Agua
Fighting the media, one lie at a time
Man, I don't think I've heard a worse play-by-play broadcaster in my life.
Ignore his annoying grunting. He simply doesn't give enough information as to what's going on with the game. I swear, you don't know what is going on the field until the play is over, and even then he sometimes fails to tell you where the ball is placed.
Running play example: "Frerotte in the shotgun, Ricky the lone setback. He hands to Ricky, (grunting begins) Ricky breaks through the first tackle, he's in the open, OOOOOOHHHH... he almost broke the second tackle Joe!! but he got the first down!" (Joe Rose says something, maybe filling us in as to what happened and where the ball is, maybe not) Dolphins with a first and 10 at the Oakland 43" - he seldom, SELDOM describes the progress of the ball carrier with regard to "he's at the 43, hit at the 45, breaks free, he's at the 47, still on his feet bouncing outside, he's at the 50!, 45, etc. Just leaves the listener in a lurch.
Passing play example: "Frerotte steps up in the pocket, (grunting begins) He's got a receiver! Chris Chambers! Still on his feet! WOW! WHAT A BIG PLAY JOE! First down Miami with tremendous effort after the catch by Chris Chambers with a huge 26 yard reception down to the Miami 48" He is as likely, as not, to fail to mention where the ball is spotted until the start of the next down.
Example from game yesterday when Jones' punt got downed on the Raider 2 (I guess, because Cefalo never told us) prior to the Safety. "What a HUGE PUNT!! Donnie Jones got off a beauty pinning the Raiders DEEP in their territory! We'll now go to a break for station identification!" I'm sitting there and don't have a CLUE during the commercial break as to WHERE IN THE HELL the ball is. I'm not sure he even told us where the Raiders began their possession from when they returned because the first clue I had as to HOW deep the Raiders were was when I hear "Jason Taylor COMES UP WITH A SAFETY!!!".
Just pathetic.
I really, really B'd & moaned about Cefalo prior to the season based upon his boring, laid-back demeanor. He's made an effort to overcome that, slightly, by falling into his grunt-speak mode. But he just doesn't give enough information as to what is going as the play unfolds. It's like someone told him, "just act like your talking about the play to your buds" rather than being directed to describe the play
Ignore his annoying grunting. He simply doesn't give enough information as to what's going on with the game. I swear, you don't know what is going on the field until the play is over, and even then he sometimes fails to tell you where the ball is placed.
Running play example: "Frerotte in the shotgun, Ricky the lone setback. He hands to Ricky, (grunting begins) Ricky breaks through the first tackle, he's in the open, OOOOOOHHHH... he almost broke the second tackle Joe!! but he got the first down!" (Joe Rose says something, maybe filling us in as to what happened and where the ball is, maybe not) Dolphins with a first and 10 at the Oakland 43" - he seldom, SELDOM describes the progress of the ball carrier with regard to "he's at the 43, hit at the 45, breaks free, he's at the 47, still on his feet bouncing outside, he's at the 50!, 45, etc. Just leaves the listener in a lurch.
Passing play example: "Frerotte steps up in the pocket, (grunting begins) He's got a receiver! Chris Chambers! Still on his feet! WOW! WHAT A BIG PLAY JOE! First down Miami with tremendous effort after the catch by Chris Chambers with a huge 26 yard reception down to the Miami 48" He is as likely, as not, to fail to mention where the ball is spotted until the start of the next down.
Example from game yesterday when Jones' punt got downed on the Raider 2 (I guess, because Cefalo never told us) prior to the Safety. "What a HUGE PUNT!! Donnie Jones got off a beauty pinning the Raiders DEEP in their territory! We'll now go to a break for station identification!" I'm sitting there and don't have a CLUE during the commercial break as to WHERE IN THE HELL the ball is. I'm not sure he even told us where the Raiders began their possession from when they returned because the first clue I had as to HOW deep the Raiders were was when I hear "Jason Taylor COMES UP WITH A SAFETY!!!".
Just pathetic.
I really, really B'd & moaned about Cefalo prior to the season based upon his boring, laid-back demeanor. He's made an effort to overcome that, slightly, by falling into his grunt-speak mode. But he just doesn't give enough information as to what is going as the play unfolds. It's like someone told him, "just act like your talking about the play to your buds" rather than being directed to describe the play
