re: Unpopular opinion: Jim Hawthorn &gt; Chris Blair

Posted by hankiba

Member since Feb 2017

326 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 5:03 am to Caymus

Never liked Jim Hawthorne. "Caught-dropped" and lost track of the yard line while moaning "my, oh, my."

I'll take a professional play-by-play guy if I have to listen to a game over a homer.

Posted by munchman

Baton Rouge

Member since Feb 2006

10343 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 5:27 am to DEG

After John Ferguson....everyone else is a close second.

Posted by ecb

Member since Jul 2010

9535 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 5:51 am to DEG

Jack Hunt, Jack Hunt.

That still kills..

Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger

Bat'n Rudge

Member since Oct 2004

58530 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 6:02 am to David Bowman

quote:
I may be in the minority but I couldn't stand Hawthorne. He constantly screwed up calls ("Jack Hunt!!!") and was sooo negative when things weren't going great.

This! If you turned on your radio after a bad series or bad inning, you would think the Tigers were getting slaughtered.

John Ferguson was the opposite. He could make a two yard loss seem like a 20 yard TD run. "Alexander takes the ball, cuts right, cuts left, sees daylight, he's on his way, and he's dropped for a two yard loss!"

Posted by Pilot Tiger

North Carolina

Member since Nov 2005

73253 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 6:04 am to David Bowman

quote:
was sooo negative when things weren't going great.

listening to LSU play defense and having the other team complete passes is the worst

"And another, WIDE OPEN and I mean WIDE OPEN receiver makes the catch!"

Posted by tarzana

TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater

Member since Sep 2015

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Posted on 9/12/19 at 6:14 am to Mickey Goldmill

Jim Hawthorne is the GOAT. His passion and rhetorical style couldn't be matched

Posted by schwabbie28

United States

Member since Apr 2006

275 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 6:38 am to DEG

Jim Hawthorn became an LSU fixture, and deserves nothing but esteem, in my view.
He will always be an LSU fan, worked very hard, and deserves the best. Chris Blair may be a bit more "professional" and polished than Jim was, But Chris is a very good replacement for Jim, and I enjoy his broadcasts and his willingness to become a Tiger. ??
Imagine yourself, for example, being hired to move to Tallahassee and enthusiastically
broadcast Florida State sports. Welcome to LSU, Chris Blair - and keep up the fine work.

Posted by LSUDonMCO

Orlando

Member since Dec 2003

7055 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 6:38 am to DEG

John Ferguson (look it up) >>>>> Jim Hawthorne >>> Chris Blair

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

Member since Jan 2009

266189 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 6:42 am to GreyBear

quote:

- drunk redneck from N. La

Typical rant

Posted by Topwater Trout

Red Stick

Member since Oct 2010

67648 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 6:45 am to DEG

JH was much better than Blair. I don't get the fans who don't like how he was a homer, he is the LSU PBP guy. I guess they got their wish with Blair.

Posted by LSUDonMCO

Orlando

Member since Dec 2003

7055 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 6:55 am to Topwater Trout

Homerism is what makes college announcers awesome. In Florida, we have Gene Deckerhoff for FSU and Mick Huber for UF and they are very passionate. Deckerhoff has one HUGE problem in that he calls all of the players by their first name. Blair needs more passion and he will be awesome.

Posted by eddieray

Lafayette

Member since Mar 2006

18139 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 7:45 am to DEG

I never liked Hawthorne calling the game. He was such a negatiger sometimes. The disgust in his voice on a negative play brought me down.

I don’t love Blair but I like him better than Hawthorne. Really my main complaint about Blair is that “Touchdown Tigers” shite sounds forced most of the time.

ETA:

quote:
t. Every pass completed against us was "wide open

Exactly!!! And when you would see a replay of it, he wasn’t really wide open.

This post was edited on 9/12/19 at 7:52 am

Posted by VOR

Member since Apr 2009

64408 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:34 am to DEG

John Ferguson: GOAT

Posted by mhc4tigers

Member since Aug 2016

4379 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:35 am to DEG

Hawthorne was unlistenable from my point of view. Just my opinion

Posted by damnstrongfan

St. George, Louisiana

Member since Dec 2009

2123 posts

Posted on 9/12/19 at 8:39 am to Mickey Goldmill

quote:
I actually 100% agree with you. He's much more polished obviously but his "big calls" just don't get me excited like Hawthorne's did.

The job of the play-by-play voice is not to make you feel good, it's to give an accurate description of what is going on on the field as it happens and in that Hawthorne was clearly lacking.

Posted by AndrewD

Member since Oct 2013

712 posts

Posted on 9/16/19 at 3:10 am to damnstrongfan

The most confusing Hawthorne call was when we had Bernard Woodside in the Dale Brown era ... "Farside, Woodsde"... "skips the ball over to nearside, Woodside"...

Posted by Robbytiger

Denham Springs

Member since Oct 2010

1571 posts

Posted on 9/16/19 at 3:23 am to DEG

You can tell that Jim was emotionally into the game....he bled purple and gold..

I miss him...

Posted by Tiger Ugly

Baton Rouge

Member since Jul 2008

15037 posts

Posted on 9/16/19 at 5:30 am to DEG

I likened it to Harry Carey when my cousin stated his preference for Hawthorne.

Harry butchered names and made nonsensical comments but the emotion seemed genuine and it endeared him to all Cub fans.

Milo Hamilton was the Cub play-by-play man before Harry and they worked together a couple of years and would alternate between radio and t.v. Milo was certainly more polished and professional and made fewer mistakes but it was no contest who the fans liked most...not even close.

I see some similarities Re: Blair/Hawthorne.