Eleven Posted April 10, 2020 Report Posted April 10, 2020 Ugh. Even though he's not the same as he was, he's still the greatest PBP announcer in any sport that I ever have heard. The way he describes what's going on--or maybe the way he used to--is/was sublime. A quote: Ever the optimist, he expects the Sabres to be in position to make the playoffs next season for the first time since 2011. “Well, they better or I won't come back for 51,” cracked Jeanneret before turning somewhat serious. “I got a feeling there won't be a 51 anyway. It has to come to an end.” Why? “I'm getting older, I'm getting slower, I'm getting all kinds of things that are slowing things down a little bit,” said Jeanneret. “You’ve got to come to grips with this. You know you can't go forever.” The link: https://buffalonews.com/2020/04/10/buffalo-sabres-rick-jeanneret-announcer-future-jim-lorentz/ 8 Quote
Popular Post darksabre Posted April 10, 2020 Popular Post Report Posted April 10, 2020 I love Rick. Like, real love. When he retires I'm going to cry. His voice is a piece of my soul. We're never going to be satisfied that the Sabres didn't win a Cup with him on the call. Hopefully they manage to at least win one in his lifetime. He deserves to see that happen. 12 Quote
Wyldnwoody44 Posted April 10, 2020 Report Posted April 10, 2020 On 4/10/2020 at 11:27 PM, darksabre said: I love Rick. Like, real love. When he retires I'm going to cry. His voice is a piece of my soul. We're never going to be satisfied that the Sabres didn't win a Cup with him on the call. Hopefully they manage to at least win one in his lifetime. He deserves to see that happen. Expand If this team makes it that far in the next few years (not holding my breath) and the sabres don't in some way include Rick (a partial game call, day with the cup, something) then I will wash my hands of the organization. 5 2 Quote
Stoner Posted April 10, 2020 Report Posted April 10, 2020 My first reaction was an eye roll. If he feels that way, why not retire now? I also harken back I don't know how many years where Rick has said some variation of this after a season. He's a touch on the dramatic side. However, this does sound as definitive as he's ever been. Still, my prediction remains... the only way he's coming out of that booth is on a stretcher. Wait... 1 Quote
#freejame Posted April 10, 2020 Report Posted April 10, 2020 He should have retired when Jim Lorentz retired. Listening to those old broadcasts it’s JL who made them for me. 5 Quote
Eleven Posted April 11, 2020 Author Report Posted April 11, 2020 (edited) On 4/10/2020 at 11:46 PM, #freejame said: He should have retired when Jim Lorentz retired. Listening to those old broadcasts it’s JL who made them for me. Expand Lorentz was great and I think he was the best of Jeaneret's various broadcast partners.. It was a sad day when he left. Was it Neale who was his replacement initially? Because Neale wasn't horrible, but he wasn't Lorentz. And now we have Shrek. Edited April 11, 2020 by Eleven 3 Quote
nfreeman Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 So it’s probably going to be Dunleavy, right? Meh. 1 Quote
OverPowerYou Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 1:21 AM, nfreeman said: So it’s probably going to be Dunleavy, right? Meh. Expand Paul Hamilton did a few games and I thought he was great. 3 1 Quote
#freejame Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 12:45 AM, Eleven said: Lorentz was great and I think he was the best of Jeaneret's various broadcast partners.. It was a sad day when he left. Was it Neale who was his replacement initially? Because Neale wasn't horrible, but he wasn't Lorentz. And now we have Shrek. Expand Neil with Robie filling in on occasion until his car crash (?) Quote
Taro T Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 It'll be sad seeing him step away full time, but IMHO it would be even sadder for him to go out as Van Miller did - a true shell of himself. We can't have all 3 announcing legends leave after they significantly passed their prime. (Fortunately for Chuck Healey, the Braves left before he went to pot.) 2 Quote
Eleven Posted April 11, 2020 Author Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 1:29 AM, OverPowerYou said: Paul Hamilton did a few games and I thought he was great. Expand He was great. On 4/11/2020 at 4:17 AM, Taro T said: It'll be sad seeing him step away full time, but IMHO it would be even sadder for him to go out as Van Miller did - a true shell of himself. We can't have all 3 announcing legends leave after they significantly passed their prime. (Fortunately for Chuck Healey, the Braves left before he went to pot.) Expand Come on. You're not old enough to really remember Healey! Quote
