After listening to Stone do the USWNT game last night, I was wishing Jack was back. (Thought he was for awhile, as several players "got into the mix", though I don't think any of them "climbed the ladder" ...)
Edwards sure sounded more relaxed and a lot better without having to carry Ty Keough. Maybe Jack wasn't the problem?
If this is a permanent move for Jack you have to give him credit as I'm sure he could be making more doing sumo on ESPN.
I dislike Ty. Always have. I don't think his commentary adds any insight into the matches that I couldn't go into just from being a fan. I have never even played soccer before, just read articles and bigsoccer. With regards to Jack. Well done. Good for him, I hope he remains gainfully employed while covering soccer games.
Ty is a useless jacknuts. Jack at least is genuinely enthusiastic. Yeah, he could have been better, but he was OUR lousy play-by-play guy. Good luck Jack.
jack is bad man. no matter how good he calls the 1 v 1's or 1 v 2's he still lame. i wish max bretos would do the national team games. actually i wish motson would do them, but i guess bretos is the best we have.
Well, I rag on Jack's canned ESPN-college-football approach to soccer as much as anyone. But calling him a "bad man" isn't very useful.
Jack is doing the webcast of Crew-Revs right now, on the Crew's radio affiliate 103.9 The Eagle. Jack is much more suited for radio work, as hes very discriptive of everything thats going on. In my opinion hes doing an awesome job right now.
I agree. Edwards' energy and loquaciousness, which sometimes are a bit of a detractment on TV, really lend themselves well to radio. And he's good at being a "homer" too.
Amen. He is GREAT on the broadcast today. Maybe someday, when we get the MLS Game of the Week on ESPN Radio... RS
I'm listening too. He's doing what every pxp guys should do: tell who has the ball, where they are and what they are doing with it. He's alone and sounds a lot better without that blowhard Ty sucking all the oxygen out of the booth. Of course, we've had one "ladder climbing" incident as well as a "hitch kick volley". And I only have heard the 2nd half.
Even though Burgess generally does a solid job for the Crew, there have been some Crew games I've listened to where for whatever reason, his play-by-play just seemed to be rather flat and dull. Personally, I like the energy that Jack brought to today's broadcast.
Oh, crud. For all the mornings for me to sleep in. I forgot that it was an early kickoff. Any idea whether either thecrew.com or 103.9 The Eagle archives match webcasts? I'd like to hear this... Cheers, William
Thine (and mine... how would one say "ours" with an -ine at the end?) eyes may have seen the glory of Edwards on the Disney networks for the last time. From tonight's SoccerAmerica insider: 2. TV LINEUP: Eric Wynalda will join ABC's broadcast team for MLS Cup 2002. He and Terry Gannon, who worked together during the World Cup, will co-host the game and will contribute to the pregame and halftime segments. John Paul Dellacamera will do the play-by-play and Ty Keough will be the analyst. On the sidelines will be Veronica Paysee and Rob Stone. An official announcement will be made Wednesday. Rock band Puddle of Mudd will perform as part of the festivities.