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Panger Fatigue

By Rich of GASL on Dec 22 2011, 8:36a 34

Let me make this clear up front: I want to like Panger and his contributions to Blues broadcasts. I really do. In fact, in some situations I do like Panger's work. Those situations, however, are when he is working on a national broadcast. It isn't that he is doing anything different to annoy me when he is calling a Blues game. No, what annoys me as A Blues fan is he calls them exactly the same as national broadcasts. Dammit, I don't want an "objective" voice on my home broadcasts. I want someone who bleeds blue along with the fans. Now, that doesn't mean being a whacked out homer (ala the Chicago Blackhawks broadcast crew who take the homer thing to absurd lengths), but I'm constantly reminded watching Blues telecasts that Pang isn't really one of us.

What think you?

Poll

Is Panger enough of a homer for your tastes?

12% Yes. The Hockey Prof is out of his freakin' gord. (28 votes)
40% Yes. Panger is just a reserved homer. (91 votes)
17% Not yet. He's still an outsider in a lot of ways. Maybe he will bleed blue one day. It isn't there yet. (38 votes)
20% No. Panger is way too concerned with his "national" image to ever be a real homer. (46 votes)
8% No. For fucks sake, this is hockey. He should be screaming for ref's heads on spikes nightly. (20 votes)

223 votes total

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