re: You may like Jim Hawthorne ...

One of the things about human beings is that we're all the same yet we're all different.
I listened to the same broadcast of the same game yet I don't feel as if JH was negative at all in his attitude.
He said, "The ball just won't go in the hole." "LSU can't buy a basket." Was that not the truth, especially in the first half?
He said, "CJ is not big enough to guard Ogilvy."
"The Tigers just have no answer for Ogilvy."
Since the guy scored a career high and nobody on LSU's team had any real succcess stopping him, that sounds pretty much like truthful statements to me.
Personally, I heard more frustration that the Tigers just couldn't get over the hump than negativity. Many times I heard he and Ford talk about how hard the Tigers were playing yet giving Vandy credit for coming out and playing hard and taking advantage of an LSU glaring weakness.
Much of how we perceive what we see and hear is colored by our own attitudes. I suggest that all those finding "negativity" in JH and KF's broadcast(s) first take a long look in their mirror for the source. Just like the originator of this thread said, "I'm a negative person by nature."

It's well documented here that it's not necessarily what he says (although that is a problem sometimes) but more how he says it. That whine in his voice. He just sounds like a negative Rantard fan calling the games sometimes and when they do pull out the win, he's rather subdued sometimes.

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I'm neagative person by nature




BIIIINGOOOOO!!!! GIVE THAT MAN A KEWPIE DOLL!!!!


No further explanation needed!

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Uh yes there is: I don't need Jim Hawthorne sounding like the world is coming to an end when I'm already p.o'd at the goings on.

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Much of how we perceive what we see and hear is colored by our own attitudes. I suggest that all those finding "negativity" in JH and KF's broadcast(s) first take a long look in their mirror for the source. Just like the originator of this thread said, "I'm a negative person by nature."

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Mike, first of all I do like Jim, have met him and he's a very personable fellow. However, I think some of the feelings about Jims perceived negativity stems from the long duration of his career. Those who have listened to him from day one of his LSU experience and even before when he called Centenary's games, have taken notice that he's become more inclined to give negative vibes over the air as the years have progressed. In other words, he's only human and does weave in the road from time to time. Jim was the ulimate professional when he began his LSU career, rarely displaying the kind of emotion you commonly here now. But we're all inclined to wear our emotions on our sleeves as we get older IMPO. As you said we're all the same yet all different. My Dad always said, " Remember you are unique, just like everybody else."

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You may like Jim Hawthorne

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No. I LOVE Jim Hawthorne.

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but you can't deny that he is a pessimist

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Hush up. Blasphemy.