It's Calabro!!!!!

YOu and Stren exploded in different ways but yeah. You exploded. Your human though. Wish I could say Ive never exploded.

 

Bollocks. Barrett's really good, and anyone who says he's an unapologetic homer hasn't listened to him for several years.

 

Haha, acknowledged. Just trying to slip in an inside forum joke. Not as cool as him, that's for sure.

 

Yeah, it seems more like an attempt to attract Sonics fans.

I get that Calabro is considered to be in a higher tier than MB, but I'm skeptical that this move will significantly expand the blazers fan base in Seattle...if that was the reason.

 

He was decent, but his apocalypse now routine grows tiresome.

 

Not sure I understand what you mean by "apocalypse now routine?"

 

Wookie does not handle change well.

 

I prefer paper money. The pennies are the same color as my palm fur, and if I'm not careful dimes and nickels disappear into the gaps between my fingers, and they can sometimes re-appear at the most inopportune moments. Just ask Mrs. HCP.

 

So it's not because Calabro is considered by many as one of the best play by play announcer in the business? It's just because he was the Seattle announcer? That makes no sense to me. It might be an extra bonus for PA's marketing plan, but there is no way that it is the main reason they went after him.

 

Thinking along the lines of having a 20 point lead cut to 16 and the Blazers are all of a sudden reverting to past tendencies, not putting the pedal to the metal, and letting the other team back. Sometimes I'd just like commentary without implying overarching generalizations. Sometimes teams catch up, that's the game. Too frequent was this style imo.

 

Seattle is small potatoes. Streaming and League Pass have opened up basketball to the entire world. I don't think the Blazers are concerned about capturing Seattle. I think they're trying to grow their global brand.... of course, that's what I wrote in my article.

 

I don't get all the Seattle hate when there are so many Seahawks and Mariners fans here. The Shonz came from Seattle....that seemed to work out well. I liked Barrett but there is a reason Calabro is doing the NBA Finals for ESPN...he is very good.

 

I think the concern is the one that's always nagged Blazers fans that, with Paul Allen being a Seattle guy and Seattle not having a team, this could be the first step towards moving the team to Seattle. Hopefully, just paranoia, but who knows?

 

The NW really needs to come togewther as one in solidarity against the rest of the sports nation. Each city now has only one major sprt team for the major sports.

I dont see why we cant unite against the rest of the regions. I'm a NW guy. Moved back and forth all my childhood because of divorced parents. I consider Portland my home, but I consider myself a northwester overall.


Iv'e lived in CO, Chicago, and NY. Nothing compares to the NW. Nothing. We should take pride in having a big brother like Seattle that garners attention for the NW or Portland probably wouldn't exist.

 

Barrett was very average at best when he started. He got much better over time, but he always has just seemed like a news anchor to me. I have watched a lot of Blazers games the last all of my life, and typically choose the national broadcast over the local. My belief is that we have gotten used to the Mikes more than we love them and worship how fantastic they are. They're only decent, but they're our only decent. Barrett would be a fantastic talk show host on the radio. Calabro is on par with hiring Shonz in his prime. Calabro also has the kind of reputation that top notch color commentators will want to come work with him.

Why now? Maybe they have a good idea of changes that will happen this summer and feel like the national attention will be on us.

 

But only one major sport team per sport in the NW. No competition.

 

Dick size. Dur.

 

Great hire. I liked the Mikes, but for everyone who is always complaining about Portland being a small market that gets overlooked and underappreciated by the national media, this is a home run. We just hired THE NBA play-by-play guy away from ESPN radio. Calabro is a national name. He's not just a Seattle guy. He's calling the NBA finals for ESPN for fuck's sake. He brings a level of credibility and prestige to the Blazer broadcasts the Mikes never could. Again, I didn't dislike the Mikes at all, but Calabro is a big upgrade in every imaginable way.

This hire won't have any impact on future free agent signings, but I do like that the organization is showing a willingness and ability to go after and get top national talent. Again, this doesn't directly impact future player signings, but I like an organization that thinks big. You think small, you get small.

For two decades, San Antonio has been a small market team that thinks and acts like a big market team. That's the attitude and approach to business I want this organization to possess. And that's the perception I want perpetuated. Fuck this small minded, small market bullshit. Lillard has proven you can play for Portland, bleed red and black and be a national media star all at the same time. He doesn't think small and I'm glad to see the rest of the organization doesn't either.

BNM