Announcer @ Louisville

[SourShoes]

I don't know about anyone here, but when Louisville player hit a 3, and that guy DRAWS out the call, I really want to hurt someone.

It drives me mad! I hate it!

 

[PauliePeppas]

Wow just about to make this post, makes the miami heat annoucer sound tame, lville guy goes on for like 5 seconds

 

[Frozen]

Mike Veley saying, " a three pointer for Kris Jeeeeeeeeeoseph" is pretty annoying in my opinion.

 

[Upstate]

This is one of the ugliest games I've seen since I turned on the Big Ten Network by accident last week.

 

[Alsacs]

I don't know about anyone here, but when Louisville player hit a 3, and that guy DRAWS out the call, I really want to hurt someone.

It drives me mad! I hate it!

You hit the nail on the head, I was thinking the same damn thing. The guy is a dbag with his drawn out calls atleast John Sterling is a clown about it when he does it and I am not a Yankees fan.

 

[Marsh01]

Mike Veley saying, " a three pointer for Kris Jeeeeeeeeeoseph" is pretty annoying in my opinion.

So is "a deuce for the cuse"

 

[bevosu]

Mute and closed captioning are wonderful things.

 

[scottynguyen]

Came here to post the same thing. So ing obnoxious.

 

[PeteCalvin]

I don't know about anyone here, but when Louisville player hit a 3, and that guy DRAWS out the call, I really want to hurt someone.

It drives me mad! I hate it!

I'm with you, Shoes. That is THE single most annoying barker call in all of college bball. And it's even worse when Kuric hits the shot.

 

[SourShoes]

I'm with you, Shoes. That is THE single most annoying barker call in all of college bball. And it's even worse when Kuric hits the shot.

Agreed, and the worst of the worst is when he does it against us!!!! I want to start throwing haymakers!

 

[Cuseman78]

Beyond obnoxious. Couple that with their annoying crowd when they aren't getting calls, and watching Louisville games at the Yum on TV is a rough watch for me.

 

[All4SU]

Mike Veley saying, " a three pointer for Kris Jeeeeeeeeeoseph" is pretty annoying in my opinion.

I always liked when the Arizona announcer said, "Steeeeeeeevvvvvvveeeee Kerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,"

 

[SUintheVille]

I'm with you, Shoes. That is THE single most annoying barker call in all of college bball. And it's even worse when Kuric hits the shot.

Relax. What would you expect from an announcer...it gets the crowd going. No real difference from any other announcer with a certain style. They all are annoying at times. Worry about the game instead.

 

[OttoMets]

Relax. What would you expect from an announcer...it gets the crowd going.

Nah, that's what cheerleaders are there for. Public address is intended to cover the basics - score, substitutions, fouls. Not behaving like an MC at a playground tournament.

That's part of the reason some of us dislike Mr. Excitement so much.

 

[Frozen]

Nah, that's what cheerleaders are there for. Public address is intended to cover the basics - score, substitutions, fouls. Not behaving like an MC at a playground tournament.

That's part of the reason some of us dislike Mr. Excitement so much.

I hate when Mike Veley announces blocks. Generally, that is just not done.

 

[HakAttack]

I hate when Mike Veley announces blocks. Generally, that is just not done.

Mike Veley's pretty *cking annoying in general. Not a good PA Announcer at all. Tell the score and shut up. It's not your job to get the fans excited.

 

[OttoMets]

It's bad that he's annoying (announcing things like blocks, using his idiotic rhyming phrases, and commenting on the game score when there hasn't been a lead change or a tie in a cheerleader-y sort of way), but he compounds it by being bad at his job. He talks over the alma mater. He butchers people's names (including during the ceremony honoring alumni a few weeks ago).

When Miami first came into the Big East, they had a PA guy like that. Saying things like "Threeeeeeeeeeeeee!" in a drawn-out way. It came across clearly on television, and made Miami look absolutely bush-league. At the time, I recognized how good Carl Eilenberg was and how lucky we were to have him. The Mr. Excitement got promoted from announcing the halftime promotions to announcing the game and we got to experience the atmosphere that made other schools look third-rate.

