News and Blog Report: Jack, Louie, and Geno are back

[PositiveCashFlow]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836088022598848537

Wish they could do the national and playoff games for SN/CBC as well

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[SK13]

I know people love him, but personally?

Another year of watching the other feed as much as possible.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Yay!

 

[Mr Kot]

Could do without Louie The Brusk tbh

 

[timekeep]

Could do without Louie The Brusk tbh

I don't think much of this group, can't listen to Gene, if he is on pregame it goes over head as I ignore. During intermissions, depends who he is interviewing or the subject. Louie and Jack are OK, nothing special.

 

[rboomercat90]

I don't think much of this group, can't listen to Gene, if he is on pregame it goes over head as I ignore. During intermissions, depends who he is interviewing or the subject. Louie and Jack are OK, nothing special.

It’s easy to ignore Gene if he isn’t your cup of tea. Wait until the anthems are playing to turn the game on and take your bathroom breaks during intermission. I’ve barely watched him for years. You can’t do anything about the other two though. One is a carnival barker who frequently forgets he’s there to describe what’s going on in the hockey game and the other one hates the Oilers and actively cheers for whoever they are playing (which will be even worse this year because his kid is now playing for the Canucks). I don’t think this announcement is as popular with Oiler fans as the OP thinks it is.

 

[Stud Muffin]

Jack is so good. My favorite PxP guy since Mark Lee as a Kid

 

[AM]

I think jack is fine. Louie can be hard to listen to. I guess his kid wasn’t a keeper in Boston?

 

[joestevens29]

Was Ferraro with Sportsnet last year?

 

[brentashton]

Was Ferraro with Sportsnet last year?

ESPN exclusively aside from doing a handful of regional Canucks games. Travel is a bitch with that ESPN gig I assume.

 

[oobga]

Calgary fans rejoicing the return of Jon Abbott

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Could do without Louie The Brusk tbh

What, you don't like him gushing over the 25th overall team's defense?

 

[VainGretzky]

I don't think much of this group, can't listen to Gene, if he is on pregame it goes over head as I ignore. During intermissions, depends who he is interviewing or the subject. Louie and Jack are OK, nothing special.

Gene is a national treasure , there is not a more likeable person on the planet

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Gene is a national treasure , there is not a more likeable person on the planet

Our generations Jesus. Purest heart on earth.

 

[guymez]

I know people love him, but personally?

Another year of watching the other feed as much as possible.

Yup.
Jack is an overhyped low quality PbP man. Louie is vanilla.
We get to once again listen to the Jack and Louie story hour with the occasional play by play call.
Just garbage.
Love Gene though.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

I'd like to see Tony Brar doing some play by play he'd be great at it

Louie....again

Oh God please no. No. NOOOOOOOO

 

[VainGretzky]

I'd like to see Tony Brar doing some play by play he'd be great at it

Louie....again

Oh God please no. No. NOOOOOOOO

Put Louie back up in the press box and take him out from between the benches

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Really can't care about pbp and on air analysts when digital board ads exist. If the Oilers didn't have McDavid/Draisaitl I would have dropped watching NHL hockey entirely.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Love me some Jack.

 

[FlameChampion]

I have really grown old of debrusk the last couple of years after initially liking him. Wonder if it will even be worse with Debrusk on the Canucks.

 

[guymez]

Put Louie back up in the press box and take him out from between the benches

That and he should also take a look at how he is coming across to the fans of the team he is almost exclusively covering.
Maybe its just me but Louie seems to gush over other teams and then pulls back on being too complimentary about the Oilers.
Is he trying not to appear too biased?
If thats the case then he is seriously overcompensating.

 

[TheGingaNinja]

Gene is our pun master, he's a keeper.
Jack is an idiot, but he's our idiot, and I've grown kind of fond of him.
Louie is decent, and can have some meaningful analysis at times, but retreads a LOT of the same sayings and clichés (Shooter mentality needs to be retired tout suite).

 

[JordanGalhanth]

Yup.
Jack is an overhyped low quality PbP man. Louie is vanilla.
We get to listen to the Jack and Louie story hour with the occasional play by play call.
Just garbage.
Love Gene though.

It's almost like Gilbert Gottfried (RIP) doing play-by-play.

 

[guymez]

It's almost like Gilbert Gottfried (RIP) doing play-by-play.

Exactly...Gibert Gottfried with an upgraded vocabulary.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Jack has grown on me on TV...love his TV play by play despite his commentary going off the rails too often
Louie aggravates me to no end...but he's ok