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re: What's wrong with Eli Gold?
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:13 am to bamasgot13
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:13 am to bamasgot13
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unpopular opinion - Gold was never that good, but we liked him b/c he was "ours".
This is where I stand. I don’t dislike him or anything like that, but he’s never been that great. A lot of fans love him just because he’s been around forever. Yet, he really doesn’t have those “homer” qualities that you’d see from other longtime play-by-play guys at other schools. He doesn’t need to be Jim Fyffe but Eli just has no enthusiasm.
Hopefully he will retire whenever his contract is up and Chris Stewart will finally get that role.
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Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:47 am to FairhopeTider
Kinda weird but it seems like I enjoy Eli for the same reasons a lot of y'all don't like him. I don't see it as a lack of enthusiasm but more trying not to be too biased. On the unfortunate occasions I've had to listen to an opposing teams radio broadcast because it was all that was available I've always hated how big of homers they are. For example those two UGA radio idiots making fun of Tua's name when he took that sack in OT in the Natty. Or the absolute whining some of these guys do on behalf of their teams.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 4:02 pm to FairhopeTider
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Hopefully he will retire whenever his contract is up and Chris Stewart will finally get that role
I noticed the same with Eli Saturday night, just a total lack of enthusiasm and inability to communicate what happened in a timely manner.
On the Chris Stewart thing, though -- I really, really love Chris Stewart, but he's been through a lot.
I don't know if any of y'all have caught his high school games this year, but they have been... not good.
Granted they were only high school gigs that a few people were even interested in, but he's been getting words and game situations wrong, fumbling his lines, and just not doing well during the broadcasts.
Again, I love him, and pray that he fully recovers his health, but I don't know if he's quite all the way back yet, even though we hope he might one day be.
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