nucci Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 1:21 AM, nfreeman said: So it’s probably going to be Dunleavy, right? Meh. Expand they need to replace Ray 4 Quote
That Aud Smell Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 Happy trails, Rick. And a stick tap to @darksabre for real love and RJ’s voice being a part of his soul. Same. 1 Quote
Stoner Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 6:43 AM, Eleven said: He was great. Come on. You're not old enough to really remember Healey! Expand Taro's knowledge spans all epochs, it is timeless, endless and bottomless. 1 Quote
Taro T Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 6:43 AM, Eleven said: He was great. Come on. You're not old enough to really remember Healey! Expand Remember Chuck more as Channel 4's primary sports anchor and Strikes, Spares, and Misses host; didn't watch all that much basketball but did watch a few of their games on Channel 4. He didn't retire until the late '70's and the parents always watched the evening news on Channel 4, though usually caught the 11 o'clock on channel 7. (Still remember seeing the guy stuck on the flagpole at City Hall that Eyewitness News decided to show. Don't know if that would make it on the air or not nowadays.) 1 Quote
LTS Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 I grew up loving Ted Darling. I had no love for RJ. There was something about his voice on the radio that initially just turned me off. I couldn't deal with it. Then, you rifle through a slew of just absolute PBP hacks.. and they adopt the dual-broadcast... RJ is suddenly my favorite. Now, I can't imagine a game without him and I don't want to. I don't dislike others that have done the job and I am sure, at some point, I will come to grips with RJ not calling games, even with his mistakes these days. But for me, RJ is to PBP and the Sabres to what Anthony Bourdain was to me for travel/culture/food TV. It's in their sincerity and their delivery, it's how real they are. I would rather hear a Sabres game with no announcer, than someone other than RJ at this point. I do have one hope, that when players have something extremely emotional and tangible to play for there tends to be a way to get more out of themselves than usual. I would hope, hope like hell, that whomever is on the roster next season finds a way to dig deep and give RJ a proper season. 2 Quote
Broken Ankles Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 4:17 AM, Taro T said: It'll be sad seeing him step away full time, but IMHO it would be even sadder for him to go out as Van Miller did - a true shell of himself. We can't have all 3 announcing legends leave after they significantly passed their prime. (Fortunately for Chuck Healey, the Braves left before he went to pot.) Expand I fear it’s already too late. The broadcast, like the product on the ice is lacking. As noted by others, Ray, while a fan favorite and Sabre great does not provide superior insight and knowledge that other color analysts offer. And Rick’s mistakes have steadily increased over the past few years. The only improvement to the Booth I’ve seen was the addition of Marty Biron. The Covid epidemic coupled with his already questionable health, should be the formula for retirement. maybe come back if/when the Sabres make the playoffs as a special guest. 1 Quote
Taro T Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 7:50 PM, LTS said: I grew up loving Ted Darling. I had no love for RJ. There was something about his voice on the radio that initially just turned me off. I couldn't deal with it. Then, you rifle through a slew of just absolute PBP hacks.. and they adopt the dual-broadcast... RJ is suddenly my favorite. Now, I can't imagine a game without him and I don't want to. I don't dislike others that have done the job and I am sure, at some point, I will come to grips with RJ not calling games, even with his mistakes these days. But for me, RJ is to PBP and the Sabres to what Anthony Bourdain was to me for travel/culture/food TV. It's in their sincerity and their delivery, it's how real they are. I would rather hear a Sabres game with no announcer, than someone other than RJ at this point. I do have one hope, that when players have something extremely emotional and tangible to play for there tends to be a way to get more out of themselves than usual. I would hope, hope like hell, that whomever is on the roster next season finds a way to dig deep and give RJ a proper season. Expand Am very much in the same boat with respect to the bolded. And preferred it when Darling did radio games to Jeanerret. But have come to appreciate RJ even more than Ted. (And Ted even came to my school's 7th grade career day! Which was very cool.) 1 Quote
