Anyone else Sick of the Homer Announcers of Mike Emrick and Ed Olychzk on VS?

Question

i just find them to be incredibly bias and 95% of the telecast was about pitt who has just been out played in two straight games and looked like a bunch of babies at the end of the game i guess they were just showing there age.

Answer 1

i dont understand, are the bias agaist the pens or wings?

well they are national announcers, so the cant start favoring one team.  i think that they are doing a good job.  i dont see it as beig 95% about pitt either.

Answer 2

Ever hear Mike Emerick announce for a Devils game? Enough said.

Answer 3

Emrick sounds like he's gonna have a heart attack almost everytime the pucks is headed toward the net, there are plenty of others they could have hired but noo.

Answer 4

Anyone else sick of Crosby. The Pens will never win a Stanley Cup and Crosby will die.

Answer 5

I am able to watch the Stanley Cup Final on CBC so I haven't watched VS (and don't plan to) but do you know Mike Emrick lives in St Clair, Michigan?  I know he might have strong ties to the Eastern Conference but he's lived in this area for years and got his start working for a team in Port Huron.  If anything, I would think he'd be biased towards Detroit.  I honestly can't stand listening to him call a game (he sounds like he's gonna faint every time someone takes a shot) so I don't know for sure about now but when I had to watch VS during the conference finals I didn't feel he favored anybody.

Let's think about this though.....could it be that Gary Bettman has instructed them to try and talk up the NHL's "future stars" on the Penguins?  I gotta imagine that it's tough as an announcer to make a game sound and look interesting when one team is obviously dominating the other top to bottom.

Having said all that.......if they ARE being biased, you think this game was bad wait until game 3.  The last thing the NHL wants is their "dream matchup" ending up 3-0 with the possibility of a sweep.

Answer 6

It's not as much that they are for the Pens as it is they are against the Red Wings.  I don't have Versus, but luckily the game was on CBC.

Answer 7

I dont mind Olychzk, but cant stand Emrick.

Put Dave Schrader on.

Answer 8

CBC seems bias towards the Pens its horrible the Pens lose 3-0 all they talk about is the Pens   Detroit gets no credit

Answer 9

What are you talking about? Emrick works for the Devils and Olcyzk works for the Hawks. I know Olcyzk has connections with the Pens, but he is committed to the indian.

Answer 10

Yeah, I kept hearing that c**p too.  It's alright, I really don't care.  I enjoy when people make themselves look stupid.

Answer 11

i can't stand watching the games on VS either. i agree they are very bias and its like watching the pen's home announcers, its like your watching the game in Pittsburgh. Eddie Olychzk isn't as bad as Emrick. olychzk gets annoying sometimes but mike emrick is annoying the whole game, even his voice is annoying and when a team scores i hate is " Goooooaaaaal" voice its so annoying. VS is very bias and its annoying, any team that plays the pen's its the same thing. even before the game on Monday they had a show on crosby, they do not have any other show about any other player.

Answer 12

it seems they live in bettemens rear where its dark and cloudy.

it effects the vision

as soon as i turned on cbc,it was like reality got turned back on.

too bad h.d. is on the other

Answer 13

Was Edzo wearing his lucky red sweater?  I didn't see any shots of the booth.