49ers-Rams Fox Announcing Crew
by David Fucillo on Sep 29, 2009 3:46 PM PDT
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PrintSince the 49ers have included me on their distribution list, I get a heads-up on the announcing crew early in the week. So, as you may have noticed last week I've decided to take a page from Mike Sando's blog, and give folks a heads-up on the crew providing insight each week.
This week, the 49ers drop from the #5 crew to the #6 crew. They get Ron Pitts and John Lynch, with Nischelle Turner yet again providing her skills as a sideline reporter. Apparently the 49ers simply cannot escape the grasp of Nischelle!
The one thing that jumps out this week is former safety John Lynch, who retired last year. Coincidentally enough, when announcing Lynch's retirement, Rotoworld mentioned he could end up coaching or announcing as soon as 2009. Has anybody had a chance to hear one of his broadcasts? It often seems like a player falls into one of two categories when they first start announcing: absolutely awful or really impressive.
Any thoughts on Lynch so far, or expectations of him? I know he was interviewed during his playing days but I honestly don't recall much of anything about his personality.
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I did not even realize
Lynch had become an announcer.
I am also wondering if anyone has had a chance to hear one of his games..
God I know we are playing the Rams, but last week’s Minnesota game should have gotten a better announcing crew than the 5th ranked one.
Once again, no respect for the Niners.
What will it take for us to get decent announcers calling our games?
What will it take for us to get decent announcers calling our games?
It will take Fox at least putting up a decent set of announcers first.
by sfgfan on Sep 29, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
We are playing the Lambs (1-2) at the STICK.and we are 2-1 ( the FARVE) effect.
So from the TV folks point of view this figures to be a blow out in favor of the Niners so not much need to send a “top rated” TV group to cover the game.
by WC-Ninerhead on Sep 29, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think
any of us expected a great announcing crew for this game…
But last week we should have gotten at least the #2 crew.
And by the way, the Rams are 0-3
by mountaindew77 on Sep 29, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah.. but in this case #4 would be tops...
Now if we go into the Colts game on 11-1 and we are 5-1 (meaning we beat the rams, falcons,(bye week) and beat Houston then we will have a #1 or #2 TV team.
by WC-Ninerhead on Sep 29, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember this was decided two weeks in advance
So even had we held on and Fox had a 3-0 team from the Bay Area market, we’d still have this crew. Now I’m sure if an NFC East team sitting at 3-0 was hosting a losing team they’d get better than this.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
I don't really care for announcers in general.
My comment was to imply that Fox doesn’t have ANY decent announcing crews. There may be decent parts scattered throughout all the crews, but I don’t really like any crew as a whole.
They got even less respect then most realize
I live in Utah and the game they played on fox was Atlanta at the Pats. No surprise, but I thought they would switch over to the 49er game when the Pats game was over and their were still 2 minutes left in Minnesota. Wrong! They switched to Detriot and Washington that also had 2 minutes left. I’m not kidding. I stared at my TV stunned. The one good thing is that most people didn’t see BF’s pass live, except for those in Detriot because their game was blacked out.
Don't trust this guy. He lies.
I haven’t had a chance to listen to Lynch. But Ron Pitts, he’s flat terrible.
"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra
His favorite line
“he’s gonna take it to the house…” said in a flat voice.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
Let's blame the Rams for this one.
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
I can understand the #6 crew for this game
But SF vs MIN?
The only battle of 2-0 teams last week?
by mountaindew77 on Sep 29, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I Agree +1
With mountaindew77. This game obviously wont be a headline one, simply because it has one of the better NFC teams going up against one of the worse.
Fooch if you could help me out for a second i would appreciate it. What crew did the New York Giant-Tampa Bay Bucs game have? I am assuming it wasn’t one of the top crews.
Playoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs? Your Talking about Playoffs? Yes Sir I am!!!!!!!!!!!
by nocal81(Vincent) on Sep 29, 2009 4:15 PM PDT reply actions
Giants-Bucs
According to AwfulAnnouncing.com it was Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa. I think that’s like the #2 crew (I think Dick Stockton is on the #3 crew).
by David Fucillo on Sep 29, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
How does..
That game get the 2nd best crew?
I’m assuming the Falcons-Pats game got the #1 crew.
by mountaindew77 on Sep 29, 2009 4:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
My Point Exactly
It is the same type of game that we are playing this week. A good team going up against a bad team. I wouldn’t have an issue with the announcers for the 49ers-Rams game if they gave the Giants-Bucs game the same slot. I am thinking east coast bias at it’s absolute worse. And that sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!
Playoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs? Your Talking about Playoffs? Yes Sir I am!!!!!!!!!!!
by nocal81(Vincent) on Sep 29, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Gumba Bowl
You had the NY market versus the vacation home of the NY market (Tampa Bay).
The Rams are where we were 4 years ago so I can understand the lack of attention for their games.
Thanks
For the info fooch i was just wondering
Playoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs? Your Talking about Playoffs? Yes Sir I am!!!!!!!!!!!
by nocal81(Vincent) on Sep 29, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Not surprised at the crew for this game. I really like crew 4 with Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick. Loved hearing Billick’s commentary. The worst crew is number 5 Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan. They were swinging on Favre’s nuts all day during the last game, it was disgusting.
I actually wasn't so horrified with Brian Billick.
He’s been awful during most of his TV appearances, but he really wasn’t that bad in the booth last week.
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Your Right
Billick was pretty good. It’s always nice to have an announcer that knows about football. This is why i was a big fan of John Madden and like both Collinsworth and Aikman. We don’t need some announce straight out of journalism school. Give me someone that knows the X and O’s and who has played the game before. Or at least knows as much about football as most of us do
Playoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs? Your Talking about Playoffs? Yes Sir I am!!!!!!!!!!!
by nocal81(Vincent) on Sep 29, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why i was a big fan of John Madden and like both Collinsworth and Aikman.
Aikman? Seriously? I can’t think of a worse former-player in the booth. Listening to him alongside Joe Buck seriously invokes my gag reflex.
The other two, I think, are fun to listen to until you know enough about football to realize how petty their insight really is.
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
by shlecko on Sep 30, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I actually didn't mind Ryan so much
But Rosen. Gaaak!
by Bob In Beaverton on Sep 29, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I have the NFL Sunday Ticket so I got a chance to hear Lynch doing the Saints-Bills game and he wasn’t too bad. Definitely way better than Tim Ryan.
It's all about
market size/fan base in the early season. NY/Phi/Dal will get top billing based on fan base, not records in early season. Sadly, the niners have been so bad for so long, that it’s gonna take awhile to earn that R-E-S-P-E-C-T on the networks.
It's A Two Headed Snake Then
Because the 49ers have earned the respect of analysts from NFL Network to ESPN. I guess your right about it taking time for the marketing departments of these certain networks to start giving the 49ers respect. But hey how many Arizona games had first billing last season? And didn’t they go to the Super Bowl?
Playoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs? Your Talking about Playoffs? Yes Sir I am!!!!!!!!!!!
by nocal81(Vincent) on Sep 29, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
When the Cards clinched
last year, I believe Collinsworth said they were the “worst team ever” to make it into the playoffs. They just been creamed in their last two games. It will take awhile. I wouldn’t expect to be the marquee match up until Nov. w/Colts, Titans, Bears, Packers. Depends on records at that time.
Lynch...
John Lynch is a Stanford man so you know he’s smart and well spoken. I’m sure he’ll be great and an announcer.
Yup.
And George W. Bush went to Yale.
by fuller over bryant on Sep 30, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
A good game
Regardless of how we are doing, this still should be a crappy game. I think the niners against the falcons may get a good announcing crew. If that is a good game, so should the colts game.
Who Listens
Sam Rosen last week was like chalk on the blackboard..The league thinks the 49ers are a worthless west coast team and could care less about anything to do with the 49ers..Thats why we get the worst announcers and the very worst referees..
As far as the NFL is concerned nothing west of KC really exists..They just tolerate Seattle, SF and Arizona, we are the stepchildren nobody cares about..
National Game
The only games during the season where we don’t get the worst announcers and referees is if we are on national TV which is like twice a year..
Lynch, et al
I heard Lynch do a Bucs preseason game and he was good. Fairly eloquent and insightful. Of course, it doesn’t take much to impress me when his peers are so awful.
I agree with others that Billick is surprisingly good. I think talking for three hours without being in front of the camera calms him down.
Ron Pitts is meh, but that’s better than infuriating, like Rosen/Ryan or Albert/Johnston/Siragusa.
Well Kenny/Moose/Goose are going to be in SF for the Falcons/49ers game
So you’ve got something there.
The QB class of 2010 looks deep next season.
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