Keep Cameron Or Give him the Boot?

[Domtomac]

The best announcers at SX were David Bailey and Davey Combs, they were the high point! They knew the sport and knew how to talk about it on the air. Cameron Steel should stick to hyping Freestyle. His overexcited/hyping announcing style sucks when it comes to announcing SX. SX is exciting enough. It doesn't need the phony hype that boring Freestyle does.
But then, Cameron's not as clue-less and Todd Harris! Where did they he come from. Talk about know-nothing DJ's! Although he may be an improvement over old Art Eckman. Talk about DJ's that use goofy terms - "look at him 'fishtail'" and "soil" (they're "dirt-bikes" Art, not "soil-bikes")
Oh well, it's great to have all the racing on TV that we do today, good DJ or bad. I really should stop complaining. I'm old enough to remember the 70's, when all we had were 10 minute clips on "Wide World of Sports." Now that's bad coverage!

 

[Ol'89r]

stop complaining. I'm old enough to remember the 70's, when all we had were 10 minute clips on "Wide World of Sports." Now that's bad coverage!

And those 10 minute clips were preempted by table tennis, ladies vollyball, golf, billiards, badminton or anything else that the networks deemed more important. :ugg:

Ok, the ladies vollyball. :eek: We'll have to give em that one. :laugh:

 

[showtime586]

Art and David were the best. Even with Art getting tongue tied they were the best combo.

 

[UMAGUMADOG]

the gang from DMXS now there would be some good announcers

 

[KX02]

I just remember being sick of Bailey continually saying that taller riders are better. I'm pretty sure Carmichael is under 6 foot.

 

[Mark Hammond]

Bring David Bailey back he was the best, he's been a racer and knows what he's talking about . Cameron Steele and all those other as----es are crap .

 

[kelsorat]

David Bailey or even a recently retired racer. This sounds nuts, but I noticed that Pastrana did a real good job co-announcing in the past. Why not him, he doesn't like racing anymore.

 

[ZOOK250]

anyone remember larry huffman?

 

[TheGrinch]

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.

Ditto

 

[kuritaro9]

i have to agree with marcusgunby on the gp announcer.he is a tool!!! as for cameron,let him do x games,and the other guy is a jackass as well. bring back bailey!!!!!

 

[john3_16]

I have to agree and say Pastrana would be an excellent announcer...

In my opinion Davey Combs is not TV announcer material...I know alot of people like him here but I remember thinking when he started announcing "his dad must be the coach" or something like that...

You need someone with a commanding voice like Art Eckeman and wits like David Bailey...There's hasn't been a better combo out there. You need the voice and the expert...And David has a clear, voice to go along with his knowledge of the sport.Even though Bailey is always talking about how tall someone is like they are going to win because of that reason...I noticed that too.....

Strange though, the greatest riders in history are about average height (Jeremy McGrath 5'10), or below average height like Bubba and Ricky....Those two boys are maybe 5'7 on a good day...

Cameron Steele is full of excitement...I think he is more entertaining for kids and he does a good job on the floor.

 

[Crash 142]

David Bailey knows what he is talking about. He has the experience and insight to make watching the race more enjoyable for people who know the sport and the racers, and also for people just tuning in for the first time. McGrath grew the sport, but Bailey had our ear and told us what we were seeing. Bailey has a good, calm, wise personality and a good wit.

All the other announcers are just guessing or making things up.

Bring back Bailey and let him pick his partner. He and Art did make a good combo.

Anyone got the e-mail for the person at ESPN we could send our requests too? Anyone know why Bailey isn't doing it anymore?

 

[berudd]

I agree that these guys don't really do it how I would like to see it done. Bailey was great but I think ESPN was annoyed be him always (correctly) telling them how much their coverage sucked. DC is cool, but yeah, not a TV personality even though he knows the sport.

I guess we have to consider that this programming has to appeal to a wide range of people. If the coverage was at a riders level of knowledge and interest int the sport, it would not appeat to a large number of people.

Until the coverage is live and not edited for time, I think we will all be a little less that 100% happy with it.

 

[twoofeach]

Oh well, it's great to have all the racing on TV that we do today, good DJ or bad. I really should stop complaining. I'm old enough to remember the 70's, when all we had were 10 minute clips on "Wide World of Sports." Now that's bad coverage!

I was watching GP a few night ago and fell asleep. I thought it was because it was early in the morning but after reading through the thread, I'll conclude it was the announcers. Yawwnnnn. The only thing that was keeping me awake was the roar of Townley's engine. That coverage would have been better with microphones placed around the track and just listening to the motors. :(

Myself, I like Cameron Steele but it wouldn't matter if it was Vin Scull announcing. I would watch regardless. When Iamb watching SX or MAX, I like to feel the energy of Steele or Bernardo. I've never heard Bailey or some of the other guys but from their description here, I imagine they were pretty good. Yeah, those canadian announcers are pretty good too. Even though most of us put MX or SAX as the #1 sport of all time, we have to recognize that it's just a drop in the pan to some of the other sports and we should be happy with what we get. MAX is blowing up and I like the direction it is heading.

BAD, it must have been pretty cool listening to Bailey call people out.