Blazers to Hire Lamar Hurd as New Color Commentator

[Orion Bailey]

Uh, okay. Don't tell me what kind of opinion I should have. That's why it's an opinion.

I really don't give two shits about the new hires, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Its a free world. Never once did I say you should/ have to think any one way. I stated how I feel about it and gave my opinion about your opinion. If you don't like people opposing your viewpoint,. then don't post your opinion?

My point is, they are two independent entities of which your crying over. you stated your opinion on a public forum. If you cant handle the repercussions, then I suggest not posting your opinions. You have yours, I have mine. How do you think you have the right to share yours, but I'm notable to share mine?

I provided a suggestion on how to separate the two entities to possibly help your saltiness and you blew it off and wanna sit in a corner and bitch and cry... Boo hoo. Mikes are gone.. WAAAhhh. I dont give a shit who they hire... wahhh.

That's my opinion of your opinion.

Edit: BTW, I even agreed with you that I am salty too. Not sure why you took my post so personal...

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I understand. Almost 20 years later, and I am still salty about the Schonz. Wheels may not be bad, but he'll never be the Schonz.

Which is very interesting.

I find schonz to be a crotchety old man. Big fan of wheels.

Hopefully the mikes dont hold resentment towards calabro and hurd, because the resentment should be towards the blazers, not the individuals replacing them.

Hopefully history doesnt repeat itself with that.

 

[e_blazer]

Hurd was trying to get on the bachelor 3+ years ago. I dont think the timing of the announcement has anything to do with the bachelor

Oops. I didn't check the dates on the FB posts. Obviously old news about his run at making The Bachelor.

Bad doggie, Sly!

 

[Mediocre Man]

So how many NBA teams, or sports teams in general have two guys with ZERO association with the city, and a color commentator with zero ties to the city or the league?

 

[riverman]

I like the new broadcast team and really hope Brian Grant takes Tone's spot with Wheels. To me it's a total upgrade.

 

[riverman]

So how many NBA teams, or sports teams in general have two guys with ZERO association with the city, and a color commentator with zero ties to the city or the league?

Ties to the state.......not city...Mike Rice comes from Detroit..Lamar Hurd was both a Beaver point guard and OSU commentator...not all of us live in Portland

 

[riverman]

Rice was drafted by the Pistons in 1962..coached in the east and broadcasted there...came to Oregon in 1991.....he's was not an Oregonian for most of his career

 

[Denny Crane]

It's hard to hate on the guy without even seeing him get comfortable calling Blazers games. I really hope he provides great analysis and displays telestrator skills. I also hope he doesn't try to be a clown.

There is a lot to be said for getting some new blood in the announcing team. The team itself is really young, which means the announcers might easily build rapport. The younger announcers may also attract more of a younger audience.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Rice was drafted by the Pistons in 1962..coached in the east and broadcasted there...came to Oregon in 1991.....he's was not an Oregonian for most of his career

But at least had NBA ties

 

[Tunchi]

So how many NBA teams, or sports teams in general have two guys with ZERO association with the city, and a color commentator with zero ties to the city or the league?

Damn SlyPokerDog is a cry baby lol

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Oops. I didn't check the dates on the FB posts. Obviously old news about his run at making The Bachelor.

Bad doggie, Sly!

I posted the link, it's up to you to read it correctly.

 

[riverman]

But at least had NBA ties

He never played for them, decided to skip the NBA and go into coaching...in the east...he had eastern college coaching experience.....Hurd has west coast broadcasting experience for an Oregon college

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Damn SlyPokerDog is a cry baby lol

Cry puppy.

 

[e_blazer]

I posted the link, it's up to you to read it correctly.

Damn! I hate a dog with attitude.

 

[riverman]

Damn! I hate a dog with attitude.

They are much better with garlic and hot sauce

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

Change is always hard!

For a guy who watched all but 2-3 games each season - I thought M & M were doing a good job. Even with their personal traits, they called a good game.

I like the pairing of Calabro and Hurd. I was hoping for Brent Barry, personally. I had listened to them periodically on Pac12 network games. I will get used to them with time. But winning a Championship will cure all bad feelings!!!

 

[Chris Craig]

Many of us are familiar with lamar hurd and jordan kent.

"Mary Fuckin' Moses"

 

[THE HCP]

The big change they need to make is to get rid of that guy Jeff Curtin. His bullshit camera angles and random ass replays that make us miss live action are the things that actually needed improvement. @HCP is well aware of our frustrations-- brought it forward to Curtin, and the guy did nothing. I've been tweeting him-- nothing. Time for change. When major national people like @haralabob talk shit about your local broadcast's antics, it's not a good look.

They didn't even interview Brent Barry?

Also, the idea of Wheels working solo is stupid in my mind. BG for a portion of the season sounds cool. Why not hire back Rice for radio? Wheels and the Wild One was a sick duo

I respect you as a poster on here, but we kinda went over this last season. You keep putting my man on blast. On a serious tip I'm curious what your viewing experience is to have that much of a strong opinion of how WRONG we are covering the games? League Pass and other regional teams broadcasts? Large network shows? Just wondering.
There is a crazy amount of hard work to put on a broadcast and I'd love to set up some sort of tour for you if you want to see what really goes on and how we put a show on for you guys to watch...... a lot goes into it.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

Damn! I hate a dog with attitude.

