Mike Gorman – Farewell Season, 2023-24

fallguy · Post #21 » by **fallguy** » Mon May 17, 2021 6:03 pm

Superb human being. Great at his job. Well deserved.

Post #22 » by **djFan71** » Mon May 17, 2021 11:46 pm

Yep, no brainer on this one. He clearly deserves it. And I agree with him that Tommy should get in for the 3rd time as well.

zoyathedestroya · Post #23 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:18 pm

Gorman back for a final year. Signs of decline have been there last couple of seasons.

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itrsteve · Post #24 » by **itrsteve** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:31 pm

Hopefully we get a bunch of home games out of him. They've been doing a graceful transition the past few seasons though. Hope he's in good health.

NuckyPowell · Post #25 » by **NuckyPowell** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:44 pm

I love the guy. Best in the business. I'll sure miss him when he's gone.

poopship · Post #26 » by **poopship** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:50 pm

Is there a post Gorman plan and does it have to include Scal? It would be a good time to get rid of him.

GoGreen · Post #27 » by **GoGreen** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:13 pm

Jeez. It's going to suck not having Mike call games. Legend

return2glory · Post #28 » by **return2glory** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:36 pm

Mike and Tommy were great calling games together. Mike is great at what he does. Has been doing it for a long time. What a great job to have. He has had a tremendous run. Hope he can call games for one more championship team.

31to6 · Post #29 » by **31to6** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 8:22 am

poopship wrote:Is there a post Gorman plan and does it have to include Scal? It would be a good time to get rid of him.

Scal inherited Tommy’s spot in the broadcast. He’s gotten better at the role and is presumably staying.

Sean Grande (who I suspect is Zoya:) covered for Mike a lot last year. Maybe he’ll take over the role full-time after Mike hangs it up? That’d leave the opening at play-by-play on the radio working with Cedric Maxwell if he keeps going.

exculpatory · Post #30 » by **exculpatory** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:10 am

Great guy & broadcaster

His fave player was guess who?

TRUUUUUUUTH!

Fact

Post #31 » by **shackles10** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:18 pm

31to6 wrote:
poopship wrote:Is there a post Gorman plan and does it have to include Scal? It would be a good time to get rid of him.

Scal inherited Tommy’s spot in the broadcast. He’s gotten better at the role and is presumably staying.

Sean Grande (who I suspect is Zoya:) covered for Mike a lot last year. Maybe he’ll take over the role full-time after Mike hangs it up? That’d leave the opening at play-by-play on the radio working with Cedric Maxwell if he keeps going.

Unpopular opinion…On tv at least I like Scal over Grande. Grande seems so conditioned to radio he can’t help but call the games like we can’t see them.

31to6 · Post #32 » by **31to6** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:46 pm

shackles10 wrote:
31to6 wrote:
poopship wrote:Is there a post Gorman plan and does it have to include Scal? It would be a good time to get rid of him.

Scal inherited Tommy’s spot in the broadcast. He’s gotten better at the role and is presumably staying.

Sean Grande (who I suspect is Zoya:) covered for Mike a lot last year. Maybe he’ll take over the role full-time after Mike hangs it up? That’d leave the opening at play-by-play on the radio working with Cedric Maxwell if he keeps going.

Unpopular opinion…On tv at least I like Scal over Grande. Grande seems so conditioned to radio he can’t help but call the games like we can’t see them.

Agreed, but I’d guess the plan might be for them to work together. If so you’d have two smart and invested guys who could probably develop good rapport.

GoCeltics123 · Post #33 » by **GoCeltics123** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:49 pm

Love Mike to death but it was time. But their succession plan better be Sean Grande, because if Scal is the PBP guy, I'm hitting mute

Post #34 » by **shackles10** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:25 pm

GoCeltics123 wrote:Love Mike to death but it was time. But their succession plan better be Sean Grande, because if Scal is the PBP guy, I'm hitting mute

I'm higher on Scal than a lot of people in here, but I agree he definitely can't be the PBP guy. The games he did with House or whoever else might have been his partner as the color commentary guy didn't work for me at all.

jirrit · Post #35 » by **jirrit** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:43 pm

shackles10 wrote:
GoCeltics123 wrote:Love Mike to death but it was time. But their succession plan better be Sean Grande, because if Scal is the PBP guy, I'm hitting mute

I'm higher on Scal than a lot of people in here, but I agree he definitely can't be the PBP guy. The games he did with House or whoever else might have been his partner as the color commentary guy didn't work for me at all.

I like him as a sidekick. Nothing more, nothing less. Sometimes some inside info, or some NBA player experience things. I'm fine with that, adds some new layers for me to the game sometimes.

Post #36 » by **Parliament10** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:43 pm

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Jammer · Post #37 » by **Jammer** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:01 pm

Well, Mike Gorman is as good as it gets.

And I don't understand the Scal distaste. The man is keenly observant, spot on and communicates his thoughts well.

Green89 · Post #38 » by **Green89** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:16 am

shackles10 wrote:
31to6 wrote:
poopship wrote:Is there a post Gorman plan and does it have to include Scal? It would be a good time to get rid of him.

Scal inherited Tommy’s spot in the broadcast. He’s gotten better at the role and is presumably staying.

Sean Grande (who I suspect is Zoya:) covered for Mike a lot last year. Maybe he’ll take over the role full-time after Mike hangs it up? That’d leave the opening at play-by-play on the radio working with Cedric Maxwell if he keeps going.

Unpopular opinion…On tv at least I like Scal over Grande. Grande seems so conditioned to radio he can’t help but call the games like we can’t see them.

Very unpopular. Scal's fine, but he doesn't hold a candle to Grande. It's not even close.

zoyathedestroya · Post #39 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:53 am

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Post #40 » by **shackles10** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:22 am

Green89 wrote:
shackles10 wrote:
31to6 wrote:
Scal inherited Tommy’s spot in the broadcast. He’s gotten better at the role and is presumably staying.

Sean Grande (who I suspect is Zoya:) covered for Mike a lot last year. Maybe he’ll take over the role full-time after Mike hangs it up? That’d leave the opening at play-by-play on the radio working with Cedric Maxwell if he keeps going.

Unpopular opinion…On tv at least I like Scal over Grande. Grande seems so conditioned to radio he can’t help but call the games like we can’t see them.

Very unpopular. Scal's fine, but he doesn't hold a candle to Grande. It's not even close.

For radio I agree, but I honestly don’t care for Grande on tv :dontknow: