Andrade La Sombra, with his lack of grasp on English, is unfortunately not a very good choice for any sort of commentary. That being said, it's a decision that wasn't made by him, and the amount of money is far too much to pass up. Twelve hours is a quick turnaround in the hockey lifestyle, and it's not going to be an issue for La Sombra. Regardless of whether he knows the sport or not, La Sombra is privy to reacting as well as he can during big moments. It's entirely possible that La Sombra would be able to react next to his commentator, and maybe ask hypothetical questions in order to better the audience's understanding. All that was thrown out the window as the actual game started, with La Sombra entranced by the game itself and becoming extremely excited for one team over the other. While La Sombra was paid handsomely, it's not likely that he'll be invited back because of his bias towards that team. Oh well! That was one hell of a payday!
After almost two seasons with the Anchorage Armada, the Sullivan Center was already like a second home to Barcus Juneau. He thought nothing of wandering into the arena on a morning off to pick up something he'd left in the dressing room. But this particular morning he was accosted by facility manager Bucky Reeves, who had an urgent request.
"Barcus, my boy, I need you to play-by-play the netball tonight," Bucky huffed as he ran past. "Be here at 7. Thanks dude, you're the best!" shouted Bucky as he disappeared down a side passage.
Netball? What on earth is that?
Barcus didn't really need to know much more than that Bucky needed some help. So with his evening plans having recently fallen apart, Barcus decided to live a little and try something new.
He showed up just before first pass to figure out where he needed to be, and settled into his seat in front of the microphone as the game started. A stranger experience at the Sullivan Center could not be imagined. Barcus spent the evening making up names for plays and rules, and he got a lot of weird looks from the surrounding fans that knew the game. But he had a great time in a stumbling trial-by-fire first exposure to both sports commentating and the sport of netball.
Announcer: THAT'S THE GAME!!! And now, Falcons Postgame!!
Host: The Falcons are down 2-0 to the Colorado Raptors after a 3-6 loss in game one and a 2-6 loss in game two. Now what does this team need to do to change the tides in game three.
Analyst: Well of course, they need to allow fewer goals after the last two games just not being up to par with what we've seen with the team this season. One of the stars this season, and this playoff series is Jeffrey Bjelland who is here to speak with us after 2 goals in game one and 1 assist tonight.
Bjelland: I'm just excited to play in front of our home fans, I know that will change the feeling of us underperforming will change the next game when we're home.
Host: For Jeffrey Bjelland, our team analyst, and myself. We'll see you on March 13th for game 3 of the series against Colorado.
Pinli goes on TV to talk about the upcoming series between the Argonauts and the Renegades, and he's gotta get some talking points together because frankly the Argonauts aren't the favourite here. So if he's going to walk into a room with a bunch of sports journalists and explain how Seattle has a chance then he's gotta have something better than like "we'll get pucks in deep" or "we're gonna want it more" or "we like our chances". So instead, Pinli pours over the stats and actually found out that, in the last 12 games of the SHL season, Seattle actually had a better record than Texas did! We even beat them during that time! So if we're going to hang out hat on something out there, its that those guys have been making the playoffs year after year for a long time now-- they're going to be fat and happy coming into our series. Not only that, but they're cold while we're hot! We finished the season strong, we outplayed them, and look I know I said I wouldn't say this, but god damnit we want it more!
“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. ... There are neither beginnings nor endings to the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.”
Peter Tingle is excited to be on a live broadcast so when given the chance by a local station he was fired up to live out a childhood dream of being on the news. The best part is he gets to chat about his team, his own play and their playoff match up coming up.
Peter talked about his season with the Platoon. It was his first season with the team after being traded from New Orleans. He’s getting later into his career but his age didn’t stop him from having a career season statistically and led the Platoon team into a playoff match up with the Barracuda.
Tingle feels really good about the match up against Tampa Bay. The Platoon felt they had the edge when it came to the head to head matchups throughout the season and they plan on carrying that momentum into this playoff series. They know it won’t come easy but they love their chances.
