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Posted by: Annie Whittaker Jazzbot Blogger on February 21st, 2011
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.I watched the All-Star game online, as I have with most games this season. An interesting thing about the channel that I was watching is that during the commercial breaks, you could hear the announcers talking; their mics were hot for the entire game. In this case it was the TNT guys. In fact, many of the games I watch online feature this little sneak peek behind the scenes. Last night as with the majority of times, there was nothing juicy to overhear. During the All-Star commercial breaks it was very professional, impressively so, actually. Marv confirming the order that each of the team would speak once back from the break, Steve Kerr verifying someone’s name, Reggie confirming a stat, that kind of thing. I bring this up because I was really impressed by the professional job that the TNT team did on the game. There are times when I watch a game called by the opposing team’s commentators and all I can say about that is how much they make me appreciate the broadcast team for the Utah Jazz.
I may not always appreciate the opinions or the style of delivery of each broadcaster, but I know from listening that they do their research, and they know the game. There are other teams who have announcers that are just plain boring and obnoxious to listen to. There are some others who are very entertaining for the first little while, but their shtick gets very annoying, very quickly. One of the things that stands out the most to me is the rotation of personnel at the games. I really like the changing around that the Jazz are doing this season. Some nights you will hear Bolerjack and Harpring, sometimes it’s Boler and Booner. On the radio, you get a combination of David Locke with Ron Boone or someone else. I’ve written posts before about how much I like listening to one Jazz broadcaster vs. another, but listening to the commentators from other teams has really opened my eyes to yet another reason we Jazz fans truly are lucky.
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Well David Locke is just terrible.
All the Jazz announcers talk about is friggin fry sauce and “signage.” Jazz announcers are a joke. I normally turn the TV on mute when the jazz are not on espn or on TNT. I’m so sick of Harpring and the other guy trying to think up nick names for all the players. Give it up already! Everybody does not need a nick name. And seriously they came up with the “human pogo stick” for evans? What a joke! At least on TNT they talked about stats and players not the crap we have to hear during jazz game.
Some people are negative about everything, what a horrible way to live.
I agree Larry.
I like Boler, and I like Harpring… but together they act like a couple of goofy buddies, and it starts to get on my nerves some nights.
Especially when they are talking about fry sauce and don’t explain foul calls that I can’t see.
and Locke is terrible, just dreadful. I’d rather watch the play by play on the website than listen to him.
I think the addition of harp made both him and boler a bit more “homerish” but not nearly as bad as other teams..
I’ll have to admit that Harpring tends to babble sometimes, and it’s easy for Bolerjack to join in because it’s usually good-natured conversation. This is why I’m glad they switch it up occasionally. Also, I think that Harpring is still learning the job. I have seen (actually heard) some improvement since the beginning of the season.
As for Locke, he has an approach to the game that I really like. I appreciate his opinion and his knowledge of the team and his insider insights.
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