Comments on: A color man for the NBA: Eschbach http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/ Thoughts from The Oklahoman Sports Columnist Berry Tramel | NewsOK.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:21:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Weatherford Sooner http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4208 Weatherford Sooner Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:19:08 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/#comment-4208 Al certainly brings out the haters. I for one won't listento the broadcasts no matter who does them. NBA to me isn't interesting until the playoffs, and the Not the Sonics won.t be in the playoffs for years. Good luck to the franchise, but they will have to do it without me. Al certainly brings out the haters. I for one won’t listento the broadcasts no matter who does them. NBA to me isn’t interesting until the playoffs, and the Not the Sonics won.t be in the playoffs for years. Good luck to the franchise, but they will have to do it without me.

]]> By: david http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4207 david Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:18:07 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/#comment-4207 Eschbach certainly has a face for radio. Eschbach certainly has a face for radio.

]]> By: TEN http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4200 TEN Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:23:11 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/#comment-4200 Please tell my you aren't serious. Eschbach is why I never listen to the Sports Animal...other than the fact that it's all Sooners...all the time... I tuned in the other day to hear what Clay Bennett had to say and was embarrassed for Al. The best thing for him is that you couldn't understand what tripe he was spewing most of the time. Wasn't he in Kansas City at one point? And got ran out of town and whimpered back into OKC with his tail between his legs? One way to insure that I would never listen to a game broadcast would be to put him on it.....He is a joke as a broadcaster...And I'm in broadcasting! Please tell my you aren’t serious. Eschbach is why I never listen to the Sports Animal…other than the fact that it’s all Sooners…all the time…

I tuned in the other day to hear what Clay Bennett had to say and was embarrassed for Al. The best thing for him is that you couldn’t understand what tripe he was spewing most of the time.

Wasn’t he in Kansas City at one point? And got ran out of town and whimpered back into OKC with his tail between his legs?

One way to insure that I would never listen to a game broadcast would be to put him on it…..He is a joke as a broadcaster…And I’m in broadcasting!

]]> By: MartzMimic http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4195 MartzMimic Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:17:46 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/#comment-4195 No, no, no, no, no, a thousand times no. I enjoyed Matt Pinto when I lived in southeastern Oklahoma and listened to him doing Dallas Maverick broadcasts. Al is best doing what he's been doing. Nobody currently on the SportsAnimal has any business being near an NBA broadcast. To use one of the in-house people to do color alongside Matt would be almost as bad as Bob Barry, Sr. and Merv Johnson. Of course we could solve both problems by getting Chuck Cooperstein to do color for the NBA and play-by-play for the Sooners. No, no, no, no, no, a thousand times no. I enjoyed Matt Pinto when I lived in southeastern Oklahoma and listened to him doing Dallas Maverick broadcasts.

Al is best doing what he’s been doing. Nobody currently on the SportsAnimal has any business being near an NBA broadcast. To use one of the in-house people to do color alongside Matt would be almost as bad as Bob Barry, Sr. and Merv Johnson.

Of course we could solve both problems by getting Chuck Cooperstein to do color for the NBA and play-by-play for the Sooners.

]]> By: Randall http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4193 Randall Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:35:42 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/#comment-4193 Sorry, Berry. I tired of Al Eschbach long, long ago. His schtick with Jim Traber in the afternoon is absolutely intolerable, and that's why I listen to other stations. Sorry, Berry.

I tired of Al Eschbach long, long ago. His schtick with Jim Traber in the afternoon is absolutely intolerable, and that’s why I listen to other stations.

]]> By: Zax http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4192 Zax Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:23:28 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/#comment-4192 Sorry Berry Sorry Berry

]]> By: Zax http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4191 Zax Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:23:10 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/#comment-4191 Good to see that Barry is still on the crack. Seriously Eschbach? Good to see that Barry is still on the crack. Seriously Eschbach?

]]> By: Nancy http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4190 Nancy Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:49:09 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/07/31/a-color-man-for-the-nba-eschbach/#comment-4190 Well, if Al is the man then I won't be listening!!! I long ago tired of his attempts to be cute by demeaning others. I am tired of every woman in sports is a lesbian. (That is only a slight exaggeration. I will bet you that at least two-thirds of the time that a woman in sports is mentioned, Al asked if they are a lesbian.) I am tired of his railings. I no longer listen to his show and often turn off the Animal at four if he is off on one of his vents. Certainly, he will bring some to the broadcast who might not have come otherwise. The question is: Will he bring more in than he looses? Al needs to be the center of attention. Color men should not be that. I fervently hope it does NOT happen! Nancy Well, if Al is the man then I won’t be listening!!! I long ago tired of his attempts to be cute by demeaning others. I am tired of every woman in sports is a lesbian. (That is only a slight exaggeration. I will bet you that at least two-thirds of the time that a woman in sports is mentioned, Al asked if they are a lesbian.) I am tired of his railings. I no longer listen to his show and often turn off the Animal at four if he is off on one of his vents.

Certainly, he will bring some to the broadcast who might not have come otherwise. The question is: Will he bring more in than he looses? Al needs to be the center of attention. Color men should not be that.

I fervently hope it does NOT happen!

Nancy

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