And The Loser is...

by raven(64) on Jun 15, 2011 8:52 PM MST

The playoffs are over and the winner is determined. I didn't have a team in the mix, not since the Coyotes left in the first round. I watched the rest o the playoffs for the same reason most of us do, because we love hockey.

In years and years of watching it, I have never been more disappointed. Not with the teams ,not with the officiating, but with the announcing. I have never seen a sports event where the bias was more obvious than the charade paraded by NBC. In every aspect of the coverage, this collection of clowns, made up of ex goons like Milbury and failed coaches like McGuire dutifully followed the lead of Doc Bias in blatantly siding with Boston in every aspect of their production. From the subtle clues like volume, inflection, emphasis versus apathy, to the more obvious, like time spent in interviews, time analyzing play and credit given to players, this entire broadcast was massively one sided toward Boston. McGuire's sneering interviews of the Vancouver players was pathetic, demeaning and unworthy.

Sure Boston won. Convincingly, in fact in the seventh game. They figured out how to win. Vancouver didn't, but neither team should be diminished for their effort.

There must be a better group of announcers to field this, the greatest of championship contests. We cherish the game for its honesty, effort and plain hard work. Being forced to listen to the likes of Doc Emerick,, Pierre McGuire, and Mike Milbury cheapen the event and make losers of us all.

Whether your a fan of a team in the final or a fan of good hard nosed hockey, we should all demand honest, objective announcing. This event was painful to listen to and watch. We deserve better.

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NBC Only knows about 7 teams

If your team is not the Rangers, Bruins, Flyers, Capitals, Blackhawks, Red Wings or Penguins, your team doesn’t matter to NBC.

Its no different than ESPN to baseball; as in they only care about the Red Sox and Yankees.

Unfortunately, there isn’t all that much that can be done about it. Those are popular teams, that have a good following in the US.

On a side note, I heard that the homerism was just as bad on the CBC broadcasts going for the Canucks.

There’s a lot that would be nice to see NBC fix with their hockey coverage, but in fairness to them, running a business, they need to focus on the teams that will earn their company the most money. Being a small market fan I don’t like it, but what can we do about it?

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by Shaun Light on Jun 16, 2011 5:24 PM MST reply actions

I refer to them as the NBC7, our generations Original 6. Its a complete joke. The Sabres are the only non NBC7 team to ever be in the Winter “Classic” and only because they created the concept. They’ll never be in it again. I have no doubts that we’ll see Pens @ Caps in 2013.

na-na-na-na HEY! You SUCK!!

by mogilny89 on Jul 7, 2011 9:57 AM MST up reply actions

Every sport has that.

Look at John Buck, Tim McCarver and Joe Morgan.

Per Mare, Per Terras

by justin1985 on Jun 17, 2011 12:02 PM MST reply actions

…do I have to? I haven’t watched an MLB game in years.

It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.

Maybe next year the Ice Surface at Jobing.com should be frozen with the tears of Winnipeg. - TimmyHate of FiveForHowling to a troll after it was alleged Coyote fans do not know how to ice skate.

by AlabamaJammer on Jun 20, 2011 5:42 AM MST up reply actions

No.

Per Mare, Per Terras

by justin1985 on Jun 21, 2011 1:05 AM MST up reply actions

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