Man the Big East announcers are brutal

[rugbydrummer]

Dear, Mr. Canelis, Stop calling DJO "Odom" first of all. His last name is "Johnson-Odom" for a reason (probably)

Also he called "Cadougan" "CAD-eh-gin" at least three times.

I actually like calling him "Kay-doo" to myself... well better than calling him a Cad I suppose!

I'll never forget Hayward becoming "Haywood" and when they didn't realize Dominic was pronounced "neek" not "nick".

[CTWarrior]

is anyone else amused that in back-to-back games the announcers have been unable to say Johnson-Odom, instead just calling him Odom?

This doesn't bother me.  We all know who they are talking about.  Announcers used to call Kareem "Jabbar" instead of "Abdul-Jabbar" sometimes.  A 4 syllable name is a pain to spit out when you're trying to describe what's going on in a game that moves as fast as basketball.

Simpkins is horrible, and he's been doing this for a while now so I don't think he is going to get much better.  Wenzel goes into games with an idea that these are the points I want to make and he tries to shoehorn them into the game whether they apply or not, but he's OK.

I have never in my life watched a game or not watched a game because of who was calling it, and I imagine most fans are the same.  So I don't think the networks worry too much about the commentators, unless they are offensive.  (And I think announcing bothers us a lot more when we're losing)

[ATL MU Warrior]

This doesn't bother me.  We all know who they are talking about.  Announcers used to call Kareem "Jabbar" instead of "Abdul-Jabbar" sometimes.  A 4 syllable name is a pain to spit out when you're trying to describe what's going on in a game that moves as fast as basketball.

Simpkins is horrible, and he's been doing this for a while now so I don't think he is going to get much better.   Wenzel goes into games with an idea that these are the points I want to make and he tries to shoehorn them into the game whether they apply or not, but he's OK.

I have never in my life watched a game or not watched a game because of who was calling it, and I imagine most fans are the same.  So I don't think the networks worry too much about the commentators, unless they are offensive.  (And I think announcing bothers us a lot more when we're losing)

I don't like how Simpkins does the games either but I will give him credit for actually knowing the facts about our team and the guys on it.  At least he has that going for him.