Is it just me, or does McGuire always seem like he's in a race against time when he talks? There's never less than four incomplete thoughts preceding a complete sentence. A look at an instant replay will go something like, "I'm a tell ya wha- here on the inst- look at Tom Bra- If he throws that ba- Bill Belichick's gotta be- yeah, they gotta reverse that call."
GREG GUMBEL??? gimme a break!
Well, who do you guys like instead?
I'm more of fan of Simms than Gumbel, becuase Gumbel never won a Super Bowl MVP for the Giants.
I really don't have a preference on who I do like. I just really HATE Phil. There are reasons, you would understand if you were a Dolphins fan.
Every game he announced he tore them a new one. Even if they won, it was always... "Oh luck this luck that."
Grrrr it makes me mad talking about it!
You know who I really can't stand? Cris Collinsworth. He was a great player, but I cannot stand to listen to him talk.
You have to like Aikman and Stockman, and at least Collinsworth has the balls to say when some players suck. As for McGuire, if I hear him say "Folks, I want you to watch what happens right here", one more time, I'm gonna stick a butter knife in my thigh
sorry, I meant Aikman and Buck
Simms is OK. I tend to think he is as an announcer as he was as a QB- very serviceable, professional and competant, but nothing extraordinary.
Troy Aikman? Oy. That I just don't see. He's always struck me as being as dumb as a box of rocks.
Its probably a little bit too late to bring back Howard Cosell (Bruce Campbell and the Necronomicon Ex Mortis notwithtanding), but he was rather maligned in his day, not unlike Dennis Miller was up to his booting. Given time, I think Miller might have been 'The Man'- regardless of his repugnant politics.
I thought that Dennis Miller just had no place in the Monday night Football booth. What a bizarre decision that was. I did like Dan Fouts, though.
I used to enjoy chillin' on a Saturday afternoon with Keith Jackson and Bob Griese calling Big Ten and Pac-10 college football. They were charming and knew their shit. Better than getting screamed at by Brent Musburger or Mike Patrick.
Paul- Zimmerman should flag himself for putting out a list like this after the world has forgotten about football. If you're going to run a list of best and worst broadcasters, it would be nice if fans could tune in the following week to see if Z's analysis was accurate. For that, I give him 1/2 star for poor timing!
I loved Dennis Miller on MNF. He brought something different to the booth and made it a little more entertaining.
Definitely Fouts and Aikman off the top of my head. By the way, what happened to the turtle neck wearing Melissa Stark...i mean she would wear that thing in an August preseason game in Miami. She must have been hiding the hickeys Namath was planting on her off camera. Now a Larry Merchant-Joe Namath duo with a bottle of Glenmorangie would be a hoot.
Doesn't Buck do football?? I like that guy at the mike in any sport...
Nobody beats Al Michaels and Madden for pure knowledge of the game and flawless timing. Dennis Miller always gave me a headache by half time.
I'm one of the fans still watching Sunday night, and I think if someone would get rid of McGuire, Joey T and Mike Patrick would be OK.
I'm big on Al Michaels, he definitely knows his stuff. Probably the best broadcaster in all of sports, if you ask me. And Madden, if nothing else, is entertaining. I'll take that announcing duo, with Bill Walton hobbling along the sidelines.
I like Al Michaels, Bob Griese and Collinsworth, for the aforementioned not scared to call someone shitty, and I think I'm yet to hear him or Griese kiss Ray Lewis' ass for the 17th time tonight. Madden has to go, he knows his shit but man it just takes too long to get it out and he just CAN"T shut up between plays, not even for a nanosecond.
In general, any Fox broadcast is so awful I turn off the volume and turn up the radio broadcast. There's so much inane chatter and sponsor plugs I can't take it.
I can't really judge the sports analysts, because I invariably turn off the sound after a minute or two because I can't stand the vacuous bullshit banter. Football 'analysts' do seem to be the worst of the lot. The Cubs have a good team to do the broadcasts on WGN, but they're about all I can stomach.
