UNT Eagles 2016
05-23-2017, 09:11 PM
We were spoiled over the long years for most of the TD era with one of the greatest of all time, Stan Kelly. When he left for WOAI, we lost an irreplaceable voice that contributed to one of the best HCA's over the Duncan era that significantly helped us win 4 championships and made us one of the hardest teams to beat at home. One of the best in the history of sports at getting the most out of the fans.
Then as the 2008-09 season, we were all suddenly shocked because we did not hear our familiar friend for the first time in well over a decade. Big Kev was a disappointment at first because he was not Kelly, but gradually he got better. (His replacement for much of the '09 season was awful and worse than college-level, but he was able to return by the next season.) He peaked near the end of his time with the Spurs, in 2011 and 2012. He was never quite Kelly, but he had a lovable flair of his own by the 2012 season and especially during that 20-game winning streak that led into the playoffs. Certainly an above average PA announcer was Big Kev, at least during the second half of his time. But he abruptly left after the 2012 bad ending, for some particular reason.
The 2013 season featured one abortion-level replacement that spanned the entire season. Mundane, boring, no energy -- you name it. Arguably the worst PA announcer we've ever had.
The one we've had since 2014 has been average at best, but average just is not good enough to get Spurs fans away from Whataburger and cheering loudly. The HCA with this guy has not been there, and every time the Spurs make a three pointer at home I want to cringe -- that "THREEEEEEEE" bellow is easily the most effeminate call in sports.
We'll never get another Kelly short of Kelly returning, that guy was a legend. But we need at least someone the caliber of Big Kev to usher in the Kawhi-dominant era. This current guy won't cut it, and as long as someone of his mediocre caliber is our P.A. announcer, the Spurs will continue to drop home games -- including playoff home games -- like the prison soap. He must be replaced.
Then as the 2008-09 season, we were all suddenly shocked because we did not hear our familiar friend for the first time in well over a decade. Big Kev was a disappointment at first because he was not Kelly, but gradually he got better. (His replacement for much of the '09 season was awful and worse than college-level, but he was able to return by the next season.) He peaked near the end of his time with the Spurs, in 2011 and 2012. He was never quite Kelly, but he had a lovable flair of his own by the 2012 season and especially during that 20-game winning streak that led into the playoffs. Certainly an above average PA announcer was Big Kev, at least during the second half of his time. But he abruptly left after the 2012 bad ending, for some particular reason.
The 2013 season featured one abortion-level replacement that spanned the entire season. Mundane, boring, no energy -- you name it. Arguably the worst PA announcer we've ever had.
The one we've had since 2014 has been average at best, but average just is not good enough to get Spurs fans away from Whataburger and cheering loudly. The HCA with this guy has not been there, and every time the Spurs make a three pointer at home I want to cringe -- that "THREEEEEEEE" bellow is easily the most effeminate call in sports.
We'll never get another Kelly short of Kelly returning, that guy was a legend. But we need at least someone the caliber of Big Kev to usher in the Kawhi-dominant era. This current guy won't cut it, and as long as someone of his mediocre caliber is our P.A. announcer, the Spurs will continue to drop home games -- including playoff home games -- like the prison soap. He must be replaced.