Romo replaces Phil Simms
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reddyuta
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He is also very charismatic and funny.he is going to do well.
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Nah.
It's not whining when certain announcers go out of their way to criticize the Cowboys every chance they get.
Then they'll use the ole standby of 'it's not my job to root for Dallas!'.
Well, it's not your job to root against them either.
One of the reasons why I like Brad Sham so much is that he doesn't gush over the Cowboys or make apologies for them. However, he doesn't go out of his way to be critical to not show his 'bias' either. Just call the game...it's as simple as that.
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This is usually the good time to get a player or ex-coach. Get them when they are fresh out of the NFL. The NFLN did this with Vermeil and he was awesome to listen to because he was so insightful and wasn't afraid to use real football jargon and concepts. But, eventually the producers get to them and make them into generic announcers with very dull and often wrong analysis. The game is constantly changing and you need to stay atop of that and they become too lazy to do so.
Troy used to be really good. He used to pick his spots as to when to talk which was refreshing because we are watching the game on TV. It's not radio announcing where you need constant chatter because the audience cannot see the action. But, eventually Troy became generic, getting a lot of analysis on plays dead wrong and of course...he can't show his bias towards Dallas so he constantly argues anything he can against them (even when you go 13-3 or 12-4).
The best announcer out there is still Chris Spielman. People call Romo a football savant, but he's got nothing on Spielman. Unfortunately, when Spielman started to do some big games he started to change his announcing style. Given ratings issues over the years and that announcers today are far more criticized than those of yesteryear...maybe television producers need to think that what they've been doing isn't really working. But catch Spielman on a lower level game when he doesn't have some moron barking in his ear, his announcing is fabulous.
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Troy used to be really good. He used to pick his spots as to when to talk which was refreshing because we are watching the game on TV. It's not radio announcing where you need constant chatter because the audience cannot see the action. But, eventually Troy became generic, getting a lot of analysis on plays dead wrong and of course...he can't show his bias towards Dallas so he constantly argues anything he can against them (even when you go 13-3 or 12-4).
The best announcer out there is still Chris Spielman. People call Romo a football savant, but he's got nothing on Spielman. Unfortunately, when Spielman started to do some big games he started to change his announcing style. Given ratings issues over the years and that announcers today are far more criticized than those of yesteryear...maybe television producers need to think that what they've been doing isn't really working. But catch Spielman on a lower level game when he doesn't have some moron barking in his ear, his announcing is fabulous.
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You know at this point I cant blame Romo for retiring. He will still got some checks coming in from JJ plus he got a good cushy broadcast gig. Add in the fact he will still be close to the game with the possible opportunity to call or play golf games. Yup it sucks not being Romo right now.
