Where's Glen Suitor?

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Where's Glen Suitor? Will he be broadcasting with another partner?
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I suspect he may be scheduled to do tomorrow's game between the Lions and Calgary.
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TheLionKing wrote:I suspect he may be scheduled to do tomorrow's game between the Lions and Calgary.
With Rod Black, no doubt. There. I said it.

I think you're right; it'd make more sense from a travel POV for one crew (Cuthbert/Forde) to cover the games in Wpg & Tor while the other (Black/Suitor) covers the games in Cgy & Edm. Wonder if they've swapped PxP/colour partners around from last year (then C/S & B/F, mostly) for the whole season this time out.
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Nope. Could have sworn they said during the telecast tonight that Duane Forde would be travelling to Calgary for tomorrow night's game.


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Just tuned in Tor/Ham, sounds like they've got Gord Miller & Matt Dunigan in the booth.
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suitors doing the game this afternoon :) he tweeted that he had family obligations
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So happy to see Glen Suitor back!
We had a friend over watching Lions game yesterday. "Wow"....he said....."that guy sure doesn't like the Lions"!!!!
Enuff said!
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Is that rap on Black? I know he's as popular as herpes on this forum, but have never known why.
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I don't notice it with other teams, always suspected it was just me being a Lions fan.
It was very interesting that our friend commented on it though.
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South Pender wrote:Is that rap on Black? I know he's as popular as herpes on this forum, but have never known why.
Because he's an embarrassment as an announcer.
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South Pender wrote:Is that rap on Black? I know he's as popular as herpes on this forum, but have never known why.
We all have our preferences for play by play and colour broadcasters and since the internet it is far easier to make a case against/for.

If you watch a game online it seems it always happens - a post comes up about how bad Rod Black is and away it goes. I prefer Rod over TSN's other guys - BUT I don't dislike them at all. What I like about Black is how much he gets the things in about a player, his background, etc. I don't need the announcer to tell me what the play is doing so I am not looking to see if he made an error as I don't care. They all do - of course as it is not an easy job to get it always right.

As a kid I used to listen to all the sports announcers in Vancouver on football and liked them all. Today they'd not all pass the internet test.

I like Suitor but do get frustrated when a cheap shot to the head is wow, 'what a great football play.' If he was back with the Riders playing he'd not say that if it was his QB who just took the cheap head shot. I think announcers shouldn't be encouraging that stuff.
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I like all TSN's guys.......just figure I'm sensitive 'cause I love our Lions!!!
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Watched Lions tonight with Glen Suitor & Rod Black...........thought they did a great job!
Loved the game!
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Rod Black takes a lot of criticism on this and other fan sites but i thought he did a good job. No mistakes that i noticed and didn't repeat himself too much.
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DanoT wrote:Rod Black takes a lot of criticism on this and other fan sites but i thought he did a good job. No mistakes that i noticed and didn't repeat himself too much.
I am trying to go easier on Rod Black.

I thought his discussion post game with Suitor on Andrew Harris was well done.

But he does get repetitive. Like he has found a comfort zone with an idea and then beats it to death. The listeners got it first time through. Dan Dierdorf on NFL broadcasts would say the same thing, over and over, with slightly different words. I had to tune it out, or, otherwise, I would be shouting at the screen: "Shut up, Dan." LOL
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