In his first season after Brian Engblom went to Versus, Gare was gawd awful. The Worst Ever... Davidge hasn't gotten any better, but I really don't think he's gotten markedly worse, maybe I just no longer really listen to him and Rimer so much, but that first season with Gare was tough.
Sorry that I cannot fully answer your questions but I know this:
He is running color commentary for another team in the NHL - I saw him recently as I was browsing NHL Center Ice. I just can't remember which team he was with but I think it was an Eastern Conference team.
Sorry that I cannot fully answer your questions but I know this:
He is running color commentary for another team in the NHL - I saw him recently as I was browsing NHL Center Ice. I just can't remember which team he was with but I think it was an Eastern Conference team.
I THINK it's the Sabres (maybe I'm just remembering that because he played for them).
Eh, the CBJ wasn't Danny's first time at the broadcast rodeo. He did TV for Buffalo before he came here. I thought I read that Danny is doing Sabres telecasts again today, I think as a Ray Crawford-style host.
I miss his enthusiasm honestly. I remember some people on here were celebrating Danny getting canned, thinking Davidge on TV would be SUCH an upgrade...
I liked Gare a lot, but I'm not one to nitpick everything that comes out of the broadcasters mouths.
Davidge doesn't bother me, either. A little repetitive sometimes, but what the hell.
Some of you folks will look for anything to gripe about.
I liked the mix of George & Bill on the radio because George had his rapid-fire, enthusiastic style of calling the game & when you wanted sort of a recap of what just happened, Bill came in with it and the "verbal replay" along with an explanation. Example:
George: "Nash, in and across the line, centers for Vermette, there's a DRIIIIVE, and a save made with a stoppage in play, 6:04 left in the second period of a 1-1 tie."
Bill: "And you know what, a great effort by Nash, he carried in with Vermette the trailer, gets it to Vermette, he had the lane and room to shoot, got the shot on goal. Could've used a little more there, might have had him had he gone glove instead of stick side, but a good effort by Antoine with a better stop by Jimmy Howard."
I liked the mix of George & Bill on the radio because George had his rapid-fire, enthusiastic style of calling the game & when you wanted sort of a recap of what just happened, Bill came in with it and the "verbal replay" along with an explanation. Example:
George: "Nash, in and across the line, centers for Vermette, there's a DRIIIIVE, and a save made with a stoppage in play, 6:04 left in the second period of a 1-1 tie."
Bill: "And you know what, a great effort by Nash, he carried in with Vermette the trailer, gets it to Vermette, he had the lane and room to shoot, got the shot on goal. Could've used a little more there, might have had him had he gone glove instead of stick side, but a good effort by Antoine with a better stop by Jimmy Howard."
It complemented George well on the radio.
I agree, I liked listening to George & Bill on the radio a lot because they worked together pretty well. Bill & Rimer on TV, not so much.
I think Gare did go back to Buffalo to work on their broadcasts.
Either that or he's drinking margaritas and strumming his six-string on his front porch down in Key West. I could easily picture him doing that right now.
He's a studio analyst for Sabres broadcasts. Its more like the analysts on Rangers or Devils TV broadcasts or perhaps the guys on CBC than what FSO has done.
He's a studio analyst for Sabres broadcasts. Its more like the analysts on Rangers or Devils TV broadcasts or perhaps the guys on CBC than what FSO has done.
Yep I watched the Sabres broadcast when the Jackets played them, and that's what he was doing.
On a related note, yes my seats are about 30 ft away from the booth, but at times last night, the arena was so quiet I could hear Billy D doing his TV thing.
I miss his enthusiasm honestly. I remember some people on here were celebrating Danny getting canned, thinking Davidge on TV would be SUCH an upgrade...
I know. But that 2009 off-season was just flat out weird anyway. Jim Day and Gare got the door and Rimer was allowed to stay, then the details about why Day was fired by the team (i.e., he didn't sugar coat or blow sunshine like ******), on-air folks not being allowed to acknowledge JMAC when the Jackets clinched a playoff spot.
This front office has been flaky but no more so than that year.
I turned on the Big Ten Network the other day and none other than Dan Kelly Jr. was calling a women's hockey game. He even made one of his patented references, ie "the big junior from Minnesota".
I miss his enthusiasm honestly. I remember some people on here were celebrating Danny getting canned, thinking Davidge on TV would be SUCH an upgrade...
I can't stand either of the announcers. Rimer is boring, Bill D. is a doubly-boring, walking factory of cliches. I think this team would do well to get someone in the color seat who can cast more of a critical eye on the team. When the record is bad, why is it bad? What does the team need to do to be better?
To those who say it's bad PR, no, losing is bad PR. Honesty and passion actually makes me want to watch a broadcast instead of someone who glides over the awful display we're seeing all too consistently.
I can't stand either of the announcers. Rimer is boring, Bill D. is a doubly-boring, walking factory of cliches.
Billy D. is light years better with the Etch-a-Sketch thingy ("Stop it Right There", then diagram out the play as it develops.) Don't know if that is because the broadcast team didn't work for Danny, or what, but I remember him yelling "SIRT", but the replay continued for 1-2 more seconds. Every time. He would eventually give up. But it seems to work for Billy.
Also, his teaching of the game skit works for me. It may be brutal for you guys who have been around for 30 years, but I learn things pretty much every time. (Did Kinger really start the whole "cycling the puck" maneuver?)
Billy's overuse of the cliche's makes me want to freeze my head in a bucket of water, but I can't say if it is any worse than a lot of other broadcasters.
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I think this team would do well to get someone in the color seat who can cast more of a critical eye on the team. When the record is bad, why is it bad? What does the team need to do to be better?
To those who say it's bad PR, no, losing is bad PR. Honesty and passion actually makes me want to watch a broadcast instead of someone who glides over the awful display we're seeing all too consistently.
And why is it bad? Well I can tell you why its bad... it's bad because they're not skating in straight lines! Stop it right there! There's no support around the puck!
To show what I'm talking about let me take you to Hockey School where I make Tomas Kana and John (Johnny) Moore do repetitive drills while I blow my whistle.
