Hammond and Haden must go!!!

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seriously, does anyone actually like listening to these guys? i have been watching ND games for quite some time and am quite fed up with the repeated stories, bad jokes, obvious observations, and redundant commentary. most fans i have talked to agree that these guys just flat out suck. why does NBC even keep them around?
 

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I have mixed feelings about them. yeah, sometimes i laugh at the crap they talk about but i do like that they know notre dame better than anyone. I feel they are, for the most part, impartial during games. Maybe NBC can sign Kirk Herbstreit for color commentary?
 
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I agree there has to be better announcers at NBC then those guys. Why not al michaels or bob costas?
 

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it could be worse. at least we don't have guys threatening to ride down in the elevator to beat some ass.
 
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I think Herbstreit will be at ESPN for a long time.
 

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Am I in the minority here? I actually like both of them. It's nice to hear their familiar voices.
 

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I have mixed feelings about them. yeah, sometimes i laugh at the crap they talk about but i do like that they know notre dame better than anyone. I feel they are, for the most part, impartial during games. Maybe NBC can sign Kirk Herbstreit for color commentary?

Good call. But I would have to go with Lou Holtz for color commentary.
 

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Am I in the minority here? I actually like both of them. It's nice to hear their familiar voices.

I think they do a good job, they aren't 100% homers and they don't go out of their way to bash the school either. I do agree the stories can get repetitive.
 
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I say you bring in Tony Roberts, Reggie Brooks and Mike Golic
 

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i dont think either is biased, im just saying both annoy the hell out of me. hammond just does not sound like a football play by play guy, and some of hadens attempted humor is just painful. the thing that bothers me the most is all the stuff they repeat week after week. i would like to see them get a color commentary guy who knows the program inside and out. hell, put mike frank in the booth!
 
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I have always wondered why you would have an exclusive contract with Notre Dame and then have a friggin' Trojan as one of your commentators. We need someone who bleeds Blue and Gold in the booth for those games. Tony Roberts would be great. Allen Pinkett is another solid choice. I see Tom Flores doing Raiders games, why not get Ara to do Irish home games?!?
 

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Agreed that Tony Roberts needs to be actively involved in announcing ND games in some format. We do need an ex-Domer to be doing color, whether it be Golic, Allen Pinkett, or someone...how about Rocket doing sideline reporting? I like looking at Alex Flanagan, but can you imagine Rocket ont he sidelines? Electric!

NBC really does love their ironies when it comes to their ND football coverage. Pat Haden doing color, and does anyone remember who did sideline reporting in the early 90's? Orenthal James.
 
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NBC has some pretty good announcers during these olympics and all of them are better then tom hammond.
 

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As bad as Hammond and Haden are, anything is better than listening to Musberger when the games are on ABC. He came in to a restaurant I was working at in LA about 10 years ago and he is as big a dip-wad in person as he is on TV.
 

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Am I in the minority here? I actually like both of them. It's nice to hear their familiar voices.


No..... I feel the same way. Over the years I've gotten use to them. Yeah.. They may have said the same crap over and over again last year but what else were they supposed to talk about? Sure as hell didn't want to hear them talk about a 3-9 record.. BORING...
 

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Dan Fouts and Dan Dierdorf.

Sorry, thought I could type it with a straight face. I can't.
 
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