Sharks Radio Annoucers

[Wingnut7781 0]

I think that last night I heard the worst of "homer" annoucers. If i didn't know the score of the game. I would've sworn the Sharks were winning 20-0. They even made a comment that it was a luck that they won on saturday. I realize the Wings haven't played their best. But come on. The Calgary announcers weren't this bad. And beyond that half the time the annoucers couldn't be heard over the crowd. I don't know whether to give the Tank fans the credit. Or if it was just their s***ty radio station.

And I'll have to put up with them again wednesday night.

I can't wait to get back to detroit announcers!

[Grypho 195]

I think that last night I heard the worst of "homer" annoucers.

Dan Rusanowski and Jamie "former Shark" Baker? Make no mistake, they don't pretend to be biased, objective, NHL/ESPN/whatever announcers. They are both announcers, spin-masters, and homer cheerleaders who work for the Sharks, and not for any other team. I love Rusanowski's calls, because he really can paint fast what's going on on the ice, but he's also painting it as a hard core Sharks fan (which both announcer's are) who's playing to other Sharks fans (which the majority of their audience is), so when the opposing team scores, it comes out as "andtheyscore." followed by summary of the play leading up to the goal. But when the Sharks score, it's SCOOOOOOOOOOOOORE! followed by the regaling tale of what just happened, full of excitement and color commenting.

I will say this about Rusanowski and Baker -- they're known for not liking bad calls, even when they are in the Sharks' favor. In Round 1 Game 1 against the Preds, the Preds got two penalties in the very beginning that the Sharks announcers were complaining about... "Oh, now there's another one. Neither of these first calls were good. Totally unnecessary....", followed by, "Yeah, I totally agree. It looks like Nashville's taking some really bad penalties. You can bet these are going to be reviewed later on."

Either way, I don't deny they're homers, or that calling the refs on bad calls makes them otherwise. They're supposed to be homers! They work for the team they're announcing for! IMO, you don't get better homers than them (although I am partial to Pittsburgh's announcer, Mike "well-shave-my-face-with-a-rusty-razor!" Lange, who seems to give the game a real old-time hockey feel.

Now you've got me wanting to listen to Detroit's announcing, just to see what the difference is.