Huckleberry Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 (edited) Last two years he has been making mistakes , and they have been heard by many of us during games. One more year of RJ seems fine for me. Let him enjoy retirement and if we do end up in a stanley cup final have him come back for it ? Edited April 11, 2020 by Huckleberry 1 Quote
Tondas Posted April 11, 2020 Report Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 1:21 AM, nfreeman said: So it’s probably going to be Dunleavy, right? Meh. Expand A while back, Dunleavy's made a cryptic comment about broadcasting his last game of the season? It made it sound like he was leaving. Or did I misinterpret his comment? Quote
Stoner Posted April 12, 2020 Report Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 11:32 PM, Tondas said: A while back, Dunleavy's made a cryptic comment about broadcasting his last game of the season? It made it sound like he was leaving. Or did I misinterpret his comment? Expand That's how I read it. Quote
Eleven Posted April 12, 2020 Author Report Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 7:50 PM, LTS said: I grew up loving Ted Darling. I had no love for RJ. There was something about his voice on the radio that initially just turned me off. I couldn't deal with it. Then, you rifle through a slew of just absolute PBP hacks.. and they adopt the dual-broadcast... RJ is suddenly my favorite. Now, I can't imagine a game without him and I don't want to. I don't dislike others that have done the job and I am sure, at some point, I will come to grips with RJ not calling games, even with his mistakes these days. But for me, RJ is to PBP and the Sabres to what Anthony Bourdain was to me for travel/culture/food TV. It's in their sincerity and their delivery, it's how real they are. I would rather hear a Sabres game with no announcer, than someone other than RJ at this point. I do have one hope, that when players have something extremely emotional and tangible to play for there tends to be a way to get more out of themselves than usual. I would hope, hope like hell, that whomever is on the roster next season finds a way to dig deep and give RJ a proper season. Expand This is very well written, LTS. I, too, preferred Darling to Jeanneret when I was little. He was on TV! TV was the pinnacle, right? But when it came to bedtime, there was no TV. It was the late 1970s and early 1980s, and televisions in bedrooms were a luxury for parents. We kids didn't have them (unless we were really really sick, like chicken pox or something, in which case the portable B&W came in). But radios were ok, so I grew up with Jeanneret. Well, until Mom came in shut off the radio and took the earphone out. True story: I thought the Bruins had a player named "Dork." 1 Quote
gomper Posted April 12, 2020 Report Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 1:29 AM, OverPowerYou said: Paul Hamilton did a few games and I thought he was great. Expand Please. Why not bring in Kevin Sylvester while your at it. Pegs should just write a monster check to Chris Cuthbert and be done with it. Quote
nfreeman Posted April 12, 2020 Report Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 11:32 PM, Tondas said: A while back, Dunleavy's made a cryptic comment about broadcasting his last game of the season? It made it sound like he was leaving. Or did I misinterpret his comment? Expand On 4/12/2020 at 12:47 AM, PASabreFan said: That's how I read it. Expand Interesting. I must've missed it. Quote
Zamboni Posted April 12, 2020 Report Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/12/2020 at 5:15 AM, gomper said: Please. Why not bring in Kevin Sylvester while your at it. Pegs should just write a monster check to Chris Cuthbert and be done with it. Expand Agree. Hamilton is a terrrrrrible PxP and so was K-Sly. Just awful. I was hoping they could find a mid to late 20’s diamond in the rough. I personally want an enthusiastic young RJ/Robitaille type. 1 Quote
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