I've heard enough from others, so I checked out the broadcast of what apparently was a cluster**** of a Saturday broadcast from Seven:
HAME/HAMMER's commentary
"The umpire reloads" = the first throw-in of the game. WTF?
"Crameri around the place and it spills over the wruiguyilly" = WTF?
"Jacobs, who is going out with Bernie Vince's sister" WTF????
"I think I might have credited a girlfriend to a a player who isn't warranted, er, Baz. Actually Keira Vince is seeing ..." = WTF????
"He's not going out with Bernie Vince's sister" {Basil: "Thanks, Hamo"}= WTF???
Hamo suddenly deepens voice mid first quarter - but could not keep it up and went back to normal after Heppel's goal = WTF???
Then suddenly disappears from commentary late in the first. It's all Basil. Where oh where did Hamo go? Has he been liquidated? Is his brother on the phone? = WTF???
But he's back quarter time to again mispronounce "Saturday" (is it that hard?), awkwardly pause and so on. It is not Satsurday. WTF????
Seems relegated to special comments in the second quarter, noting that a player was a "foster kid". [Basil: "Thanks, Hamo"]. So he's "Hamo" now.
Calls about 15% of the 2nd quarter. Seems to have given up on actually naming Port Adelaide players at times, resorting to "white jumper" - e.g. "kicks to a white jumper; plenty of white jumpers there, and a white jumper wins out!" Bas takes over again.
Who calls Tom Harley "Tommy"? Hammer/Hame/Hamo does! Why? Cos it's Saturday Arvo! It's all cool and relaxed - but different to the cool and relaxed of Saturday night. In the arvo, the callers "share their energy" - "Kirky" said so in the intro.
He's back for 20 seconds - "Umpire reloads" = Random boundary throw in. WTF?? He disappears again for 8 minutes. Are they seriously coaching/fixing him mid-broadcast?
I'm done, it's not even half time.
This is / was an abortion.
Is he John Casey bad? No, John Casey's best was better.
Is he as bad as thatguywhodidthosefewgamesonvflabcbeforePeterDonegantookover? No.
HAME/HAMMER's commentary
"The umpire reloads" = the first throw-in of the game. WTF?
"Crameri around the place and it spills over the wruiguyilly" = WTF?
"Jacobs, who is going out with Bernie Vince's sister" WTF????
"I think I might have credited a girlfriend to a a player who isn't warranted, er, Baz. Actually Keira Vince is seeing ..." = WTF????
"He's not going out with Bernie Vince's sister" {Basil: "Thanks, Hamo"}= WTF???
Hamo suddenly deepens voice mid first quarter - but could not keep it up and went back to normal after Heppel's goal = WTF???
Then suddenly disappears from commentary late in the first. It's all Basil. Where oh where did Hamo go? Has he been liquidated? Is his brother on the phone? = WTF???
But he's back quarter time to again mispronounce "Saturday" (is it that hard?), awkwardly pause and so on. It is not Satsurday. WTF????
Seems relegated to special comments in the second quarter, noting that a player was a "foster kid". [Basil: "Thanks, Hamo"]. So he's "Hamo" now.
Calls about 15% of the 2nd quarter. Seems to have given up on actually naming Port Adelaide players at times, resorting to "white jumper" - e.g. "kicks to a white jumper; plenty of white jumpers there, and a white jumper wins out!" Bas takes over again.
Who calls Tom Harley "Tommy"? Hammer/Hame/Hamo does! Why? Cos it's Saturday Arvo! It's all cool and relaxed - but different to the cool and relaxed of Saturday night. In the arvo, the callers "share their energy" - "Kirky" said so in the intro.
He's back for 20 seconds - "Umpire reloads" = Random boundary throw in. WTF?? He disappears again for 8 minutes. Are they seriously coaching/fixing him mid-broadcast?
I'm done, it's not even half time.
This is / was an abortion.
Is he John Casey bad? No, John Casey's best was better.
Is he as bad as thatguywhodidthosefewgamesonvflabcbeforePeterDonegantookover? No.