Maniscalco is worse than ever. He mis-identifies a Canes player about 6-7 times per game. Not just 4th line guys either. Called Jarvis Aho on the breakaway. Last game called KK Svech. Brutal.
They certainly discussed it in the team meeting. It was among the most favorable optional strategies. Apparently it was selected after a vote.
I hoped he would be getting better by this point. I was among those preaching to give him a chance to get better given his lack of experience. I think I agree that he's largely gotten worse. He hasn't quite figured out goal calls, drives me a little batty with "down from his defensive position" and "offsides" and such, and yeah, he seems to be getting more wrong. Doesn't really take away my enjoyment of the game, but I hope he can smooth some of it out at some point.
For perspective, I read the Rongos board for fun and Kakko, and their "I hoped he would be getting better by this point" doesn't start with the telly crew.
I often think during games how do the poor radio listeners know what's going on. That's my biggest criticism of him now, he should be sticking more to actual play by play, actually calling what is happening on the ice. He goes into these extended observations/discussions with himself and meanwhile there's a game going on and the puck has changed possession like 3 times with no mention. It's distracting for me even being able to see whats happening on TV. JF is the master at quickly inserting some interesting factiod/comment while never losing the call of what is actually happening on the ice. MM needs to edit himself and focus more on calling what is happening on the ice and save his gabbing for breaks between play
There are definitely worse out there. I just thought he'd have improved more at this point. I think his voice is fine for the most part, but he does have some things that I think still need polish. Higher than average voice cracks. As I said, his goal calls just don't sound great. I think he almost yells too much when he really just needs to raise his voice a bit with excitement. The mic is right there so it's a bit much to full on yell about everything mildly exciting. And I just don't like the way elongates things sometimes like ANNNNNNDDDDDDERRRRRSEN. As mentioned, he seems a bit more mistake prone right now, but I imagine he'll clean that up again.
Yes. Watched a Red Wings stream a couple weeks ago and felt like calling Detroit EMS to check to see if their broadcast crew had pulses. Like a tennis match - hushed monotone and silence. MM needs some work but there's much worse out there.
Yes he needs to practice some measured differentiation in his delivery. The over emoting just grates. I mostly keep the sound down low now.
I totally agree. I was expecting to see assists being added to this goal after some kind of review. None yet?? Aho and Svech should have assists.
