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re: Sounds like Bama is trying to ease Eli Gold off the air...
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:48 am to koreandawg
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:48 am to koreandawg
At this point, I’d rather us be curt: his time has passed.
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Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:57 am to koreandawg
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koreandawg
This is a bad, classless thread and I'm embarrassed for you.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 4:09 am to BamaSaint
May be, but he sounds like a very confident person. And no matter what you think of his show or his callers, haven't heard a lot of people who have met him or personally known him speak ill of him or say he just makes shite up.
"Calling the move disgraceful, Paul Finebaum called out Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne on Thursday for the decision to split play-by-play duties between Eli Gold and Chris Stewart for the upcoming Crimson Tide football season.
“I found the news yesterday to be disgraceful,” Finebaum told me Thursday during his weekly appearance on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5. “Disgraceful because he told me - and I know he has told you - after spending 240 days in a hospital and working through cancer and overcoming it, inspiring thousands in the state and around the country, to get back into the booth, then have the rug pulled from under him is to me an affront.”
Gold, who missed all of last season due to cancer, told AL.com coming back in a part-time capacity was a precaution in an attempt to re-gain his strength.
“I’m thrilled to be back in the booth, needless to say,” Gold said by phone Wednesday. “I’m absolutely thrilled. After a good bit of consideration, I feel like I did a good job. We had good practice games and scrimmages, but I need to work on getting my strength back. The travel, I don’t know how much that will take out of me and so on, so I’m going to do the home games and the talk shows. Chris will do the road games.”
The news was released by the university, but Finebaum lays the decision at Byrne’s feet, describing the decision as astonishing.
“I’ve known (Gold) for 40 years,” Finebaum said. “He wouldn’t put himself in a position where he was less than 100 percent.”
The SEC Network analyst pointed out his remarks had nothing to do with Chris Stewart, who he calls “an outstanding broadcaster.”
“I’m extremely sad,” Finebaum said. “I’m thrilled he’s back, but this really isn’t fair to him. ... For someone in Eli’s position with his stature and gravitas that he has held over this program for so long to say, ‘OK, you’re back, but you can only do this.’ To me, it’s a shock to the system. I can’t believe it.”"
al.com
"Calling the move disgraceful, Paul Finebaum called out Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne on Thursday for the decision to split play-by-play duties between Eli Gold and Chris Stewart for the upcoming Crimson Tide football season.
“I found the news yesterday to be disgraceful,” Finebaum told me Thursday during his weekly appearance on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5. “Disgraceful because he told me - and I know he has told you - after spending 240 days in a hospital and working through cancer and overcoming it, inspiring thousands in the state and around the country, to get back into the booth, then have the rug pulled from under him is to me an affront.”
Gold, who missed all of last season due to cancer, told AL.com coming back in a part-time capacity was a precaution in an attempt to re-gain his strength.
“I’m thrilled to be back in the booth, needless to say,” Gold said by phone Wednesday. “I’m absolutely thrilled. After a good bit of consideration, I feel like I did a good job. We had good practice games and scrimmages, but I need to work on getting my strength back. The travel, I don’t know how much that will take out of me and so on, so I’m going to do the home games and the talk shows. Chris will do the road games.”
The news was released by the university, but Finebaum lays the decision at Byrne’s feet, describing the decision as astonishing.
“I’ve known (Gold) for 40 years,” Finebaum said. “He wouldn’t put himself in a position where he was less than 100 percent.”
The SEC Network analyst pointed out his remarks had nothing to do with Chris Stewart, who he calls “an outstanding broadcaster.”
“I’m extremely sad,” Finebaum said. “I’m thrilled he’s back, but this really isn’t fair to him. ... For someone in Eli’s position with his stature and gravitas that he has held over this program for so long to say, ‘OK, you’re back, but you can only do this.’ To me, it’s a shock to the system. I can’t believe it.”"
al.com
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 4:12 am
Posted on 8/25/23 at 4:39 am to koreandawg
That’s a shame; it’s hard to find those indelible voices. I still miss Jim Hawthorne so much, and it was a salt in the wound that they didn’t hire Lyn Rollins as successor.
Blair has an objectively better radio voice than either but it’s just too generic.
Blair has an objectively better radio voice than either but it’s just too generic.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 5:10 am to koreandawg
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koreandawg
Might as well say that you don't know shite and you are just repeating what Finebaum says in some sort of attempt to troll
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