Is There a Worse Announcer Than Cassie Campbell?

[Crow]

Did anyone catch what she said about why Gustafsson was traded and such? I thought I heard her say something about how he got played less on the powerplay throughout the season because they were worried about how much he'd demand on his contract and they wanted more young players playing. If this is true this is terrible player management since they were sellers. Hawks fans is this true or not?

No. What the hell.

 

[GOilers88]

She's terrible. But we have to have what looks like equality. Even if it means taking the "quality" out of equality.

 

[HFBS]

Everyone knows why she was hired. This is what happens under affirmative action.

Jack Edwards has no excuse though.

 

[J T Money]

So what I have learned from this thread - there are a lot of really bad announcers in the league and I am forever grateful for Rick Peckham and Brian Engblom.

 

[Darkwinter]

Cassie is a sure case of not who know it's who you ... the only reason she has her job is because of her hubby. She terrible and that the only pg thing I can post

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Rittich gets pulled after 3 horrible goals.
Talbot pulled after goalie fight.
Rittich back in.

Everyone else:

Cassie Campbell: "He actually has an advantage here because he's not cold, he's played already so this is a good thing for Calgary."

Final score - 8-4 Oilers.

 

[Oleksiak]

Dave Randorf. The guy is so unprofessional he's an utter disgrace to the sport.

 

[pucksakes666]

Doc,Pierre mcguire and that kendal whatwver her name .

 

[Morpheus]

Cassie:

Voice is monotone, she projects inflections poorly, and her timing of words are awkward at the best of times.

Stubbornly sticks with her original pre-game notes and makes no in-game adjustments to them.

Sportsnet should be embarrassed.

edit: Bad hair too...lol

 

[Frank the Tank]

She's terrible. But we have to have what looks like equality. Even if it means taking the "quality" out of equality.

She's equal to Hrudey in being a Flames homer. I find them both to be sub-par color commentators.

Rittich gets pulled after 3 horrible goals.
Talbot pulled after goalie fight.
Rittich back in.

Everyone else:

Cassie Campbell: "He actually has an advantage here because he's not cold, he's played already so this is a good thing for Calgary."

Final score - 8-4 Oilers.

She obviously wasn't watching the video feed at the time that showed Rittich looking like a deer in the headlights as Talbot walked down the corridor.

 

[MikeyMike01]

There are *many* commentators who are more knowledgeable than an 8-time gold medal winning player who's on the selection committee for the Hockey Hall of Fame?

You can criticize her as a broadcaster, her phrasing, her tone, but criticizing her knowledge of the game is ridiculous.

This is the same argument Kevin Lowe made.

 

[dukeofjive]

Everybody on the tva feed for habs games is hands down worst than cassie.

 

[boopronger]

She's improved but still has a long wayto go and yes she can be biased. She is fairly New to this so I think giving her some leeway can be afforded while she sharpens up. Don Cherry was around for a long time and barely could properly announce players names let alone make a viable argument. I really like SN Oilers play be play guy Quinn and Louis Debrusk.

yes this team is the best. Makes it so much more enjoyable to watch a game compared to Remenda. Remenda is probably the worst ive ever heard.

 

[didimentionlarseller]

The commentators for NESN Bruins games are much much worse

 

[RustyCat]

Gary Galley by a country mile.

And Rod Black for CFL.

Both just terrible creatures.

 

[b in vancouver]

Cassie is a sure case of not who know it's who you ... the only reason she has her job is because of her hubby. She terrible and that the only pg thing I can post

She's more famous in Canada than her husband.

 

[HTFN]

All these pages and not one mention of the RDS crew, can’t understand a lick of what they’re talking about. Get the odd word and a lot of the player names right enough but it’s like those guys aren’t even trying to speak English anymore.

Just a bad look for the league if you ask me.

 

[KidLine93]

There are also many complete trash male commentators with jobs. I'd rather some female representation that suck at their job than some males that suck at it too.

Well thats sexist. I'd just prefer they have the people who are most competent doing the job.

 

[LuckyDay]

All these pages and not one mention of the RDS crew, can’t understand a lick of what they’re talking about. Get the odd word and a lot of the player names right enough but it’s like those guys aren’t even trying to speak English anymore.

Just a bad look for the league if you ask me.

Exactly. They used to talk about Eelance Ailbout all the time but I haven't heard much about him lately. Did he retire?

 

[LuckyDay]

There's this guy they play in Toronto, Jim Hughson. He's absolutely awful.

Why can't they get someone decent like Foster Hewitt?

 

[The Winter Soldier]

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 some 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.

I agree. Joe Bowen is brutal. His giggling is annoying and is totally unprofessional as an announcer. I could never imagine Danny Gallivan or Foster Hewitt giggling while doing the play by play.

 

[Oldoil]

 

[Goose]

Well thats sexist. I'd just prefer they have the people who are most competent doing the job.

It’s not sexist to say that if a percentage of commentators are going to suck because it’s very difficult to find skilled commentators and the demand outstrips supply, that there at least be some gender equality amongst those who suck.

 

[muddywaters]

I like her

 

[ScottishCanuck]

Cassie is a sure case of not who know it's who you ... the only reason she has her job is because of her hubby. She terrible and that the only pg thing I can post

Let's not pretend that she's a nobody. She was obviously a talented player.

Unfortunately talent on the ice doesn't always translate to talent behind the mic.