Father/son love fest

[TRef21]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I'm sure it was no different than when Bob Griese was the announcer for his son' Rose Bow/National Championship game at the end of Michigan's '97 season.

Damn that was a classic game I was 11 or 12 at the time and remember Bob crying win Brian received the Rose Bowl MVP. That was the start of Ryan Leafs short career.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by TRef21

Damn that was a classic game I was 11 or 12 at the time and remember Bob crying win Brian received the Rose Bowl MVP.

A similiar story in NASCAR. Dale Jarrett won the 1993 Daytona 500 with his dad in the CBS broadcast booth, announcing the race as he crossed the finish line. I've listened to Bill Walton announce one of Luke's games.

Personally, I think those types of father-son moments are a wonderful part of sports. That from a fan who was on the losing end of that Georgetown victory. I have no problem at all with JT and JT III.

[JRutledge]

What about the Darrell Waltrip broadcasting his first Daytona 500 and his brother Michael winning his first Daytona 500 (the same race Dale Sr. died). That was a neat moment too. I am not a big moment of NASCAR, but I caught the very end of the race and heard the joy Darrell had when his brother was going to win the race. It was a very memorable moment in sports broadcasting.

Peace

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Personally, I think those types of father-son moments are a wonderful part of sports.

Agreed.

Who says that announcers, can't show a little bit of bias btw? I can't think of one local professional baseball or basketball team that I've heard whose announcers don't show some bias. And that sureasheck includes the people at YES that do the Yankees. Johnny Most from the Celtics was famous for it.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Agreed.

Who says that announcers, can't show a little bit of bias btw? I can't think of one local professional baseball or basketball team that I've heard whose announcers don't show some bias. And that sureasheck includes the people at YES that do the Yankees. Johnny Most from the Celtics was famous for it.

Absolutely - Johnny Most was an employee of the Celtics. Of course he was biased. Jack Fleming called WVU and Steelers games for years and was extreemly biased - again paid by WVU and Pittsburgh. A network broadcaster is different - not supposed to show any bias. I think JT did that throughout the game. I felt the network put him in an awkward position in that game and I also thought the post-game was over the top. I don't blame JT for being proud of his son - but I personally don't think that should have taken place. Obviously you guys disagree - that's your opinion.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer

Absolutely - Johnny Most was an employee of the Celtics. Of course he was biased. Jack Fleming called WVU and Steelers games for years and was extreemly biased - again paid by WVU and Pittsburgh. A network broadcaster is different - not supposed to show any bias. I think JT did that throughout the game. I felt the network put him in an awkward position in that game and I also thought the post-game was over the top. I don't blame JT for being proud of his son - but I personally don't think that should have taken place. Obviously you guys disagree - that's your opinion.

I didn't detect any bias what so ever. Looks like your the only one here who had a problem with it.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer

Obviously you guys disagree - that's your opinion.

Well, you still got your beloved high school basketball team, Huntington.....

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps...ll/super25.htm

"We're #8, we're #8...."

Geeze, three New Jersey teams in the top 10 too.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Well, you still got your beloved high school basketball team, Huntington.....

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps...ll/super25.htm

"We're #8, we're #8...."

Geeze, three New Jersey teams in the top 10 too.

Not mine - and not beloved. A bunch of thugs.

So everyone on here disagrees with me - INCLUDING Old School - enough said!

[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.

[dblref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Well, you still got your beloved high school basketball team, Huntington.....

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps...ll/super25.htm

"We're #8, we're #8...."

Geeze, three New Jersey teams in the top 10 too.

And a VA team was top dog.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by dblref

And a VA team was top dog.

Got a coupla questions for you.....

I see that this team wasn't eligible for the state championship in VA. I've heard, but don't know if it is completely true, that it's because it's basically a recruited all-star team comprised of out-of-state players whose academic standing is maybe a little(or a lot) suspect. Is there any truth in any of that? If so, should teams like that be considered to be in the same category as most high schools who have to meet eligibility, transfer and local residency rules to be eligible to play for state championships? Or should there be a separate category just for these basketball factories?

http://www.hoopsusa.com/frm_story.cfm?a=757

Your thoughts?

[Old School]

Actually, I think it was a good move by the broadcasters. I happen to be out and had to hear it on the radio. JT was very good with his interjections, and they never crossed each other where both where trying to talk at the same time. JT also was very critical of Georgetown at times, giving what I thought, maybe not, inside information, like at times his weakness is not good defense. However, I also think both announcers got caught off-guard with NC completely dropping off in the OT. They did not expect that, and towards the end of the OT, they had to play up the fact that this team was damn near shut-out in the OT. A classic meltdown! I don't understand why NC didn't use a timeout during that run!

Now, the magic. All of the players came over to not shake the senior coaches hand, but to hug him. It was very emotional. I felt the emotion from the radio and I didn't even see the game. Say what you want but GT just coming back to win that game was emotional, but a double, to have JT senior hug his son at middle court afterwards, was truly a magical moment. That's like hitting a homerun in baseball for the broadcasters. Seeing my son coach a team like that to his first final four, from the same school that I coached. That has got to be special for that family. JT a class act, bottom line, you won't go wrong with him commentating any game.

[biz]

Originally Posted by Old School

giving what I thought, maybe not, inside information, like at times his weakness is not good defense.

Here is some inside information....

Your weakness is not good grammar.