Troy Aikman -- a terrible announcer? - Page 2

kvrdave · 01-09-04, 12:35 AM

He's not Paul McGuire, that's for sure. Gotta' love Mr. Cheery.

dolphinboy · 01-09-04, 02:46 AM

another vote for thinking he does a good job. i thought he was awful when he first started and thought he really got better very quickly.

Lara Means · 01-10-04, 01:24 PM

My biggest problem with Aikman is that he talks like he's drugged up. He has no emotion in his voice at all.

btw, Joe Theismann is the Man!

RJainMJ · 01-10-04, 09:24 PM

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Originally posted by Preacher
Agreed. All I hear from the forum is lists of someone sucking. Very rarely does anyone speak highly of the job done by any announcers.

Just for reference, I'm not one to bash every sports announcer. I'm usually not very picky. I think Collinsworth, Joe Buck (baseball and football), Sunday Night NFL crew (including Theismann), Madden all do a great job. I even like Darryl Johnston (former Cowboy), who I think did a great job tonight with the Rams game. Phil Simms and Greg Gumbel annoy me, but Aikman just gets on my nerves that it bothers me almost the whole game. I'm glad Collinsworth is usually in the booth too.

travlr · 01-11-04, 08:06 AM

Troy is OK as long as it's not a Dallas game. I love to hear the fans give him hell when he does a Eagles game. Collinsworth is the one I can't stand. He's very biased and just plain annoying.

POWERBOMB · 01-18-04, 10:11 PM

Was it me or was Troy on the losing end of every instant replay call and one the Eagles didn't call but should have during the NFC title game tonight?

Rasaan · 01-19-04, 02:44 PM

I disagree about Aikman. For the record, I hate the Cowboys so I was no Aikman fan as a player, but he's not horrible as an announcer. He sounds reasonably intelligent, especially for a jock. He's fairly articulate if you can get past the Oklahoma drawl and he clearly knows what he's talking about.

01-09-04, 12:35 AM	#26
kvrdave DVD Talk God Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 79,160	He's not Paul McGuire, that's for sure. Gotta' love Mr. Cheery. __________________ Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. - C.S. Lewis

01-11-04, 08:06 AM	#30
travlr Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 406	Troy is OK as long as it's not a Dallas game. I love to hear the fans give him hell when he does a Eagles game. Collinsworth is the one I can't stand. He's very biased and just plain annoying. __________________ Whiskey and the devil and the witching hour

01-18-04, 10:11 PM	#31
POWERBOMB DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 6,252	Was it me or was Troy on the losing end of every instant replay call and one the Eagles didn't call but should have during the NFC title game tonight? __________________ I don't mean to offend anyone and yet it happens anyway.

01-09-04, 02:46 AM	#27
dolphinboy DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 7,231	another vote for thinking he does a good job. i thought he was awful when he first started and thought he really got better very quickly.

01-10-04, 01:24 PM	#28
Lara Means DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,954	My biggest problem with Aikman is that he talks like he's drugged up. He has no emotion in his voice at all. btw, Joe Theismann is the Man!

01-19-04, 02:44 PM	#32
Rasaan Needs to contact an admin about multiple accounts Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 66	I disagree about Aikman. For the record, I hate the Cowboys so I was no Aikman fan as a player, but he's not horrible as an announcer. He sounds reasonably intelligent, especially for a jock. He's fairly articulate if you can get past the Oklahoma drawl and he clearly knows what he's talking about.