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Breaking news: Ron Boone traded to radio

Right now, David Locke is heaping pukingly sugary praise about Ron Boone.

Sure, it's great to be with someone with so much experience, but is he all that insightful?

IMHO, Booner has a brain for radio.

I'll give him this: his intelligence seemed to parallel Bolerjack's << roll >> . . .

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Ugh, Ima have to spend this season timing my DVR so that the telecasts coincide with the radio broadcasts. I hate Harpring's homer ***. And I hate that our team is going to have the reputation of a biased booth ala BOS, SAS, et al.
 
Boone seemed to be on total autopilot about 95% of the time but would occasionally offer a nugget of insight that was honestly brilliant.

I sometimes wondered if he was secretly really smart and had been beaten down by years of producers telling him to dumb down his content to the average viewer.

He was also really cool if you tracked him down at visiting arenas. He was cool to me personally in at least 5 "away" arenas (Atlanta, Memphis, Oakland, Sacramento, and Denver) and I have no reason to believe that he would have ever remembered me specifically, so I suspect he's just a nice guy who's willing to engage with fans. Hard for me to hate on a guy like that who's been associated with professional basketball for decades.
 
balli said:
Ugh, Ima have to spend this season timing my DVR so that the telecasts coincide with the radio broadcasts. I hate Harpring's homer ***. And I hate that our team is going to have the reputation of a biased booth ala BOS, SAS, et al.
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Its actually much rarer these days to find a broadcast team that are not homers for the team they cover. Almost none call it straight down the middle so Utah will not be different than any other team.
 
Will be nice to hear Booner on the radio again. I will miss him on TV because I love his insight. But welcome to TV Matt!!

Still don't get all the hate for Ron Boone on this site....
 
Boone's more melo tone and slow talking will complement Locke well. Hopefully Locke calms down with Boone and Boone gets more excited with Locke.

I love Harpring. I thought he was great. He speaks his mind and doesn't get caught up in standard commentary. He makes it more entertaining for me. Just like Jeff Van Gundy on ABC and ESPN. Way more fun to listen to guys speaking there mind rather than sounding methodical and boring. They sound fake sometimes. Harpring sounds more real. I also like that Matt Harpring talks a lot which means Bolerjack will talk less and focus more on talking about what is happening. I think it works out well.

Go Harpring!
 
Bronco70 said:
Insightful or not, I love listening to Boone.

Locke, on the other hand...
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Locke is an annoying little bugger, but I find his work on the radio broadcasts to be quite enjoyable for some reason. I mean, he's bad at it, but I enjoy it for some reason.
 
Ron Boone is the freaking man but I think the games will probably be better with Harpring.

I like Boler but he knows nothing. Harp will help bring more insight than Booner did.

I feel bad for Boone now that he has to hang out with Locke.
 
i thought harpring did a really good job last year. i liked his input. too bad booner couldn't stay on tv as well though...
 
balli said:
Ugh, Ima have to spend this season timing my DVR so that the telecasts coincide with the radio broadcasts. I hate Harpring's homer ***. And I hate that our team is going to have the reputation of a biased booth ala BOS, SAS, et al.
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I'm with you. I'll miss Boone.
 
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