Jack Michaels - Oilers PBP

[guymez]

To me it’s like -70 vs -1. But I guess we all have our preferences.

Singh isnt a very good PbP man but he at least calls the play. I dont know what the 'F' Jack is doing.

 

[Stoneman89]

Singh isnt a very good PbP man but he at least calls the play. I dont know what the 'F' Jack is doing.

Stroking Louie.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

"Edmonton extracts the stuff of victory!"

 

[AM]

Thats fair but this notion that Jack is good compared to Singh is like saying that -25 degrees is a lot better than -30 degrees.
Its a weak argument.

Your toes last a lot longer at -25.

Singh isnt a very good PbP man but he at least calls the play. I dont know what the 'F' Jack is doing.

Calls the play wrong much of the time.

 

[Stoneman89]

"Another faceoff victory!"

 

[guymez]

Your toes last a lot longer at -25.

Yeah...I am not so sure about that.
Having been an outside worker in my early 20's...my toes didnt like anything less than -10...lol

 

[AM]

Yeah...I am not so sure about that.
Having been an outside worker in my early 20's...my toes didnt like anything less than -10...lol

I took the opportunity to walk to work at -38 earlier this year. It was great until I noticed my toes freezing. Then it was constant moving them for the last 2km.

 

[Broberg Speed]

I'd like Jack to tone it down a bit. But not too much. His energy and enthusiasm are incredible attributes to him. Agreed though that his banter is annoying at times. If he limits that as well I think more people would like his call.

He has amazing calls on some of our jaw dropping (McDrai) goals. When taken alone, I wouldn't doubt it that they become as legendary as Cole, Cuthbert, etc.

Michaels talks too much, period. And he needs to stop talking about Debrusk.

Debrusk talks non-stop. When does he breathe? Buzzing the f***ing tower.

Together they are unlistenable. They need to shut up once in awhile.

Cut their mics 10 times a period.

 

[Dorian2]

I don't usually complain about announcers, but it gets a bit annoying with Jack's constantly obtrusive to the play by play "factoids".

 

[RegDunlop]

Michaels talks too much, period. And he needs to stop talking about Debrusk.

Debrusk talks non-stop. When does he breathe? Buzzing the f***ing tower.

Together they are unlistenable. They need to shut up once in awhile.

Cut their mics 10 times a period.

Jeez
Tell me how you really feel

 

[guymez]

I took the opportunity to walk to work at -38 earlier this year. It was great until I noticed my toes freezing. Then it was constant moving them for the last 2km.

Good on you for actually walking to work at -38.
Only a real Edmontonian would do that.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

imagine him and Louie doing a radio PBP. Wasn’t he doing PBP on the radio with Bob for a while?

 

[guymez]

imagine him and Louie doing a radio PBP. Wasn’t he doing PBP on the radio with Bob for a while?

It would basically be a radio talk show (not necessarily just sports realted) with the sounds of a hockey game in the background.

 

[AM]

Michaels talks too much, period. And he needs to stop talking about Debrusk.

Debrusk talks non-stop. When does he breathe? Buzzing the f***ing tower.

Together they are unlistenable. They need to shut up once in awhile.

Cut their mics 10 times a period.

When I can’t take them anymore I turn off the sound.

Good on you for actually walking to work at -38.
Only a real Edmontonian would do that.

You have to take your opportunity where you find it.

 

[rboomercat90]

I was looking for the tennis thread, couldn’t find it and found this instead.

The Roger’s tournaments are going on this week in Toronto and Montreal and for whatever reason (I assume because the regular Sportsnet people couldn’t get back from the Olympics in time) Gene Principe is hosting and Jack Michaels is doing the play by play for the women’s tournament.

At first I thought it was amusing hearing Jack call games in his tennis voice instead of his obnoxious hockey voice. Also, so far no 80’s movies references or him forgetting he’s there to call a game. Now I’m hoping he does such a good job that Toronto snatches him away from us.

 

[guymez]

I was looking for the tennis thread, couldn’t find it and found this instead.

The Roger’s tournaments are going on this week in Toronto and Montreal and for whatever reason (I assume because the regular Sportsnet people couldn’t get back from the Olympics in time) Gene Principe is hosting and Jack Michaels is doing the play by play for the women’s tournament.

