I really don’t care for Musberger, but as someone who (luckily) survived the tornado, I appreciated what he said.
As the person that posted the OP that was cited in this OP, I’ll take a stab.
I remember Mushheadberger from when he started out at CBS. He was a young, unsophisticated, yahoo, loudmouth at the time. He’s always been full of himself. He employed his brother as his manager. He thought he was on top of the world even though a lot of people couldn’t stand him. When his contract came up for renewal, he and his brother demanded the world. CBS said, “fuck this asshole”, and let him go. Good for them. Somehow, he landed a job a ABC and because ABC bought ESPN he somehow got a long term gig. (Again, pictures?)
The problem with him . . .
1.) His voice and inlection is nothing special. It is immediately identifiable and annoying.
2.) He is about himself. He thinks that he is making insightful observations but they are usually stuff that the listener already knows.
3.) He gloms on to nicknames that are stupid and tortured. The “Honey Badger” thing is beyond lame. Maybe you remember the running back from U of Mich. that was a total bust in the NFL. His name was Anthony Thomas that Muchheadberger loved to call, “A Train”. He tortured that beyond belief and has done that for numerous other players. It get’s to the point that it sounds like “I wan’t to suck off the A Train or the Honey Badger.” Do that on your own time Mushead, not on national national TV.
4.) He’s always the biggest fan of the team that is ahead in the score. There’s no balance whatsoever. He’s a total front runner.
5.) He dresses like he got his clothes out of the Salvation Army store in a suburb of Cleveland. Don Cherry would be embarrassed to be seen in his threads.
The guy is a total asshole. His voice and inflection are annoying. I can put up with bad announcers and annalists but this guy just grates my nerves. He has since his early days at CBS.
If you want more, ask me, I can come up with it.
I can’t believe that anyone, especially a coach can think that four plays to get ten yards is better than three to get a yard or two. For a coach or quarterback, it’s the perfect situation for a huge gain against a defense that’s playing tight against a run. Now that’s a topic for pitting! Thanks for pointing out something that I never see addressed…