CALGARY! Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I subscribe to all the different Sportsnet channels as I like to watch all the Canadian teams play. One thing I noticed is that all Sportsnets commentators are big time homers when calling the games. I guess it's ok because each Sportsnet is geared towards a certain market. But I mean watching Calgary on Sportsnet they make it sound as though Calgary are still playoff contenders, when you Watch Oilers Sportsnet they make it sound like the Oilers are the 1980s Oilers second coming, when you watch Vancouver Snet they make it sound like every player on the team is a candidate for first team all star, when you Watch Ottawa they go on about what a gritty team Ottawa has and make you think the Road to the cup goes threw Ottawa and so on with the other teams. I find it particularly funny when watching say an oiler vs flames or oilers vs Canucks game and if you switch between channels after a good play each commentator has a different view on what happened. For example say the Sedins had a great chance but just missed, the snet pacific guys will be going on about how strong the Sedins are on the puck, meanwhile you switch to snet west and the commentators will be going on about how effective the oiler defense are at Shutting down the Sedins. What do you guys think about Sportsnet Homerism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Feel fine, especially knowing when there's guys like that Bruins announcer who homers Boston to the bajillionth. But tbh, it's fine. Snet is here to support Canadians and they do a good job in diff ways, one being via broadcasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooby Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 It's supposed to be homerized, since it's regional. I'm fine with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 It's supposed to be homerized, since it's regional. I'm fine with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 It's supposed to be homerized, since it's regional. I'm fine with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magician Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Not even close to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 It's what we want to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALGARY! Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 I used to find it funny when Hughson called Van CGY or Van EDM games on CBC and you could tell how hard he had to work to try to appear neutral even though he could barely control his disdain for the AB teams, especially when they won lol, and I think Hrudy would purposely say things to get him worked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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