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Did Greg Gumbel piss off the wrong person at CBS?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:26 pm
Went from their #1 play by play to near the bottom. He’s still the best, or no worse than their 2nd best pbp man. Did something happen?
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Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:28 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
He’s not what he used to be baw
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:31 pm to Nonetheless
He was replaced by James Brown years ago in the studio and took over the #2 play by play spot. They have slowly moved him down the ladder. I think he’s good.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:36 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
He's really old.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:38 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
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He’s still the best, or no worse than their 2nd best pbp man.
Nantz and Eagle are better. So he’s at best third.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:38 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
Most underrated PBP man of our time
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:39 pm to BBATiger
I always thought it was weird how James Brown was the main studio guy at FOX then hopped to CBS to be the same.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:46 pm to boston vol
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Nantz and Eagle are better. So he’s at best third.
I would put Harlan behind Nantz and Eagle as well
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:49 pm to hg
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always thought it was weird how James Brown was the main studio guy at FOX then hopped to CBS to be the same.
Probably was either money and/or he hated broadcasting from the West Coast when he was probably living in the East or NYC area.
The weirdest thing about that whole situation was Fox then going out and getting a low-rent version of Brown in Kurt Menefee.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:50 pm to Fus0623
Completely forgot about Harlan. He’d definitely be third.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:52 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
I miss Gumble 2 Gumble: Beach Justice
Posted on 1/8/23 at 3:13 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
Funny enough I heard something on local radio about him this week. He made a ton of mistakes. Just factual errors like it’s his first carry of gave, but was 10th.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 3:16 pm to ChunkyLover54
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Funny enough I heard something on local radio about him this week. He made a ton of mistakes. Just factual errors like it’s his first carry of gave, but was 10th.
He's 76. Not as sharp as he used to be.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 4:01 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
I’ll always remember Gumble as being the main TV commentator for LSU’s first baseball NC in 1991.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 4:38 pm to miamitiger
When I see Gumble, my mind thinks of eating gumbo on a Sunday. Don’t know why ?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 5:22 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
Greg Gumbel is March Madness to me. Always look forward to hearing him read the brackets on Selection Sunday
Posted on 1/8/23 at 5:28 pm to cardswinagain
Versatile broadcaster. Not unprecedented for broadcasters to slide down the ladder as they age.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 5:47 pm to Jack Ruby
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The weirdest thing about that whole situation was Fox then going out and getting a low-rent version of Brown in Kurt Menefee.
The weirdest thing to me is that Curt Menefee is a Sigma Nu.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 6:41 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:. I was surprised when he got the job, but Kurt had pretty good experience for someone his age. He'd worked in smaller cities, then Dallas then NY, before working for Fox. I was surprised he made the jump to NY too. Pretty sure he was let go by Channel 11 in Dallas, then boom, he's doing TV in NY.
a low-rent version of Brown in Kurt Menefee
By the time they hired him for the big show on Fox, he'd kind of done the same thing for the the USFL games by himself. They probably didn't have to pay him much, and they hired from within.
When he was in Dallas he was friendly, but came across as kind of a quiet, just there to do his job, guy. I talked to him while waiting for the players to come back to their lockers after Mavs games. He was the only anchor that came to more than just the lid lifter, and playoff games.
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