No offense to Toby Rowland

[NickZepp]

I'll give the guy a chance, but I'm kinda upset they didn't hire a guy with experience. Ron Thulin, Bob Carpenter, they probably coulda had a good experienced guy come in.

 

[Tundrasooner]

Great hire.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

Is this 1986? Repeat after me. This. Hire. Does. Not. Matter.

 

[coolm]

Great hire.

no it's not.

it's a lazy hire with little to no foresight.

 

[NickZepp]

Is this 1986? Repeat after me. This. Hire. Does. Not. Matter.

I listen to probably every game on the radio, at least in part. Even with Bob Barry because the TV guys drive me up a wall. Unless Gus Johnson does our game, Brad Nessler in football, and he's not even bareable anymore. I can't stand to listen to them most of the time. So Radio is a better option even with Bob Barry. But I like Merv and Houlk on the radio.

So to this is relevent to guys like me. Also when I'm at games I listen to the OU radio too. So this matters to me. It may not matter to people like you that can actually stand to listen to TV guys. But I always turn the TV down when watching almost any football/basketball game with a few exceptions.

 

[StoopsBros]

Is this 1986? Repeat after me. This. Hire. Does. Not. Matter.

Agreed. I turned BBS off years ago and this hire doesn't inspire me to turn the OUPBP back on. It's a win for the national broadcasters.

 

[campbest]

Couldn't care less who the PBP guy is.

 

[Big Old Booger]

I think most on here would agree we would rather Joe go cheap on the PBP position and spend more money on the basketball coach.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

is somebody really *****ing about the PBP hire when we are in search of a bball coach?

 

[Big Old Booger]

is somebody really *****ing about the PBP hire when we are in search of a bball coach?

I don't really get the gnashing of teeth that is going on with the PBP hire myself.

Toby will do a good job and he's better right now than BBS was the last 10 years. It's an upgrade, IMO.

Hooray for Toby, now what about the basketball coach?

 

[StoopsBros]

is somebody really *****ing about the PBP hire when we are in search of a bball coach?

Are you supporting Geno to OU?

 

[slutskaya]

It could have been some boring guy from Nebraska. I think Toby should be given a chance before all the dumb criticism starts. I actually think he'll be a good one.

 

[Shooterms]

Maybe Joe realizes he is about to write some big checks and decided to save money on this hire so he could spend more on a hoops coach.

 

[MarnePatch]

I hope he does well. A good PBP announcer is important to me. There are a couple of occasions each year that I have to work during a football game or am traveling. An improvement over BBS will take the sting off of those occasions if Toby can make listening to the radio an enjoyable experience again.

 

[BG Free Throw Coach]

no it's not.

it's a lazy hire with little to no foresight.

How much foresight is required for a pBp hire? Toby will do a good job and is likely here for the rest of his career. That seems like foresight.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Are you supporting Geno to OU?

i'm not against it.

 

[coolm]

How much foresight is required for a pBp hire? Toby will do a good job and is likely here for the rest of his career. That seems like foresight.

Toby should be a color guy. He doesn't have the voice for pbp.

foresight = hire a voice, let him grow into the job with Toby as color, profit

 

[waynepayne]

Great hire.

+1

I think he is a great guy and will do a great job.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Toby should be a color guy. He doesn't have the voice for pbp.

:vitale

 

[NickZepp]

In the early to mid 70s we hired Mike Treps as the PBP guy. I think this hire much the same way. Throughout the 70s we had like 4 or 5 different announcers. Brooks didn't take over till about 1980