Need New Basketball Radio Play by Play

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Let me start by saying I love that Mike Keith is in Knoxville and calling football games. This is his specialty. He is a top notch professional at calling football.

However, basketball is not his strong suit. I have listened to a couple of bball games on the radio and it is very bad. I honestly just think Mike is not a basketball commentator. This is not a knock on him, I just think basketball is much harder to do radio play by play. You REALLY have to understand the game inside and out and the positions on the court and the areas of the court as to what they are referred to. It is so bad I'm not sure how it gets better.

Mike has just always done football and was obviously with the Titans for over 25 years. I feel it is unfair to Mike to have him do basketball. Redo is contract, make him exclusively football and hire someone else for basketball please.
 
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Yes, from an enthusiasm standpoint Mike is better in general. Basketball is just not his thing and that's okay and honestly he doesn't need to be doing basketball. I understand Kesling did both because they made him and John Ward did both because he wanted to. At this point in Mike's career he deserves to only be doing football.
 
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madbamahater said:
Let me start by saying I love that Mike Keith is in Knoxville and calling football games. This is his specialty. He is a top notch professional at calling football.

However, basketball is not his strong suit. I have listened to a couple of bball games on the radio and it is very bad. I honestly just think Mike is not a basketball commentator. This is not a knock on him, I just think basketball is much harder to do radio play by play. You REALLY have to understand the game inside and out and the positions on the court and the areas of the court as to what they are referred to. It is so bad I'm not sure how it gets better.

Mike has just always done football and was obviously with the Titans for over 25 years. I feel it is unfair to Mike to have him do basketball. Redo is contract, make him exclusively football and hire someone else for basketball please.
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madbamahater said:
Let me start by saying I love that Mike Keith is in Knoxville and calling football games. This is his specialty. He is a top notch professional at calling football.

However, basketball is not his strong suit. I have listened to a couple of bball games on the radio and it is very bad. I honestly just think Mike is not a basketball commentator. This is not a knock on him, I just think basketball is much harder to do radio play by play. You REALLY have to understand the game inside and out and the positions on the court and the areas of the court as to what they are referred to. It is so bad I'm not sure how it gets better.

Mike has just always done football and was obviously with the Titans for over 25 years. I feel it is unfair to Mike to have him do basketball. Redo is contract, make him exclusively football and hire someone else for basketball please.
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Lord forgive me for saying this, but…Chris Lofton ain’t exactly helping matters.

Steve Hamer and/or Dane Bradshaw would be my guys, if one of them could get a little more seasoning as a play by play guy, rather than just a color guy.
 
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Mike has a real problem painting the picture in basketball, but he’s excellent in football. In basketball, for some reason he calls it like guys that do a TV broadcast.

I listened to Bradshaw the other night, I swear he sounds like Chris Collinsworth.
 
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Give Dane a blank check and call it a day.
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Dane is a great analyst. To broadcast basketball as the play by play announcer, it is a special gift that many aren't good at. Few are great. Mike is near the top in football, basketball just ain't his sport and why would it be? He's never done it
 
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madbamahater said:
Let me start by saying I love that Mike Keith is in Knoxville and calling football games. This is his specialty. He is a top notch professional at calling football.

However, basketball is not his strong suit. I have listened to a couple of bball games on the radio and it is very bad. I honestly just think Mike is not a basketball commentator. This is not a knock on him, I just think basketball is much harder to do radio play by play. You REALLY have to understand the game inside and out and the positions on the court and the areas of the court as to what they are referred to. It is so bad I'm not sure how it gets better.

Mike has just always done football and was obviously with the Titans for over 25 years. I feel it is unfair to Mike to have him do basketball. Redo is contract, make him exclusively football and hire someone else for basketball please.
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I agree about Mike and I miss bert.
 
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