CountryBoyBob454
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No offense to anyone who likes him for sure. But Mike Keith annoys me... just think he has too much Contrived yelling. Just my opinion, Lol
TypicalHis call of the game winning hail mary....SUCKED. Here we have an iconic, historic moment in UT football history, and the dude announces it in the tone like a guy who is pleasantly surprised to find out the breakfast buffet has extra pancakes.
Instead of getting a classic call like John Ward used to give, we get "What a surprising turn of events!".
Are you kidding me?
I hope Tim Priest retires after the season because his sounding like the voice of doom gets oldI always listen to the Vol Network because I prefer the Tennessee perspective. The SEC directive that all SEC games should promote the hell out of Tuscaloser High is too damn much for me. I'll listen to bad Tennessee play-by-play over constant Bammer fluffing any day of the week.
Kesling is horrible and is well in the tradition of hiring someone not because they are the best, but rather due to the fact they are connected to a local media sponsor.
Calling a game in the Red Barber tradition of "soft" neutrality is a fine standard and we were blessed with John Ward's quality for decades in that regard. This makes Kesling even worse. He lacks Ward's descriptive skill for calling a game and all one has to do to understand his flaws is to watch Tennessee on television while listening to Kesling flail away at the play-by-play.
Tim Priest saves him. He is exactly what you want in a color man: a passionate ex-player who doesn't mind sharing his opinion and does so forcefully.
Agreed. BK was preselected for the job and Keith knew it that’s why he left before Ward retired to take the Titans job.
He's really not. Kesling is vanilla but I think a lot of it is that he's a TV guy doing radio. John Ward was very professional and distinctive but sometimes awkward.I listen to the broadcast when I am visiting Mom in Tennessee with no cable. Bob is no John Ward, but I don't think he is as bad as many think he is.
It does matter. Most iconic play in 18 years. Something I'm going to watch over and over again. And instead of going to Kesling I'm going to Verne because his call was better. Kesling's call absolutely sucked and I'm not going to want to listen to the local guy.
He's really not. Kesling is vanilla but I think a lot of it is that he's a TV guy doing radio. John Ward was very professional and distinctive but sometimes awkward.
Any mention of Mike Portnoy deserves a like.Not too shabby. But he would have been more impressive with a monster kid like Mike Portnoy or Mike Mangini might use.
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Edit: A Dark Shadows fan? You know, Woodsman? You might not be as bad as I thought. Loved that show back in the day. Got home from school just in time. Hated it being cancelled.
Not to mention how often he butchered the players names throughout the game. Go Ole CheckboardsI always listen to the Vol Network because I prefer the Tennessee perspective. The SEC directive that all SEC games should promote the hell out of Tuscaloser High is too damn much for me. I'll listen to bad Tennessee play-by-play over constant Bammer fluffing any day of the week.
Kesling is horrible and is well in the tradition of hiring someone not because they are the best, but rather due to the fact they are connected to a local media sponsor.
Calling a game in the Red Barber tradition of "soft" neutrality is a fine standard and we were blessed with John Ward's quality for decades in that regard. This makes Kesling even worse. He lacks Ward's descriptive skill for calling a game and all one has to do to understand his flaws is to watch Tennessee on television while listening to Kesling flail away at the play-by-play.
Tim Priest saves him. He is exactly what you want in a color man: a passionate ex-player who doesn't mind sharing his opinion and does so forcefully.
Craziest thing with Checkboards, is he can call an outstanding fast paced basketball game, get all the names right, describe the plays as they are happening, to where I can picture it as I listen to the radio, but a football game, not so much.
I guess my thing is that there just aren't very many good radio guys left. It's mostly a bunch of guys with good voices and they'll never fell as connected to the team as back when radio was the only way to follow a lot of games.GAVol, I could take an awkward moment from John. I would laugh it off and forgive him, because he would recover from it and keep fans engaged. And hey, I like a quality vanilla. But I expect some vanilla bean and quality creme. Bob has no flavor to his vanilla. It is flavorless. Passionless. Pretty much monotone. Subpar. And they plan to keep him pretty much for life? This is football, not the supreme court. And yes, he really is.
It's a dying art that will be totally dead eventually, unfortunately. The greats, John Ward among them, were necessary in eras when radio was the only way to follow games live, as you said. Therefore your really talented media people got into it, it was more lucrative, etc.I guess my thing is that there just aren't very many good radio guys left. It's mostly a bunch of guys with good voices and they'll never fell as connected to the team as back when radio was the only way to follow a lot of games.
I guess my thing is that there just aren't very many good radio guys left. It's mostly a bunch of guys with good voices and they'll never fell as connected to the team as back when radio was the only way to follow a lot of games.
Good grief, GAVol. It isn't guesswork. You really have been suckered into mediocrity. The excuse making that those people screwing up Tennessee sports have done for years. They have infected you with their virus With your line of thinking, had you known Columbus, he would have never sailed west and discovered the New World. I almost think if UT ran a steakhouse, and your walked in and ordered a prime rib, you would eat hearty and pay full price even if they served you cold cuts instead. Stop making excuses for this. It's absurd. When Ward took over, he let his passion lead. Bob has none. I don't care how much of a lost art you might think it is. We have a few students still majoring in broadcasting, right? Train em up. I bet there are three or four on campus right now taking classes. If they are too damn cheap to get a proven commodity, which Bob has proven NOT to be, turn a young grad student loose. Can get nothing but better.
He passes to the man and boom goes the dynamite!