Friday, August 04, 2006

Jonesy New Color Man

Finally, some good news about a smart move the Flyers made. The team announced that Gary Dornhoefer would be stepping away from the television booth for broadcasts, making room for former Flyer -- and part-time OLN announcer -- Keith Jones. Dornhoefer will be the latest Flyers' ambassador of hockey, a post also held by Bob Kelly and Bernie Parent. The third member of the broadcast team, Steve Coates, will stay on though not in the booth. Coates will move to ice-level where he'll provide in-game analysis and interviews.

I LOVE this news. I have thought the Jim Jackson-Dornhoefer-Coates team was one of the worst announcing teams in all of sports. Jones is an intelligent and humorous individual who, I think, will do an excellent job of explaining the game to the fans.

Comments on "Jonesy New Color Man"

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (4:30 PM) : 

And Coates might actually be palatable down closer to the action. He'll be on the air less, so perhaps the occasional nugget of good insight -- which he is capable of -- can sneak out.

 

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