Brian Baldinger???
 

I'm just curious what anyone thinks of Baldinger???? Also, what do you guys think of him on Playbook (NFL Network)???

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he is an idiot who assumes too much

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I like him better on Playbook than in the booth. On playbook they have more time to break down and analize what they'll be talking about.

A game is more "fluid", if you will. Tape helps you talk about the teams playing, but you really have to be in the moment and be able to analize to be a good commentator. I think he's better at breaking down film.

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FOX is hurting for Color guys. Unless you get Aikman with Joe Buck, they all sound dumb. I provide better color in my own house with my Dad and I watching the games together than most of these guys.

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Anyone who follows a team very closely is usually going to have a problem with the broadcasters. They are just not as tuned into the team as someone who follows the team daily. Some of them hide it better than others, but for the most part they don't know what they are talking about. They can break down what happened on a play, but when they start talking about specifics of the team and what's happening this season overall they tend to get exposed. They can get away with that overall though since most of the audience is a casual fan or indifferent alltogether.

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Baldi is a former cowboy and eagle...'nuff said

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horrible.is this the best they have to offer?

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bleh

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Baldinger is probably worse than Mass IMO.

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[QUOTE=TAFKAS]Baldi is a former cowboy and eagle...'nuff said[/QUOTE]

That explains why I hate hearing his voice.

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Anything is better than Cris Collinsworth!

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Baldinger went to Duke and walked on to the football team, was undrafted and basically walked on to the cowboys. I know him to be a bright and articulate guy, despite the Maas-like things he says during games.

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bright and articulate? nah

he spent the whole game telling the audience that the game has passed gibbs by and he always seems to have "just talked to them the other day" whenever he talks about anyone or anything. Its annoying, and he's just as bad as maas.

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Baldinger is a almost as bad a Mcguire.. And thats bad.

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Baldinger was made fun of by his own network yesterday on Fox's First Team radio show. The exact quote was: "Baldinger is an assault on the cochlea." The guy dissing him is a Skins fan too, so he's obviously thinking like us.

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This Guy Is A Complete Jerk...i've Seen Him Do Alot Of Redskin Games And He Always Seems To Agree With The Refs Calls When They Go Against The 'skins, And When The Call Goes In The Redskins Favor He Seems To Use His "bullshit Logic" To Say The Refs Made A Mistake. For Example: In The Rams Game He Didn't Seem To Mind When The Rams Db' Where Forcing/pushing The 'skins Receivers Out Of Bounds, But When He Thought The 'skins Did It Once, He Said It Was A "bad No-call". I Have A Question? How Many Times Did He Mention That The Rams Qb Went To Harvard? By My Count...over 20. What An Asshole!!!!

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a couple of weeks ago i was listening to a sports radio show, 670 the score in Chicago. And Balldinger and Maas were the topic of conversation. they actually got Maas on the phone and asked him if he was aware of the criticism that he and others like him faced because of the way the try to imitate Madden, etc. It was pretty hillarious. Anyway, I'll give Maas credit for taking the question. His response was basically 'yes he is aware of the criticism but this is how his bosses at Fox have asked him to call the games and he kind of has to stick to the script'. So, if he's telling the truth than his bosses at Fox are bigger idiots than he and Balldinger

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I'm not convinced that Baldinger and Maas aren't the same guy. I don't believe I've seen them in the same place at the same time. With that said, I can't stand his commentating. He says the most idiotic things - although I was finding myself agreeing with him in the first half! Yikes...a first for everything.

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[QUOTE=NFLNetwork]I'm just curious what anyone thinks of Baldinger???? Also, what do you guys think of him on Playbook (NFL Network)???[/QUOTE]

That guy never adds anything to the announce team. He just tells me all kind of stuff I already knew. I hate that guy!

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There's asaying in the "master of disquise" this is what you are doing, this what i want you to do.the jest of the hand movement was to shut up

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[QUOTE=onsidekick]a couple of weeks ago i was listening to a sports radio show, 670 the score in Chicago. And Balldinger and Maas were the topic of conversation. they actually got Maas on the phone and asked him if he was aware of the criticism that he and others like him faced because of the way the try to imitate Madden, etc. It was pretty hillarious. Anyway, I'll give Maas credit for taking the question. His response was basically 'yes he is aware of the criticism but this is how his bosses at Fox have asked him to call the games and he kind of has to stick to the script'. So, if he's telling the truth than his bosses at Fox are bigger idiots than he and Balldinger[/QUOTE]

They still stink and NFL Network is lame.

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they both suck and i just listen to sonny, sam, and the other guy.

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I think Baldi and Mass are bad in there own ways.

Mass is just bad. Doesn't seem to know what he is talking about and says stupid things all the time. Just plain dumb stuff.

Baldi seems a lot more intelligent but this is off -set by his wacked views that color his color. What these guys don't realize when they're imitating Madden is that Madden basically adds very little to the game in terms of insight to specific teams beyond the game going on. He focuses almost solely on what is going on in-game. He might reference the obvious deficiencies of a team but he won't belabor it with analysis of the deficiency based on the past. He might say "They have had trouble running the ball this year" because he can make that statement without having to watch every game but he wont say "They can't run the ball this year because...." which would require him to actually understand a team at the level we try to understand the Skins. It isn't possible for these guys to analyze to that level. They're lucky if they know the damn roster on a weekly basis. Even a guy a like Jaws, who has a better grasp of teams than any color guy, doesn't understand the Skins to the depth that many of us do simply because he can't possible know every team like that. Baldi makes the classic mistake of thinking he can offer an insight into the team that rabid fans(lets be honest they're the only fans who really care about the announcers) don't already know or have discussed. I can't think of anytime in recent memory that a color guy has offered an opinion that we haven't talked about already here. These guys need to stick to the game at hand and get past the team analyzing when it is clear they simply aren't up to the task.
One reason Sonny, Sam and X are liked so much is that they actually know the team and can call a game in the context of the entire season without making retarded statements about the game passing Gibbs by.

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[QUOTE=FRPLG]I can't think of anytime in recent memory that a color guy has offered an opinion that we haven't talked about already here. These guys need to stick to the game at hand and get past the team analyzing when it is clear they simply aren't up to the task.
One reason Sonny, Sam and X are liked so much is that they actually know the team and can call a game in the context of the entire season without making retarded statements about the game passing Gibbs by.[/QUOTE]

JT and TA can be insightful, one is a skins homer and the other is in love with the nfc east though ;)

I still find JT annoying, but thought i'd throw it out there.

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sorry if someone has already said this but with the crappy color commentary duo's the skins games get stuck with, I wish I had the option of just having the gameplay and crowd sound on and have the talk turned off or u had the option of cycling through the commentary groups and picking the one u'd like to listen to.

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He's stupid.