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Post by donzz on Jan 7, 2008 21:32:17 GMT -5
The gal that sits behind me was asking everybody what they thought of him. Not one person was happy with his voice. They kept saying he sounded like Howard Cosell. fwiw
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Post by spiritfan8 on Jan 7, 2008 22:01:01 GMT -5
Someone mentioned a color guy, and this is a good idea. Even Greg "God" Brady was much weaker as a PBP guy when he had to do an entire game by himself. Rosie has done color the last couple of games, and did OK, but whoever--a good analyst make both parties better, and perhaps this is something the Spirit team is working on, especially with Warren Holmes gone now.
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Post by donzz on Jan 7, 2008 22:31:59 GMT -5
What happen to Holmes? I knew he was leaving but I didn't hear why. I liked when Greg Brady and Sean Baligian did the show together. I wonder what Sean is doing? :-)
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Post by spiritfan8 on Jan 7, 2008 23:09:05 GMT -5
Warren is moving to Houston for a new job. Brady and Baligian were awesome. I don't know if Sean is still w/ WDFN or if his show got the ax, also. Anybody out there know?
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Post by barclayplager on Jan 7, 2008 23:17:22 GMT -5
..Greg Brady has been doing work on Toronto's FAN590...great to hear him again...
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Post by kivpit on Jan 8, 2008 0:32:47 GMT -5
Warren is moving to Houston for a new job. Brady and Baligian were awesome. I don't know if Sean is still w/ WDFN or if his show got the ax, also. Anybody out there know? I think hes doing color for Plymouth broadcasts... |
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Post by MidlandSpiritFan on Jan 8, 2008 3:16:49 GMT -5
Warren is moving to Houston for a new job. Brady and Baligian were awesome. I don't know if Sean is still w/ WDFN or if his show got the ax, also. Anybody out there know? I think hes doing color for Plymouth broadcasts... ....and he is still on WDFN according to their website. His show "It Is What It Is" now runs from 8 am to Noon Monday thru Friday. www.wdfn.com/pages/schedule.htmlwdfn.com/pages/it_is_what_it_is.html |
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Post by MidlandSpiritFan on Jan 8, 2008 6:42:14 GMT -5
I've tried to be open minded but I have to agree with the majority who have posted. He is very difficult for me to listen to. It was especially bad during the Saturday night game against Plymouth that I watched on Livestream. His call of the action was always at least a second or two behind the actual play. That was really annoying.
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Post by donjohnson on Jan 8, 2008 8:39:32 GMT -5
1. its not a poll saying he stinks. its a poll to see what everyone thinks of him. also im not clarifying anything. he is a nice guy. just because i dont care for his radio calls doesnt mean i dont like him as a person, and like you said this is a message board. more directly a message board that deals with all things spirit. he is part of the spirit. as for the letter, it just may happen. but again it isnt because we hate him. as for the 0-4 ratio you came up with, id look at my last thread. seems quite a few people are turned off by his work. donjohnson, your a good guy and i respect your opinions, but dont try and put words in our mouths. noone here is saying we hate him. thats a bit harsh. we just dont care for his calls for the game. sorry mievl, i think you got the wrong idea from my reply, i was just saying that we don't need 3 locations on the board to discuss our like/dislike of Fic. Also, you strengthened my post by saying that Fic's a nice guy...that's not up for debate and shouldn't be. What I was saying is, if you (or any others) think his radio schtick is bad, say so, you don't need to add "but he's a nice guy", it doesn't really add to anyone's argument or opinion of the topic. as far as 0 out 4, that was your poll stat when I posted. It is now 3 out of 9 that don't like Fic so again, the majority of this board (who have voted) seem to like the broadcasts. BTW, even though i've done it twice, i will not keep posting an update of the poll results, so don't worry. |
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Post by acin on Jan 8, 2008 9:34:16 GMT -5
I listen to the insinc broadcasts volume turned down, I think it's awful.
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Post by mievl on Jan 8, 2008 19:07:19 GMT -5
1. its not a poll saying he stinks. its a poll to see what everyone thinks of him. also im not clarifying anything. he is a nice guy. just because i dont care for his radio calls doesnt mean i dont like him as a person, and like you said this is a message board. more directly a message board that deals with all things spirit. he is part of the spirit. as for the letter, it just may happen. but again it isnt because we hate him. as for the 0-4 ratio you came up with, id look at my last thread. seems quite a few people are turned off by his work. donjohnson, your a good guy and i respect your opinions, but dont try and put words in our mouths. noone here is saying we hate him. thats a bit harsh. we just dont care for his calls for the game. sorry mievl, i think you got the wrong idea from my reply, i was just saying that we don't need 3 locations on the board to discuss our like/dislike of Fic. Also, you strengthened my post by saying that Fic's a nice guy...that's not up for debate and shouldn't be. What I was saying is, if you (or any others) think his radio schtick is bad, say so, you don't need to add "but he's a nice guy", it doesn't really add to anyone's argument or opinion of the topic. as far as 0 out 4, that was your poll stat when I posted. It is now 3 out of 9 that don't like Fic so again, the majority of this board (who have voted) seem to like the broadcasts. BTW, even though i've done it twice, i will not keep posting an update of the poll results, so don't worry. points taken ther don. but all you have to do is look at the replys to this thread alone to see his ability to call games is bad to most here. i tell you what. next game go around yourself and ask. i guarantee you will hear more negative replys then positive. i will admit though, there doesnt need to be 3 different threads on him. so with that being said, it will be my last fic post for the time being. |
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Post by SaginawGensFan on Jan 9, 2008 21:35:11 GMT -5
I was looking at the picture of Fic on the Spirit website & do any of you 'older' Spirit fans see the resemblence to the late Peter Sellers (actor from the "Pink Panther" movies)? That cracks me up! I like him more now!
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Post by donzz on Jan 9, 2008 22:10:30 GMT -5
I'm 43, and I do Remember him. We have a guy doing our play by play that looks like Peter Sellers and talks like Howard Cosell. Great :-)
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Post by justafan on Jan 16, 2008 20:03:25 GMT -5
WOW you guys are pathetic Fic is a great announcer and has been in this business for 30 years and you guys are bashing him what a disgrace every broadcaster has there own way of calling the game get use to it
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Post by katokaelin on Jan 16, 2008 20:08:03 GMT -5
Amen justafan. My sediments exactly. What does his appearance have to do with how he calls a game? Currently enjoying another Fic broadcast.
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