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Donny Marshall
« on: December 02, 2009, 07:53:46 PM »

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I see a lot of talk around here about the big three retiring and what we are going to do at that point.  Personally, I think we need to start focusing on the really important things for a change.  What is going to happen when Tommy retires?  Do we really have a plan?  I can only pray to god that we won't have to listen to Donny Marshall night in and night out. 

It's to the point I don't even want to watch the pre/post games anymore.  I would rather count the wrinkles on my dogs balls than listen to him talk about Ray's.  I get it, you went to college together.  You wanted that "I'm in college and want to experiment" moment to be with Ray in a dark locker room after practice.  Ray can be shooting 0-14 at the half and Donny still goes on about how great of a player he is.  Don't get me wrong, I love Ray (as a basketball player)but Donny needs to tone it down a bit.

When he's not acting like a 7th grader with his first crush, he is usually knocking on everybody else on the team.  He is constantly pointing out things Doc or the rest of the team should or shouldn't be doing.  Who the hell is this guy?  Didn't he average 0.7 ppg during his pro career?  I'd wear a Kobe jersey for a day if I could see Donny try and tell KG to post up more.  The look on KG's face alone would be worth the price of admission.

Don't even get me started on the way he yells "C's" at the end of the pregame show.  Until this guy is gone I'm gonna spend my halftimes drinking Hennessy!   :P   


       

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2009, 07:58:31 PM »

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My only problem with him when he works with Mike Gorman is that he talks too much.  He seems to think that silence lasting more than a second is a breach of his contract or something.  I don't really have a problem with most of the points he makes - even if I don't necessarily agree with many of them - but he doesn't need to harp on them so much.

As for the halftime analysis, I usually don't pay too much attention to that anyway.

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2009, 08:10:25 PM »

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I see a lot of talk around here about the big three retiring and what we are going to do at that point.  Personally, I think we need to start focusing on the really important things for a change.  What is going to happen when Tommy retires?  Do we really have a plan?  I can only pray to god that we won't have to listen to Donny Marshall night in and night out. 

It's to the point I don't even want to watch the pre/post games anymore.  I would rather count the wrinkles on my dogs balls than listen to him talk about Ray's.  I get it, you went to college together.  You wanted that "I'm in college and want to experiment" moment to be with Ray in a dark locker room after practice.  Ray can be shooting 0-14 at the half and Donny still goes on about how great of a player he is.  Don't get me wrong, I love Ray (as a basketball player)but Donny needs to tone it down a bit.

When he's not acting like a 7th grader with his first crush, he is usually knocking on everybody else on the team.  He is constantly pointing out things Doc or the rest of the team should or shouldn't be doing.  Who the hell is this guy?  Didn't he average 0.7 ppg during his pro career?  I'd wear a Kobe jersey for a day if I could see Donny try and tell KG to post up more.  The look on KG's face alone would be worth the price of admission.

Don't even get me started on the way he yells "C's" at the end of the pregame show.  Until this guy is gone I'm gonna spend my halftimes drinking Hennessy!   :P   


       


You too, huh?  The guy drives me nuts!  And the name dropping.. if Donny ever meets anyone of note, he's going to make sure we know about it.
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Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2009, 08:27:43 PM »

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I dont hate Donny, but it still annoys me that he called Tim Duncan a black hole on offense. Really Donny?

My biggest problem with him is he ends nearly everything he says with "Mike".

"These young kids shouldnt really talk, thats for the vets Mike"

"Watching Pierce play defense is really a pleasure Mike"

Yeah Donny we know Mike Gorman is the other announcer, no need to say it 45 times a game.

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2009, 08:36:35 PM »

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Don't worry, the plan is to have Scal take over when Tommy retires  ;D

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2009, 08:41:38 PM »

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My only problem with him when he works with Mike Gorman is that he talks too much.  He seems to think that silence lasting more than a second is a breach of his contract or something.  I don't really have a problem with most of the points he makes - even if I don't necessarily agree with many of them - but he doesn't need to harp on them so much.

As for the halftime analysis, I usually don't pay too much attention to that anyway.

Swear to God he learned from Doug Collins.

Another annoying thing is that he'll occasionally say something stupid, get called on it by Mike, and then do an abrupt 180 because he doesn't have enough backbone to do anything else. Sure, Mike deserves some respect and deference, but it's just sort of sycophantic. 

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2009, 08:47:44 PM »

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The day Tommy and Mike retire, will be a very sad day for me ... there are very few people in sports broadcasting that like the sound of their own voice as much as Donny, (the ones that come to mind are Reggie Miller, Keith Berman, Charles Barkley, and Stuart Scott).
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Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2009, 09:07:51 PM »

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Is there anyone on csblog who actually likes marshall?

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Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2009, 09:21:15 PM »

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Tommy is definitely one of a kind.  Much in the same mode as Johnny was.

When the time does come where Tommy steps down or whatnot, I do hope CSN (or whoever is broadcasting) can fill the void with someone less bland than Donny Marshall.  Seems too much of a "suits" guy.  No ones going to be as animated as Tommy but my hope is that they do find someone with a colorful personality that is actually entertaining and informative.

Let's face it, guys like Donny in today's media are a dime a dozen.  Carefully tailored and manufactured  but not much personality. 


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Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2009, 09:21:59 PM »

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When Tommy retires I hope CSN is smart enough to get Cedric Maxwell as color guy. On television he tones his act down and is actually very, very good. Sean Grande probably wouldn't make a bad play by play guy on television either, again, as long as he can tone it down as well. Sometimes you just have to let the pictures do the talking and I think he would need to learn that.

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2009, 09:42:04 PM »

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When Tommy retires I hope CSN is smart enough to get Cedric Maxwell as color guy. On television he tones his act down and is actually very, very good. Sean Grande probably wouldn't make a bad play by play guy on television either, again, as long as he can tone it down as well. Sometimes you just have to let the pictures do the talking and I think he would need to learn that.

Nick I couldn't agree more.  I'm a huge fan of Grande (think he's one of the best in the business) and Max.  They are a very cool tandem that we're lucky to have.  I even said this exact thing about them taking over one day in this thread back on October 23rd:

http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=32453.msg597342#msg597342

Donnie leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I hope he's not the gonna be the guy who gets the torch passed to him when mike and tommy are gone.  I hope that max and grande stick around and switch over to doing the television when that happens (although thats a very unrealistic dream.)

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Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2009, 10:40:03 PM »

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I dont hate Donny, but it still annoys me that he called Tim Duncan a black hole on offense. Really Donny?

My biggest problem with him is he ends nearly everything he says with "Mike".

"These young kids shouldnt really talk, thats for the vets Mike"

"Watching Pierce play defense is really a pleasure Mike"

Yeah Donny we know Mike Gorman is the other announcer, no need to say it 45 times a game.
That is very annoying.  Not to sidetrack but the way Tanguay keeps saying Tommy over and over when Tommy's in the studio is even worse.

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2009, 10:40:33 PM »

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Don't worry, the plan is to have Scal take over when Tommy retires  ;D
Now that would be something worth listening to.

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2009, 10:55:11 PM »

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Donny definitely talks too much.  The funny thing is, he actually says nothing.  Mike tries to help him along, asking basketball questions of him like he does with Tommy, but it is the worst possible thing he could do.  It only gets Donny started on his mammoth point of saying nothing but using as many words as possible, talking over 3-4 plays in the meantime.

On a somewhat unrelated note, but still a reflection on Comcast just like the Donny hiring, is how they miss play after play in the broadcast.  How many games/years have they done this now?  The producer has absolutely no sense whatsoever about the flow of a basketball game.  After every single play a guy makes, whether a hoop, or a block, whatever, they do a close-up of that player heading down the court as the play continues, and they constantly miss baskets that are scored quickly down the other end.

They have missed the Rondo lob to KG numerous times by showing the player who made the previous play.  The networks do this too, which is why I suspect they try it, to seem like a high-level production, but TNT, ESPN, etc. use more discretion as to when to do it, not when a fastbreak is going the other way.  Comcast does it routinely and misses the live action.  Same thing when they are showing a replay, we often end up missing a live hoop.

Finally, they always switch last second to an underneath the basket camera when a player is shooting from the post, a terrible live angle, much better suited for a replay to show a 2nd look.  It also disrupts the flow and often misses the whole play.

Re: Donny Marshall
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2009, 11:10:53 PM »

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I resent Donny because he ruins Mike for me. The only entertaining thing about his commentary is trying to imagine what Mike is thinking. Maybe it's because Tommy's anecdotes come from a HOF career and Donny's don't but I can't stand his little stories and name dropping. I also cant stand how often he states the obvious, mispronounces Rajon and says Mike although in his defense he probably needs to do that to keep Mike from nodding off while he's droning on.

I have been thinking a lot about Mike and Tommy retiring this season and it makes me enjoy games where I can't listen to them a little less each time.

Donny and Tanguay together oh my there is no visual out there to covey my horror at the possibility.
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