ca wrote:Punk Rooster wrote:If you lap up the praise, you must also cop the criticism on the chin. I think all criticism so far has been constructive. No one has had a cheap shot at the RPH crew (everyone has acknowledged their commitment & dedication), just giving them feedback on what they like & don't like. Hopefully the guys will use this to their advantage, in knowing what the customers want- how would they know if no one gave feedback?
Yeah I think that's a fair point, we have copped our fair share over the years with the site and radio I think anyone is going to have trouble accepting it in particular when it is often unfair and out of our control. You are right Punk, when you say if you take the praise you have to take the criticism all be it often unfair but thats part of the job. Being out of radio now I can probably be a bit more open and I do agree that two terms need to go.
1) Sexy football (Used again this morning)
2) Wild man from Borneo (most used phrase in Adelaide at the moment)All in all I think the commentators do an excellent job, people have their own styles and I guess along with that goes having favourites and you are going to like some more than others.
Now if we could only get rid of:
(a) 'Strike me pink'
(b) 'To be quite frank'
(c) '..and The Great Man,Russel Ebert'
etc etc. Actually,stuff it, I'll just go back to not listening to him.
I have also been exasperated at various times by:
Stephen Rowe (terrible)
Rick Keegan (awful)
Bob Bower (older readers will remember with a grimace Bob's 2hr calls generally highlighting Mick Nunan's adventures in the goalsquare.The most blatantly biased commentator ever produced)
Eldon Crouch (another blatantly biased commentator)
KG ('nuff said)
Doug ? Whatever his name is- on LifeFM. (I know he's not on drugs so what is his excuse?)
Mark Naley (hard as Nails LMAO)
The entire current ABC TV lineup.
Whilst we are on the subject of annoying footy callers I'd like to put up a few that I've really enjoy listening to also over the years:
Peter Marker
Ian Aitken (I know he got canned earlier but I used to enjoy his calls)
Ian Day
Wally May (go back and listen to what he has to say on his commentaries and he talks a lot of sense...he was part of a cliche,not making them)
David Darcy
Rod McLeod
Max Hall
Rob Popplestone (without Matthew Campbell)
Jon Symonds
David Wildy (surprisingly)
I'd be interested in other people's opinions.
Tiger to Viking to Bulldog to drinking cans and smoking darts in the outer again. That's footy.....