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NESN UPDATE - NESN’s Jack Edwards announces retirement
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Faust said multiple times that Jack would be back on Tuesday plus he was at camp Saturday. If they fire him this close to the season then they are giant pieces of shit.
@Alicat I can see a reduced workload for Jack similar to what the Blackhawks did Pat Foley's final year.
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Yeah that would make sense to me. Essentially have a transition year - Jack does the majority of games but gets a few breaks, especially from road games, and NESN can use those to try out Faust or whoever else and a) make sure they're the right fit, and b) get the audience used to a different voice before Edwards bows out at season's end. Perhaps Jack won't like it, given his well-known past gripes about missing games due to national broadcasts, but it would probably be the best way to go about things.
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@Aussie Bruin - It's a delicate situation. Trust me getting older is not for the meek.
Fred Cusick at the age of 69 when this happened in 1988.
Bob Wilson walked away in 1994 at the age of 65 when the Bruins/WRKO told him to file unemployment during a lockout.
Jack is 66 and knows his verbal skills have diminished. He is aware of the sad legacy of Ken Coleman who the Red Sox cut loose in 1989 at the age of 65 and his last gig was being hired to call BU Football on WBUR and kept calling BU players BC.
*PERSONAL NOTE* I'm slowing down as a camop as well. Not because of skills eroding but the travel.
quietbruinfan
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It is Nesn, they are giant turds, greedy clueless giant turds. However, I take them at their word.
A reduction in workload isn’t a bad thing and would likely have been decided awhile ago but an all out boot so close to the season is not something that sits well with me but is typical NESN. The worst thing about this is who is “reporting” it.
The travel must take a toll.
Time catches up with us all eventually. I hope that Jack can finish on his own terms and knows when to walk away before he's pushed. He's earned that, as long as he's realistic and doesn't cling on to the bitter end.
mikelvl
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His name is making a comeback now thanks to the Immaculate Grid hockey version and Puckdoku
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I believe nothing Jimmy "Thin Skins" says. NOTHING!
mikelvl
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After Jack's performance last year, it makes perfect sense for NESN to have a backup plan. I think Alex Faust is excellent and is only freelancing because the Kings consolidated their TV and radio broadcasts. Fred Cusick and Bob Wilson, while older, were still on top of their games at the end. Nobody can say that about Jack if you go back and listen to his broadcasts from the 2011 Cup run. He was top notch then. He's a long way from that now. You could cover up his 'eccentricities' and awkward moments when he was in his prime. Now, its just getting worse and worse.
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I beg to differ. Cusick was not at the top of his game. He held on way too long, but I chalk that up to him not wanting Shea to get his job. I'm a romantic like that.
I agree with what you say, however I'd argue we've already reached that point. Last year cinched it for me....
I feel for the guy, I really do. Its tough to walk away from a job you love. But its time.
I didn't have the urge to mute the game last night for the first time in years so I hope we get more of Faust.
mikelvl
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Maybe so, but my point about Jack stands. And a faltering Cusick was still better than Dave Shea.
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A mute Cusick was better than Dave Shea.
that guy last night was 100x better than listening to jack. what a difference
jsteelek
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I love Jack, but I ‘ve found myself getting distracted by his pbp speech issues and losing my focus on the game. strangely enough I was finishing his sentences and correcting him and this threw me off from concentrating on the play. I didn’t have that issue last night with Faust. This all sucks because in his prime Jack was the best 
CharasLazyWrister
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Only heard the highlights but have to agree.
I like an objective call with injections of personality/quirkiness when it's right. The way Jack does his thing has never quite been my cup of tea, and yes, it's getting harder to listen to as he jacks up the silly interjections while losing his fastball in terms of actually calling the play.
I like that he's a big fan. He's a guy I'd enjoy hanging out with on a Saturday night. But, I am not stuck on him at all as the PbP guy for the team going forward.
I also hope (and have no reason not to trust) that NESN does find someone who doesn't completely suck to succeed Jack if it isn't Faust. There are a few PbP guys (thinking right now of the Penguins' announcer who just got let go leading into this season) who are so damn boring, it hurts.
I don't like pure silliness, but enthusiasm just has to be there to really make watching a game on TV.
Dull, dull dull. Send him to ESPN. Or Red Sox. Vanilla as can be.
missingchicklet
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I've always been a big fan of Jack, but I also like Faust quite a bit as well. Faust calls a very professional game, which is probably why multiple national networks have hired him to call multiple sports during his career.
I get that he sounded very vanilla last night, but people have to realize it was just a pre-season game and Faust didn't have the familiarity with the team like he did in his time at LA. YouTube probably has some clips of him announcing Kings games. In listening to him do Kings games over the past 5 or so years I found him to be very solid. He was super knowledgeable about the Kings and I really like his goal call. I for sure hope he gets the job with NESN when Jack leaves.
That's good to hear, because he wasn't very helpful identifying players in the Rangers game.
missingchicklet
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I agree. It was annoying because I had to keep trying to look hard at player numbers to know who was who since he wasn't calling certain names when they had the puck. I assumed he didn't have much time to prep for the game.
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