Who is the better Spurs play-by-play voice: Bill Schoening or Jay Howard?

[T Park]

Bill Schoening is a no talent hack.

You people are nuts.

[Obstructed_View]

Who could ever forget his signature signoff slogan, "there WILL be another night".

Wow, did the Spurs lose that much back then?

[T Park]

Schoening is substance?

So that stammering hemming and hawing that he does is "good"?!?!?!?!


Good lord people...

[IceColdBrewski]

Who is better at play by play? Jay Howard.

But Bill Schoening is cool too. Don't know why this has to be some pissing contest. Both are good enough to get the job done. But apparently one of them is a bit of an asshole who's full of himself. Sounds like everything worked out fine in the end.

[Kori Ellis]

Bill Schoening has received award after award for his work. When he first got to San Antonio, people were "against" him just because he was different than Jay. However, he has developed into being very very good at what he does for the Spurs. He's also a very nice man and you never hear anyone saying anything bad about the guy - which is a little different than Jay Howard.

I've met Jay a couple times, and he was nice too. But I understand that he rubbed a lot of people the wrong way with the big ego.

[timvp]

Schoening took a while for me to get used to because Jay Howard would always be a step ahead of the action while Schoening is more of a see and react type. It comes off a little slow at first, especially compared to Howard, but in the last few seasons I thought he's been a lot better. During the preseason this year (which is the only time I listen to the radio) you could tell he did his homework on each of invites ... which was appreciated.

On a personal level, he's about 234235702341 times nicer and more respectful to other than Howard.

[MoSpur]

Jay Howard was better at calling the game, but Bill is easier to like because of his personality. Howard is arrogant and that at made it hard to like him, but if you ignored his arrogance and just listened to his play by play, it was pretty darn good.

[mexicanjunior]

Jay Howard...hands down. Schoening has some of the cheesiest lines I've ever heard by announcers. I also liked Howard's enthusiasm alot more during close games.

[cherylsteele]

Howard was style; Schoening is substance. I enjoyed listening to both for different reasons.

However, both pale in comparison to the great Terry Stembridge - the original SA Spur announcer. I agree with NFGIII, in that my bias is also based more on the nostalgia aspect. That said, Stembridge was factual, insightful, witty and humble. He will always be my favorite.

Who could ever forget his signature signoff slogan, "there WILL be another night".

Stembridge was just befor emy time that I moved to town, I personally preferred Sam Smith who did PBP in the 80's

[Spurs Brazil]

Shoening is great. I really like him. I listen to other teams broadcast sometimes and for me Shoening is the best

[I Love Me Some Me]

If Jay Howard was so spectacular, why haven't any of the 29 other teams asked him to do their play-by-play?

[Vito Corleone]

WRONG!!

JAY WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE WAS A PRIMADONA AND HE FINALLY RUFFLED THE WRONG PERSON'S FEATHERS.


I THINK JAY HOWARD WAS A HUGE PRIMADONA.

I DON'T LIKE HIM BUT HE DID CALL A GOOD GAME

I THINK BILL CALLS A GOOD GAME AS WELL BUT I STILL WOULD PUT JAY JUST AHEAD OF BILL ( AND I HATE JAY )

+1 Listening to Jay call the game was great, listening to him communicate with the fans made me want to reach into the radio and pimp slap him.

What was worse was his constant flirting with that girl that was on with him.

Jay Howard was better at calling the game, but Bill is easier to like because of his personality. Howard is arrogant and that at made it hard to like him, but if you ignored his arrogance and just listened to his play by play, it was pretty darn good.

I love Bill, from his days at calling the Longhorn games to his days as a spurs announcer he is very good at what he does.

BTW Jay was both a play by play and a color guy, when you are the only person on you have to do both and he did, very well. Too bad he was an asshole.

[Taco]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62199

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62199

monoco has done some games and is horrible.

Barnett, if you were a fan in the early 90s was the full time TV play by play guy.

Barnett is the best PBP next to Jay Howard this franchise has ever had.

Plus he lives here

BANG!!!
Jay Howard was great!!

But he got to big for himself

Don't feel bad for Jay, his marriage to Celine Dion is still doing well

[Hemotivo]

Schoening is right now the best in the nba

[Jimmy Bobby]

Jay Howard was the past.

Bill Schoening is the present and the future.

Jeff Vexler, Chris Duel and the Thompson Brothers were the past.

Mike Taylor is the present and the future.

We have moved on, you idiots.

[pjjrfan]

I always liked how Jay Howard called the games. Shoening is fine, but Howard was just an awesome talent at bringing the game to life through he radio. What I didn't like was Jay's post game show and his weekly show where he would cut off people and always took the company line, but when he called a game he would not hold back if the Spurs were playing lousy, he let you know.

[jcrod]

Jay Howard was the past.

Bill Schoening is the present and the future.

Jeff Vexler, Chris Duel and the Thompson Brothers were the past.

Mike Taylor is the present and the future.

We have moved on, you idiots.

How many times are you going to repeat yourself, I think everybody understood who you liked the first time.

You also have no idea the reasoning he was let go.

[jcrod]

Schoening took a while for me to get used to because Jay Howard would always be a step ahead of the action while Schoening is more of a see and react type. It comes off a little slow at first, especially compared to Howard, but in the last few seasons I thought he's been a lot better. During the preseason this year (which is the only time I listen to the radio) you could tell he did his homework on each of invites ... which was appreciated.

On a personal level, he's about 234235702341 times nicer and more respectful to other than Howard.

My exact thoughts. Jay was good at making you feel as you were watching tv and was right on top of the action.

[Donnie Hathaway]

Jay Howard was the past.

Bill Schoening is the present and the future.

Jeff Vexler, Chris Duel and the Thompson Brothers were the past.

Mike Taylor is the present and the future.

We have moved on, you idiots.

Idiots?
You seem to be the only idiot co-signing Mike Taylors lame ass, oh well maybe its because your his personal fluffer. stick to your 3-6 shift of being the secretary's secretary....