Certified Legendary Thread The absolute brilliance that is the C9 commentary team. CC: Brad McNamara

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Packer was a piece of s**t. Glad he's dead.

But the most tense, and in hindsight most hilarious, moment was still to come as Packer turned on Healy.

“The other night you called the game against the Kiwis over when they needed 13 an over and they got up. It’s never over, son. Listen, you blokes, we’re a commercial network. We survive with good ratings and good revenue. Never, ever call a game over until it’s over, son. You called the game against the Kiwis over,” Packer said.

“No I didn’t, Kerry,” Healy replied.

Nicholas couldn’t believe his ears. “Oh my god, did he just say that? And Kerry? Did he call him Kerry?” he thought.

Packer: “You f***ing did, son.”

Healy: “No I didn’t, Kerry.”

Packer: “Son, I’m not an idiot. You called it over when they needed 13 an over.”

Healy: “I didn’t, Kerry. I was rostered off the game. I wasn’t even there.”

Packer: “You f***ing were, son.”

“It was a robust exchange,” Nicholas wrote. “I gave the points to Healy. He was right, he wasn’t there, which would have been funny at any other time than this. It was me who called the game over.”

Sounds like he had dementia and no idea what the * he was talking about.
 

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At least we have one or two things to thank Kerry for, James just gives us casinos.

“Without warning, he launched into a spellbinding attack on our commentary,” Nicholas wrote. “He talked quietly but firmly and with a sense of threat. His words were less advice than instruction and the long and short of them was: stop telling us something is interesting, the viewer can decide whether it’s interesting; don’t use that word ‘clever’ — it’s a game of cricket, that’s all; stop asking questions of other commentators and excluding the viewer; stop telling us about s*** weather; cut out the in-jokes — we’re not interested in your tennis and golf games or your fish and chips; keep women, kids and blokes who don’t play the game in the loop by keeping it simple and explaining it for dummies; call the f***ing game, not the peripherals; tell us about the game but don’t analyse everything — it’s not science, it’s a game, and all that analysis is boring; call the game; know the players, know the figures, know the conditions and take us inside the game. Don’t lecture. Call the bloody game.”

sounds like he absolutely knew what he was talking about, this is exactly the kind of s**t they do now that pisses people (me) off
 
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Mark Nicholas (host), Ian Chappell, Michael Clarke, Ian Healy, Kevin Pietersen, Michael Slater, Mark Taylor, Shane Warne. That's a list of people who clearly know a lot about cricket. The Nine method turns them into elite bogan comedians.
 
Father Jack said:
At least we have one or two things to thank Kerry for, James just gives us casinos.

“Without warning, he launched into a spellbinding attack on our commentary,” Nicholas wrote. “He talked quietly but firmly and with a sense of threat. His words were less advice than instruction and the long and short of them was: stop telling us something is interesting, the viewer can decide whether it’s interesting; don’t use that word ‘clever’ — it’s a game of cricket, that’s all; stop asking questions of other commentators and excluding the viewer; stop telling us about s*** weather; cut out the in-jokes — we’re not interested in your tennis and golf games or your fish and chips; keep women, kids and blokes who don’t play the game in the loop by keeping it simple and explaining it for dummies; call the f***ing game, not the peripherals; tell us about the game but don’t analyse everything — it’s not science, it’s a game, and all that analysis is boring; call the game; know the players, know the figures, know the conditions and take us inside the game. Don’t lecture. Call the bloody game.”

sounds like he absolutely knew what he was talking about, this is exactly the kind of s**t they do now that pisses people (me) off
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Warne and Slater could have done with being on the end of that.
 
Father Jack said:
At least we have one or two things to thank Kerry for, James just gives us casinos.

“Without warning, he launched into a spellbinding attack on our commentary,” Nicholas wrote. “He talked quietly but firmly and with a sense of threat. His words were less advice than instruction and the long and short of them was: stop telling us something is interesting, the viewer can decide whether it’s interesting; don’t use that word ‘clever’ — it’s a game of cricket, that’s all; stop asking questions of other commentators and excluding the viewer; stop telling us about s*** weather; cut out the in-jokes — we’re not interested in your tennis and golf games or your fish and chips; keep women, kids and blokes who don’t play the game in the loop by keeping it simple and explaining it for dummies; call the f***ing game, not the peripherals; tell us about the game but don’t analyse everything — it’s not science, it’s a game, and all that analysis is boring; call the game; know the players, know the figures, know the conditions and take us inside the game. Don’t lecture. Call the bloody game.”

sounds like he absolutely knew what he was talking about, this is exactly the kind of s**t they do now that pisses people (me) off
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It was s**t when he was alive too.
 
Father Jack said:
no it wasn't
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During a rain break a couple of years ago they showed a replay of the tied final against the West Indies in 1984, and the difference in the commentary was so noticeable I got a text message about it from a mate who was watching it as well. It was remarkable, they didn't talk while the ball was being bowled, and discussion of the game wasn't conducted in the manner of a bunch of schoolkids on a sugar rush.
 
Bomberboyokay said:
Yes it was.

This is like when people correctly say Home and Away is a s**t show but pretend it was good when they were younger.
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Well I'm afraid I can't help you with the Home and Away comparison, but I can tell you that back in the day they used to talk about the cricket and not about themselves, except maybe for Bill's pigeons. They certainly didn't gallivant around in cherry pickers or crap on about their lunch.
 
Bomberboyokay said:
This is like when people correctly say Home and Away is a s**t show but pretend it was good when they were younger.
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****in lol, who the hell reckons that..

On cricket it has never been perfect and might be exaggerated a tad but it was definitely a lot better than what it has sunk to now at 9.
 
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