Hawks play by play announcer is a real woman, cool…

[sutz]

Good call on Dennis Miller. Huge bust. As I recall, he lasted just one season. I think Al Michaels had to be instructed as to when to laugh at Miller's jokes.

Pretty sure it was less than a full season.

 

[Palmegranite]

Pretty sure it was less than a full season.

Inexplicable, but this assignment was dragged out for two whole seasons.

 

[sutz]

Inexplicable, but this assignment was dragged out for two whole seasons.

You're probably right. Guess I was trying to drive it out of my memory banks.

 

[pmedic920]

You (and other cromags) could have just stopped there.



Trust me, any commentator, male or female, knows the game better than you do.

This sounds pretty personal to me.

I’m going to suggest you back off just a bit.

 

[pmedic920]

When Aaron Goldsmith started with the Mariners I hated his voice. But years later, I love him.

Ex-players can struggle sharing their knowledge of the game because talking through your decision making and making it worthwhile is a lot easier when it's unsaid. They see the game naturally, but being able to explain the game is a completely different skillset.

This thread is full of people who immediately dismiss a female play-by-play as if the timbre, pitch, and tone of the voice has some great impact. At the end of the day, it's the ability to fluently speak in descriptive and meaningful bits. So many different great voices and none of them sound alike. Everytime I listen to a Yankees broadcast I can't ******* stand Michael Kay, but he's adored in NY. When Angie was filling in for Blowers I really enjoyed her, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that I've listened to her talk Mariners for years.

Dismissing a female voice because you're not used to it is dumb. Football doesn't require a male voice, and if you need a man to describe to you what's happening in a game, you're a little boy.

Personally I don’t care if it’s a female voice or male, some voices just grate on a person’s nerves.
In that case I don’t blame anyone for not wanting to listen to that person during a football game that they want to enjoy.
I think in that case it’s a matter of tone/ sound and has nothing to do with the sex/gender of the voice.

Fran Drescher as the Nanny for instance, I hate/can’t stand the voice or laugh but it’s not because it’s female.
Gilbert Gottfried same thing, I would not listen to either voice calling a football game.

I completely understand why a person may not like a particular voice for football.

 

[RiverDog]

Personally I don’t care if it’s a female voice or male, some voices just grate on a person’s nerves.
In that case I don’t blame anyone for not wanting to listen to that person during a football game that they want to enjoy.
I think in that case it’s a matter of tone/ sound and has nothing to do with the sex/gender of the voice.

Fran Drescher as the Nanny for instance, I hate/can’t stand the voice or laugh but it’s not because it’s female.
Gilbert Gottfried same thing, I would not listen to either voice calling a football game.

I completely understand why a person may not like a particular voice for football.

Tony Romo is a very good analyst, but he has a voice that sounds to me like fingernails on a chalkboard.

I've gradually gotten used to female voices in almost every other venue. When women started entering the radio broadcasting field as disc jockeys back in the late 70's and 80's, it took me a number of years for me to get used to them. Now, I prefer them over men. Same goes with television news broadcasts.

But I'm still a male chauvinist pig when it comes to football.

 

[Seahawkfan80]

Since we are talking about announcers here, anyone know this guy?

 

[Hawkinaz]

I don’t care who the announcers are 3/4 of the time I am paying no attention to them. It’s common my wife is watching with me and I will say something concerning the game and 2-3 plays later the announcers will say the same thing, my wife will say “is there an echo in the room?”

My wife pays more attention the refs and announcers than the players I usually have no clue who they are. Her least favorite announcer is Troy Aikman and favorite ref was Ed Hoculi

 

[hgwellz12]

Since we are talking about announcers here, anyone know this guy?

Uhhh...

 

[olyfan63]

Diversity hire. I'll give her a chance. It's preseason. Not even a game. Not even a real game. Preseason.

I don't think I'll enjoy listening to a shrill female voice, and, based on the limited basketball call samples I've heard, that's how she sounds to me. Now I do enjoy the professional announcer female voices that are often heard when listening to calls of mens and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, and women's soccer. Don't follow WNBA so no idea re women's basketball.

IMO Female announcers do deserve a chance to develop a style that appeals to NFL fans and find the niches they can do well in, and preseason is a reasonable time to experiment. I could see a female play-by-play announcer being OK, as long as she has good color announcer support, e.g., from a male former player, to explain the nuances of the game and a particular play from a position of expert personal knowledge.

Just NFL, please don't spring a bunch of crappy shrill female announcers on NFL fans for the sake of "diversity". Only promote the ones that are actually "good" and receive top marks in their developmental announcer experience.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

I prefer male announcers personally but I fine with giving women a chance she might be really good who knows?

 

[Seahawkfan80]

Uhhh...

Chicago Bear that is doing color commentary for the 49ers now. Tim Ryan. Pretty good swing in golf too. Really likeable human.

 

[94Smith]

I love Al Michaels, but there's only one Al.

Not a big fan of Michaels. I find his tone boring

 

[94Smith]

Chicago Bear that is doing color commentary for the 49ers now. Tim Ryan. Pretty good swing in golf too. Really likeable human.

Tim Ryan is the biggest 49er homer around. I sometimes cringe at the home team bias in his colour commentary, but otherwise does a great job and has a good tone

 

[bileever]

Not a big fan of Michaels. I find his tone boring

@94Smith: I could tolerate you being a 49ers fan (barely), but them's fightin' words.

 

[94Smith]

@94Smith: I could tolerate you being a 49ers fan (barely), but them's fightin' words.

Maybe its because he's paired with Collingsworth now, who I really can't stand.

 

[hgwellz12]

Uhhh...there's 2 guys in the photo

 

[Jerhawk]

Maybe its because he's paired with Collingsworth now, who I really can't stand.

Now here's a guy that doesn't like Cris Collinsworth

 

[Seahawkfan80]

Uhhh...there's 2 guys in the photo

The other one that is a bit shorter <<<<<<<<

 

[SoulfishHawk]

At least it's not Beth Mowins.


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