However, whenever I listen to a game on the radio- be it football or baseball or hockey- I find the commentators and the analysts to be less annoying and more knowledgable.
i think paul, joe and mike are good for sunday night football not one complaint from me
One thing I disagree about is Joe and Mike are ok. But I totally agree Mcgwire sux so bad. He's the worst and I make fun of him alot. I was wondering if you could do one small favor and post a picture of him on this site. I just wanna see one picture of him b4 the season starts.
What happened to lead announcer Mike Patrick of Sunday Night Football?
ESPN has announced that Pat Summerall will work the network's NFL Sunday night telecasts in September as regular play-by-play man Mike Patrick recuperates from the triple-bypass surgery he had Aug. 6. Summerall has subbed for Patrick on the network's preseason telecasts
There is nothing that gets me as upset as hearing Maguire talk. I'm the type of guy that never really gets angry at anything, but when he talks I want to break things. Listen to the gibberish that comes out of that guys mouth.
"Look at this move here, he pretends like he is going to the right but goes to the left, wow"
"The Denver Broncos should challenge this, it is a fumble" When infact every average joe that watches football knows you cannot challenge a turnover when the whistle is blown.
I hate the man so much, I found this website typing in hate phrases with Paul Maguires name in it.
Ever since they began Sunday Night Football, I have always liked Mike Patrick and Joe Theisman in the booth doing the game. Mike's voice was always refreshing, and uplifting to hear play by play compared to many of the "day" play by play men. Joe's knowledge of the game and youthfull sounding voice fills in the stats and color commentary very well. I think they brought in Paul Mcguire to make sure there are no silent moments in the commentary. He fills that shoe only too well. I am sad to see that this year they have replaced Mike Patrick's youthfull and spirited play by play voice, electing to slow and dull things down with the addition of Pat Summerall. He was much better in his younger day, and he doesnt seem to carry the same excitement that originally was brought to us. Please bring Mike Patrick back, or someone comparable. How do you guys feel about the change this year?
I heard Mike Patrick was coming back in a couple of weeks. If you're an old school football fan you still must appreciate Pat calling a TD even if he is getting a little long in the tooth. I think it is cool they brought him in while Mike was out.
Please bring Mike Patrick back to SNF. Pat Summerall is a snoozer!! A little more excitment, please!!
One more thing, ESPN, you guys have to do better than having Paul McGuire in SNF, come on! "I'll tell you what..." 99% of his dumb and hollow comments start with that; somebody has to tell this guy something about this.
I missed something. What happened to Mike Patrick on Sunday night? I always look forward to Sunday night and when I watched this week I couldn't believe he was not on. I like Pat Summerall but Mike should be on Sunday night. Mike, Joe and Paul make a good team although Paul is rude at times. BRING BACK MIKE!
I used to love listening to Pat Summerall when he was working with John Madden, but even in their last few years together you could tell that Pat was starting to lose it a bit. And now he's just horrible to listen to. And is it just me, or could paul and joe be any farther up pat's ass? these guys just seem awestruck by everything pat says and the points he makes are usually worthless. can't wait til mike patrick comes back.
I've had it with McGuire! Will somebody PLEASE hand this "wanta-be-coach" a pink slip or direct him to the locker rooms with his critisism and have him report back after Susy. Maybe!
You know, I don't know what the big deal is with Paul Maguire. Everyone hates him. I love the guy, including the rest of the commentator crew. I personally will dearly miss the Sunday Night Football crew. They were the best. Mike Patrick's vioce brought about a sense of joy, Joe Thiesmann knew his stuff, and Paul Maguire kept things exciting. Apparently, plenty of people wanted to watch another three hours of football, even after they watched a full day of it already. There is a reason for that. I think they should do MNF, not freakin' Tirico, who sucks, and Tony Kornheiser, who really sucks. At least they kept Theismann and Suzy Kolber there.
Is it just me, or does McGuire always seem like he's in a race against time when he talks? There's never less than four incomplete thoughts preceding a complete sentence. A look at an instant replay will go something like, "I'm a tell ya wha- here on the inst- look at Tom Bra- If he throws that ba- Bill Belichick's gotta be- yeah, they gotta reverse that call."
Posted by RP at February 12, 2004 5:40 AM