Who comes after Sam Rosen?

[HFBS]

Id like to see a former player. Does not need to be a former ranger.

Amazing how people don't realize that you have to be a professional announcer to do play-by-play. It's an incredibly hard skill to develop. It should be obvious by how bad most of them are. I'd say Kenny Albert in a minute but he may find doing national games to be more attractive.

 

[Mike in Houston]

Amazing how people don't realize that you have to be a professional announcer to do play-by-play. It's an incredibly hard skill to develop. It should be obvious by how bad most of them are. I'd say Kenny Albert in a minute but he may find doing national games to be more attractive.

Kenny would do both Rangers and national games just like he does now with Rangers radio and TNT. Doc and Sam did it for years and years. Brendan Burke does it right now as well.

 

[RosensRug]

Brendan Burke moving over to the Rangers broadcast would be great. He's fantastic at what he does, and the reaction from isles fans would be great.

 

[LokiDog]

If Blais doesn’t work out on the ice, get him a medical marijuana card and let him do the commentary while stoned.

Sam Rosen, succeeded by Sam Blaisen.

 

[cwede]

Brendan Burke moving over to the Rangers broadcast would be great. He's fantastic at what he does...

This is what i expect until something else happens.
Like when they moved Joe over, from NYI broadcast team, when JD left.
Rangers are MSGN's main event and money maker, that will likely be MSGN preference

 

[zlev]

I dont understand the love for Burke, he gets on my nerves really quickly, he's really corny. Kenny Albert is much better.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Maxim Mamin

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Definitely Kenny. He is fantastic.

 

[McRanger92]

Brendan Burke moving over to the Rangers broadcast would be great. He's fantastic at what he does, and the reaction from isles fans would be great.

I would love this. So much in fact that I just texted an Isles fan friend to needle him about it.

In all seriousness though, Kenny will move to TV and La Greca will do radio full time.

 

[Idlerlee]

Do we have definite candidates yet?

I hope we get to hear Sam for many more years but being in your mid 70s is usually a good indicator that time is not on your side.

No one. When he retires we can simply make him record his voice and a cute algorithm will do text-to-speech as the game goes on.

 

[Idlerlee]

Amazing how people don't realize that you have to be a professional announcer to do play-by-play. It's an incredibly hard skill to develop. It should be obvious by how bad most of them are. I'd say Kenny Albert in a minute but he may find doing national games to be more attractive.

There are a few things that make good announcers:

1. A distinct voice (honestly, this is probably the single most important attribute outside of #2)
2. Pace. Know when to raise your voice, when to be excited, know when to chitchat
3. Ability to accurately identify situations rapidly and relay them. It gets easier down the line since announcers often rehash the same sentences thousands of times.

 

[TominNC]

It won't be a player for PBP. They'll get a pro like Kenny Albert. If he doesn't want to so a local team I don't know who is out there. Sam should retire after this year. He's getting kind of embarrasing. And please have Joe "I've got nothing new to say" Micheletti with him

 

[CLW]

Me. I can stutter and mix up names at the drop of a toupee.

Even stuttering and mixing up names at the drop of a toupee Sam Rosen is so much better than most others I've heard for other teams it's not even funny.

 

[IamNotADancer]

I've heard only good things about Leah Hextall /sarcasm

 

[Crease]

PBP person should be a seasoned pro like Kenny Albert. Vally would be a great color guy.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

In answer to your question: “Who comes after Sam Rosen?”
I will guess, the staff from the Assisted Living Facility?

 

[Baby Duck Homme]

I hope we can get some Sam AI bot engineered to call Ranger games for all eternity. Maybe even deep fake his face somehow. The older you are the more likely you are attached to him.

 

[CasusBelli]

Anyone but Gianone.

 

[Hire Sather]

Kenny would do both Rangers and national games just like he does now with Rangers radio and TNT. Doc and Sam did it for years and years. Brendan Burke does it right now as well.

Kenny misses half his radio games because of National coverage. LaGreca is better anyway.

Not a fan of Kenny at all.. couldn't be more boring IMO.

Hoping for Burke at this point, he's very good

 

[New York RKY]

Sam Rosen’s successor will come after Adam Rosen.

 

[alkurtz]

Seriously, one of the factors that makes Sam so great is that he sounds like a New Yorker, not someone with a generic American accent. The problem with so many other announcers are that they are interchangeable and generic. Sam’s voice screams “New York.” Hope they can find someone with that distinct NY “sound” to them.

 

[Hire Sather]

Kenny is TNT's #1 play by play guy but also the Rangers primary radio guy. When Sam retires Kenny will do both just like Doc did for all those years with FOX/ABC/NBC and the Devils.

Another example is Mike Breen. He does Knicks and ESPN.

Is Kenny really the primary guy? Honestly feels like Don does more games. To me, he's the Rangers radio voice.

Just not a Kenny fan at all

 

[will1066]

There are a few things that make good announcers:

1. A distinct voice (honestly, this is probably the single most important attribute outside of #2)
2. Pace. Know when to raise your voice, when to be excited, know when to chitchat
3. Ability to accurately identify situations rapidly and relay them. It gets easier down the line since announcers often rehash the same sentences thousands of times.

This describes Doc Emrick to the nth degree

 

[Mandar]

Does Jim Gordon have a son or grandson?

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Does Jim Gordon have a son or grandson?

My personal favorite.