Has anybody noticed that Brad Gilbert....?

Question

... seems to mispronounce names that he should know how to pronounce?

Like, even when Rafa was already famous, Gilbert would still refer to him as Neigh-dal.

And, earlier today, somebody introduced him and said he would be interviewing See-mone's coach. Then he picks it up from there and said he was with Sigh-mon's coach???

Am I the only one who has noticed this??? Is Brad Gilbert really dense or just plain ignorant?

Answer 1

He's ignorant. And he thinks he's better than everyone else. He's worse than Jon McEnroe, because at least Jon remains humble and he's not a total douchebag. Brad Gilbert has always been cocky, since he started training Andy Roddick, so I wouldn't expect anything else. I'm an American too and I try to pronounce everyone's name as correctly as possible. It only took me two months to get Djokovic down, but I, at least, try.

Answer 2

Nadal is pronounced Nay-dal.

Answer 3

Yeah! Brad Gilbert is a douche bag

Answer 4

Gilbert was an OK coach, although he didn't do anything to improve Roddick's game, but he's a horrible announcer.

Answer 5

yeah!! I really don't like his commentating or whatever it is called....the other commentators on ESPN seem to clash with him alot and laugh at him. His predictions and opinions are not interesting to hear. YES he can't even say simon's name correctly. STUPID!!

btw simon is awsome :) but nole is still the best