Hammond and Haden must go!!!

[Echo Insanity]

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?

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Personally, I hate having a U$C QB calling our games.

 

[notredomer23]

Hammond the clown. Ive never seen more make up on a man

 

[Mattmags]

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?

 

[Golden Domer93]

I agree there has to be better announcers at NBC then those guys. Why not al michaels or bob costas?

 

[Steve]

it could be worse. at least we don't have guys threatening to ride down in the elevator to beat some ass.

 

[Golden Domer93]

I think Herbstreit will be at ESPN for a long time.

 

[Shamrock44]

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

 

[NDOM]

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.

 

[NDboy15]

it could be worse. at least we don't have guys threatening to ride down in the elevator to beat some ass.

I remember that, lol. Too bad they took it down from Youtube.

 

[Golden Domer93]

Holtz is another locked up with ESPN.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I agree there has to be better announcers at NBC then those guys. Why not al michaels or bob costas?

I would stop watching and listen to the radio.

 

[ChubbyCubbie]

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.

 

[WordsofanIrishman]

I say you bring in Tony Roberts, Reggie Brooks and Mike Golic

 

[Golden Domer93]

Roberts and Golic would be a great announce team.

 

[Echo Insanity]

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!

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

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?!?

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I believe Ara used to do games after he retired. I may be wrong though.

 

[Stalking_Eagle]

As long as Joe Buck stays far away from the ND games I could care less.

 

[notredomer23]

As long as Joe Buck stays far away from the ND games I could care less.

and john madden

 

[IrishAlum1997]

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.

 

[JeremyND07]

I agree...they are horrible! I usually have the TV muted and the radio turned up!

 

[Golden Domer93]

NBC has some pretty good announcers during these olympics and all of them are better then tom hammond.

 

[Stalking_Eagle]

and john madden

John Madden keeps it interesting....not because of his knowledge of football....more because he is just so old and losing it that his comments are always off the wall.

 

[Golden Domer93]

michaels and madden should be the announcers at nbc.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

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.

 

[nd1988]

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...

 

[Golden Domer93]

Musberger is baaaaad

 

[IrishAlum1997]

Dan Fouts and Dan Dierdorf.

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

 

[Golden Domer93]

Does Dierdorf still announce games?