BC867
Long time Phoenician!
It got to the point last year where I muted the TV sound while watching Suns games and listened to Al McCoy doing the radio play-by-play in the background. Of course, that meant having to hear Tim Kempton do color.
It was still better than listening to the runt of the Albert broadcasting litter, Steve, bring his self-deprecating New Yawk humor to the Valley. He just wasn't playing to his audience. And, boy, was it annoying to watch the TV feed with its 5-second delay while listening to the next play on radio.
So this season, I decided to give Steve Albert (and the ever-boring Eddie Johnson) a try again. Someone must have had a heart-to-heart talk with Albert. I heard only one attempt at New Yawk humor -- about waiting for someone else to pick up the check at dinner -- the entire game.
And, to my surprise, Albert actually had a clue as to what was going on down on the court while it was happening.
So he went from a straight "F" to a "C-minus" in my opinion. Hopefully he won't sink back into the rut of imitating a Catskill comedian while announcing an NBA game and will continue to concentrate on every play on the court.
Keep up the mediocre work, Steve. It's an improvement. And we're stuck with him anyway. And it such a pain in the a$$ to listen to the radio play-by-play and watch it happen five seconds later as the next play is being announced.
It was still better than listening to the runt of the Albert broadcasting litter, Steve, bring his self-deprecating New Yawk humor to the Valley. He just wasn't playing to his audience. And, boy, was it annoying to watch the TV feed with its 5-second delay while listening to the next play on radio.
So this season, I decided to give Steve Albert (and the ever-boring Eddie Johnson) a try again. Someone must have had a heart-to-heart talk with Albert. I heard only one attempt at New Yawk humor -- about waiting for someone else to pick up the check at dinner -- the entire game.
And, to my surprise, Albert actually had a clue as to what was going on down on the court while it was happening.
So he went from a straight "F" to a "C-minus" in my opinion. Hopefully he won't sink back into the rut of imitating a Catskill comedian while announcing an NBA game and will continue to concentrate on every play on the court.
Keep up the mediocre work, Steve. It's an improvement. And we're stuck with him anyway. And it such a pain in the a$$ to listen to the radio play-by-play and watch it happen five seconds later as the next play is being announced.
