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    Praise the Lord....Gumbel Out at NFLN

    PER PFT....

    Bryant Gumbel, who served as the play-by-play announcer for the first two years of NFL Network’s in-house coverage of regular-season games, is leaving the position.

    “I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to call NFL Network games the past two years, which was a new experience for me,” Gumbel said in a release. “But we’ve agreed that we’d all be better served going in different directions. There are a lot of talented people at NFL Network. I thank them, I wish them well, and I have no doubt that they will be very successful going forward.”

    “We appreciate everything Bryant did in helping us launch our NFL Network game telecasts,” said NFL Network President and CEO Steve Bornstein. “Bryant helped create interest in our first foray into televising NFL regular-season games. He is one of the great broadcasters of our time and we are honored to have worked with him.”

    One of the ways that Gumbel helped “create interest” was to tee off on NFLPA Executive Director Gene Upshaw. In August 2006, Gumbel gave the following advice to then-incoming NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Gumbel’s HBO program, Real Sports.

    “Before he cleans out his office,” Gumbel said, “have Paul Tagliabue show you where he keeps Gene Upshaw’s leash. By making the docile head of the players union his personal pet, your predecessor has kept the peace without giving players the kind of guarantees other pros take for granted. Try to make sure no one competent ever replaces Upshaw on your watch.”

    Now that Gumbel has one less job, maybe he’s the guy to replace Upshaw.

    And now that Gumbel is gone, maybe they’ll find someone to replace him with a slightly deeper voice.
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    Good. He's awful. I can't believe somebody hired him in the first place.

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    I hear Katie Couric might be available soon.
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    Hosanna in the highest. God he was bad.

    I actually liked the Anti-Upshaw rap. That was about the only thing he called that I agreed with (See the other thread below)

    I know wonder if Ditka is next. He's been pretty hard line on helping the retirees that have pension trouble. Sounds like they are cleaning house.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HarveyWallbangers
    Good. He's awful. I can't believe somebody hired him in the first place.
    i'm sure his last name got him the gig
    To much of a good thing is an awesome thing

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    Bogus call, nothing is funnier than Gumbel doing a game, calling everyone by the wrong name with that 'I could care less' smug grin on his face.

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    He was brutal. Shows how difficult that job is.
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    Why don't they get Keith Olbermann? He's not as political.
    more freedom, less government. Go Sarah!

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    Bryant Gumbel and his hiring by the NFL Network......let's fire us the way back machine.... (now new and improved with some funky fonts)

    http://www.packerrats.com/ratchat/vi...ghlight=gumbel

    I just wonder who they will get to replace him. I hope it's really a football guy and nothing else. Just call the game, bud.

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    I thought I would find Gumbel really obnoxious. I didn't. But he made so many mistakes, I found him almost comical. Not sure which is worse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by motife
    Why don't they get Keith Olbermann? He's not as political.
    Keith is a far cry from his days at ESPN. Dude has a hatred for everything bush-related, republican-related, or Clinton-related.

    That being said, he knows his sports and is a very funny guy.
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    So that's where Brett is going.














    there......someone had to start the rumor
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    Best off-season news I've heard so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GBRulz
    Best off-season news I've heard so far.
    Better than Joe Toledo?!?
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