Keep Cameron Or Give him the Boot?

[Philip]

Josh says Cameron Steel is not the man to be with Todd Harris in the booth. What do you guys think? Do You miss David Bailey? Do you think Cameron is out of his element in SX?

 

[FMFHonda161]

I think that he rides the suzuki fast lap before races in the outdoors, and if he can do that then he is ok in my book.

 

[Okiewan]

SX has never and will never be the same without Art and David. End of story.

Camron isn't bad, but I'd rather listen to Davey Coombs.

 

[ScottYZ250]

I much prefer Davey Coombs...

 

[oldguy]

I also think coombs is far better but agree the new sound isn't even close to Art and Bailey

 

[rickyd]

I saw Robby Floyd giving a report, they need too get rid of him IMO

 

[2smoke]

Art Eckman....he had an announcers voice.....and I miss his leathery head and the comments.....he kinda gave it all a little style.

 

[MXP1MP]

give him da boot, it's obvious at times they have no idea what they are talking about. I vote for pastrana when they had him do some commentary on live webcast last week he didn't do that bad!

 

[Chili]

I saw Robby Floyd giving a report, they need too get rid of him IMO

I didn't mind Robbie Floyd this past week. I didn't vote because the option I would like isn't available (Banished to X-Games purgatory forever). I would like to see Coombs in there full time but he has said repeatedly it will never happen with his workload at RacerX and his family life.

 

[fender92883]

I'm just tired of the same phrases that Cameron uses! "Flashes of brilliance" is getting pretty old...

I'm sure he's a good guy but I think he needs a little training for SX before he announces any more. :think:

 

[XRpredator]

Who's doing Daytona? I'm betting RJ again, or maybe him and Bailey?

I say send Cameron and Todd to go do monster truck mud bogs or something. I'd rather have Molly Culver and Jerry Bernardo do SX than those tools.

 

[BEEF706]

I miss Art and DB, we'll never get them back though. How about Coombs and Hannah doing the color! Now THAT's entertainment :yeehaw:

 

[mxer842]

same phrases!?!? hmmm...eckman's classic "bar-to-bar we go" slogan comes to mind...all the same he sucks atleast DC and Ackman knew who some of the privateers and "real racers" were and not just the guys with works bikes.

 

[bclapham]

Feed Them To The Pigs!

 

[kmccune]

Listening to Cameron is like listening to a very bad top 40 disc jockey!

 

[ktmdad]

Bring down those two announcer's from the Canadian Nationals on Speedvision or bring back Bailey.

Heck, even Carmichael! At least he is noticing more of what's going on off screen.

 

[marcusgunby]

if you have ever listened to our gp announcer you forgive anything!!!

 

[ktmdad]

That guy will put you to sleep.

 

[cyprice]

What I hate is when todd harris says "whats going through his head at this point in the race? Or whats KW feeling with Reed bearing down on him?" and cameron spews out some nonsense. Like he has any idea what it is like to race at that level. Traditionally color comentary is given by an expert. I know cameron rides, but to me its like replacing John Madden in the booth with a high school football coach. Give me an ex-champion like D.Bailey, RJ, Emig or at the very least someone who has raced at the pro-level for some time.
Cy

 

[dirty~d~]

I think Cameron was more effective from the floor, personally. I don't think he's doing a horrible job at announcing, however, he's certainly not the greatest at it. Maybe he just needs time to adjust to his new surroundings.

 

[DWreck]

if you have ever listened to our gp announcer you forgive anything!!!

No doubt, whenever I watch the gp's I always end up turning the sound down after about 10 minutes and listening to music while watching the race. Other wise I would end up falling asleep!

I voted to keep Cameron although I want db back. I think that he will continue to improve if given the chance. (The first Anaheim was horrible calling everyone by their nicknames)
Fact is there are very few people out their who are comfortable with a microphone AND know squat about the sport.

 

[SpectraSVT]

I enjoyed Gary Semics a few weeks back. he doesn't have the best voice but he had some insightful comments that I haven't heard before.

 

[nephron]

I agree strongly with cyprice in that there should be at least one retired pro. I remember listening intently to Bailey, thinking "yeah, that's cool--and most likely true."

We've all heard Hannah from the YROC--he was pretty damn good. Mostly because he'd raced against half the guys out there and was smarting off about them. I remember seeing him (in RacerX) interviewing Bradshaw @ the Coliseum around 91-92? He must have been doing it then. Maybe him and Bailey? MC? What's he doing?

How about the ultimate genius and the ultimate pro? Bob Costas and David Bailey? Think SX could afford Costas? :eek:

 

[jjohnson2499]

Cameron I can handle, get rid of the play by guy! He sounds like a stereotypical baseball anouncer.

 

[mxer842]

lets get some announcers whose knowledge of our sport pre-dates the x-games.