re: Eli Gold not returning to radio booth for Alabama Football in 2024, ending 35 year tenure.

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It's obvious, Eli doesn't want to go. And he's feeling good and says he is healthy again. If we had someone who even came close to his style and distinctive voice quality maybe I'm in. But this is worse than replacing John Forney with Paul Kennedy. Man, that was brutal growing up. We went from the world's greatest storyteller to some guy who sounded like he was better suited for high school football. And radio was so much more important back then.

If not for Wimp Sanderson recommending Eli Gold we could have been in for a long losing streak. BAMA should be ashamed.

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The fact that the radio broadcast is not all that important today compared to 20 years ago is even more reason they should have allowed him to retire on his own terms. So what if he was off and only doing home games...let the new guy do the road and let the legend continue doing what he did for so long. Beloved just does not mean what it once did...