<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">During your playing career, what were your plans when you retired? Craig Ehlo: I think there were two things I considered if you look at the bio [former public relations directors] Bob Price and Bob Zink put together. On the questionnaire they handed out, you know where they ask what you would do if you weren?t an NBA player? I listed two things. I jokingly said a pig farmer and the other two more serious ones were TV broadcasting or high school coaching. I actually tried high school coaching for three years. I was at Spokane Rogers High School and I had an astounding record of 10-41. [He laughs] You went to your fallback? CE: So I went to my fallback which was TV broadcasting. Actually, the year I left high school coaching, which I didn?t intend to leave, I got an interesting call from the Gonzaga team here in town. They were starting to put their games on TV and I was fortunate to interview and apply with them and got that job. I have been with them for two years. But that experience led me to get other college games on Fox Sports Net Northwest. Was it hard for you to make the transition from playing to play-by-play? CE: It was! It was really surprising. During the years I played, I listened to guys talk, like Jim Chones and Denny Schreiner, and I thought, ?Man, they?ve got a lax job. All you have to do is tell people what?s going on in the game.? The first time I tried [broadcasting], I realized how tough it was out there. </div> <font size="1">Full Interview courtesy of the official NBA.com website.</font> Thought I'd post this here, I know Craig's always been a bit of a favourite son of the Cavaliers too. Hopefully he does well with Seattle too, replacing an old favourite in Billy McKinney.
I never even heard his broadcasting skills but was really aiming for him to get the job here. We are still in a search for a color commentator, and I pray that its going to be an ex-Cavalier.
