Humm Diddly Dee: The Eric Collins Thread

[fatlever]

2 games in. thoughts on the new guy?

I think it was MKG in the game thread had a funny comment about Eric keeping an erection for 2.5 half hours. Sums him up perfectly. He's just a little to cookie cutter for my liking. But, whatever, as long as we have both Dell and Steph (they compliment each other nicely) in the booth as well, I can live with Viagra Collins.

[fatlever]

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[catsfan]

he's ok. a little too homerish in his excitement and takes on the game. would much prefer a two man with steph calling and dell color. steph would have to change it up a little bit from what she is doing but i think she would be just fine in the role. i feel with the three man, steph can't get in enough with her analysis, which i think is top notch.

[HornetJail]

2 games in. thoughts on the new guy?

I think it was MKG in the game thread had a funny comment about Eric keeping an erection for 2.5 half hours. Sums him up perfectly. He's just a little to cookie cutter for my liking. But, whatever, as long as we have both Dell and Steph (they compliment each other nicely) in the booth as well, I can live with Viagra Collins.

Wasn't me, but it does fit him well

I wish Steph would talk a little more, I sometimes forget she's there.

I love Collins' enthusiasm though. I was worried we'd get one of those monotonous announcers that just drones into the mic unless something crazy happens.

[Eoghan]

2 games in. thoughts on the new guy?

I hate his **** guts. Sounds like Gus Johnson's (Please Use More Appropriate Word) little brother.

[LamarMatic7]

Not a fan. I've already expressed that much with various random comments in game threads. This guy is announcing these games to make the average fan believe that the guys are trying oh so hard and that every game and every play is absolutely special.

I'm speculating at this point but I bet that the organization replaced Steve since they wanted someone who is more energetic and blindly encouraging.

Steve would also lose his mind but I felt like he did it at appropriate times. Had a good sense of when to start yelling. Some of his play-calls in important moments are ingrained in my memory and are signature franchise moments.

[fatlever]

God, Do you remember when they had Gus doing soccer? That was awful.

[vorbis]

the whole team is still really working through a lot of kinks with their presentation. shockingly Eric is probably my least favorite of the three so far, but with time they'll probably work it out. Stephanie and Dell are still trying to figure out how to play off each other.

[yosemiteben]

I'm a fan of childish enthusiasm (always loved Dick Vitsale until his voice started to go), so I don't mind him. I'm not listening to the broadcast for the analysis, I don't find any of them to be amazing in that department.

I was stuck with the ATL feed on BS last night, so I had to listen to Nique **** on the Hornets the whole game.

[Braggins]

Ive somehow unintentional completely tuned out our broadcast team. The only thing thats registered in the first two games was a brief awkward exchange between Stephanie and the new guy. I dont even remember what they said.

I always kind of liked Steve because I always partially tune them out so I got a kick out of randomly hearing him get excited and say something that seems super weird/goofy due to lack of context. Id have a couple monents every game where something he was saying would randomly register and id crack up laughing.

[Snidely FC]

When he's addressing his partners in the booth is he really calling them Steph Curry? If I was Dell I would stop that like yesterday.

[Liver_Pooty]

I always liked Steve because he is a legit fan. Didn't come off as fake.

[HornetJail]

When he's addressing his partners in the booth is he really calling them Steph Curry? If I was Dell I would stop that like yesterday.

omg is this real?

[vorbis]

yeah after a few more games, the team has a ton of rust to work through. stephanie and dell don't yet seem to have a rhythm as to who's going to talk, and when. they also haven't quite worked out how to react to each other.
a few times dell has given some solid analysis and then stephanie's response is simply laughing, sometimes fake, sometimes not, or resorting to cliché cheers like "way to go, team!" over a positive stat. I imagine that'll be the type of thing that will take a few weeks to work out.

we all know that both of them are super sharp. stephanie is very quick to identify fundamentals and their impact on plays, and dell has a great feel for how offense and defense are 5 players working in tandem. dell's also very good at analyzing replays. stephanie is very perceptive in her scouting of opponents and matchups. the tools are there, which is what makes the hiccups frustrating for now 4 games into the season.

you can tell a huge difference when stephanie interviews a player before the half or just after the final buzzer. she's a lot more comfortable there. so you know there's a seamless broadcast in there somewhere. but for right now it's awkward.

eric, I think I'm quickly losing patience for him. I realize he might be under some kind of directive to provide ENERGY!! for younger audiences maybe, but man he gets on my nerves. it's hard to get a feel for the game when any play that happens near the rim gets an ear-splitting shriek. NBA games have nuance. not every play is amazing, some are clever and pretty, but not necessarily exciting. if he'd just mete out his excitement a little more organically it would make a big difference.

also yeah, the homerism is really grating. I'm not asking the guy to be a wooden stoic but keeping things in perspective is really important to me. especially when there's going to be a minimum of 82 of these **** things.

hopefully as stephanie and dell get more comfortable with each other, he'll figure out his role and chill out a little bit with the yelling and overstating things.

[ChokeFasncists]

Listening to Collins is like listening to NCAA. Well he has done that and I assume they want to cater to the NCAA fans in NC?

[Appwrangler]

I may be in the minority on this but I like our announcers. Eric needs to lighten up a bit, agreed. And they need to work together better as a team, but it's early in the season. But having listened to a lot of other dull, repetitive, clueless announcers for other teams I think this crew is pretty good.

[fatlever]

How have we not been calling him Eriction Collins? Its too obvious.

[TinmanZBoy]

O My.......

[sidestep]

I like Collins' enthusiasm. I often feel like I'm playing catch-up to his excitement which is enjoyable.

I appreciate Ready, she knows her stuff, and---this is pretty rare for female sportscasters---she's simply comfortable being herself instead of yoyo-ing back and forth between acting like 'one of the guys' and switching into hyper-smiley girly girl, the way that I feel Doris Burke sometimes does.

[amcoolio]

He had some weird moments tonight. like, voice inflection squeals. And Steph Ready doesn't chime in often and when she does its not really important. I don't see this threesome lasting in this configuration beyond this season