Going to miss Rafferty doing our games

[sacuse]

Liked him so much especially with Jay Bilas doing our games.

 

[SUfaninAZ]

Gus is just awful to my ears.

 

[2-3zone]

Raf is a pro's pro

 

[SUfaninAZ]

That's it. I had to turn surround sound off. He's friggin awful.

 

[ottodaorange]

"It's Christmas in New York!!"

 

[Col. Bleep]

That's it. I had to turn surround sound off. He's friggin awful.

It's funny, I've detested Gus Johnson for years because he's been just a screamer.
But I thought he did a nice job, relatively restrained today.

And as much as I liked Raf with Bilas and Sean McDonough, he's better in a two-man booth. Although it took him until 10:40 left in the 2nd half to comment on what a great defensive job D'Angelo Harrison was doing on Cooney.

Harrison has really changed his game. No more "Iverson light" on offense.

 

[Melancer46]

Wait, Gus Johnson was the one commentating that? I thought it was Raf and some calm guy lol.

 

[Orange Barrel]

I was shocked when they went to a shot of them and neither was wearing SJU gear. Raf was literally coaching them out loud for a fews possessions down the stretch. Gus makes me want to stick pencils in my ears.

 

[Flacusian]

Gus became noticeably vocally animated when St. John's tied the game and then went up for a very brief period of time. Any pretense of impartiality was at that point completely out of the question. I don't know what if any college affiliation Gus might have but for that brief period of time that St. John's tied and went ahead he was complete Homerville to the max.

 

[HarrisonJBounel]

That would be "Raftery", not "Rafferty". But I agree, he is the most entertaining and insightful color guy, along with Bilas. But he and Bilas are almost opposites in style, that's why they work so well together.

 

[OrangeSky]

That would be "Raftery", not "Rafferty". But I agree, he is the most entertaining and insightful color guy, along with Bilas. But he and Bilas are almost opposites in style, that's why they work so well together.

Plus they have a great rapport with each other. Love when they bust on each other. The 2 of them and Sean are just like a bunch of guys watching a game together.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Liked him so much especially with Jay Bilas doing our games.

I loved his banter with Jay and Sean, but as to actually color commentary, I think he began slipping a few years ago. Too much a caricature of his pet sayings these days, kind of like VItale became 10-15 years ago.

 

[JoeSU]

Gus became noticeably vocally animated when St. John's tied the game and then went up for a very brief period of time. Any pretense of impartiality was at that point completely out of the question. I don't know what if any college affiliation Gus might have but for that brief period of time that St. John's tied and went ahead he was complete Homerville to the max.

I thought he was blatantly biased. He screamed like a little girl every time SJ did something positive.

 

[Louie&Bouie]

Say what you want ( and I agree he is more commercialized today), but if there is one voice I associate with the biggest games in our program's history, THE seminal moments--it s Raftery. I will miss him greatly.