Anyone know what's up with Wheeler?

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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Someone would shoot you after you said fams for the tenth time.
     
  2. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    You do have a face for radio.
     
  3. mobes23

    mobes23 Well-Known Member

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    And yet his kids are cute. Interesting.
     
  4. GrandpaBlaze

    GrandpaBlaze Predictions Game Master

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    You mean his wife's kids? :)

    Gramps...
     
  5. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    He was thinking you have a face for radio.

    EDIT: Sly beat me to it. It must be true!
     
  6. chris_in_pdx

    chris_in_pdx OLD MAN

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    He should be, but he's really getting up there in years. I would perhaps expect him to call home games with Rice, since they used to work together, and put Tone on the TV broadcasts with Barrett.
     
  7. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Methinks you forgot about Pete Pranica.
     
  8. BlazerCaravan

    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Pranica didn't do radio, did he? If he did, I TOTALLY blacked out on that.
     
  9. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I thought Eddie Doucette and Pranica both did television....
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Eddie did radio before moving to TV... it was nutty because of Eddies overuse of metaphor and similies ("the old Ross Perot, in and out and back in again."). My dad once said, "I wasn't listening to a basketball game because there were circus bears and politicians and cowboys and aliens and all sorts of crap on the court instead!"
     
  11. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Didn't they bring in Doucette when Shonz moved to TV? And then, when Shonz retired, didn't they move Eddie to TV? It's been a while, so I really don't remember.
     
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    Schonz left radio, and Eddie Doucette took over for a season on radio but then Schonz returned and Doucette went to TV with Steve Jones.

    http://www.eddiedoucette.com/articles/voice_of_experience.pdf
     
  13. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    I LOVED Eddie Doucette. "Rod Strickland steals the ball! HE'S GONNA LAY IT IN! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?"
     
  14. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Wheels, I remember that time you and I strolled through pioneer square. You kept talking about my sheer awesomeness. I will never forget that day.

    Anyway, get well brother
     
  15. MickZagger

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    Yeah, Eddie Doucette was the shit.
     
  16. Duvalier

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    Get well soon Wheels...praying for you.
     
  17. Paxil

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    Wow, it will be very strange to listen to a Radio broadcast of TV announcers. They don't call play by play on TV... it seems like that would be very weird.
     
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    And Wheels! We love you man! Get well soon.
     
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    Heard a clip of Wheels on the radio this morning saying his illness is nothing life threatening more something that is just annoying.
     
  20. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Very good to hear!

    Wheels is the best.
     

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