Re: Do like the Stars do
> > Just take the audio straight off the network. Cheap, and
> no
> > need for Sham or any others. Jerry wouldn't go for it,
> > though. He needs a personal cheerleader for the team at
> the
> > console (hence him picking up the tab for the
> > announcers...buying their loyalty or else.) Besides, the
> > network would be too objective for this biased sports
> town.
> >
> > Sure, Sham goes hand-in-hand with the team when you think
> > Cowboys. But his ego is the equivalent of Chapman's.
> It'd
> > be nice to see him brought down a few notches just for the
>
> > hell of it.
> >
> > BUT...this does save from one horrible scenario...Jeff K
> > could be calling the games instead. Or some of the
> nitwits
> > from The Ticket. Or Max Morgan, or Newy Scruggs. Maybe
> > we're better off with Sham after all. I don't care for
> him
> > personally, but he's done a pretty decent job with the
> > announcing over the years. Glieber was The Man, however,
> > and 21 years later, he's still sorely missed.
> >
> > But speaking of, let's hope and pray that Jeff K and
> company
> > don't try to "cheapen" the games with all sorts of
> > pro-Cowboys yelling and screaming all over the place (much
>
> > like the stadium announcers do for the Mavs and Stars.)
> At
> > least allow ONE sport out there to still keep some
> > respectability and some sacred ground. I don't need cheer
>
> > tracks, laugh tracks, rabble-rousers, crowd reactions, etc
>
> > to tell me how to think or feel. Just tell me about the
> > damn game, and if you have nothing productive to say in
> > between, SHUT THE #$%^&* UP!!
> >
> Absolutely! The Cheap theatrics are ridiculous. Its just a
> game,not a life changing event.
>
Its one of the many reasons I quit going to Dallas Stars games (save the lockout). Jeff on the jumbotron, along with stars ice wench Celina Ray(sic?), grate on my nerves. I have the center ice package on my cable and I watch mostly northern teams (Maple Leafs,Rangers,Red Wings,ect..), none of which have annoying "gags" like the stars.
> > Just take the audio straight off the network. Cheap, and
> no
> > need for Sham or any others. Jerry wouldn't go for it,
> > though. He needs a personal cheerleader for the team at
> the
> > console (hence him picking up the tab for the
> > announcers...buying their loyalty or else.) Besides, the
> > network would be too objective for this biased sports
> town.
> >
> > Sure, Sham goes hand-in-hand with the team when you think
> > Cowboys. But his ego is the equivalent of Chapman's.
> It'd
> > be nice to see him brought down a few notches just for the
>
> > hell of it.
> >
> > BUT...this does save from one horrible scenario...Jeff K
> > could be calling the games instead. Or some of the
> nitwits
> > from The Ticket. Or Max Morgan, or Newy Scruggs. Maybe
> > we're better off with Sham after all. I don't care for
> him
> > personally, but he's done a pretty decent job with the
> > announcing over the years. Glieber was The Man, however,
> > and 21 years later, he's still sorely missed.
> >
> > But speaking of, let's hope and pray that Jeff K and
> company
> > don't try to "cheapen" the games with all sorts of
> > pro-Cowboys yelling and screaming all over the place (much
>
> > like the stadium announcers do for the Mavs and Stars.)
> At
> > least allow ONE sport out there to still keep some
> > respectability and some sacred ground. I don't need cheer
>
> > tracks, laugh tracks, rabble-rousers, crowd reactions, etc
>
> > to tell me how to think or feel. Just tell me about the
> > damn game, and if you have nothing productive to say in
> > between, SHUT THE #$%^&* UP!!
> >
> Absolutely! The Cheap theatrics are ridiculous. Its just a
> game,not a life changing event.
>
Its one of the many reasons I quit going to Dallas Stars games (save the lockout). Jeff on the jumbotron, along with stars ice wench Celina Ray(sic?), grate on my nerves. I have the center ice package on my cable and I watch mostly northern teams (Maple Leafs,Rangers,Red Wings,ect..), none of which have annoying "gags" like the stars.