Less Huff In the Booth

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I'm guess your dislike is more against the player Aikmen then the announcer Aikmen. I felt the same way at first then I realized he is fair when annoucing our games.

Yes, and as I stated before it's not that I think he can't announce or that I think he doesn't have a clue (because I think he's smart and announces well) it has everything to do with loyalty to me. Why on earth should we have a Dallas Cowboy announcing Redskins games? There's 32 teams, obviously they are playing each other 16 vs. 16, and some are on bye weeks. How hard is it for FOX to get 1 announcer from each to announce their own games?

I'd even tolerate it more if Aikmen was in the booth with a local announcer or ex player for the Skins. Imagine the talk that they would have if they put Arrington in the booth with him. lol.

Somewhere the media has gone afoul with thier idea that they should just put together announcing teams and have them rated and the biggest game gets the biggest rated announcers. I'd prefer local media announcers and perhaps an ex player to give insight to some of the dynamics as well as perhaps some inside info they get from being out at Redskins Park vs. an announcer who used to play for our RIVAL team.

They should have just gotten an ex Sandiego Charger to announce our games. Atleast then I would not have any ill will toward them. I don't want to see anyone from our division announcing our games but Dallas? An ex Dallas player?

[los panda]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

How hard is it for FOX to get 1 announcer from each to announce their own games?

idk, make a spreadsheet and find out. sounds pretty hard to me...

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by los panda

idk, make a spreadsheet and find out. sounds pretty hard to me...

8 games. All the home teams would have an ex player announcing their games with an unbiased announcer with them. Aikman has an unbiased announcer with him. They basically have what your asking right now just let Aikman announce all home Dallas games. Dallas comes to Fed Ex then our announcers announce the game. Not that difficult.

As an example I'd also throw in how Hockey does their announcing. When the Caps go away we still get to hear the local announcers for the most part. It's very rare they have different annoncers doing their game. FOX sould take note how Comcast handles their local teams events.