REPORT: Panthers will not renew contract of Eugene Robinson

[ellis]

5 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I rmember when he was hired, it was an "out of left field" thing. There were a couple of good candidates from other NFL teams, but when the news came that it was Mixon, it was a shock.

Mixon's background was in the wrong specialty (color vs play by play) with the wrong sport (basketball vs football). Yet there he was...

Never really understood why the Panthers went so far out of the box other than that Mixon was relatively well known in the region.

Current Pistons voice Mark Champion (Lions PxP at the time) wanted the gig. He was an absolute gem, too. But, nope. We settled on UNC’s color guy (for hoops) with no lead experience.

I was perplexed at the entire process. 

Then again...

 

 

[ellis]

Another candidate was the voice TCU football. 

What a strange-ass group. 

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, je1005 said:

Mark Champion (Lions PxP at the time) wanted the gig. He was an absolute gem, too. But, nope. We settled on UNC’s color guy with no lead experience.

I was perplexed at the entire process.

I remember the name. He was actually my preferred candidate.

I looked up some samples of his work online and posted them on another board that was active at the time. Don't remember hearing Mixon's name till it was announced he was getting the job.

And yeah, it sounds like a very Jerry Richardson choice.

[ellis]

Champion does the VO for Disney’s Super Bowl MVP ads. The city of Detroit was pretty miffed when the Lions replaced him. 

 

[Mr. Scot]

Found a clip of Champion calling the game when Barry Sanders broke 2000 yards.

It's always fun to watch Barry Sanders highlights anyway, and this one brings back memories because I watched it happen on TV.

Bonus: Original Panther Pete Metzelaars is part of the clip.

 

[ellis]

Love me some late 90’s NFL. Nice post. 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, je1005 said:

Love me some late 90’s NFL. Nice post. 

Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Thurman Thomas, Brett Favre, Jerry Rice, Joe Montana / Steve Young, Andre Reed, John Randle, Darryl Talley, Dan Marino, Jim Kelly...

Yeah, there's some great memories from those years.

[Jay Roosevelt]

Josh Norman.

[Butterflyj30]

I like Eugene!!

[Mr. Scot]

Part of me does wonder a little if Eugene's "incident" would come into play given how Jerry Richardson left the team.

That's probably a huge stretch, but it's one of those things that crosses your mind.

[Riverboat Ron]

Why not the guys who do the Spanish commentary on gameday?

[raz]

6 hours ago, panthers55 said:

I guess white folks don't know how to announce. Is that the gist of your post?

no, just those 2.  mixon is creepy ie 'cam massages the ball under center'...  and greg sounds like a robot, a super white midwest robot somebody made as a joke to sound like the whitest most practical white person ever.  and what am i doing up at this hour?  f'ing plott hounds busted out again.  i'm sure the law will be up here tomorrow.  there's a fence. invisible fence wire hanging off fence, hot wires at top and bottom of fence.  before anyone thinks they're in a tiny lot like some people do, the fence is 1,320 feet in circumference.

[Moo Daeng]

5 hours ago, je1005 said:

Current Pistons voice Mark Champion (Lions PxP at the time) wanted the gig. He was an absolute gem, too. But, nope. We settled on UNC’s color guy (for hoops) with no lead experience.

I was perplexed at the entire process. 

Then again...

 

 

Durham and Mixon did both basketball and football games.

[BrianS]

12 hours ago, Bartin said:

Delhomme would be fun. A lot of fun but I imagine I might tire of him pretty quickly.

Agree.  I still think it might be fun to have him in for a couple games a year.