Notice Mike Barrett interview.

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illmatic99 said:
doesn't speak for everyone. i didn't like Barrett at all. Thought he was amateurish and so up and down. Also hated his homerish calls of other team's plays.

Rice was funny at times and thought he was at least insightful, but Hurd is growing on me more and more.

Calabro is tiers above MB as a pbp guy-- i just think people resent him because of the Seattle connection.
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Yeah Barrett wasn't a high quality pbp guy; Calabro is.

I do miss Mike & Mike; they were a fun duo to listen too. Wish they had been able to stay on pregame/postgame or as a rotating 3rd guy in the booth. Had a lot of history and memories of them from the Jail Blazers, to Roy era, and into Dame years. Rice was many decades before then, probably one of the only announcers to be ejected from an NBA game.

I couldn't stand Barretts homer statements, and saying he had to say x and y because of who paid his checks.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
"The cup"

"In the cup"

"To the cup"

"Missed at the cup"

IT'S NOT A FUCKING CUP!

Something about him calling the basket a cup 10x a game is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
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That, and "between the wickets." Between the wickets is where that bird crash-landed in the cricket video. It's a distance wider than a basketball court.
 
I wasn’t a Barrett fan either. Very amateur. After game interviews he’d constantly say to players, “see you on the plane”. Like look everybody I hang with the cool kids!

He was always riding Blake and Pryzbilla’s jock too.

I dunno he just bugged me. I much prefer calabro
 
Natebishop3 said:
Nope. Just sharing what the guy said. It was an interesting angle that I had never heard before.
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I think there is a reason why we have never heard that before. It wasn't a factor. Not saying that Paul was an advantage as an owner when it came to free agents, and maybe he turned off a few players, but if that was really the reason then great, we will be seeing them lining up now to play in Portland
 
SlyPokerDog said:
"The cup"

"In the cup"

"To the cup"

"Missed at the cup"

IT'S NOT A FUCKING CUP!

Something about him calling the basket a cup 10x a game is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
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But climbing the golden ladder was perfectly fine...
 
That was a great interview....I listened to Wheels interview the Mike's together about a year after they were fired and it was a great interview as well. Barrett hasn't watched, followed any Blazer basketball since he was let go...Rice never stopped being a Blazer fan ....he still talks about current Blazer news in interviews. I think Barrett and Hurd would've been an excellent team. I understand he's a big part of the group trying to bring MLB to Portland. Steve Snapper Jones is a tough act to follow. Jordan Kent to me always sounded like a bad actor trying to remember his lines.
 
I will say this about the Mike's. After a game, my then 12ish daughter took a shirt down and they both took the time to chat with her and autograph her shirt. It was one of their Mike and Mike shirts. She was delighted. Of course they laughed when they asked where she got it, and she told them someone had found it at goodwill and bought it for her. I don't know how Hurd and Calabro are, but the Mikes always made time for the fans.
 
illmatic99 said:
we just spent the last three weeks talking about Phoenix being Durant's number one destination. Chris Paul pushed his way to Phoenix. Hell even Aldridge and Blake Griffin took FA meetings there.
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So one guy….who was traded there

Didn’t we just do that with Grant?
 
Mediocre Man said:
So one guy….who was traded there

Didn’t we just do that with Grant?
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not sure what your point is. I was disagreeing with the idea that players pay much attention to ownership when deciding where they want to play. That idea was brought up by Barrett and appears to be false.
 
The whole spin of "Paul Allen is the reason" why FA's don't sign here, sounds like a combo of sour grapes and also a way for the host to suck up to MB, who had earlier said that it was basically PA who had fired him.
 
MickZagger said:
I wasn’t a Barrett fan either. Very amateur. After game interviews he’d constantly say to players, “see you on the plane”. Like look everybody I hang with the cool kids!

He was always riding Blake and Pryzbilla’s jock too.

I dunno he just bugged me. I much prefer calabro
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Watched Calabro do an early round playoff game or two, this year for NBATV and thought he was fantastic, which is interesting because I cannot stand him on Blazer
broadcasts. He, and I can't put my finger on it, just doesn't "feel" right, on the local scene.
I do like Hurd, in fact, wouldn't be surprised if he gets a national offer someday.
I believe KC is under contract for two more years.
 
I've heard Calabro us the Supersonics. That should be a fireable offense.

If he is signed for 2 more years, that is 2 more years I wont be watching them on tv. Radio it is.
 
Rice was by way of being a friend so I am biased.
Any friend of a Trump is no friend of mine.
Reportedly Dame had a very warm relationship with Paul Allen.
 
wizenheimer said:
I agree....Callabro and Hurd are a downgrade from Mike and Mike
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I'm surprised so many people feel this way. I liked Mike & Mike and I get the homer aspect of it all, but those guys aren't national talens like Calabro, for a reason.

Would love to see Barrett get this MLB-PDX thing off the ground and I don't even watch baseball.
 
Tince said:
I'm surprised so many people feel this way. I liked Mike & Mike and I get the homer aspect of it all, but those guys aren't national talens like Calabro, for a reason.

Would love to see Barrett get this MLB-PDX thing off the ground and I don't even watch baseball.
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So much of that comes off as provincial/small town/bush league.
 
Very interesting interview and I was never a big Mike and Mike fan. Barrett was way too much of a homer and Rice had his funny moments but overall felt very small time as a duo. I really enjoy Calabro and Hurd has grown on me. I get that people hate on KC because he's Mr. Seattle, but he's light years ahead of MB as an announcer. Don't get me started on Kent, that guy was HORRIBLE as a studio host and even worse on the broadcasts.

As for this interview though MB was pretty candid and I enjoyed the listen. Never really heard the part about KC/SD, but I don't give any credence to the interviewer's comments about PA. I'll listen to part 2 of this interview but that will be the last time I click on the podcast as the interviewee was much more interesting than the interviewers.
 
I was never a big M&M fan (professionally; I don't know if they're nice and good and all that stuff as humans).

Calabro is big time and has an iconic voice. I love that he calls Blazers game.

Hurd... meh. It feels like he gets overwhelmed by Calabro's presence and he feels like a guy who's the color commentator because he's from the area, rather than because he's the best guy
 
Ed O said:
I was never a big M&M fan (professionally; I don't know if they're nice and good and all that stuff as humans).

Calabro is big time and has an iconic voice. I love that he calls Blazers game.

Hurd... meh. It feels like he gets overwhelmed by Calabro's presence and he feels like a guy who's the color commentator because he's from the area, rather than because he's the best guy
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He's from Texas (but I do get your point about Lamar).

Btw, how the hell is Lamar almost 40?? I swear he was in college not that long ago.
 
julius said:
He's from Texas (but I do get your point about Lamar).

Btw, how the hell is Lamar almost 40?? I swear he was in college not that long ago.
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I just assumed he stayed in Oregon after he started attending Oregon State, which was 20 years ago.

(Hence him being 40 ;) )

I might be wrong and maybe he lived elsewhere after college.
 
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