Gary McCord Has Got to Stop Talking So Much

[iacas]

1 minute ago, 3jacker said:

He's a freakin golf announcer.  He can't do it wrong . It's not important enough to get mad about.

Some of you need to really, really lighten up.

Yes, he can "do it wrong."

And who is getting mad here? Who exactly needs to "lighten up"?

[Vinsk]

1 minute ago, 3jacker said:

He's a freakin golf announcer.  He can't do it wrong . It's not important enough to get mad about.

 

 Some of you need to really, really lighten up.

I don’t see anything posted that would require anyone to ‘lighten up.’ Some of us don’t like his commentary. That’s the topic. So......

[3jacker]

8 minutes ago, iacas said:

Yes, he can "do it wrong."

And who is getting mad here? Who exactly needs to "lighten up"?

They guy complaining about Gary McCord's announcing. This, along with whining about other announcers, indicates many here are bothered enough to complain about it repeatedly.  So maybe "mad" is the wrong word.  But something like that. 

But me? I'm not mad that he's mad. Trying to use the ol' telling someone who said to "lighten up" to lighten up routine... I see what you're doin.  I know you are but...

Look Gary McCord's goofy.  But he ain't in a vacuum.  They're all about goofy.  Jim Nantz is the most respected now.. and the most goofy. It's golf.  It's not serious.  I mean, it's less serious than politics... right? And look how goofy that shit has turned.  

My great grandfather was right. It's all bull***t man.  Just enjoy the ride.

Edited August 27, 2018 by 3jacker

[rehmwa]

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it's a lighten up of the golf ball kind of world man

nice effort

[iacas]

39 minutes ago, 3jacker said:

They guy complaining about Gary McCord's announcing. This, along with whining about other announcers, indicates many here are bothered enough to complain about it repeatedly.  So maybe "mad" is the wrong word.  But something like that.

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But me? I'm not mad that he's mad. Trying to use the ol' telling someone who said to "lighten up" to lighten up routine... I see what you're doin.  I know you are but...

You can see what I'm doing… without making it wrong. You're the one commenting on commenters. You're "whining" about people "whining."

So yeah, maybe it's you who should lighten up. Everyone else here is commenting on something that's foisted upon us - we can mute the coverage, but that's about the only option. And we're commenting on it on a forum where we talk about golf. You're whining on a golf forum about people whining.

41 minutes ago, 3jacker said:

My great grandfather was right. It's all bull***t man.  Just enjoy the ride.

Take your own advice? Avoid the meta commentary next time, eh?

[ChrisP]

Can’t stand McCord. He makes me reach for the Advil every time he comes on. He is a guy who thinks he’s funny who is anything but funny...and he is annoying. They need to bring Ken Brown over from Fox and have him take over for McCord if they’re looking for golf humor. I enjoy him much more.

[Pretzel]

m a McCord fan, but I grew up playing a whole lot of the old Tiger Woods games and watching all the tournaments he commentated in so I'm likely biased.

What is indisputable, however, is how fantastic and fitting his mustache is. It's got its own personality and makes me smile a little every time I see it.

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Edited August 27, 2018 by Pretzel
Gooder spelling than original

[3jacker]

17 hours ago, iacas said:

You can see what I'm doing… without making it wrong. You're the one commenting on commenters. You're "whining" about people "whining."

So yeah, maybe it's you who should lighten up. Everyone else here is commenting on something that's foisted upon us - we can mute the coverage, but that's about the only option. And we're commenting on it on a forum where we talk about golf. You're whining on a golf forum about people whining.

Take your own advice? Avoid the meta commentary next time, eh?

I like the use of the term "meta commentary."

What would whining about whining about whining be? Metametacommentary?

[iacas]

4 minutes ago, 3jacker said:

I like the use of the term "meta commentary."

What would whining about whining about whining be? Metametacommentary?

I'm not whining about your whining. I'm simply pointing out the fact that you're doing it.

I couldn't care much less about your whining; it's just always mildly amusing to me how unaware some people can be.

None of that's on topic, though, so either talk about Gary McCord here - whether you like him or not - or things very closely related to that topic, or don't post in this topic.

[3jacker]

So.. back on topic - his mustache, for me, mitigates his try-harding with his jokes.  

Now Feherty, on the other hand, needs an intervention.  Not for his behavior, but for hitching his thinline beard up well above his jawline.  Saw him on with Kerr last night, really an odd look.  He's running out of things to try with his facial hair.

[jamo]

I kinda like Gary. He's not as funny as he thinks he is, but whatever. I don't mind him.

[DeadMan]

I think the title nailed this. His shtick would be funnier in smaller doses. But when the broadcast throws to him, he ends up talking the entire time. To me, he also is rarely serious when he's talking. It's like he has to make 2 funny comments every time he talks on the broadcast. In contrast, Feherty knows when to dial down his shtick and just announce the shot.

[iacas]

Well said @DeadMan.

[Buckeyebowman]

To me, it seems to me that McCord's comments amount to much the same that we golfers would trade among ourselves during a round of golf! What's wrong with that?! I enjoy him.

And I enjoy Feherty as well, but not so much impromptu on air, as in his writings and his interview show on Golf Channel. I've bought his books, and they are brilliant! He is a gifted and skilled expositor of the game of golf.

And his interviews are insightful, and reveal much of his subject's underlying character. He can ask some tricky questions due to his disarming nature. The subject can relax, and give some answers that one might otherwise not get!

[Vinsk]

37 minutes ago, Buckeyebowman said:

To me, it seems to me that McCord's comments amount to much the same that we golfers would trade among ourselves during a round of golf! What's wrong with that?

Because he’s being paid to be a professional announcer, not just some guy they pulled from the crowd. @DeadMan said it best. 

And....this isn’t about Feherty😉

[1badbadger]

On 8/27/2018 at 12:30 PM, djfajt71 said:

McCord's ok, I'm pretty ambivalent about his commentary.  I truly enjoy Feherty and Faldo. I enjoyed them when they would go back and forth on CBS.  I was totally shocked at how likeable I find Faldo.  During his playing days, I thought he was the biggest douche.

Faldo really was a douche back in the day.  Always admired him as a player, but the stories I've heard about how he acted and treated others is unbelievable.  He's much more likable now.