OT: Al Michaels done at NBC? Not part of their playoff coverage

[sb1]

Seems like it. End of an era

Exclusive | Al Michaels out of NBC’s NFL playoff coverage in move he wasn’t expecting

The legendary Al Michaels is out of NBC’s NFL playoff coverage, The Post has learned, and the move apparently caught him off guard.

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[Ian]

Seems like it. End of an era

Exclusive | Al Michaels out of NBC’s NFL playoff coverage in move he wasn’t expecting

The legendary Al Michaels is out of NBC’s NFL playoff coverage, The Post has learned, and the move apparently caught him off guard.

nypost.com

Agreed. One of the last remaining iconic ones.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Yes it does seem like the end of an era

 

[Pape]

There was a point in time when Al Michaels was one of, if not the, best in the business... Concise, had a mastery of the game at hand, and was actually pleasant to listen to... something about his voice - had a very "announcer like" quality to it...

On Prime though, he just been terrible... he doesn't know the players, cant track the roster list... we now get "thats 38 running down the side lines heading towards daylight" instead of "Rhamondre Stevenson is running down the..." half the time i'm not sure he knows what teams are playing...

Can't blame the guy for wanting to work, collect them big fat amazon checks for as long as possible... beats working... still better than half the guys out there, which is a crying shame...

 

[PatsFan2]

There's a God mercy right there.

 

[jdlboot14]

Ya, everyone loves to lavish praise on guys who say the game on the radio. IMO announcers shouldn't be in the HoF.
And, Al has been declining for a while. Not to mention all he does is try to find a way to say "Baltimore" as many times as possible in the worst accent ever. It's good to move on.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

Loved Al for years…but time is undefeated. He isn’t nearly as bad as watching poor Lee Corso on Gameday, but not good either.

Is it just me, or are there really no great remaining broadcasters anymore outside of Jim Nance? Who also is closer to the end than the middle.

 

[XLIX]

Seems to me like they didn't even have the courtesy of telling him...

 

[XLIX]

Loved Al for years…but time is undefeated. He isn’t nearly as bad as watching poor Lee Corso on Gameday, but not good either.

Michaels is still doing just fine. The problem is that he is announcing the crappy amazon schedule which has more duds than not instead of NBC SNF which is one of the week's premiere games.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

“When Al Michaels finds out he’s going to be upset”
-Al Michaels

 

[UGAPatsfan]

Michaels is still doing just fine. The problem is that he is announcing the crappy amazon schedule which has more duds than not instead of NBC SNF which is one of the week's premiere games.

There have been more duds than not in general this year overall on all platforms IMO. Something off about the product

 

[IcyPatriot]

The part we never see in many of these moves is pressure from sponsors ...
Even with Belichick ... it's not something we usually hear but it always must be a factor.
Will miss him ... I guess Tirico is the current voice we have heard for years ..
. I loved Howard Cosell and we all loved Madden... throwing that in while I am on this topic.

I am becoming a fossil.

 

[203Pat]

He's really mailed it in over at Amazon.

 

[denverpatsfan]

Michaels is still doing just fine. The problem is that he is announcing the crappy amazon schedule which has more duds than not instead of NBC SNF which is one of the week's premiere games.

This x1000 The game suck. Can't be too happy with the Thursday schedule this season.

 

[VrabelJr]

I'll miss the times he would get cynical about stupid things the league was up to. Sarcastic Al Michaels is fun.

 

[TommyD4207]

He's really mailed it in over at Amazon.

And it's been absolutely glorious television.

 

[Boomer B]

I like it that Al is in his “I don’t give a ****” what I say phase. If a game sucks he won’t sugar coat it.

But, all good things come to an end. In my opinion, one of the best ever.

 

[RobertWeathers]

This x1000 The game suck. Can't be too happy with the Thursday schedule this season.

Yea in his prime Al could make picking out produce at the grocery story sound exciting but he's had absolute **** to work with this year.

 

[Boomer B]

Yea in his prime Al could make picking out produce at the grocery story sound exciting but he's had absolute **** to work with this year.

I wonder if he pays by cheque when he buys groceries

 

[RobertWeathers]

I wonder if he pays by cheque when he buys groceries

Light cream for white russians was sure cheap back then