I was recently invited on to the end of the season Hamilton Steelhawks home presser to give my thoughts on the season and things to come. One of the first things that was asked was how I felt I preformed with the increased ice time this season in comparison to last years rookie year. It was easy to point out that I was blessed with the opportunity to play mostly first D pairing minutes this years compared to last seasons third pair. This also allowed me to play plenty of Power Play time and other crucial offensive moments and it proved to be huge for my numbers. I eclipsed every one of my numbers from last season with only having one stat degrees, which was a lower +/-. The season really was a huge success in my eyes and I want to thank HAM GM's directly for getting me to where I am now, without them I wouldnt have got near the same stats.
Rence Sykut usually shies away from the media during the season, but once a year he feels it is good to sit down with the local press and do a retrospective of the regular season that had just completed. Overall, Rence is happy with his fourth consecutive 50 point season and the progress the team has shown over that time with their second straight playoff berth after several seasons in the SHL dumpster. However, he would like his own production to begin to pick up closer to one point per game as he reaches his prime athletic years and the team steadily improves. The first round matchup with Texas offers the team an opportunity to prove that they can hang with a high powered team like the Renegades, and also an opportunity for Rence to prove that he can be an offensive and defensive force in the coming seasons as Seattle reaches its contention window.
Quote:Your player is invited to guest star as a commentator (either colour commentator or play-by-play) by another sports league! The pay is absolutely incredible, but there’s just one catch! Your player knows nothing about the sport and has to be there in 12 hours. Do they accept? Do they refuse the massive amount of money? How do they prepare? Do they just wing it or spend the next 12 hours meticulously studying? How does it go? Do they make a fool of themselves or are they charismatic enough to make a good guest star?
Hands down he accepts. I've watched plenty of sports segments with celebrity panels and guests or people from other sports and none of them were exactly the leading expert on the topic at hand. The name of the game is charisma and entertainment. So why wouldn't McLovin, hockey's most beloved legend, take an opportunity to promote his brand and win some more fans over both to himself and the sport of hockey. Nothing will stop McLovin from using the beloved source of google and wikipedia to at least brush up on the basics and browse reddit for some spicy takes to rile up the masses. Does it need to be perfect? Far from it. Does it need to be entertaining and memorable? Absolutely. Is McLovin both of these things and more? Hands down. Oh and a fat paycheck helps to seal the deal.
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Asked to talk about the season in review, Ju-gong would express some disappointment for falling short of making the playoffs, even if fan expectations were never that. Despite the team still being pegged to be among the bottom teams in the league, those in the Montreal locker room strive to achieve against the odds. With that in mind, he wouldn’t be particularly happy with his season, given the team fell short of making the post season. While across the board there were things to celebrate like much improved stats and a first ever SHL shut out, to Ju-gong these things would mean little. Overall during interviews – televised or not – he is an incredibly composed and polite speaker who seems incredibly comfortable dishing out professional answers without pause. In his case there wouldn’t be any nervousness, but nor would there be any joking. Simply answering questions asked without any controversy to speak of. Only with in-house made content that’s not journalistic in nature does Ju-gong ever relax and let more of his personality come through.
Paul Bondage would absolutely take the opportunity to do color commentary for any sport, regardless of how untrained he is in the knowledge of the sport. If anything, I feel like it would be even more entertaining for him to have as little information as possible. Sure, he would not be the incredible color commentator like Tripp Tracy for the Carolina Hurricanes pulling out the most off the wall knowledge about every single player's childhood and personal life, but that is okay! Look at when Snoop Dogg did commentary for the NHL All Star game, it was great! While there is a fine line to balance, just calling out things like how you see it with no actual underlying knowledge of the strategy or what they are actually seeing can be every bit as entertaining, offering the viewers a nice change of pace with some comedy in the broadcast.
Talking about something without knowing anything about that and no time to prepare? You have two options: either you refuse or you just do it. It's impossible to make it look like you really know what you're talking about with only 12 hours to prepare. You would probably just make it worse and don't get any sleep. For a little while Shaggy was actually condsidering to refuse, but then thought about it again and agreed to the deal, but without any preparation whatsoever. Every player in the league has had enough media training to know how to talk when there is nothing to talk about and that's a skill you can transfer to this type of job. Besides, Shaggy is only supposed to be a guest and everyone knows he isn't an expert in the topic. If some other league comes up with such a stupid idea and wants to pay money on top of it, he really doesn't care what people think. It'll be fun either way and a nice distraction from his regular schedule.
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