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[the ollie reed fan club]

(10-16-2014 10:29 AM)BrutalBodyShots Wrote:  The guy has a ton of experience commentating of course which in many ways translates to knowledge. One of the best forms of experience for any job is on the job experience. Don't you think if you took any member of this forum and had them commentate 10,000+ fights that they'd have a pretty good knowledge of it by that point? Shit you could take a non-boxing fan and mold them by that point.

99% of the time it usually comes down to personality and style (like overuse of the atmosphere comment). Of course there are going to be times that you disagree with what is being said, especially when you're considering the sheer number of telecasts he's done. It's human nature to remember the bad more than the good. Same shit with referees. You get a referee people say "sucks" and they can reference 3-4 fights that they disagree with how the referee handled that fight, but he's officiated 100+ fights. So, overall, not a bad performance percentage. Shit happens.

It's clear you hate the guy which is cool. Like I said earlier it's pretty much love or hate with all people passionate about a sport. There's people that love Merchant and people that hate Merchant. There's people that love Lampley and people that hate him. Some loved George, some hated him. It really is all good.

No it's easy to hate EVERY telecast he does because in EVERY telecast he fucks it up. Period. The guy blows chunks and yes it absolutely staggers me that for a guy with so much experience he seems to be getting worse! It is funny hearing him do these international broadcasts with Merchant as Larry seems to share the same opinion of Merchant that I do and just sons him every time. Sheridumb will say one thing and Merchant will just go "no I disagree Bob" and because he doesn't have the stones to stand up to him the 'Colonel' just backs down and says "you could be right Larry." Yeah that part I find funny.