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re: Jim Hawthorn on Deadspin
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:21 pm to bwallcubfan
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:21 pm to bwallcubfan
this podcast is fricking terrible.
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Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:23 pm to bwallcubfan
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This is the kind of stuff that pisses me off so much. I can't listen to him anymore. He'll say "HUGE whole up the middle" and then we find out it was 4 yard gain.
And anytime a receiver catches a ball, he's "WIDE" open according to Jim.
Yeah this is worst and it happens on every drive.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:23 pm to WikiTiger
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the best hawthorne frickups come in baseball....
quote:
"It's a laser shot.....and it's caught by the second baseman behind the bag."
Fixed
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:24 pm to OldManRiver
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True, but would you have described the TE as "Wide Open" and not even mentioned Reid was challenging the play? Think about if you're just listening, and have no visual on the play. Jim tells you a guy is wide open, and makes a catch at the one. Then 3 seconds later, he tells you Eric Reid actually intercepted the ball. No matter how you slice it, that's a horrendous way to describe the play.
Not to defend a Hawthorn call...b/c you really can't!
It's actually PAINFUL to try and listen to the man call a game.
That being said, The TE was "WIDE OPEN"!
When Reid spotted him and left his man he was probably a good 4 to 5 yards behind the TE.
Thank God for under thrown balls and that Eric Reid is a stud...HELL of a heads up athletic play.
LINK
SIDE NOTE:
Did anyone else notice on CBS the great big "OH NO" let out by Verne Lundquist when he realized Reid had intercepted.
Wonder who he was pulling for? 
This post was edited on 11/16/11 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:29 pm to bryso
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this podcast is fricking terrible.
yeah. pretty weak examples
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:30 pm to Enfuego
Meh. frick this guy.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:38 pm to Giantkiller
Hawthorne screwing up big calls is not what makes him hard to listen to - it's the consistent small screw ups like getting names wrong or when he totally goes blank and can't spit out the play by play until the action is over. You just hear the crowd and he says something like "oh my" or "it looks like..." before finally getting it together to explain what happened.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:39 pm to OldManRiver
quote:Most of his calls are exactly like this. They completely lack context and situational awareness.
True, but would you have described the TE as "Wide Open" and not even mentioned Reid was challenging the play? Think about if you're just listening, and have no visual on the play. Jim tells you a guy is wide open, and makes a catch at the one. Then 3 seconds later, he tells you Eric Reid actually intercepted the ball. No matter how you slice it, that's a horrendous way to describe the play.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:43 pm to Tiger_n_ATL
I can't fault Hawthorne for his call of the Ford overtime run. I was sitting the south endzone of Bryant-Denny, where overtime was played, and even I thought Ford had scored. Hell, every LSU fan in my section thought the same. We were screaming, high-fiving, and dogpiling before we noticed that the officials had ruled him out at the seven. I think Ford himself thought he had scored.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 3:45 pm to Enfuego
Levin is an Arm Chair QB. Drag his arse up to the booth and put a microphone in front of him and see how he does - live - on the air.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:00 pm to Enfuego
John Furgeson (RIP) was the best ever. I can't stand to listen to Hawthorn when LSU is doing poorly. The man is so damn negative.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:01 pm to Enfuego
I think the funniest part of this is that the guy being critical of Hawthorn's radio work sounds like the late effeminate comedian Paul Lynde.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:01 pm to bryso
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this podcast is fricking terrible.
sure .. the jack hunt shite goes down in infamy .. but the alabama calls are both reaches .. anyone sitting in a press box would have initially thought the ball was caught by alabama .. and yes .. he was wide open until reid made a great improvisation and recovery ... then, i would think most people thought ford scored a TD on that play ...
the one that hawthorne seems to have gotten away with was warren morris's famous HR in the 1996 NCG .. jim clearly calls it a three-run homer when it is a two-run homer .. surprised LSU never got him to dub that one over like the bluegrass miracle ..
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:05 pm to TigahRag
what's the corrected Bluegrass Miracle call? I've never heard that one.
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:05 pm to oleheat
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I think the funniest part of this is that the guy being critical of Hawthorn's radio work sounds like the late effeminate comedian Paul Lynde
that is funny and dead on ...
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:08 pm to nosaj56
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what's the corrected Bluegrass Miracle call? I've never heard that one.
he originally said jack hunt caught the TD pass .. when, obviously, jack hunt is white and was a safety and wouldn't have even been on the field for that play .. he was later allowed by LSU to dub henderson's name over that ..
This post was edited on 11/16/11 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:14 pm to Moots
We all heard the "Oh, No!" from Verne. Just one of the things that makes him a pole smoker.
Did anyone hear Jim Sat vs WKU right before the half.
"Jefferson scrambles out of the pocket, had a man wide open, and now just throws it away..... AND IT IS CAUGHT!"
I was like dude, WTF!?@? Who pays this guy?
Did anyone hear Jim Sat vs WKU right before the half.
"Jefferson scrambles out of the pocket, had a man wide open, and now just throws it away..... AND IT IS CAUGHT!"
I was like dude, WTF!?@? Who pays this guy?
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:16 pm to Tiger_n_ATL
Personal fave-
JH - glen davis is on fire here in the first half
Color man - glen has 8 points 7 rebounds
JH - how in the world does he have 8.7 rebounds
Color man - 8 POINTS 7 rebounds
JH - oh, oh
JH - glen davis is on fire here in the first half
Color man - glen has 8 points 7 rebounds
JH - how in the world does he have 8.7 rebounds
Color man - 8 POINTS 7 rebounds
JH - oh, oh
Posted on 11/16/11 at 4:17 pm to danger14
Waiting for the podcast announcer say, "Honey Badger don't care!"
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