I'm sorry. Dan Dunleavy.

[Stoner]

This isn't another Dan is Bad rant.

It's a I Don't Get Dan rant.

His calls of Colorado's tying and go ahead goals featured among the most excitable "score" deliveries of his time in Buffalo. I mean, he really felt those goals. He came off as the Avs' announcer. Of course he wasn't going to follow "score" with any crazy Avs word play or expressions, but if he had, it would have fit right in.

This is the guy who has no problem literally not calling many Sabres goals.

The team doesn't bleed blue and gold. Neither does Dan. They are a match made in heaven.

Edited 11 hours ago by Stoner

[That Aud Smell]

Post the clip(s), you hoser.

[#freejame]

3 hours ago, Stoner said:

The team doesn't bleed blue and gold. Neither does Dan. They are a match made in heaven.

It’s an organization thing through and through. During the three game win streak I put in a request for information on season tickets. I finally got contacted on Monday. The phone rang two times and then stopped, no voicemail. I called it back and it rang out to no machine. Then I got a call back again from an abomination of a sales person. It was embarrassing. It’s a loser culture throughout the building. On my way out of the arena last night there was an employee bitching loudly to himself about another loss. It’s a joke.

Edited 8 hours ago by #freejame

[LabattBlue]

Last night Dehaan touches the puck. While play continues Dumbleavy is talking about this being 651 games for DeHaan at the NHL level.  WTF Dan.  How is this f***ing relevant?

[Pimlach]

he often talks about the other teams trivia, and then he stops calling play by for long periods of time.  He misses big plays by the Sabres too.  

He stinks at the job.  He is a poster boy for the level of expectations the Sabres management sets for its employees.

I get that we had Rick and Ted, and that was great, but Dan is not even  average at PBP.  

4 hours ago, #freejame said:

It’s an organization thing through and through. During the three game win streak I put in a request for information on season tickets. I finally got contacted on Monday. The phone rang two times and then stopped, no voicemail. I called it back and it rang out to no machine. Then I got a call back again from an abomination of a sales person. It was embarrassing. It’s a loser culture throughout the building. On my way out of the arena last night there was an employee bitching loudly to himself about another loss. It’s a joke.

It was not like that under the Knox's.  The pride is gone but then again, everything has changed.  

[PerreaultForever]

Rob Ray's a bigger problem imo. The play by play guy calls the play. It's the "color commentary" guy's job to give you the actual insights and analysis. Ray just makes excuses and pokes fun at Marty for some unknown irrelevant reason. 

[JoeSchmoe]

6 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Ray just makes excuses and pokes fun at Marty for some unknown irrelevant reason.

I like Rob Ray and this just made me smile.

[SwampD]

I agree. It was weird.

I had stopped watching and was doing other stuff. It was still on, though. On both the tying and go-ahead goal, I thought it was the Sabres who had scored by his call.

Edited 2 hours ago by SwampD

[PerreaultForever]

16 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

I like Rob Ray and this just made me smile.

I don't hate him, I just think he's a lousy analyst. 

[Alaska John]

I miss RJ but I'm glad he's not here to see this.

[Two or less]

10 hours ago, Stoner said:

This isn't another Dan is Bad rant.

It's a I Don't Get Dan rant.

His calls of Colorado's tying and go ahead goals featured among the most excitable "score" deliveries of his time in Buffalo. I mean, he really felt those goals. He came off as the Avs' announcer. Of course he wasn't going to follow "score" with any crazy Avs word play or expressions, but if he had, it would have fit right in.

This is the guy who has no problem literally not calling many Sabres goals.

The team doesn't bleed blue and gold. Neither does Dan. They are a match made in heaven.

 

Dunleavy is terrible.

[Stoner]

I'm not sure he's terrible. He can be very good for stretches, but like the Sabres, he can't or won't sustain it.

He sounds like he's always auditioning for HNIC.

[JoeSchmoe]

21 minutes ago, Stoner said:

He sounds like he's always auditioning for HNIC

This is 100% the case.

Give us Duff... He's not RJ, but he's more than serviceable and he's a fan like us.