It's Calabro!!!!!

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Warning: Watch out for the aftershocks!

Just wait till we hire Mutumbo as the color man... We will be back to a magnitude 9.1!

 

[BlazerBeav]

He is better than MB, and that's not a knock on MB. I've always though Calabro was one of the elite play-by-play guys on the national level.

 

[Pinwheel1]

That video snippet by Calabro is incredible. There is so much going on and he is one top of it completely clearly throughout the entire scrum.

There is a reason why he has been considered one of the best. Again I know this all subjective, but that video is a great example.

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

Great hire! I remain a fan of Mike/Mike as I watched 82+ games each year and they became friends on the air. But, that said, this is a great hire!!

Now, Mychal Thompson, Steve Smith, Brent Barry - any one of the three would make me really happy!!

 

[TBpup]

Calabro is very good and can do TV but may be better as a radio guy. Do they put him as the TV guy for a year and then move him to radio when Wheels' contract is up?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Man, there is going to be so much of an uproar if they let Wheels go next summer. Fortunately for him, he'll have his pick of jobs nationwide if we're dumb enough to let him go.

 

[BBert]

Sounds like Calabro will have some say on who is hired. They hit a grand slam with the Calabro hiring so I am betting they make a good decision on his partner.

Don't home run hitters tend to have a lower batting average?

 

[Pinwheel1]

Great hire! I remain a fan of Mike/Mike as I watched 82+ games each year and they became friends on the air. But, that said, this is a great hire!!

Now, Mychal Thompson, Steve Smith, Brent Barry - any one of the three would make me really happy!!

Mychal Thompson is the color guy for the Lakers, and he goes to every Dodger home game to watch his son play. He is not an option.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Calabro is very good and can do TV but may be better as a radio guy. Do they put him as the TV guy for a year and then move him to radio when Wheels' contract is up?

Or, do they let him do his radio style on TV and just simulcast the TV audio on the radio?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Mychal Thompson is the color guy for the Lakers, and he goes to every Dodger home game to watch his son play. He is not an option.

Mychael Thompson is a fucking turncoat and a jackass for siring Klay. He is not an option.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Who?

 

[DaLong]

So stoked about this. Grew up listening to this guy as a Sonics fan and it almost brings tears to my eyes that he'll be announcing for the Blazers. Awesome.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Calabro is very good and can do TV but may be better as a radio guy. Do they put him as the TV guy for a year and then move him to radio when Wheels' contract is up?

No. They'll keep him in TV.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

So stoked about this. Grew up listening to this guy as a Sonics fan and it almost brings tears to my eyes that he'll be announcing for the Blazers. Awesome.

You grew up as a what?!?

 

[e_blazer]

It makes me a bit nervous that there's a Calabro Cheese Corp. http://www.calabrocheese.com/

 

[Mediocre Man]

Are you and Stren done exploding now?

See? Patience and it all works out. We must have more faith in the Blazers as a whole and remain focused on the big picture.

When did I explode? I just think telling the people of Portland you are doing right by them by hiring people from Seattle is stupid. Calabro is good, but I don't think he is all that much better than who he is replacing

 

[BlazerWookee]

He better be pretty fucking terrific. I'm talking Vin Scully terrific.

 

[Mediocre Man]

So stoked about this. Grew up listening to this guy as a Sonics fan and it almost brings tears to my eyes that he'll be announcing for the Blazers. Awesome.

Fuck the Sonics

 

[HailBlazers]

Man, there is going to be so much of an uproar if they let Wheels go next summer. Fortunately for him, he'll have his pick of jobs nationwide if we're dumb enough to let him go.

Never. Wheels is the best.

 

[DaLong]

Fuck the Sonics

Your opinion is of so much value to me. Thank you.

 

[julius]

When did I explode? I just think telling the people of Portland you are doing right by them by hiring people from Seattle is stupid. Calabro is good, but I don't think he is all that much better than who he is replacing

I think most people have moved on past the "seattle is evil! I hate everything to do with Seattle" mindset once they hit their 20's.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Your opinion is of so much value to me. Thank you.

Anytime

 

[julius]

He better be pretty fucking terrific. I'm talking Vin Scully terrific.

Why? Barrett wasn't. Barrett was a double A baseball announcer, Calabro is big leagues.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Calabro is good and all, but I was happy with the Mikes, and I don't like how the axe fell. But let's put some of Paul Allen's money to work: now we need to get a proper D-League team and have the Mikes hired with the same pay they always had to comment. Let's class up the D-League! And it can be in Seattle, at the Key Arena, to make Sonics fans happy (and rub their noses in Blazer success).

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Mychael Thompson is a fucking turncoat and a jackass for siring Klay. He is not an option.

It's not his fault we failed to draft Klay. Who grew up a Blazer fan. (No, Mychael Thompson is a fucking turncoat because he's a Lakers fan):

 

[DaLong]

You grew up as a what?!?

Yah not all of us grew up in NE Portland like HCP, guess I have to hand in my fan card.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think most people have moved on past the "seattle is evil! I hate everything to do with Seattle" mindset once they hit their 20's.

Maybe most people have. Good for them. I am old enough to remember the rivalry. Fuck them. Fuck their announcers. Fuck their radio hosts that asked people to slash tires at the games up there with Oregon license plates on them. Fuck Seattle for probably getting a hockey team before we do. Fuck Seattle for probably being used as leverage when our lease expires in 9 years.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

It's not his fault we failed to draft Klay. Who grew up a Blazer fan. (No, Mychael Thompson is a fucking turncoat because he's a Lakers fan):

My bad, punctuation trouble. He's a turncoat (agreed, because he's a fucking Laker). And he's a jackass for siring Klay, who is a jackass like his father before him.

 

[BBert]

You grew up as a what?!?

Luckily they have re-assignment surgery for that now.

Don't judge.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Yah not all of us grew up in NE Portland like HCP, guess I have to hand in my fan card.

Just giving you a bad time. No insult intended.