BASKETBALL TV Broadcast

[GoShockers89]

Shane Dennis would put them both to shame.

Bruce has always been a nice, shallow blowhard.

Craig has the mental agility of a hungover Mike Tyson. The guy makes Bob Uecker's sidekick in Major League sound like....well...Bob Uecker.

[Kung Wu]

Well at least all you rabid cats aren't focused on our coach anymore. Reeeer.

Do they need to focus more on WSU instead of the other team? Yes. Are they as bad as you guys are piling on? No.

[Zardoz]

Both Bruce and Craig are terrible.

Let's start with Bruce because supposedly he's the professional. He needs to throw out his word of the day calendar and actually provide accurate information. Whether it's as simple as not getting the score right, not knowing what the call was (but acting like it was something else) or repeatedly not saying the right name (last year it was always Ryan Clemente) he is completely useless. Instead he is always trying to look smart, or witty, of which he is neither. "Hey Bruce, look up the word ironic … you got it wrong again last night." My biggest thing with Bruce is that he tries so hard not to be a homer that he actually seems to be against the team, maybe he needs to remember who his target audience is.

OK, so Craig. Craig, Craig, Craig have you ever watched or listened to another color commentator? It's called "color" for a reason, as in, jump in with a little splash of color now and again, not ramble on endlessly about the size of a guy's sideburns all the while missing two possessions each way. The guy has absolutely nothing to add and when he does I have trouble taking it seriously, when he was a player he tried hard, but he was a pretty bad player on some pretty bad teams so him telling us what it takes to be a winner falls a little flat.

I always check the delay with Kennedy and Hull before even turning on the volume and if it's bad I sometimes watch in complete silence. Last night I turned over to Kennedy for three second during a timeout and learned more about the game than I had listening to Bruce and Craig the entire first half.

My suggestion? KWCH save your money, leave Bruce and Craig at home and just pipe in Kennedy and Hull!

This is what all Shocker Fans want. All the rest=Just suck.

[Kung Wu]

Let's start with Bruce because supposedly he's the professional. He needs to throw out his word of the day calendar and actually provide accurate information. Whether it's as simple as not getting the score right, not knowing what the call was (but acting like it was something else) or repeatedly not saying the right name (last year it was always Ryan Clemente) he is completely useless. Instead he is always trying to look smart, or witty, of which he is neither. "Hey Bruce, look up the word ironic … you got it wrong again last night." My biggest thing with Bruce is that he tries so hard not to be a homer that he actually seems to be against the team, maybe he needs to remember who his target audience is.

Wow I just read this nonsense and can't believe it. We all want them to be more supportive of the target audience (Wichita), but you are spewing total nonsense here.

Whether it's as simple as not getting the score right, not knowing what the call was (but acting like it was something else) or repeatedly not saying the right name (last year it was always Ryan Clemente) he is completely useless.

I call that bluff right now. There is no way Bruce doesn't know Ramone's first name, period. He has been doing color for sports a long time, and knows how to read a freaking ref's signal for poops sake.

"Hey Bruce, look up the word ironic … you got it wrong again last night."

Do share how he misused the word ironic.

My biggest thing with Bruce is that he tries so hard not to be a homer that he actually seems to be against the team, maybe he needs to remember who his target audience is.

This is a reasonable criticism. If it's your chief complaint, then make it the first complaint and stop trying to "stack" additional dumb crap on him.

[SubGod22]

Kung, Bruce did in fact call Ramon Ryan a number of times. It was very irritating. Bruce is a tool.

[Kung Wu]

Kung, Bruce did in fact call Ramon Ryan a number of times. It was very irritating. Bruce is a tool.

I believe that he did. I have called my own son by my cat's name. But I am sure I know my own son's name. We all screw up from time to time -- hell even the guys on ESPN get wrong quite often.

Trying to stack like that is stupid. Just spit out your chief complaint and stop digging for additional reasons. It's the same thing people do with coaches and players and it's just getting irritating.

Like this ...

"I think Bruce should be fired because he called Ramone 'Ryan' a couple of times."

That just sounds stupid.

"I think Bruce should be fired because he doesn't talk to his target audience."

At least that enters the realm of reasonable, even if you don't agree with it (of which I don't). I don't think they should be fired, I think they should consider the positive criticism.

[ShockerGorilla]

"I think Bruce should be fired because he doesn't talk to his target audience."

At least that enters the realm of reasonable, even if you don't agree with it (of which I don't). I don't think they should be fired, I think they should consider the positive criticism.

If Bruce & Craig want a good example of speaking to the target audience, they should check out the Oklahoma City Thunder telecasts on FSN. Those guys are Thunder all the way. Excitement when the Thunder do something well and ticked off when they aren't doing so well.

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Do they yell with excitement when the other team dunks on them?

[Kung Wu]

Do they yell with excitement when the other team dunks on them?

Right, that was ridiculous.

[jcdshocker]

Kung, Bruce did in fact call Ramon Ryan a number of times. It was very irritating. Bruce is a tool.

I believe that he did. I have called my own son by my cat's name. But I am sure I know my own son's name. We all screw up from time to time -- hell even the guys on ESPN get wrong quite often.

Trying to stack like that is stupid. Just spit out your chief complaint and stop digging for additional reasons. It's the same thing people do with coaches and players and it's just getting irritating.

Like this ...

"I think Bruce should be fired because he called Ramone 'Ryan' a couple of times."

That just sounds stupid.

"I think Bruce should be fired because he doesn't talk to his target audience."

At least that enters the realm of reasonable, even if you don't agree with it (of which I don't). I don't think they should be fired, I think they should consider the positive criticism.

You must not listen to the same broadcast that the rest of do. The guy is terrible. Not even debatable. He called Gabe Blair by the wrong name this year. It happens all the time. I might call my kids the wrong name sometime, but I don't get paid to announce and the rest of Shocker Nation doesn't have to listen to me.

Kung, you usually have good posts, but you are out on an island on this topic.

[Kung Wu]

Kung, you usually have good posts, but you are out on an island on this topic.

Well I am going to pick some coconuts and fish then.

[Shock-Til-U-Drop]

It's not just them, but speaking of things that announcers say that drive you crazy.....
I hate it when they say "They really nead to make a better effort to score the basketball". What the heck else would you do with the basketball in a basketball game? Or what else other than a basketball would you score with in a basketball game? Drives me nuts.

[Rosewood]

I'm so glad I just mute it and listen to the radio

[ShockerFever]

Wu, can anybody associated with the university do no wrong?

As others of said, these guys are paid to deliver. They are not delivering, not even at the simplest of tasks, like saying WSU players' names correctly, for example.

I've always been a Bruce fan but he is falling way short of what he thinks he is. And Craig.. well.. :roll:

[Shox2]

I do recall numerous and I mean numerous occasions that Bruce has said the score of the game not even close to what the score actually is...that alone should be embarassing for WSU to want him to do the games. It is very sad that Bruce and Pracht are so tight that Pracht won't even say anything to him about how un-acceptable that is. LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD, IT SAYS WHAT THE SCORE IS OF THE BASKETBALL GAME!!!