Let's go Bandits! The quest for a 3-Peat has begun

[PromoTheRobot]

https://www.wivb.com/sports/buffalo-bandits/bandits-broadcaster-john-gurtler-wins-nlls-tom-borrelli-award/

[Taro T]

42 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

https://www.wivb.com/sports/buffalo-bandits/bandits-broadcaster-john-gurtler-wins-nlls-tom-borrelli-award/

He was horrible as a hockey pbp guy, but is VERY good in that same role with the Bandits.

Good for him.

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, Taro T said:

He was horrible as a hockey pbp guy, but is VERY good in that same role with the Bandits.

Good for him.

I barely remember him doing Sabres games. He must have split games with RJ at first because I seem to recall Rick taking over for Ted Darling early on.

[Taro T]

35 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I barely remember him doing Sabres games. He must have split games with RJ at first because I seem to recall Rick taking over for Ted Darling early on.

Nope.  He was fulltime TV PbP guy.  Rick took over occassionally while Ted was still employed but when he was too sick to call the game.  When Ted finally retired, Gurtler was his fulltime replacement.

And if you dialed 1-800-333-PUCK to hear how the Sabres did the night before you'd get a canned recap of some of his calls.  But if you clicked through to a human to ask which Satellite Feed the Sabres game would be on, he would often be the person answering.  Talked to him quite a few times when that 800 # was a thing.

[PromoTheRobot]

5 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Nope.  He was fulltime TV PbP guy.  Rick took over occassionally while Ted was still employed but when he was too sick to call the game.  When Ted finally retired, Gurtler was his fulltime replacement.

And if you dialed 1-800-333-PUCK to hear how the Sabres did the night before you'd get a canned recap of some of his calls.  But if you clicked through to a human to ask which Satellite Feed the Sabres game would be on, he would often be the person answering.  Talked to him quite a few times when that 800 # was a thing.

There you go. My memory is fuzzy.

[Big Guava]

3 hours ago, Taro T said:

He was horrible as a hockey pbp guy, but is VERY good in that same role with the Bandits.

Good for him.

At least he gets to call championship wins unlike the other Buffalo teams...