Gumbel's the Problem for the NFL Network [47% Rate him Terrible, 24% Poor]

New York Times/ AOL ^ | Posted: 2007-12-31 10:48:22 | RICHARD SANDOMIR,

[misterrob]

Stud is a football term.

However, the uppity types call it racist when you refer to a black player as a stud.

[misterrob]

Gil and Gino are getting long in the tooth I’m sad to say. They were a great duo though.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Poll Results

How would you rate Bryant Gumbel as an NFL announcer?

Terrible	46%	24,290
Poor	24%	12,528
Fair	17%	8,966
Good	8%	4,408
Excellent	5%	2,389

Note on Poll Results

Total Votes: 52,581

[metesky]

Cris Collinsworth, who has proved through his work on the NFL Network, NBC and HBO that he is the best N.F.L. analyst around.

While it's true that Gummyballs sucks out loud, I spent half the game yelling at the TV, "Shut the F up, Collinsworth!"

[ShadowDancer]

Not coming from Collinsworth it ain’t.

[discostu]

Well not to defend Gumbel but he was right on that one, Eli is a second rate QB. Though with the way his receivers are dropping balls lately they’re making him look even worse, which is quite an accomplishment.

[Theresawithanh]

Bryant GumBall knows little to nothing about football!!!! What he does know about is how to be an @sshole to conservative guests when he was a morning show anchor. Get rid of him on NFL Network, and I’ll be more likely to petition my local carrier for it. Depends on who replaces him.

[MotleyGirl70]

I bet Chris Collinsworthless runs a close second.

By far the worst broadcast of a football game I've ever heard.

[Theresawithanh]

I can’t believe that 40% rated him good, fair or excellent, although excellent was only at 5%.

Every time he said something like “he’ll come up a little short of the first down marker” I took a big gulp of beer. I was feeling pretty good by the end of the game.

[MotleyGirl70]

RE: Your tagline (The Patriots are 16-0. TFB Crybabies!!!!)

Per Urban Dictionary, TFB means Too F**king Bad.

That's how you express the Patriots 16-0 season to FReepers.

Stay classy, misterrob.

[Mrs.Liberty]

Every time he said something like “he’ll come up a little short of the first down marker” I took a big gulp of beer. I was feeling pretty good by the end of the game

Knowing how horrific his announcing is, I made sure I was feeling good at kickoff...just to make it through the game. ;o)

[MotleyGirl70]

Gumbel was atrocious on the Cowboys/Packers game.

I posted the exact same thing on another thread.

It's beyond comprehension how Gumbel got that job. You'd think he would at least study up on the players, stats, ect. just to make it sound like he knows what he's talking about.

[Mrs.Liberty]

It's beyond comprehension how Gumbel got that job. You'd think he would at least study up on the players, stats, ect. just to make it sound like he knows what he's talking about

What confuses me (I guess) about how bad he is, is that he started out as a sportscaster in Los Angeles, on KNBC. We watched him every night for several years. One would think he would still remember that he would have to do his homework to sound semi-knowledgeable.

[MotleyGirl70]

His personality and voice is too drab for t.v. There has to be some ex-football players out there that can do a far better job then Gumble.

What was the NFL Network thinking.

[misterrob]

I listened to people all year whine about the Pats. They made a big deal about their violating video taping rules (that they were sanctioned for), I listed to unfounded claims that they cheated their way to 3 previous SB wins, they whined about the Pats “running up the score”, they said they didn’t play anyone (beat 5 playoff teams), needed the refs to help them (I saw plenty of BS calls go against them) and a whole bunch of other crap. Oh, some needed to question the QB’s sexuality as well as the whole organization’s credibility.

Some people on FR acted like moonbats with their conspiracy theories so my response at this point is:

The Patriots are 16-0. TFB Crybabies!!!!

Thank you for sharing.....

[jwh_Denver]

Katie Couric is as bad as watching Hillary. Something which I avoid.

[stainlessbanner]

Gumbel = clueless
Collinsworth = boring

I turn down the sound on the NFL Network games.

[bkwells]

ping

[neb52]

My trifecta is having Troy Aikman and Joe Buck call the game on Fox with Ed Hockles reffing.

[Badeye]

I strongly suspect Gumbel won’t be with the NFL Network covered games next season.

He comes across as unprepared, and uncaring about it.