NESN UPDATE 6/27 - Sean McDonough considering replacing Jack Edwards
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If I can give any advice on what an old school hockey fanatic wants in a PxP guy, it is this: The game is the star. You are not the star. The game comes first, second, and every place else except last. You are last. This isn't baseball or soccer, where long minutes go by without anything significant happening, so you can laugh about a piece of pizza. If you go on a tangent in hockey, you are missing some action. If that happens, you aren't doing your job, and the number one responsibility is to do your job.
The other thing is, the game is exciting enough, no need to manufacture it. There's no reason to treat a goal in a 7-2 blowout in January the same as a OT goal to win the Cup in June, which is what Sirott does. Holding a goal call for longer than one beat if it isn't the playoffs and a close game is Mickey Mouse.
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Did Goucher flat out say the money was a factor? So many people here claiming NESN doesn't want to pay guys, but it may just be he likes living in Vegas?
Ignoring that the American southwest in completely unsustainable in the long run, you can get a lot of bang for your buck out there; Far more than you can in the Northeast. My folks moved from Boston to Phoenix 11 years ago and they would never dream of moving back.
Ignoring that the American southwest in completely unsustainable in the long run, you can get a lot of bang for your buck out there; Far more than you can in the Northeast. My folks moved from Boston to Phoenix 11 years ago and they would never dream of moving back.
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Why would he aggressively go after the job in the first place then after tryouts and negotiation suddenly go back to Vegas and state on record he likes living there and will be staying?
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He wasn't aggressively going after the job, NESN was aggressively going after him.
LMAO you mean like "Here comes the pizza"? I love that clip
I appreciate that advice and I would say it's how I operate. I have broadcast many games where nothing happens that's going to make the SC Top 10. I don't try to inflate things, and in fact I'll be blunt and tell the audience that "things are getting quiet". but it's hockey and every game is a book to be read cover to cover. We don't end games in ties anymore, so I always know in the back of my mind, someone's going to win this thing, we're going to have an exciting moment before the contest ends. And since I've been on the air this whole time without any color, I have gotten really good at doing both. So yeah, I definitely respect that people are not tuning in just to hear me talk. My focus is always razor-sharp and I deliver as much information about what's going on as possible.
It hasn't always been perfect, but I am a pull-by-own-bootstraps kind of person, always have been. And with more time to dedicate and a whole staff to help me, I'm excited about the possibilities that would exist if the Bruins bring me on.
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When I asked Mike Milbury why he left NESN, he said flat out 'NESN is cheap'.
GatorMike
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For what it's worth, I'm not saying the Bruins deserve blame here.
I think the Bruins have input as to who the new play-by-play guy will be, but I still think it's a NESN decision. NESN will sign the new guy's paycheck. His salary will come out of NESN's bank account.
And let's face it... when you watch telecasts from around the league, NESN is often weak in several key areas. There are huge differences between a NESN telecast and an MSG Network telecast, for example.
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So who do we think are in the running with Goucher out?
Alex Faust, Jon Forsling,Jim McCabe, Sean Mcdonough, Judd Sirott?
Not sure what other names I might be missing
Alex Faust, Jon Forsling,Jim McCabe, Sean Mcdonough, Judd Sirott?
Not sure what other names I might be missing
I am delighted that you included my name in this post. I must be doing something right in this forum...
Johnny Upton
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John Forslund is staying in Seattle, so it’s probably coming down to Faust and Sirott unless a surprise entrant comes around.
you're gonna have to fill the radio spot if Judd goes to TV, right? or do you want it simulcast? FWIW I think radio pxp is the better opportunity of the two. I know everyone loved seeing Dave move to TV. but remember, if you're radio, that means you get to actually announce the team winning the Stanley Cup if it happens.
if it's the simulcast, then that's that! I think Judd has done a great job since taking over for Dave. Again just my personal opinion. He's been an AHL-NHL voice now for nearly two decades. possible props to him if that's the route taken. I did not apply for the Bruins radio pxp in 2017 because I did not think I had nearly enough experience.
if it's the simulcast, then that's that! I think Judd has done a great job since taking over for Dave. Again just my personal opinion. He's been an AHL-NHL voice now for nearly two decades. possible props to him if that's the route taken. I did not apply for the Bruins radio pxp in 2017 because I did not think I had nearly enough experience.
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All I know is that whoever it is (since it won't be Goucher now) will be ridiculed. We are never satisfied
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Hard no on simulcast. Radio and TV require a totally different approach.
you do realize that minor league hockey isn't telecast or simulcast and hasn't been for decades...... even commercial radio hasn't seen the bump as most teams now go satellite radio services such as Mixlr to broadcast radio pxp (which includes Portland)
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If any of you like what you are hearing in these videos, consider this an Ask Me Anything. I'd be happy to share what inspired me to say any particular thing on the air. you should all know that I rarely ever have repeated any of these lines. Catchphrases are not my thing, except for at the end of the game, I do have a fun thing I say for my teams when they win. For the Islanders Hockey Club, the phrase is "Sound the Siren, Get in the Dubs Limo", which perhaps some of you will recognize (Image below) as graffiti on the overpass of Route 128 right before arriving at the intersection with the Mass Pike.
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When Faust and the L.A. Kings split, they put their radio pxp on TV and that's now a simulcast. I don't know if any other NHL teams are doing that.
I'm with you! I have an advanced geographical puck locating system that allows people to watch a game on the video platform I've been on, previously called HockeyTV but now FloSports, but they can just listen too if they want.
consolidation.... isn't the same thing and nobody knew 9-10 months ago.... that Edwards was retiring after 19 years..... nor that Goucher was leaving for Vegas until that franchise was awarded..... the days of hockey on radio are slowly ending, if not gone, because it's like a format change in terrestrial radio
I think technology has to improve a long way before radio gets shut out of being a separate sportscasting medium. Watching a game on your phone while driving somewhere isn't always optimal. Think of anyone on the road who wants to consume the game, who would not be able to without radio broadcasts. We are a nation of motorists!
I watch through AHLtv....the Grand Rapids Griffins have an awesome radio/video production....
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