CallawaySabres Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Hello Nostradamus. Dunleavey just said on Hockey Hotline he'd step aside for Rick if the team makes the Cup and Rick wants to do it. Well now that is very good to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 It would be nice to hear some more recent calls from Dunleavy to see if he has progressed in his calling. Gotta be some radio tape online somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Jeanneret is the reason I decided to begin doing play-by-play work. Definitely going to miss him. It just won't be the same without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Wasn't Dunleavy calling Blue Jays games for a while? And what is his current capacity with the leafs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 It's official. I hate everything this regime does. That seems about right. :P I think going with another eccentric caller would be the worst choice possible. You can't have somebody of a similar style follow a legend like Rick IMO. I wouldn't be able to stop myself from thinking "stop trying to be Rick, you never will be." But that's me. I agree. I cringed when they were apparently toying with having RJ's son take over. Dunleavy sounds like a real hockey guy as well as being a solid, seasoned play by play announcer. Real good hire, in my mind. And what is his current capacity with the leafs? The 2011 press release suggested that he was splitting radio PBP duties for the Leafs. So getting a full-time simulcast gig is presumably a step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Wasn't Dunleavy calling Blue Jays games for a while? And what is his current capacity with the leafs? Dunleavy comes to the Sabres from the Toronto Maple Leafs’ broadcasting team and is best known for his nine years of radio calls for the IIHF World Junior Championships. He has spent 19 years at SportsNet Radio and The Fan 590 in Toronto. He called Olympic hockey in Vancouver in 2010 and also had called OHL and AHL games for Rogers Sportsnet. Outside of hockey, he has been the radio voice of the National Lacrosse League's Toronto Rock and the radio and TV voice of Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres/2013/08/go-to-the-video-the-work-of-dan-dunleavy.html?ref=bmh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Black seems good for a weird comment like this with some regularity. As the linked press release indicates, Dunleavy is a 20+ year veteran in the broadcasting industry. Maybe Black was seeing him as a whipper snapper compared to RJ? Again, no real harm in the comment from Black, but there's part of it that makes him seem like a huckster. FWIW, WGRZ made a point of writing him up as a "veteran" broadcaster. http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/222432/37/Sabres-Rick-Jeanneret-to-Retire-after-2015-16-Season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 When it comes to replacing RJ, this is the one of the better choices i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Selling him as a "up and comer" is a little odd thouhg, given his age and extensive resume. Maybe Black was just talking in terms of RJ having nearly 30 more years of experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Dwight Drane Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Hello Nostradamus. Dunleavey just said on Hockey Hotline he'd step aside for Rick if the team makes the Cup and Rick wants to do it. I just did a quick actuarial analysis of this actually having to happen......and I came up with 1.3% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Jeanneret is the reason I decided to begin doing play-by-play work. Definitely going to miss him. It just won't be the same without him. That's cool. What sport/s? I think going with another eccentric caller would be the worst choice possible. You can't have somebody of a similar style follow a legend like Rick IMO. I wouldn't be able to stop myself from thinking "stop trying to be Rick, you never will be." But that's me. Fair point. I'm thinking of Pittsburgh and Bob Prince, Mike Lange, Myron Cope. A better point might have been — go with a young hire. Hey it worked with Rick and Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwinkle III Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I will compare Dunleavy not to RJ, but to Paul Hamilton. If he's better than Paul, fantastic! If not, I will be looking forward to NBC broadcasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 While I'm bummed like every Sabres fan that RJ actually has a date to hang it up, I couldn't be happier with the choice. DD is a solid PBP guy who only got love here and there for his brief work on games but trust me, you'll like him. Glad it wasn't given to Hamilton. Not a slam but his work really isn't NHL quality. What we can all agree on is thank God it wasn't given to Sylvester. He may be setting a modern day record for public demotions. How long before he's replaced on the radio? Hopefully tomorrow. Good job Sabres. Right decision for once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 While I'm bummed like every Sabres fan that RJ actually has a date to hang it up... Not every Sabres fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 [/size] Harrington posted one game call. (Holy cow - that starts out as a terrible game.) 0:40, welcome back hank!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 While I'm bummed like every Sabres fan that RJ actually has a date to hang it up Not every Sabres fan both perspectives can peacefully coexist. was i bummed when #11 hung 'em up? yeah. did i want him to retire before he started to look like a fool out there? yeah. p.s. these sentiments prompted me to wiki the circumstances surrounding perreault's retirement (which i'd mostly forgotten): Perreault retired at the end of the 1985-86 season. Thereafter, pension changes came into effect significantly boosting the pensions of retired players who played at least twenty games in the 1986-87 season. He duly came out of retirement, and still played effectively, scoring 9 goals in the first 14 games.[3] He retired for good on November 24, 1986 after his twentieth game.[3] He finished his career with scoring totals of 512 goals and 814 assists for 1326 points in 1191 games. At the time of his retirement, Perreault was the sixth leading scorer in NHL history. Along with the other two members of the French Connection, Perreault was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame in 1989. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Sabres retired his number 11 in the same year, having been the only player to ever wear number 11 for the Buffalo Sabres; his #11 was the first number retired by the Sabres.[4] When his French Connection linemates' numbers were retired, Perreault's #11 was lowered and raised back between Martin's #7 and Robert's #14, as Buffalo Sabres retired the French Connection line as a group, marking the first three players to have their numbers retired by the Sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Dance Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Can you imagine what it would be like to work for an organization for four decades and not have them reach their ultimate goal? I'm just a lowly fan and I'm having difficulty generating any enthusiasm for this coming season. I can't imagine how RJ will feel - but I'm sure glad he'll still be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Would be grossly unfair to Dunleavy. But what an intriguing idea. I recall in 1997 when the Red Wings won their first Cup in 42 years, they brought recently retired Bruce Martyn back to call the second period of the series-clinching game. He called the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude_Verret Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 I dunno. The voice is decent but on the goal calls — that's downright Sylvester-esque. I guess we'll be more used to it in three years, but the voice/style transition is pretty jarring. Just seems like a safe choice. This fan base is used to Jeanneret's antics and eccentricities. But with so much money on the line, the suits weren't going to do anything crazy. Certainly no way the loose cannon Hamilton was going to get the job full-time. Too bad. It's official. I hate everything this regime does. You're just now able to admit this to yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 He could turn out to be the only highlight of the Sabres season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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