WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, SON. haha, I can't believe I skipped a summer trip to South Africa with my college buddies to go party at Up Front FX all summer with my HS homies.
I didn't intend to equate this to the vows of marriage as much as I intended to compare it to the break up of a perfectly fine relationship just for the sake of experiencing something new; perhaps for the better or perhaps not. That one feels the need to make this change is what I am criticizing.
If you say so. I couldn't give a shit if he's better at play-by-play than Mike Barrett. I don't get off on play-by-play. For me, every successive year Mike Barrett put into the team was one more stripe on his lapel. Of course, this was all predicated on him being competent, likable, enthusiastic, and engaged. Oh, but he was. It's fine if it's a poor analogy. I'm not the one touting this as a good decision because it fostered discussion in an otherwise mundane off-season.
Oh god I dunno about that... every other comment be dissing the rookies on the team * Might be alot of them*. and every other other comment getting approval from FAMS??? Spare me! LOL
Some people do, because that's his job. Again, not ragging on MB. As you said, over the years, he's become more and more competent, but he's still not in the same class as Kevin Calabro. That may not matter to you, but it does to me. I look forward to hearing Calabro calling the games next year, but also wish both Mikes well in their future endeavors, whether that is with another team, or if it's a local radio talk show. If the latter, I'm sure I'll tune in regularly. I actually think their unique banter would be better suited to a radio show than live game action. BNM
Maybe we should fire the Schonz and hire Jerry West? He's more well known, right? Woyld make a great ambassador. You just don't always have to go for better. Barrett was solid, extremely competent. Is he as good as Calabro? No, but he was fine to listen to, was a great ambassador for the team, fans loved him, and when I met him he was a hell of nice guy.
Perfect. He's played for a billion teams. Let's fire Schonz and put Blake there. The putreach would be spectacular
The point is replacing long time popular Blazer employees with people our president of a couple years think we'll like more and have a broader reach
I think you're overvaluing our team's talent, to use a phrase you're fond of (excepting Schonz who is a legend).
Obviously, this move was in place before the firings. Calabro is obviously a terrific hire and a best case scenario. I would have liked to have seen Barrett and Rice moved to radio and Wheels and Tone shown the door. Wheels would leave PDX in a heartbeat for a bigger city. Barrett nor Rice would.
