re: Eli Gold not returning to the radio booth

He apparently told Rivals that he was expecting to be Bama’s announcer for another decade.

Do we really need an 80-year-old announcer?

Look I know the guy’s iconic and someone on one of the other boards here IMO pegged it that the reason for that, and I would venture why so much Cain is being raised about this, is that aside from when he was sick, he’s been the voice for the entirety of the Saban era, all the glory. He’s all close to a generation of our fans have ever known. Much like Forney with the Bryant era.

But there comes a time when people need to go to the freaking house. It’s obvious he’s not going to do that and is probably going to keep doing this for anyone who will give him a microphone until he keels over dead in the middle of calling a play.

Is it really fair to expect Alabama to facilitate that just because he’s iconic?