His bark is worse then his bite.

 

[BlazerWookee]

So how many NBA teams, or sports teams in general have two guys with ZERO association with the city, and a color commentator with zero ties to the city or the league?

IT'S FAMILIAR!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I respect you as a poster on here, but we kinda went over this last season. You keep putting my man on blast. On a serious tip I'm curious what your viewing experience is to have that much of a strong opinion of how WRONG we are covering the games? League Pass and other regional teams broadcasts? Large network shows? Just wondering.
There is a crazy amount of hard work to put on a broadcast and I'd love to set up some sort of tour for you if you want to see what really goes on and how we put a show on for you guys to watch...... a lot goes into it.

You guys have a minibar in the broadcast truck.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I respect you as a poster on here, but we kinda went over this last season. You keep putting my man on blast. On a serious tip I'm curious what your viewing experience is to have that much of a strong opinion of how WRONG we are covering the games? League Pass and other regional teams broadcasts? Large network shows? Just wondering.
There is a crazy amount of hard work to put on a broadcast and I'd love to set up some sort of tour for you if you want to see what really goes on and how we put a show on for you guys to watch...... a lot goes into it.

While I don't share his level of grumpiness over it, I do find cutting to any camera view from the main one at mid-court during live action VERY annoying. It blows me right out of the flow of the game, and it usually takes me a second or two to re-acquire what's going on. It happens a lot more often on national broadcasts (or at least I notice it more often) than on Blazers Broadcasting. It's freaking awesome seeing replays that way, but not live action.

 

[BlazerWookee]

You guys have a minibar in the broadcast truck.

Have you ever tried to get a decent amount of Coors Light into a minibar refrigerator? You'd be lucky if you could get six pounders into one, and that won't even get you to the first TV timeout of the second quarter...

 

[THE HCP]

While I don't share his level of grumpiness over it, I do find cutting to any camera view from the main one at mid-court during live action VERY annoying. It blows me right out of the flow of the game, and it usually takes me a second or two to re-acquire what's going on. It happens a lot more often on national broadcasts (or at least I notice it more often) than on Blazers Broadcasting. It's freaking awesome seeing replays that way, but not live action.

Understood. Just making it clear that EVERYBODY cuts low on a fast break! Just like in college football if there is a long bomb to the corner, that director cuts to that low nearside hand held camera EVERYTIME!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

But at least had NBA ties

Yeah, I'm going to have to echo @riverman on this one. The only NBA tie Mike Rice had was that he was drafted--in the 8th round (Hurd might've been drafted too if we still had 8 rounds). Rice never played, coached, or broadcasted in the NBA prior to working for the Blazers. When he was selected (by the PBP guy with whom he was to work), he beat out a former Blazers assistant coach, a former NBA player, and a former NBA referee. His NBA pedigree was by far the lowest of the other options, but that was irrelevant because he was the guy Schonely wanted.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Understood. Just making it clear that EVERYBODY cuts low on a fast break! Just like in college football if there is a long bomb to the corner, that director cuts to that low nearside hand held camera EVERYTIME!

Everybody pees in the pool, too, but that doesn't make it right.

 

[illmatic99]

I respect you as a poster on here, but we kinda went over this last season. You keep putting my man on blast. On a serious tip I'm curious what your viewing experience is to have that much of a strong opinion of how WRONG we are covering the games? League Pass and other regional teams broadcasts? Large network shows? Just wondering.
There is a crazy amount of hard work to put on a broadcast and I'd love to set up some sort of tour for you if you want to see what really goes on and how we put a show on for you guys to watch...... a lot goes into it.

LP Broadband. Usually watch the Blazer broadcast. To be clear, I have absolutely 0 issues with your replays and edits-- been saying this every time. It's the random angles during live action and sudden cuts to players close up that make us miss live action that just bug the hell out of me. There's a lot of cool shit you guys can do, but don't mess with live action. Simplicity is better.

Only reason I get so pissed is multiple posters here have brought it up. Major national NBA dudes bring it up, and there is no change. Considering they axed Mike and Mike this year, it looks like the org wants to make changes. Just make the ones we're passionately asking for.

Might take you up on that tour this season-- let's see when. thanks!

 

[riverman]

Everybody pees in the pool, too, but that doesn't make it right.

I'll occasionally pee on the lounge chair and just jump into the pool to rinse off

 

[illmatic99]

So how many NBA teams, or sports teams in general have two guys with ZERO association with the city, and a color commentator with zero ties to the city or the league?

What ties did Mike and Mike have before they came into the league and Portland?

 

[THE HCP]

LP Broadband. Usually watch the Blazer broadcast. To be clear, I have absolutely 0 issues with your replays and edits-- been saying this every time. It's the random angles during live action and sudden cuts to players close up that make us miss live action that just bug the hell out of me. There's a lot of cool shit you guys can do, but don't mess with live action. Simplicity is better.

Only reason I get so pissed is multiple posters here have brought it up. Major national NBA dudes bring it up, and there is no change. Considering they axed Mike and Mike this year, it looks like the org wants to make changes. Just make the ones we're passionately asking for.

Might take you up on that tour this season-- let's see when. thanks!

"Major national dude"?