Season is almost over, opinions on Calabro and Hurd?

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I dislike them both. They are not Portland. Calabro is Seattle. And seattle can eat a bag of dicks. Hurd just plain out stinks. He is king captain obvious.

I have watched maybe 2 games this year on tv because I can not stand them.

Just makes my decision to finally leave comcast that much easier though.
 
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M&M were better and more fun. They were my home away from home. These guys are OK, but I would just as well pick up the other team's announcers - they bring nothing special to the table.
 
honkicracker said:
Hurd's got better as the season goes on.
Calaboro is still the same, seems pretty average.. Not sure what the hype was pre-season.

My biggest issue with either of them is Hurd calling for a replay from @HCP and missing live game action.
All because Hurd wants to talk about what "CJ or Lillard" just did.
Frankly everyone I know has tvo, if they want to watch it again rewind themselves. Don't make me miss game action to watch something I just saw.
And yes, bringing the ball up the court, free throws and in bounds plays are game action. Far too often this season have I missed game action because Hurd wants to "educate people".
Fuck off Hurd, most Portland fan's are educated on basketball, it's the only professional sport Portland has had for a long time.
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I have to agree with the live action part. For a while the keys to the game were done prior to tip off, but it has crept back into game time action. If it can't happen by tip off, then sacrifice a 15 second commercial slot, but please don't take away the viewing of free throws, and as of late, some of the dribbling up court after the second free throw.

Other than that, I am happy with them. I feel like they would come across as much more genuine if they genuinely had something to be excited about, and then more people would be pleased.
 
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Their broadcasts are kind of like the equivalent of Casey Kaseem giving you the weekly top forty, except with more product plugs.
 
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not interesting;
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They're OK most of the time.

Not sure if it's the product that they're peddling or being new, but it does feel like they are trying awfully hard to manufacture excitement at times.

I miss Wild Rice a little bit though.
 
B-Roy said:
So with the season almost over, what is everyone's thoughts on Calabro and Hurd?

First time logging in this season (visit daily)

HORRIBLE

Blah, blah, blah

NOT GOOD! Neither one BLAH
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More like Calaboredo and Turd. I miss Mike and Mike. They made games fun to watch. They were organized and worked well together. They stood up for their team against bad calls.

I don't even listen to C&H when I watch games. I've tuned them out. They seem to be commentators for the opponent half the time. Why the hell do they do the keys to game halfway through the 1st quarter and why the hell do they do keys for the opponent?

I don't like Hurd at all. The Blazers should replace him with an ex player or someone more tied to the team, and maybe they'd be worth listening too. I liked Calabro back in the day, I think Hurd is the wrong guy to be teamed with him. They don't complement each other at all.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
So what you're saying is, without those ads we wouldn't have been able to afford Calabro, and we'd still have Mike & Mike?
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That's another thing. They're both horrible company shills. Don't get me wrong, Barrett was too, but he would acknowledge it at times. Rice just did his own thing. It made them seem more personable and relatable.
 
Hate them.

Don't get the Calabro accolades. He's "a real pro" as many people said after the hiring. He doesn't seem invested in the team, makes plenty of errors, and is just fucking bland. Sounds like a Sonics game after 7 Rainier Ales.

As for Lamar Hurd...........I want to crawl out of my skin listening to his pseudo-street speak and various annoying isms.

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gatorpops said:
Do not like them very much. They talk too much.
We are watching the game via TV not Radio.
What I want from these/any anouncers is comemtary that I can't see.
Like who came in for who and time outs and time left etc. And get the names right Calabro.
Hurd is ok except they are too long winded with their antidotes and get in the way of the game info.
He has fairly good insite to play info, screens etc. but is too long winded.
They both talk too much about the other player/team.
AND GET THE DAMM ADDS OFF THE SCORE INFO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
The experiance is supposed to be the content of the game and our teams players.
They ride the team plane surely they can get some interesting background on players and coaches.






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Good post. :cheers:
 
im starting to wonder if they are the reason i lost interest this season. I've been pretty sick of the NBA itself with the shit refs and over advertising shit. but i remember watching some pretty bad seasons and still enjoying watching with the mikes. i hated when the team was obviously telling rice to take it easy on calling out the refs. but i loved that he fucking did that shit anyway. fuck the corrupt ass NBA refs. Rice is a man and he calls a spade a spade. fuck you silver.
 
Admit the mistake and bring back Mike and Mike. Kind of like what the Rams did with their new logo...admit the mistake and fix it.
 
Hurd is the young and hip black guy that the old white colabro can never relate to so it's really funny to generic ass people. I have seen that shit too much in TV. Colabro skiis and Hurd doesn't, OMG LOLZ.
Hurd watches real housewives and Colabro doesn't LOLZ OMG. Hey Colabro do you know about the Migos or any trendy new thing young people can relate to? of course you don't LOL OMG.
Would take Mike and mike over these guys any day. Loved their commentary. These dudes are try hards, I could give a fuck about a professional sounding broadcast.
 
I really miss the chemistry of the Mikes but that was like over a decade together. Calabro and Hurd kinda feel like two square pegs trying to fit into round holes. I wouldn't be shocked to see both gone within the next few years.
 
Anyone have a contact email for the Chris or whoever hired C&H for the team?
 
Watching the thunder game on nba tv. Im reminded why i miss mike and mike so much. It was the only show on tv that was pro blazers. I get sick of someone saying hey this lillard guy is good, then his partner interrupts to say almost as good as westbrook! Manufactured stars are getting old. We get it. Westbrook is an athletic freak. But he's no michael jordan. He's a choke artist and i dont want you shoving him down my throat.
 
They were tough to take early because they were replacing local/long-time guys who people were comfortable with. Through in that the product was unwatchable and I get that people didn't like them.

I'm still not a fan of Hurd but Calabro is dynamite. When it is a good game, there is few better. He was very good tonight and it's amazing how clearly and quickly he can describe the action......like it! :twothumbs:
 
I'm sure everyone noticed that Calabro came so, so close, just as the game finished, to saying that OKC won. He quickly corrected course.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I'm sure everyone noticed that Calabro came so, so close, just as the game finished, to saying that OKC won. He quickly corrected course.
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Yea my opinion is that Calabro is more OKC fan than Blazer, not cool.

Love Rice but I think it was time for him to retire. Barrett and Hurd would of been great IMO.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I'm sure everyone noticed that Calabro came so, so close, just as the game finished, to saying that OKC won. He quickly corrected course.
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Everyone makes mistakes. We used to have a drinking game based on things M&M got wrong. We had to stop before long because we'd all be blitzed in the 1st half night after night. :cheers:
 
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