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Originally Posted by Red_Killian
I'll go on record as agreeing with Mountaineer. Network broadcasters should be impartial and not have a bias towards a team/player. Not to say it can't work, it just has the opportunity to put folks in an awkward situation which could impact the job they do reporting on the game.
Local/team paid announcers are entirely different.
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Let's not go to far here. Announcers don't have any control over who wins or loses the game. They know that if they want to continue to do this job they have to be good, or they will get replaced. From a coaching prospective, I'm hanging on every word this great coach says. If you're a up and coming coach, you absolutely want to hear JT talk. It's a bonus if he's talking about his own team because you know emotion is going to get to him and he might just cut lose, but he also may have more things to say. In fact, the other guy can shut up and let JT talk. I'm hanging on every word and I'm not even a coach.