Watch him in the Dogs vs Lions game this year. Got bored just after half time and came up with a new nickname which he thought was hilarious "The Package".
Stopped commentating the game and just stuffing around with Darcy screaming "The Package" into the microphone for 2 quarters. At one stage...
That was just horrible on Sat night. I rarely switch off before the end of a game even if we are getting thumped but Darcy & BT crapping on about "The Package" while the Lions kicked 3 goals was the final straw. (I know I could have muted, but meh).
At what point as a commentator do you decide...
BT is truly awful for different reasons. Even if he is terrible - to his credit I think he does bother to research the teams.
I think it is fair to blame Bomber - He is being paid to engage footy fans via his commentary and is putting in a half arsed effort.
If Bomber accepts the job then he should be prepared to do what comes with it. If he doesn't then I think it's fair to criticize and expect better as a consumer of the product.
I'm not aware of any other industry where you can accept a role and then throw your hands up and say "Hey, I'm just...
I think that horse has already bolted.
It's not that he is a bad at special comments - When he actually does a bit of research he can be quite interesting to listen to.
The problem that's being discussed here is that he just doesn't seem to give a s**t. This is quite obvious when he doesn't...
During the lions vs essendon game a few weeks back Bomber Thompson was there for "Special Comments". This was somewhat misleading as he should have been titled "Special Essendon Comments Only".
Bomber didn't bother to talk about the Lions once all day unless he was giving it to a youngster...
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