Why is it , that we keep getting crap announcers. Rob Stone has no clue, Rob its International Football. Stone makes it like a High School outing where you use lingo to spice it up. As for Ty he is just an idiot. During the game, they tried to out talk each other. Chatter, chatter , about silly stuff that had no part in the game. Who hires these announcers, they should be fired. I never thought I would say this , Jack was better than Stone. Jack was horrible , so you can see what I thought of today. Why dont announcers like Jp Dellacamera, Mike Hill, or Derek Rae get a shot at this job. They could not be any worse, anything would be an improvment.
I thought this was one of the worst performances yet by Rob and Ty. In the past I have been just fine with them: Rob was good in-studio for WC and Ty is consistently decent (or better) in commentary. Tonight, though, it was a disaster. There was almost no play-by-play and most of the time they were talking about something other than the action on the field. The announcers are supposed to augment and amplify what is happening during a sporting event, not compete with it for the viewers attention!
People keep saying this, but when do announcers ever shut up? Were you hoping for more pregnant pauses?
I was hoping for more discussion of the game being played today, the one they were watching live and I was watching on TV, not stories about games gone by.
What makes him great. Do you really think he has a knowledge of the game outside the US. Or do you like his calls that have nothing to do with soccer . When someone says 2 love thats a tennis term. What would happen if tennis announcers started saying Goal instead of points. They would be run out of the TV business, why then is it OK to do it with soccer.
One guy talking to himself and trying to think of things to say and often repeating himself? No thanks. Besides, it's not like those announcers ever shut up either.
Who cares if he isn't like other announcers? I like him because he's American and has his own style of announcing. I think he does decent pbp and mixes in enough joking, etc. to not make it too dull. Mainly, I like him because he doesn't take himself too seriously -- (like getting upset about saying "2 love"). Jack might still have a job if he weren't so darn earnest about the whole thing.
Like Ian Crocker and Martin Tyler doing English games. I think one person in the booth works better in soccer than anything else.
I don't mind them at all. When you listen to other sports on TV, they don't only talk about their particular game or even sport. Rob has a good background. I like him when he does college football on Saturdays. So he is not Euro enough for you. He is an American talking soccer. Be pleased that the game is on and you are able to critisize his performance.
Actually, it was Jack Edwards who was dropped from the telecasts. Once Alexi Lalas -- or maybe someone else in his generation -- finally decides to hang up the cleats for good, I'm sure Ty will be declared surplus to requirements.
I don't care about the terminology they use (2 nil, 2 love, whatever) but when you talk for no other reason than to make noise, and not because you have anything interesting to say, then there's a problem. Rob and Ty are no worse than other US announcers in this regard but that's a pretty dreadful standard to use. At least they don't butcher the language too badly that I've noticed. Interestingly I grew up listening to Cincinnati Reds radio broadcasts almost daily during baseball season and they didn't talk half has much much as most TV announcers. And they were (are) extremely popular. Deservedly so. I guess they didn't have some producer in their ear saying "For God's sake say something!!!" everytime there was 5 seconds of silence. And Rob's verbal ejaculations as the ball gets close to the goal just wreak of "I spent all last night thinking of cool (but mostly just stupid) things to say if it looks like there might be a goal and I can't wait to say them". Though I didn't notice those episodes so much with today's broadcast as with others he's done. What pissed me off in this match was the stupid distracting in-game interviews. When I saw Tim Howard's head I thought, he better have something really important to say, like he just signed a contract with Real Madrid, or don't interrupt the game! It seems a common, and as far as I've ever noticed uniquely American, mind set with sports broadcasts - the game itself is never entertaining enough, we have to fill it with as many diversions as possible. I think my favorite announcer was a guy I heard on a Croatian broadcast during Euro 2000 who spoke with a deep, Croatian James Earl Jones voice and basically just said the name of each player as they received the ball and "Goal!!!", "foul", "corner" or whatever. I knew what was going on and wasn't unnecessarily distraced.
I didn't think they were too bad, but with so many new players they had a lot of chance to give more background info. That kind of stuff is interesting, and it helps you get to know the guys getting their first caps better.
JP is good. But Jack, Ty, and Rob all rule. It's certinaly better than listening to the sleep Premier League announcers.
I think the commentary as usual sucked!!! Stone tried to be too cool, and Ty was boring. I was amzed they didnt bring up ty's dad though, that was a positive. -PB20
The should have hired Dwight Burgess when they had the chance!!! He would have been much better....He knows the game and he is colorful, would have been good!!! -PB20
The reason why "other american sports on tv" get so much non-game specific chatter is because of two reasons- 1-the game is so slow, its easy to do play by play AND go off on huge tangents. (baseball, football) 2-The camera is close enough where you can usually make out who doing what in the game (b-ball, hockey) And with hockey, they usually detail whos doing what anyway. With soccer, the camera is so far off the field that often its difficult to distinguish one player from another. Make it a NAT game, where you have a bunch of players youre not used to seeing also, and Ill be the first to admit I had no clue at times who had the ball. If they had a radio broadcast of the game, I wouldve tuned into that and turned the tv sound off.
When did they have the chance? Was Dwight ready to give up his other pursuits? Did he actually throw his hat in the ring and get rejected? It's easy to throw names out there without looking at what kind of committment it would take. I have no problem with Dwight. Hell, I usually have no problem with Rob. I was at the game and have yet to watch my tape so can't judge this time. Just remember how giddy many people were here when Jack got the job. Anyone who announces for ESPN/ABC regularly will be slaughtered on these boards within a few months.