Guy following Rondeau has mount rushmore size shoes to fill, and will never be able to do it because in the end their simply not Bob.
Goldsmith and Sandmeyer are both jag's as announcers. Nothing wrong with either one of them, but they have came from the cookie cutter school of sports broadcasting where the tv tells the story and you are there to just tell us the who what where when why.
Case in point. Rondeau did this for 37 years. Goldsmith could do this for the next 137 years and he would never come close to the level of Bob, Dave Niehaus, Kevin Calabro, Bob Blackburn, etc.
Bob Rondeau will forever be the voice of the Huskies. He is that good.
Guy following Rondeau has mount rushmore size shoes to fill, and will never be able to do it because in the end their simply not Bob.
Goldsmith and Sandmeyer are both jag's as announcers. Nothing wrong with either one of them, but they have came from the cookie cutter school of sports broadcasting where the tv tells the story and you are there to just tell us the who what where when why.
Case in point. Rondeau did this for 37 years. Goldsmith could do this for the next 137 years and he would never come close to the level of Bob, Dave Niehaus, Kevin Calabro, Bob Blackburn, etc.
Bob Rondeau Keith Jackson will forever be the voice of the Huskies. He is that good.
Crisped that up for a true legend.
In 1958, Jackson became the first American sports announcer to broadcast an event from the Soviet Union, a crew race between the Washington Huskies and a Soviet team. Despite heavy suspicion and numerous hurdles by the Soviet authorities, Jackson and his cohorts were able to cover the race: the first ever American sports victory on Russian soil.[
Guy following Rondeau has mount rushmore size shoes to fill, and will never be able to do it because in the end their simply not Bob.
Goldsmith and Sandmeyer are both jag's as announcers. Nothing wrong with either one of them, but they have came from the cookie cutter school of sports broadcasting where the tv tells the story and you are there to just tell us the who what where when why.
Case in point. Rondeau did this for 37 years. Goldsmith could do this for the next 137 years and he would never come close to the level of Bob, Dave Niehaus, Kevin Calabro, Bob Blackburn, etc.
Bob Rondeau Keith Jackson will forever be the voice of the Huskies. He is that good.
Crisped that up for a true legend.
In 1958, Jackson became the first American sports announcer to broadcast an event from the Soviet Union, a crew race between the Washington Huskies and a Soviet team. Despite heavy suspicion and numerous hurdles by the Soviet authorities, Jackson and his cohorts were able to cover the race: the first ever American sports victory on Russian soil.[
Guy following Rondeau has mount rushmore size shoes to fill, and will never be able to do it because in the end their simply not Bob.
Goldsmith and Sandmeyer are both jag's as announcers. Nothing wrong with either one of them, but they have came from the cookie cutter school of sports broadcasting where the tv tells the story and you are there to just tell us the who what where when why.
Case in point. Rondeau did this for 37 years. Goldsmith could do this for the next 137 years and he would never come close to the level of Bob, Dave Niehaus, Kevin Calabro, Bob Blackburn, etc.
Bob Rondeau Keith Jackson will forever be the voice of the Huskies. He is that good.
Crisped that up for a true legend.
In 1958, Jackson became the first American sports announcer to broadcast an event from the Soviet Union, a crew race between the Washington Huskies and a Soviet team. Despite heavy suspicion and numerous hurdles by the Soviet authorities, Jackson and his cohorts were able to cover the race: the first ever American sports victory on Russian soil.[
Guy following Rondeau has mount rushmore size shoes to fill, and will never be able to do it because in the end their simply not Bob.
Goldsmith and Sandmeyer are both jag's as announcers. Nothing wrong with either one of them, but they have came from the cookie cutter school of sports broadcasting where the tv tells the story and you are there to just tell us the who what where when why.
Case in point. Rondeau did this for 37 years. Goldsmith could do this for the next 137 years and he would never come close to the level of Bob, Dave Niehaus, Kevin Calabro, Bob Blackburn, etc.
Bob Rondeau Keith Jackson will forever be the voice of the Huskies. He is that good.
Crisped that up for a true legend.
In 1958, Jackson became the first American sports announcer to broadcast an event from the Soviet Union, a crew race between the Washington Huskies and a Soviet team. Despite heavy suspicion and numerous hurdles by the Soviet authorities, Jackson and his cohorts were able to cover the race: the first ever American sports victory on Russian soil.[
When I was in the school Rondeau used to MC the senior banquet that the athletic department would host primarily for the non-revenue sports. Getting to hear Rondeau's legendary voice say your name and where you're from just once is good stuff.
When I was in the school Rondeau used to MC the senior banquet that the athletic department would host primarily for the non-revenue sports. Getting to hear Rondeau's legendary voice say your name and where you're from just once is good stuff.
"@Swaye , Pine Ridge Rez' would have been cool to hear.
When I was in the school Rondeau used to MC the senior banquet that the athletic department would host primarily for the non-revenue sports. Getting to hear Rondeau's legendary voice say your name and where you're from just once is good stuff.
"@Swaye , Pine Ridge Rez' would have been cool to hear.
Naval ROTC screwed the pooch on the this one IMO by not bringing in Rondeau for their events.
Sandy is a d bag. He has burned bridges locally. If kjr fires you that speaks volumes
CBS .....canned
I did a post game show with him after the Stanford game when Curtis broke his neck and he threw a fit like a little baby because he was only supposed to do the show solo. Then he took the recording trashed it. Classy guy.
He was also at times a prick rondeau. Rondeau classy hard working individual. The guy is a total pro.
Don't take this as a "well, you're wrong" type of post, but there's a lot that raised some flags to me ...
1) In any interaction that I've had with Sandy he's never come across as a dbag and my tickets used to be adjacent to a family member of his ... both come across (at least to me) as having high energy and a bit eccentric ... I could see that rubbing some people the wrong way.
