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Postby the wicked child » Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:54 am

I'll take Hillgrove all day every day over Larry Richards (I know, that bar is about as low as you can get) but damn... He fs up so much.

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:55 am

I listened to Hillgrove's replacement for the 1st quarter of the Miami game, and well, it could be a lot worse. Horrible

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Postby the wicked child » Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:58 am

I listened to Hillgrove's replacement for the 1st quarter of the Miami game, and well, it could be a lot worse. Horrible
Well, I just looked it up, apparently it's Larry Richert, never knew hiw it was spelled... Anyway, yeah I'm not sure what even qualifies him for sideline duty let alone calling a game.

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Postby slappybrown » Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:27 am

I feel terrible about it but Dick Groat cannot do these games anymore. Aside from the fact that he is incomprehensible and slurring his words worse than ever before, there are points where he almost sounds in distress trying to speak. They gotta do something.
Bill and Dick are a hilarious listen. Neither has any idea what’s going on.

Chukwuka had two rebounds tonight. Need big men ASAP.
There were points last night where Groat would ask a question like "how much time is left?" or "how many team fouls does Niagara have?" In and of itself, this is obviously bad, because how is the color guy just straight up asking the pxp guy basic information like he just walked into the bar to catch the last ten minutes of the game, but then Hillgrove would say "4, no 5, wait, I think they're at 3 team fouls actually" and its just the blind leading the blind. Hillgrove is, somehow, nonetheless way better at basketball pxp simply because he has fewer people to keep track of compared to football. He has windows of competence that can last 5-10 minutes, whereas on Pitt FB/Steelers pxp he inevitably makes a wild guess at who caught the ball/whether it was a catch/what yard line it was spotted at that is immediately corrected by Tunch.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:34 am

I listened to Hillgrove's replacement for the 1st quarter of the Miami game, and well, it could be a lot worse. Horrible
Well, I just looked it up, apparently it's Larry Richert, never knew hiw it was spelled... Anyway, yeah I'm not sure what even qualifies him for sideline duty let alone calling a game.
Richert's involvement is odd to me as well. I've heard Eric Hagman and Jimbo Colony fill in as PXP man for Hillgrove on Pitt basketball games. Either would be an improvement over Richert in the Miami game.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:38 am

I feel terrible about it but Dick Groat cannot do these games anymore. Aside from the fact that he is incomprehensible and slurring his words worse than ever before, there are points where he almost sounds in distress trying to speak. They gotta do something.
Bill and Dick are a hilarious listen. Neither has any idea what’s going on.

Chukwuka had two rebounds tonight. Need big men ASAP.
There were points last night where Groat would ask a question like "how much time is left?" or "how many team fouls does Niagara have?" In and of itself, this is obviously bad, because how is the color guy just straight up asking the pxp guy basic information like he just walked into the bar to catch the last ten minutes of the game, but then Hillgrove would say "4, no 5, wait, I think they're at 3 team fouls actually" and its just the blind leading the blind. Hillgrove is, somehow, nonetheless way better at basketball pxp simply because he has fewer people to keep track of compared to football. He has windows of competence that can last 5-10 minutes, whereas on Pitt FB/Steelers pxp he inevitably makes a wild guess at who caught the ball/whether it was a catch/what yard line it was spotted at that is immediately corrected by Tunch.

Dick rarely has a clue whats going on but when something pisses him off it's usually a great listen. I don't think he's traveling to away games this year and they added Curtis Aiken to the broadcast to make up for Groat's shortcomings. I say let the old man stick with it until he decides enoughs enough. I do love the moments when Aiken is the only one of the three that has any idea whats going on and tries to explain the situation to Bill and Dick, who devolve into an old man conversation of cluelessness.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:42 am

I disagree.

The last season with Myron Cope was a shameful exercise and I don't want to repeat the same things with Dick Groat.

Also I like Hagman. He does a good job.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:55 am

All this talk of Groat and Hillgrove is sad face, yet true. End of an era. Hearing Groat lose his marbles when a bad call is made, or a dumb turnover, or a great last second win...gonna miss it.

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:04 am

Tunch is a saint.

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Postby Stoosh » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:31 am

I disagree.

The last season with Myron Cope was a shameful exercise and I don't want to repeat the same things with Dick Groat.

Also I like Hagman. He does a good job.
No Groat or Hillgrove misspeak will ever top the moment the planets aligned and Cope had to say "Fakhir Brown".

It came out as "F*cker Brown".

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Postby NAN » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:35 am

I like Curtis Aiken.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:56 pm

Agree NAN

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Tue Dec 04, 2018 4:01 pm

Aiken is good. Bostick has also been excellent on the football side this season. Very ornery and hasn't held back on calling on players or coaches for stupid decisions or bad plays.

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Postby NAN » Tue Dec 04, 2018 4:21 pm

Aiken is good. Bostick has also been excellent on the football side this season. Very ornery and hasn't held back on calling on players or coaches for stupid decisions or bad plays.
Yeah, Bostick is top notch too IMO. I enjoy listening to him.

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Postby slappybrown » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:09 pm

Will Narduzzi fire Watson after signing day?

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Postby willeyeam » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:15 pm

Will Narduzzi fire Watson after signing day?
hopefully he and Salem go before signing day

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2018/12 ... tim-salem/

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:20 pm

Will Narduzzi fire Watson after signing day?
hopefully he and Salem go before signing day

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2018/12 ... tim-salem/
What a **** idiot. How **** stupid can you be?

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Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:25 pm

“No. Yesterday while we were talking and I’m not sure Coach Salem realized it but all he kept talking about was how effective I’d be in the run game,” Koontz said. ”They’ve only talked about the tight end in the passing game when I ask about it. When they’re just talking, it’s just about the tight end in the run scheme. I’m just like, I don’t know, I don’t know. I just have to shake my head a bit.”
This is like satire.

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Postby meow » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:26 pm

"Come to Pitt. You'll block. You'll love it. Greatest run game in the country. Believe me."

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:00 pm

a recruiting pitch that is very in tune with the modern day tight end. these guys all grew up rooting for Jeremy tuman and not jimmy graham

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Postby willeyeam » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:19 pm

I do get not spewing BS because you have no credibility if you say you're gonna come in and be an actual receiving threat, and that bites you down the road.. but, there's another way to do this, pal

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:23 pm

Or just recruit a guy that wants to bash dudes heads in and don't really care about catching as many passes

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Postby slappybrown » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:31 pm

I do get not spewing BS because you have no credibility if you say you're gonna come in and be an actual receiving threat, and that bites you down the road.. but, there's another way to do this, pal
Its really not that complicated, unless Watson is somehow knowingly and intentionally committed to an offense in which TEs have zero role in the passing game. If that is the case, fire him yesterday, because what

If it is not, the pitch is that the roster today has very effective blocking TEs that we know we can count on, but that we need a TE who can come in right away and make an impact in the passing game. As a JUCO TE, you are that guy. We need you to come in and be that change with a skill set we dont have on the roster; we need more production at TE, and we need you specifically.

Or, you can embarrass yourself like Salem did.

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Postby slappybrown » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:33 pm

Or just recruit a guy that wants to bash dudes heads in and don't really care about catching as many passes
so an offensive lineman?

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:37 pm

or will gragg, who apparently does not catch passes OR bash dudes.

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