TV Broadcasts/Announcers/Production

[LaxPundit07]

In a true sign of the apocalypse, influencer Mitch Pehlke is broadcasting a game on Big Ten Network. Get off my lawn, punk!

Give me Joe B and Dixy. Hell, I would even suffer through P Carc just laxin’ vs this. If I hear him call this OSU goalie “Big Tasty” one more time….

[Comeonman]

The whole broadcast is lame. The play by play guy looks about 12. The camera is too far away, making it hard to see the ball. The lacrosse is pretty bad as well.

[laxjuris]

The whole broadcast is lame. The play by play guy looks about 12. The camera is too far away, making it hard to see the ball. The lacrosse is pretty bad as well.

The color commentary provides zero value.

[random observer]

Speaking of broadcasters, I'm beyond sick of Booker Corrigan continually plugging events run by Corrigan Sports every 5 minutes, no matter how irrelevant they are to what's happening in the game he's calling. Absolutely shameless and gross, but he seems to get a pass from everyone. And yet we have a four page thread complaining about Quint calling an EMO a power play because it aligns with PLL terminology...

[LaxPundit07]

Speaking of broadcasters, I'm beyond sick of Booker Corrigan continually plugging events run by Corrigan Sports every 5 minutes, no matter how irrelevant they are to what's happening in the game he's calling. Absolutely shameless and gross, but he seems to get a pass from everyone. And yet we have a four page thread complaining about Quint calling an EMO a power play because it aligns with PLL terminology...

Tough sledding for Booker personally of late. His Twitter lays it out pretty clearly. May want to move off this take for a while.

[Lax904]

As someone who does some play by play, I know how hard it is and how much preparation it takes. I love Joe B and Mark D. The guys doing the Syracuse games of late are phenomenal. Recently watched a game with no announcers but with field level mics. It was great, R rated as it was with the sounds of the coaches, players, refs, crowd noise, PA and in game smack talk. Prefer it to bad announcers.

[random observer]

Speaking of broadcasters, I'm beyond sick of Booker Corrigan continually plugging events run by Corrigan Sports every 5 minutes, no matter how irrelevant they are to what's happening in the game he's calling. Absolutely shameless and gross, but he seems to get a pass from everyone. And yet we have a four page thread complaining about Quint calling an EMO a power play because it aligns with PLL terminology...

Tough sledding for Booker personally of late. His Twitter lays it out pretty clearly. May want to move off this take for a while.

Wasn't aware. Terrible news. I stand by my take that his broadcasting antics are unprofessional, but I have no personal animosity for the Book. Hoping for the best for him and his family.

[nyjay]

As someone who does some play by play, I know how hard it is and how much preparation it takes. I love Joe B and Mark D. The guys doing the Syracuse games of late are phenomenal. Recently watched a game with no announcers but with field level mics. It was great, R rated as it was with the sounds of the coaches, players, refs, crowd noise, PA and in game smack talk. Prefer it to bad announcers.

Beg to differ on the Syracuse games. They are way too homerish for me. When you're not the hometown broadcast team (which I don't think these guys are supposed to be), please lay off talking about "the Cuse".

[DMac]

Doesn't matter who is doing the game somebody's going to be b*tching about him/her/them.
There's homerism abound on lot of broadcasts, expect it. Oh, and be damn glad you can watch
as much lacrosse on TV as you can.

[CU77]

Yes, the fact that so many games are viewable now is amazing. I'm old enough to remember being out here on the West Coast, and my only source of lax info was a short list of scores in the Sunday New York Times at the library.

And I walked miles through snow to school too!

[44WeWantMore]

There was a discussion on antother thread about announcing, and yesterday I watched UMD/Rutgers WLax.
The male PBP announcer said Player Advantage while the female color said man-up.
She also said man-to-man defense, when it was clear that the PBP was avoiding that term.
As the game wore on it became clear who was being careful and who was not.

[Suitcase]

Are we all Longing for the
Days of Leif Elsmo and guys “ripping rope”!

[Unknown Participant]

Doesn't matter who is doing the game somebody's going to be b*tching about him/her/them.
There's homerism abound on lot of broadcasts, expect it. Oh, and be damn glad you can watch
as much lacrosse on TV as you can.

100% ... or the internet.

[Unknown Participant]

There was a discussion on antother thread about announcing, and yesterday I watched UMD/Rutgers WLax.
The male PBP announcer said Player Advantage while the female color said man-up.
She also said man-to-man defense, when it was clear that the PBP was avoiding that term.
As the game wore on it became clear who was being careful and who was not.

Cuz the male PBP is a lib and the female color is just a normal person. My $.02

[DMac]

Yes, the fact that so many games are viewable now is amazing. I'm old enough to remember being out here on the West Coast, and my only source of lax info was a short list of scores in the Sunday New York Times at the library.

And I walked miles through snow to school too!

Ah, but there's more. On the last few pages of Sports Illustrated there was occasionally a little lacrosse news. Those were the first pages I'd go to. You got to see a condensed version of the NC game on TV too...60 minutes, commercials included was all you got. Saw it long after it had been played. We've come a long way, baby.
Was glad when the Big Red went out there and played and you could go see them.
Miles through blizzard conditions was a ballbuster!!

[NattyBohChamps04]

There was a discussion on antother thread about announcing, and yesterday I watched UMD/Rutgers WLax.
The male PBP announcer said Player Advantage while the female color said man-up.
She also said man-to-man defense, when it was clear that the PBP was avoiding that term.
As the game wore on it became clear who was being careful and who was not.

Cuz the male PBP is a lib and the female color is just a normal person. My $.02

Female color is clearly trans trying to impose male terms on a female sport.

Keep the men out of the women's game. Players, coaches, refs, announcers, ADs, you name it.

[PizzaSnake]

Yes, the fact that so many games are viewable now is amazing. I'm old enough to remember being out here on the West Coast, and my only source of lax info was a short list of scores in the Sunday New York Times at the library.

And I walked miles through snow to school too!

Did ya have feet?

[a fan]

Yes, the fact that so many games are viewable now is amazing. I'm old enough to remember being out here on the West Coast, and my only source of lax info was a short list of scores in the Sunday New York Times at the library.

And I walked miles through snow to school too!

Ah, but there's more. On the last few pages of Sports Illustrated there was occasionally a little lacrosse news. Those were the first pages I'd go to. You got to see a condensed version of the NC game on TV too...60 minutes, commercials included was all you got. Saw it long after it had been played. We've come a long way, baby.
Was glad when the Big Red went out there and played and you could go see them.
Miles through blizzard conditions was a ballbuster!!

I'm sure some of us here know.....this is literally why Laxpower was founded: to keep folks like me who were nowhere near the East Coast involved in the game, and up on the regular season, because games on TV were few and far between.

Also, many (most?) of the best known posters were parents of D1, D2, and D3 players who came on to be able to follow their kids, and to report scores and games to other parents and fans who couldn't be at games in person. Then the HS boards became REALLY active for the same reason.

....it was one step up from hearing the game on the radio. And it was one of those things that made you think that this new "internet thing" wasn't all bad.

[nyjay]

Doesn't matter who is doing the game somebody's going to be b*tching about him/her/them.
There's homerism abound on lot of broadcasts, expect it. Oh, and be damn glad you can watch
as much lacrosse on TV as you can.

You’re entirely right. As lacrosse fans we are blessed. But other than the SU games, are there really any that people perceive as being hometown? I’m a Hop guy, and QK is anything but a homer. Carc (while a genuinely good dude), is clearly homer.

[CU77]

Try watching a Brown home game sometime.