What about Bob?

[CF DolFan]

I'm sure most of you have seen that Bob Griese was added to the radio broadcast team with Jimmy and Joe. My question is for those of us that have had to listen to him do the first couple of games on tv ... what are you thoughts? I mean I have lots of respect for him but he seems to be a poor choice as he regularly get tongue tied and struggles to make rather obvious observations. I know they feel compelled to replace Mad Dog, which will be impossible to do, but I think this is a really bad choice and will do nothing but set up Griese for old man jokes.

Am I off base here?

[Sunstroke]

^^^ You're saying what I believe a lot of us have been thinking... Hopefully it won't take the broadcast producers long before they realize how bad he really is with a microphone.

[BigDaddyFin]

I'd much rather listen to Bob who gets tongue tied than Keith Jackson with his crappy cliches, Chris Berman who outside of making obscure 60's band references doesn't know his mouth from his ass, or a number of other commentators (cough cough Gifford choke cough Joe Theismann) who make me restrain myself from throwing blunt objects at my television.

[MikeO]

Griese is terrible

Dick Stockton had Dan Conner of the Panthers going to Universtiy of Miami when he is a Penn St guy. And Nat Moore once Ross got in the booth started sucking up to the owner so bad it was sad to watch.

The radio team stinks the TV booth is worse. Griese will struggle with Rose/Cefalo

[Dave Gray]

Griese sounded drunk, but he was entertaining to me.  I agree that they're trying to capture MadDog's magic -- a connection with Shula.  But they might need some new blood in there.  Griese is so old-school that it just comes across as old.

[MikeO]

That Jesse Angler or however you spell his last name did play by play the other night. I heard about 15 min and he was friggin great. Better than Cefalo for damn sure. Should have given him the play by play job and let the other 2 do color

[CF DolFan]

Griese sounded drunk, but he was entertaining to me.  I agree that they're trying to capture MadDog's magic -- a connection with Shula.  But they might need some new blood in there.  Griese is so old-school that it just comes across as old.

Was the reason he was entertaining similar to watching a trainwreck? You just wanted to see what he would mess up next or if he was really just drunk?

[Dolphster]

Not crazy about Griese in the broadcast booth.  But then again, nobody could ever replace the Mad Dog.  I guess I'm glad that they are "keeping it in the family" by picking someone from the '72 team. 

[MikeO]

Not crazy about Griese in the broadcast booth.  But then again, nobody could ever replace the Mad Dog.  I guess I'm glad that they are "keeping it in the family" by picking someone from the '72 team. 

Thats the problem, they should have went outside the box and got someone who would make the broadcast interesting who would at least be honest and say what needs to be said sometimes. Nothing worse than "homers" on the radio doing games

[masterfins]

^^^Um... every radio broadcast is done by "homers".

[MikeO]

^^^Um... every radio broadcast is done by "homers".

Uh, no! Some teams have radio guys that don't pull punches. Hell John Riggins almost got in a fist fight with Spurrier a few years back cause he was killing the Skins so much on the radio. Many of the Northeast teams would rather have "good radio" than homers blowing smoke. It's a different mind-set in different parts of the country

[Phishfan]

I don't think Riggins does the Redskins games though does he? He just has a radio show, but isn't in the booth. Those are different worlds.

[Sunstroke]

I don't think Riggins does the Redskins games though does he? He just has a radio show, but isn't in the booth. Those are different worlds.

Riggins is definitely not part of the Redskins' broadcast team. Washington's broadcast team is Kenny Albert, Joe Theisman and Rick Walker, and they're as "homer" as the Miami broadcast team.

Not to dispute MikeO's take on regional TV/radio, but the bias level of a broadcaster has little to do with their geography and more to do with who signs their paychecks.

[Dolphster]

Thats the problem, they should have went outside the box and got someone who would make the broadcast interesting who would at least be honest and say what needs to be said sometimes. Nothing worse than "homers" on the radio doing games

I guess it just depends on how you look at it.  For me, I live far from South Florida so when I watch or listen to Dolphins games, I don't have a bunch of fellow Fins fans around with me.  So by listening to the game being broadcast by shameless homers, it makes it more enjoyable for me.  I like hearing people call the game who share the same ups and downs and passion about  the team that I do.  The Mad Dog was a huge homer, but that didn't stop him from telling the good, the bad, and the ugly.  I recall at the end of one game when he said something to the effect of, "A stench of cow manure hovers over this performance by the Miami Dolphins."   That was pretty much telling it like it is.

[MikeO]

actually Riggins does the Sunday Night Westwood One National Game. That is where he got in trouble. The Skins happened to be playing on a Sunday Night however many years back, he was doing the national feed and that is how it started. And I think it spilled over onto his local talk show.