2) What I heard at KJR was that he was a budget cut ... he wasn't the first guy that worked with Mitch that suffered that fate ... Fish was also a casualty. I tend to think that working well with Mitch requires knowing your place and not having a big personality. Dick Fain is the perfect co-host for him because Fain really doesn't offer a lot of strong opinions or personality. Sandy doesn't have a problem giving a needle and while Mitch also doesn't shy away from giving the needle, he is well established for not being able to take one very well.
3) Sandy was the only local show on CBS amongst a bunch of national shows ... he was cut amongst a series of other national cuts that CBS made on a single day covering way more stations than just Seattle. It was a tough gig that he was handed being on a network that was a distant 3rd in the local market. Personally, I thought his show (and later after that his podcast) were generally good (even though he was with the massive dbag known as Jason Churchill).
4) The only thing that I'll say about your 2000 postgame story was that holding an interaction with somebody 16-17 years ago as evidence of how that person is today could be a stretch. Regarding his treatment of Rondeau, his tweet following the news announcing Rondeau's pending retirement painted a different story.
Again, not saying that you're wrong or not entitled to your opinion particularly given that you've had I'm sure many more in-person interactions with him. But my general experience is that the truth is largely in the middle.
Will be interesting to see who they go after ... would be happy to see Sandemeyer get at least the basketball gigs
Kill yourself.
I'm going to have a good laugh if he gets the job
He won't get the gig. Not on Jen Cohen's watch
He likely will not ...
But to say not on Cohen's watch is interesting ... considering that he is part of the UW broadcasting team in women's basketball and baseball as well as men's basketball as the #2 voice during conflicts with football. If Cohen was so anti-Sandy I'd think that she'd find a way to kick him to the curb fairly quickly given that there likely isn't a substantial contract that he's under.
Sandy is a d bag. He has burned bridges locally. If kjr fires you that speaks volumes
CBS .....canned
I did a post game show with him after the Stanford game when Curtis broke his neck and he threw a fit like a little baby because he was only supposed to do the show solo. Then he took the recording trashed it. Classy guy.
He was also at times a prick rondeau. Rondeau classy hard working individual. The guy is a total pro.
Yeah kjr fired Sandmeyer and made Dick Fain his replacement. Lol, draw your own conclusions there.
2-3 times I've met sandmeyer he was a cool ass dude. Would fit in here. Should he be the UW play by play? No, but you sound pretty butt hurt about your encounter with him
Will be interesting to see who they go after ... would be happy to see Sandemeyer get at least the basketball gigs
Kill yourself.
I'm going to have a good laugh if he gets the job
He won't get the gig. Not on Jen Cohen's watch
He likely will not ...
But to say not on Cohen's watch is interesting ... considering that he is part of the UW broadcasting team in women's basketball and baseball as well as men's basketball as the #2 voice during conflicts with football. If Cohen was so anti-Sandy I'd think that she'd find a way to kick him to the curb fairly quickly given that there likely isn't a substantial contract that he's under.
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Goldsmith and Sandmeyer are both jag's as announcers. Nothing wrong with either one of them, but they have came from the cookie cutter school of sports broadcasting where the tv tells the story and you are there to just tell us the who what where when why.
Case in point. Rondeau did this for 37 years. Goldsmith could do this for the next 137 years and he would never come close to the level of Bob, Dave Niehaus, Kevin Calabro, Bob Blackburn, etc.
Bob Rondeau will forever be the voice of the Huskies. He is that good.
In 1958, Jackson became the first American sports announcer to broadcast an event from the Soviet Union, a crew race between the Washington Huskies and a Soviet team. Despite heavy suspicion and numerous hurdles by the Soviet authorities, Jackson and his cohorts were able to cover the race: the first ever American sports victory on Russian soil.[
Chinteresting.
1) In any interaction that I've had with Sandy he's never come across as a dbag and my tickets used to be adjacent to a family member of his ... both come across (at least to me) as having high energy and a bit eccentric ... I could see that rubbing some people the wrong way.
2) What I heard at KJR was that he was a budget cut ... he wasn't the first guy that worked with Mitch that suffered that fate ... Fish was also a casualty. I tend to think that working well with Mitch requires knowing your place and not having a big personality. Dick Fain is the perfect co-host for him because Fain really doesn't offer a lot of strong opinions or personality. Sandy doesn't have a problem giving a needle and while Mitch also doesn't shy away from giving the needle, he is well established for not being able to take one very well.
3) Sandy was the only local show on CBS amongst a bunch of national shows ... he was cut amongst a series of other national cuts that CBS made on a single day covering way more stations than just Seattle. It was a tough gig that he was handed being on a network that was a distant 3rd in the local market. Personally, I thought his show (and later after that his podcast) were generally good (even though he was with the massive dbag known as Jason Churchill).
4) The only thing that I'll say about your 2000 postgame story was that holding an interaction with somebody 16-17 years ago as evidence of how that person is today could be a stretch. Regarding his treatment of Rondeau, his tweet following the news announcing Rondeau's pending retirement painted a different story.
Again, not saying that you're wrong or not entitled to your opinion particularly given that you've had I'm sure many more in-person interactions with him. But my general experience is that the truth is largely in the middle.
But to say not on Cohen's watch is interesting ... considering that he is part of the UW broadcasting team in women's basketball and baseball as well as men's basketball as the #2 voice during conflicts with football. If Cohen was so anti-Sandy I'd think that she'd find a way to kick him to the curb fairly quickly given that there likely isn't a substantial contract that he's under.
2-3 times I've met sandmeyer he was a cool ass dude. Would fit in here. Should he be the UW play by play? No, but you sound pretty butt hurt about your encounter with him