05-07-2021, 07:04 AM
(05-07-2021, 06:34 AM)PaulP link Wrote:When Ling first started commentating, I thought he was pretty good. It didn't take long for BT to sort him out lol.
Gerard Whateley was the same. When he was used to commentate with Tim Lane on the wireless some years back, he was also pretty good IMO. At some point after that he became screechy and insufferable.
There are times when Ling makes some erudite comments, particularly when he's on the wireless. Put him on a commentary team with BT and co and he just gets caught up in the boys' club attempts at humour and sensationalism. To give him his due, he didn't join in with BT's "the Bombers can win this" garbage in the final quarter.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball