Gary Danielson - Good Riddance

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

Wrong. He is an ass.

That he is

 

[tideindc]

My opinion, in vast minority here, is that the guy knows a a lot more about football than most of us, . Yes he rants about officiating too much , pulls ag Bama ( prob because it’s to build up a possible upset ) , and has a quirky personality. But his analysis is way more insightful the the vast majority of talking heads out there.
You all will be hating most of the ESPN folks next year, other than Tidefans fave Herbie.( whom I also like, btw).

 

[crimsonaudio]

My opinion, in vast minority here, is that the guy knows a a lot more about football than most of us, . Yes he rants about officiating too much , pulls ag Bama ( prob because it’s to build up a possible upset ) , and has a quirky personality. But his analysis is way more insightful the the vast majority of talking heads out there.
You all will be hating most of the ESPN folks next year, other than Tidefans fave Herbie.( whom I also like, btw).

I've said all this for years - but tonight takes the cake. There's no denying he was actively rooting against Bama tonight, unless you refuse to pay attention to his actual words and only hear what you wish.

 

[BigAlinKnoxville]

Gary suggesting we should have kicked a FG is proof of what an idiot he is.

I said the exact same thing to my son at the time. We were down by FOUR points with less than a minute left, and he made that asinine comment.

I wasn't sure who said it, but it was the stupidest thing I've heard all year.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I've said all this for years - but tonight takes the cake. There's no denying he was actively rooting against Bama tonight, unless you refuse to pay attention to his actual words and only hear what you wish.

He was giddy while we were losing and when we got TD, he was trying to find a way it was incomplete.

 

[RammerJammer14]

It's not his job to SHUT UP, but to weave in the history of Bama, Saban, and other coaches (he's been around awhile). He's the color commentator, after all.

What are you, his mother?

 

[bamafaninbham]

He has some great insight at times. But his obvious bias toward who he wishes to win the game he is calling is beyond annoying. Good riddance. Good bye.

 

[bamafaninbham]

And obviously he always wants to call an upset. So he is always biased against Bama.

 

[edwd58]

I, too, find him to be extremely aggravating to listen to - despite his insight into the intricacies of the game. Unfortunately, I doubt we are done with him as we have some B1G games on future schedules - like Wisconsin in Madison next season. I'd be beyond surprised if CBS doesn't somehow get this game and we'll have to listen to him yet again.

 

[thingamajimbeux]

He also thinks that it is his job to officiate the game.

This right here. Was unbearable how many goals he THOUGHT we should have been called for. Like dude, *** are you looking at?

 

[Krymsonman]

Yet he saw a lot of "good coverage" from the barn

I saw a lot on uncalled interference.

 

[Krymsonman]

I usually don't have a problem with Gary, but in today's "last Iron Bowl on CBS", he was definitely way over the edge towards the barn. I got really tired on hearing about the barn's great coverage when it was obvious P.I. etc. He also was downright giddy whenever the barn got the lead, especially late in the game. By far the most one-sided I've ever heard him. And we get him one more time. Wonder how pro-dog he will be.

 

[bvandegraff]

Gary knows a lot about football but he'd rather impress you with his knowledge and officiate the game than enhance your understanding/enjoyment of it, which is the main function of the color commentator. I'll listen to him in an interview, but in a game he's insufferable.

Glad I was on the road for all but the last couple of drives and listening to CTSN on the Tide 100.9 app. Eli can be hard to follow but he's infinitely preferable to the CBS crew.

 

[JDCrimson]

I think the CBS is upset they didn't get the contract renewed. Nessler and Danielson certainly felt it was appropo to burn bridges on the way out the door. It's not the same Gary as he was 2008-2012. After the Kick Six he seemed to turn on us.

 

[westide]

Danielson makes me miss announcers like Keith Jackson. I would have loved to have heard a "whoa nellie" yesterday. He seems to be impressed with himself but I am not. He loves to beat a dead horse into the ground. I will never forget when Cody blocked the Vols' field goal attempt in 2009, he kept saying there should have been a penalty because Cody took his helmet off even though the game was over.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I think the CBS is upset they didn't get the contract renewed. Nessler and Danielson certainly felt it was appropo to burn bridges on the way out the door. It's not the same Gary as he was 2008-2012. After the Kick Six he seemed to turn on us.

I think it was in the 2012 Iron Bowl where Gary said it was an "above the head hit."

How in the hell - in football - can you hit anyone ABOVE the head??????

Come to think of it, how can you ever hit ANYONE ABOVE THE HEAD?

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I think it was in the 2012 Iron Bowl where Gary said it was an "above the head hit."

How in the hell - in football - can you hit anyone ABOVE the head??????

Come to think of it, how can you ever hit ANYONE ABOVE THE HEAD?

It happened to the coyote all the time, right? Anvils, man.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I saw a lot on uncalled interference.

so did everyone else, but Gary saw "good coverage"

 

[BamaMoon]

And obviously he always wants to call an upset. So he is always biased against Bama.

I think that's it. They don't want to call blowout games also they constantly talk up the underdog and root for the favorite to fail.

Instead, they should just call the game as it happens instead of trying to insert a storyline before it happens. They inserted the 'upset' story line before it ever happened yesterday!

 

[Toddrn]

Won't CBS be doing the SEC Championship game?