maple Leafs had a deal in place to sign Wayne Gretzky, but that the other owners knew that if they got Gretzky they were being "handed" the Stanley Cup so they voided the deal and instead wanted him to go to the Rangers. He said this. On air.

The notion that the other teams and fanbases were "jealous" of the Leafs was a recurring theme with him.

The notion the Leafs were being "screwed" because of this was a recurring theme with him.

It's like when you go to the barbershop and there's that guy that thinks he really knows hockey and is always talking authoritatively about it but didn't have a clue. That's Joe, but worse, because he should, in theory, have access to speak to the players, coaches and GMs so when he says these things, you think it must be coming from somewhere. It's not.

I have never seen a broadcaster more baffled by penalty calls against the team he's covering. He doesn't understand it. He will say "So I guess that's a tripping penalty now" as if the standard for what they call has changed and the Leafs are being judged harshly. Conversely, he's baffled that the other team is allowed to check the Maple Leafs. Doesn't understand it. Can't get why that's allowed. I've even heard him get confused and upset about offside calls against the Leafs. I kid you not.

Then there's his level of excitability. If you listen to him call a game on radio, I have to give him credit for this: he really sells the excitement. You can hear it in his voice and its engaging because it sounds like an incredible game. But many years ago, I had a buddy, who was a huge Leaf fan who should be an experiment that was incredibly interesting. He turned the volume down on the TV and instead used Bowen's radio call for the play by play and it was hilarious to see what the things that were actually exciting him and what he was really losing his mind about and it started to become clear that he didn't fully get the game and he was so hopelessly biased that he couldn't begin to hide his outrage over things the other team did that were simply routine.

The catch 22 is he is an over-the-top homer for the Maple Leafs who can't credibly call a nationally broadcast game and the Maple Leafs have virtually all of their games broadcast nationally which means his bias pushed him out of a TV job.

Honestly it’s stuff like THIS and Garrett’s “no respect” article he actually published on the Canucks official website that make Bowen and Garrett’s comments stick to minds of each and every Canucks/leafs fan in existence so even if those fans of those teams are smart enough to see through the biased BS they still have it hammered into their subconscious so when a penalty is called.......the outage if fuelled all it takes is one persons subconscious to take over and post something and then ten fans read it and then say it and it’s this never ending dominos of conspiracies all created just because joe Bowen and John Garrett love their teams THAT much. And both those teams have huge fanbases.

Ps- I’m not saying the other 29 teams in the league are immune to such things.

 

[mflo77]

Worse than Cassie Campbell?

The two worst in hockey right now are Jack Edwards, he of Boston play-by-play, and the guy who does the "color" commentary for Colorado (I think that's Peter McNab, himself a former Bruin). Those two make me run from the room if their voices penetrate my ear-drums. My definition of hell would be being strapped to a chair with each of their commentaries on a endless loop.

(Far worse than either of them was Paul Romanuk doing play-by-play. I do give Leafs' fans credit for getting him fired, however... that was way overdue.)

There are several other fairly irritating ones (Greg Millen comes to mind), but no one lowers the bar like Edwards, McNab, and (formerly) Romanuk.

As far as Cassie Campbell goes, she's in the Mike Milbury-file of commentators -- dry, dull, and mundane. She's very good at nicely articulating the completely obvious. She's much more articulate than Milbury, though, so she's better than him. Overall, she's about average.

Jack Edwards, aside from being a huge homer, is one of the best play by play guys in the NHL He and Brick make a great combo.

 

[TimIsRetired]

She is grating. Trying to say too much without saying anything of substance. On the other end Osgood just mumbles when Mickey refuses to fly. I prefer Osgood because I can't hear him.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

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Right...THERE