I watched the Badgers game last night and had the misfortune of listening to the call of Wayne Larivee. What a balloon juice doufus. While Iowa was missing two of its final four free throws he was reading his stat sheet on how well they shot free throws. He is the Eddy Hightower of play by play men, Wayne no one is watching because of you but rather in spite of you. He's no Homer.
I hope the Badgers win out so the victory over them does not lose any more of its luster.
I still can't stand Wayne doing play-by-play for the Packers after all those years of having to listen to him call the Bears games down here in Illinois.
Got to hand it to him though, he seems to be one of the hardest working radio sportscasters out there. Just wish he'd call another team rather than the Pack.
I'll take the contrarian point of view. I actually think he does a good job. He also isn't all about making himself the center of attention.
Larivee - great at football, basketball not so much. He's come a long way since he first started doing Bulls games, but he should stick to football.
Quote from: AlumKCof93 on January 22, 2009, 09:36:12 AM
Larivee - great at football, basketball not so much. He's come a long way since he first started doing Bulls games, but he should stick to football.
Agreed, I think he does a wonderful job with the Packers but isn't the greatest for basketball.
"I-formation. Quick pitch to Walter. Cut-back, he's got it. He's got it. Walter Payton has become the new all-time NFL leading rusher." (At least I think that was Wayne)
Quote from: FrennA on January 22, 2009, 09:51:21 AM
"I-formation. Quick pitch to Walter. Cut-back, he's got it. He's got it. Walter Payton has become the new all-time NFL leading rusher." (At least I think that was Wayne)
"Favre running right. He dived! He dived into the endzonnne! Packers win!"
Was it radio or television? Because basketball as a whole is awful to listen to, in baseball or football you can follow the game and visualize whats happening. In basketball the ball moves to quickly and its painful to listen to, you have no idea what the eff is going on? Homer isn't the best either, and when Jimmy Mac gets going you can miss an entire possession.
I'm pretty neutral here--they guy is thoroughly mediocre.
"That'll move the chains"
There...is....your....DAGGER
Wayne should stick to the Pack, for which he does an incredible job. I have grown up listening to him and Larry. I turn the volume on the TV off and turn them on during Packer games. Great stuff, gotta be a bears/vikings fan not to think so.
"Ring it up"
Without question, one of the hardest working guys in sports broadcasting.
Quote from: LancesOtherNut on January 22, 2009, 11:12:24 AM
"Favre running right. He dived! He dived into the endzonnne! Packers win!"
That was Jim Irwin.
I also agree, he does a fine job with football, basketball is a little rough.
Quote from: NavinRJohnson on January 22, 2009, 01:48:43 PM
That was Jim Irwin.
I also agree, he does a fine job with football, basketball is a little rough.
Yeah you are right...brain fart.
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Quote from: JSwarriors08 on January 22, 2009, 01:02:31 PM
Wayne should stick to the Pack, for which he does an incredible job. I have grown up listening to him and Larry. I turn the volume on the TV off and turn them on during Packer games. Great stuff, gotta be a bears/vikings fan not to think so.
Wayne and Larry can't hold a candle to Jim and Max.
Quote from: LCDutchman on January 22, 2009, 08:58:20 AM
I watched the Badgers game last night and had the misfortune of listening to the call of Wayne Larivee. What a balloon juice doufus. While Iowa was missing two of its final four free throws he was reading his stat sheet on how well they shot free throws. He is the Eddy Hightower of play by play men, Wayne no one is watching because of you but rather in spite of you. He's no Homer.
Yeah, I thought it was funny when he kept talking about the Iowa guy's 97% FT shooting percentage, and then he went on to miss two of his last four.
BTW, outside of the fact that the Badgers lost, the best part about last night's game was the occasional shots of Jason Bohannon's mom. Quite the MILF.
Where is the Tall Titan Image?
Quote from: Pastor of Muppets on January 22, 2009, 02:14:23 PM
Wayne and Larry can't hold a candle to Jim and Max.
Jim and Max rocked! Half the time Max sounded like he was in the bag by the time the 4th quarter rolled around.
I'm biased against Laravee because I can't stand the Bears being a Packers fan living in F.I.B. country. I also give Jeff Joniak lots of crap about some of his calls - he's a neighbor of mine. (God, I finally sound like Chicos.... help me!)
I know it's been said but Jim Irwin and Max McGee were far and away better. Why? Because they were homers. The problem with Larivee is that he's so used to calling neutral games during the Big Ten football season that some of that neutral bias starts to spread into his Packers broadcasts. I guarantee you will never hear another announcer get as excited as Wayne does when the opposing team does something good. I know he doesn't mean it, but I hate it! This should probably go into the SB.
Quote from: LCDutchman on January 22, 2009, 08:58:20 AM
I hope the Badgers win out so the victory over them does not lose any more of its luster.
We will have enough wins besides UW, so we do not need them to be a good victory. I rather see them continue to lose, except for when they play Indiana.
Neutral bias? That would probably be the definition of an oxymoron.
I would agree with the general consenus here that Laravee is good with radio FB but very poor with basketball on TV. And baseball, too. He did some fill-ins for the Cubs in the 90s and was about as bad at that as he was with buckets.
Quote from: Eye on January 23, 2009, 12:32:08 AM
Neutral bias? That would probably be the definition of an oxymoron.
I would agree with the general consenus here that Laravee is good with radio FB but very poor with basketball on TV. And baseball, too. He did some fill-ins for the Cubs in the 90s and was about as bad at that as he was with buckets.
Good job at pointing out the oxymoron. Very proud of you. You're right, he's a good football announcer, but not one for the home team. Would you like Wayne Larivee to be a Bears announcer? The whole point here is that the Packers should have a homer as an announcer, not a Big Ten announcer with a side job. Once again thank you for pointing out the oxymoron and ignoring the legitimate points that I presented.
Quote from: MilWarrior on January 22, 2009, 06:49:29 PM
I know it's been said but Jim Irwin and Max McGee were far and away better. Why? Because they were homers. The problem with Larivee is that he's so used to calling neutral games during the Big Ten football season that some of that neutral bias starts to spread into his Packers broadcasts. I guarantee you will never hear another announcer get as excited as Wayne does when the opposing team does something good. I know he doesn't mean it, but I hate it! This should probably go into the SB.
Well, I guess you could call Jim and Max homers, but they weren't ridiculous, over-the-top homers. I just think they were funny, especially for someone who came of age during the lost years in the late 70s and 80s.
Quote from: only a warrior on January 22, 2009, 09:01:41 AM
I still can't stand Wayne doing play-by-play for the Packers after all those years of having to listen to him call the Bears games down here in Illinois.
Got to hand it to him though, he seems to be one of the hardest working radio sportscasters out there. Just wish he'd call another team rather than the Pack.
When he did the Bears game he was bogged down by two of the worst color commentators in the history of modern sports broadcasting.
Quote from: MilWarrior on January 23, 2009, 03:28:11 AM
Good job at pointing out the oxymoron. Very proud of you. You're right, he's a good football announcer, but not one for the home team. Would you like Wayne Larivee to be a Bears announcer? The whole point here is that the Packers should have a homer as an announcer, not a Big Ten announcer with a side job. Once again thank you for pointing out the oxymoron and ignoring the legitimate points that I presented.
To be honest, I could care less about Larivee and FB. Not a Packer or Bear fan, and haven't been into the NFL a whole lot since the mid-90s. The whole point of my post was to maybe get people to recall that he was awful on baseball, too, IMHO.