Does anyone else find Joe Buck annoying?
I'm watching the Buccaneers / Cowboys Thanksgiving Day dud. Terrell Owens goes up for a pass in the endzone, comes down hard, and seems to be injured. First Buck concludes that Owens is slow to get up because he is lamenting another dropped pass. When Owens is still on the turf, in obvious pain, Buck casually dismisses his intitial guess. Reports from the sideline are that Owens had the wind knocked out of him and will return. During the next Cowboys posession, Buck announces that Owens has returned to the game after having the, "quote / unquote, wind knocked out of him".
Okay Joe. I get it. You don't like Terrell Owens. Truth be told, Owens' antics over the last several years have made it difficult, if not impossible for anyone to like him, but the last time I checked, isn't you job as the play by play man to, I don't know, do play by play?
What is ironic about all of this is that, in disliking Owens because he is, among other things, arrogant, and voicing his opinion on the matter, Buck himself is arrogant enough to think that anyone cares what his personal feelings are towards Owens, or any other player.
The odd thing is that I don't completely understand what the intended meaning of his comments were. Was he doubting the sincerity of Owen's injury? I'm sorry Joe. How many crossing paterns have run? How many times have you been tackled? Was he making light of Owen's injury? I'm not sure. What I do know is that his comments reaked of a personal agenda and were very biased and unprofessional. I'm not going to sit here and claim that I have first hand knowledge, but I am willing to bet that Joe's father, the immortal Jack Buck, would never have allowed his personal feelings to interfere with his calling of the action.
To be blunt, Joe Buck looks more like the guy I page at work when my computer crashes, than a guy who's qualified to make personal judgements on professional football players.
So Joe, do us all a favour and just call the action and keep your unsolicited opinions to yourself.
Gotta go. Classic B.C. / Miami (Doug Flutie Hail Mary) is on.
I'm watching the Buccaneers / Cowboys Thanksgiving Day dud. Terrell Owens goes up for a pass in the endzone, comes down hard, and seems to be injured. First Buck concludes that Owens is slow to get up because he is lamenting another dropped pass. When Owens is still on the turf, in obvious pain, Buck casually dismisses his intitial guess. Reports from the sideline are that Owens had the wind knocked out of him and will return. During the next Cowboys posession, Buck announces that Owens has returned to the game after having the, "quote / unquote, wind knocked out of him".
Okay Joe. I get it. You don't like Terrell Owens. Truth be told, Owens' antics over the last several years have made it difficult, if not impossible for anyone to like him, but the last time I checked, isn't you job as the play by play man to, I don't know, do play by play?
What is ironic about all of this is that, in disliking Owens because he is, among other things, arrogant, and voicing his opinion on the matter, Buck himself is arrogant enough to think that anyone cares what his personal feelings are towards Owens, or any other player.
The odd thing is that I don't completely understand what the intended meaning of his comments were. Was he doubting the sincerity of Owen's injury? I'm sorry Joe. How many crossing paterns have run? How many times have you been tackled? Was he making light of Owen's injury? I'm not sure. What I do know is that his comments reaked of a personal agenda and were very biased and unprofessional. I'm not going to sit here and claim that I have first hand knowledge, but I am willing to bet that Joe's father, the immortal Jack Buck, would never have allowed his personal feelings to interfere with his calling of the action.
To be blunt, Joe Buck looks more like the guy I page at work when my computer crashes, than a guy who's qualified to make personal judgements on professional football players.
So Joe, do us all a favour and just call the action and keep your unsolicited opinions to yourself.
Gotta go. Classic B.C. / Miami (Doug Flutie Hail Mary) is on.
posted by average john at 10:40 PM
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