At first I thought it was amusing hearing Jack call games in his tennis voice instead of his obnoxious hockey voice. Also, so far no 80’s movies references or him forgetting he’s there to call a game. Now I’m hoping he does such a good job that Toronto snatches him away from us.

Im glad you posted this.
I have a morbid curiosity (lol) about what Jack would sound like doing Tennis.

 

[rboomercat90]

Im glad you posted this.
I have a morbid curiosity (lol) about what Jack would sound like doing Tennis.

It’s a real trip. I kept tuning in during the middle of matches and not seeing who was doing the games. I noticed right away it wasn’t a regular tennis commentator but I thought the voice sounded familiar. Took me a minute to realize who it was and I couldn’t stop laughing. He’s quiet, subdued and not being a carnival barker at all. I can’t wait to hear him do golf now.

 

[Stoneman89]

It’s a real trip. I kept tuning in during the middle of matches and not seeing who was doing the games. I noticed right away it wasn’t a regular tennis commentator but I thought the voice sounded familiar. Took me a minute to realize who it was and I couldn’t stop laughing. He’s quiet, subdued and not being a carnival barker at all. I can’t wait to hear him do golf now.

The Phoenix Waste Managment tournament would be an excellent starting point for him. Especially hole #16.

 

[guymez]

So it didnt take long for Jack and Louie to piss me off.
It only took until 2:53 in the first period of game 5 of the regular season.
I posted this in the PGT but I probably should have posted it here....

The Nurse fight at 2:43 of the first period highlighted exactly why I dont care for the Jack and Louie storytime show.
The reason for that fight (which happened 10 seconds before at 2:53) was never even discussed by those clowns. They were so busy with their mindless banter that they didnt even acknowledge the reason that fight even happened.
That fight happened because of the hit that McCarron dished out on Stecher (edit) right in front of the benches. Right at centre ice.
They just chatted away about crap no one cares about while Stecher (edit) got hammered and didnt even bother to mention it after the fact. That was a very important part of the game that wasnt even acknowleged. They didnt even appear to be aware that it had happened because it was never mentioned at all.
That is a joke and it is a perfect example of how these clowns ruin hockey games with their endless storytime chatter.
Call the f**king play and keep the storytime for between whistles.
Idiots.

/rant

 

[Mr Positive]

I actually prefer Singh for this reason but I know saying that is like walking a mine field in here.

Also I don't really care about the emotion level of the announcer. I'd turn off the announcer audio if I could

 

[GOilers88]

I took the opportunity to walk to work at -38 earlier this year. It was great until I noticed my toes freezing. Then it was constant moving them for the last 2km.

I remember working in Yellowknife.

-52 with ice fog.

Good times.

 

[guymez]

I actually prefer Singh for this reason but I know saying that is like walking a mine field in here.

Also I don't really care about the emotion level of the announcer. I'd turn off the announcer audio if I could

I tend to agree with you just because the PbP caller absolutely has to prioritize calling the play.
At least Singh does that.

With Jack its the opposite....he prioritizes storytelling and other meaningless nonsense about the opposing players history (does anyone really care what university they went to or what part of the country they are from?) and then calls the play when the spirit moves him.

I just dont understand why Jack thinks that his babbling and useless trivia is more important than calling the actual game.

 

[AM]

I remember working in Yellowknife.

-52 with ice fog.

Good times.

I can’t wait for that opportunity.

 

[AM]

I tend to agree with you just because the PbP caller absolutely has to prioritize calling the play.
At least Singh does that.

With Jack its the opposite....he prioritizes storytelling and other meaningless nonsense about the opposing players history (does anyone really care what university they went to or what part of the country they are from?) and then calls the play when the spirit moves him.

I just dont understand why Jack thinks that his babbling and useless trivia is more important than calling the actual game.

Singh is great if he works in Punjabi. If you know what he’s saying it’s just lame.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

Exhibit 972934: Jack rambling about somebody being the only right-handed shot on the Red Wings while Connor is about to have a breakaway. Horrendous goal call.