He's a fan-boy. That's not intended to be disparaging, because many of us are like that, too. But if he can't compartmentalize his love for SU and conduct his announcing duties in a professional way, then he shouldn't have that job.

And he says about 300% more words than he should.

 

[HakAttack]

It's bad that he's annoying (announcing things like blocks, using his idiotic rhyming phrases, and commenting on the game score when there hasn't been a lead change or a tie in a cheerleader-y sort of way), but he compounds it by being bad at his job. He talks over the alma mater. He butchers people's names (including during the ceremony honoring alumni a few weeks ago).

When Miami first came into the Big East, they had a PA guy like that. Saying things like "Threeeeeeeeeeeeee!" in a drawn-out way. It came across clearly on television, and made Miami look absolutely bush-league. At the time, I recognized how good Carl Eilenberg was and how lucky we were to have him. The Mr. Excitement got promoted from announcing the halftime promotions to announcing the game and we got to experience the atmosphere that made other schools look third-rate.

He's a fan-boy. That's not intended to be disparaging, because many of us are like that, too. But if he can't compartmentalize his love for SU and conduct his announcing duties in a professional way, then he shouldn't have that job.

And he says about 300% more words than he should.

This.

 

[dollarbill44]

I remember Eilenberg getting excited and drawing things out:

"Matt Roe for threeeeeeeeeeee!"

 

[OttoMets]

I remember Eilenberg getting excited and drawing things out:

"Matt Roe for threeeeeeeeeeee!"

He had some goofy asides, but I don't remember it being drawn out. More like "THA-ree, Matt Roe," in an enthusiastic tone.

Carl definitely got excited, but he was a pro at keeping that from affecting his tone. One exception, the 1994 UConn game. Donyell Marshall was scoring at will, and Carl seemed to get more disgusted with each basket. For the last couple, in the most sullen voice, he just offered "Don. Yell. Marshall." (We ended up winning, though.)

I also recall a game in maybe 1990 or 1991 that saw us go about 6 minutes without a field goal to start the game, leaving everyone standing and clapping through the first official timeout. In the second half, we scored about ten seconds in. Instead of announcing who scored, Carl cheerfully announced "Feel better, folks?"

 

[reedny]

Of all the arenas in the conference, two stick out as absolute horror shows. Both have the bizarro announcers discussed in this thread. They also have bloodthirsty fans and unconscious players who hit 3's like it's their last day alive, which are much more annoying than the guy on the PA system.

Number One: 1) the Rak ... I don't recall anything unusual about the announcer (he's probably annoying). But this is not a fun place to play. It resembles an abandoned military storage barn. But top 20 teams unlucky enough to visit soon realize that the dilapidated structure is as irrelevant as Rutgers loosing conference record and their 6'8 center. When a good team comes to town, 'King for the Day' fever sweeps over the crowd and the home team. Fans work themselves and the players into an altered state. There is deafening noise and pungent body odor. When the ball goes up, Rutger's players mutate from conference basement trolls into professional MVP's. They fall to the floor with any contact, dribble with inpugnity (they know they'll get all the calls), and begin taking, and making, increasingly impossible shots until the victim team realizes it cannot overcome their desperate, but fleeting, intensity level. In a few days, the team comes down from its high and looses to Princeton or Illinois State. Noone notices. Fans search the schedule for the next top 20 victim.

Number Two: 2) Second place goes to the Dumb Dumb center, and this place does have a strange announcer. The Ville is too good a program to fit the "king for day" label. It has talented players and new digs. But there is no shortage of weird stuff. First, Pitino comes out in an all-white 2-piece more befitting a king of fried chicken than a university coach. Then, the payers are introduced with glaring pro-style spotlights, and the announcer sounds like he's auditioning for the pistons. Moments after tipoff (Louisville always wins these), every player on the team except the center starts shooting, and hitting, threes. This process continues until all the bench players and walk-ons have logged career nights. Flush with fat (but uncharacteristic) leads, starters prance out of the game with 8 minutes left so they can point to their parents and high-five the ballboys. 3 weeks later they loose to the first decent team they play in the tournament.