Helfert and Forsythe are terrible.
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I like Wych.
Helfert and Forsyth should never be paired together. I don't mind either as the color guy but neither should be taking the lead.
Helfert and Forsyth should never be paired together. I don't mind either as the color guy but neither should be taking the lead.
Well actually Forsyth picks some really clueless shots quite often causing me to wonder if he has played the game at all.
At least Ken isn't commentating. Incardona is definitely my favorite, Wych really isn't too bad.
I haven't watched all the matches, but that's not going to stop me from having an opinion. 
I like Wych (disclaimer, I know him now, but I liked him as a commentator before I met him). You have remember that the primary audience they are catering to is a television audience in the UK that are not pool geeks. The type of Danny/Billy/Grady commentary many of us love is completely unsuitable for that audience. In my view, Jim is heads and shoulders above the former ESPN guys who are really the appropriate comparators, being targeted at a general audience.
Jerry and Jay are fine, but I agree that you probably don't want them together alone.
I've seen John Schmidt on Facebook saying he would like to do it, and he was good on Accu-Stats, so I'd like to see if he could make the transition to a broader audience.
Gideon<----thinks doing good commentary is harder than it looks (sounds?)
I like Wych (disclaimer, I know him now, but I liked him as a commentator before I met him). You have remember that the primary audience they are catering to is a television audience in the UK that are not pool geeks. The type of Danny/Billy/Grady commentary many of us love is completely unsuitable for that audience. In my view, Jim is heads and shoulders above the former ESPN guys who are really the appropriate comparators, being targeted at a general audience.
Jerry and Jay are fine, but I agree that you probably don't want them together alone.
I've seen John Schmidt on Facebook saying he would like to do it, and he was good on Accu-Stats, so I'd like to see if he could make the transition to a broader audience.
Gideon<----thinks doing good commentary is harder than it looks (sounds?)
Schmidt's commentary is excellent. I agree, too, that it's harder than it sounds.
"precise precision play" Lol!
I'm tired of the Arena announcer, the British guy with no neck and the Orbit Gum girl. Guess all the good arena voices are resting up for the big fight this weekend.
He's sort of a Flintstone looking character and, She's kinda eye candy and all, but that accent is really beginning to bug me
He's sort of a Flintstone looking character and, She's kinda eye candy and all, but that accent is really beginning to bug me
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There must be a commentator training class they attend that stresses they don't ever think about what they're going to say before they say it.
"For those of you that don't know, the balls are played in numerical sequence, with the 9 being last."
"He's probably going to play the one in the corner, since it's hanging there in the pocket."
"The long stick he has is called the mechanical bridge.
"He has the cue ball on a string."
"Last time he played this guy was in Glumpville, Indiana at the Fugimar Farquar 9 Ball Memorial Open and it went hill-hill in a race to two."
"This guy's the best one pocket player in the World right now, and Efren gives him weight."
"The cue ball caught the titty on the side pocket. Those titties stick out there quite a bit."
"He normally plays with a 77" cue and screws on a 36" extension if he has to. That's why they call him Mister 113, not because he ran 113 balls." "Because of that cue, he almost got kicked off the plane and labeled a terrorist." "They were afraid he would poke the pilot from a second class seat."
"This player here is from Great Britain and he speaks and cusses in his native tongue using English."
"Nothing like a good referee turning pro. He can use all the rules to his advantage."
"This guy is the House Man in a one table pool room."
"When he's not playing pool, he's picking locks on his lock-smithing job, a skill he learned when he was incarcerated." "Say, you locked my Szamboti in your trunk didn't you?"
"For those of you that don't know, the balls are played in numerical sequence, with the 9 being last."
"He's probably going to play the one in the corner, since it's hanging there in the pocket."
"The long stick he has is called the mechanical bridge.
"He has the cue ball on a string."
"Last time he played this guy was in Glumpville, Indiana at the Fugimar Farquar 9 Ball Memorial Open and it went hill-hill in a race to two."
"This guy's the best one pocket player in the World right now, and Efren gives him weight."
"The cue ball caught the titty on the side pocket. Those titties stick out there quite a bit."
"He normally plays with a 77" cue and screws on a 36" extension if he has to. That's why they call him Mister 113, not because he ran 113 balls." "Because of that cue, he almost got kicked off the plane and labeled a terrorist." "They were afraid he would poke the pilot from a second class seat."
"This player here is from Great Britain and he speaks and cusses in his native tongue using English."
"Nothing like a good referee turning pro. He can use all the rules to his advantage."
"This guy is the House Man in a one table pool room."
"When he's not playing pool, he's picking locks on his lock-smithing job, a skill he learned when he was incarcerated." "Say, you locked my Szamboti in your trunk didn't you?"
Don't have time to reply right now, have to sharpen my pitchfork for tomorrow.
