REPORT: FOX Sports has "made it clear" it will hire Greg Olsen as an announcer

[CPcavedweller]

17 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

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  GREG OLSENTE, CAROLINA PANTHERS

  

  The Athletic's Richard Deitsch reports that FOX Sports has "made it clear" it will hire Greg Olsen as an announcer if he decides to retire.

  Olsen has already served as a guest analyst for FOX for several years, so it would be a natural transition for the soon-to-be 35-year-old. During his test gigs, Olsen has been much better in the booth than fellow tight end Jason Witten was on Monday Night Football. Olsen finally shook his persistent foot woes in 2019 but had his least productive season since 2011. He has strongly hinted that he is leaning toward retirement.

  SOURCE: Richard Deitsch on Twitter

  Jan 28, 2020, 4:27 PM ET

   
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Is ESPN bleeding money so badly that they can't hire semi-decent talent for their broadcast? Put Randy, Steve, or whomever else in the booth instead of Booger and Tessitore. It can't get any more mundane and boring than it currently is. 2019 was the first season that I've watched the NFL that I simply could not stomach Monday Night Football because the broadcast was so bad. 

[CPcavedweller]

1 hour ago, Gesualdo said:

Glad he's moving on to a job he cares about and is invested in.

He hasn't moved on. They said that they would hire him if he retired. 

[Gesualdo]

1 minute ago, CPcavedweller said:

He hasn't moved on. They said that they would hire him if he retired. 

We'll find out...on the next episode of As the World Turns!

Can we get rid of this f*cking part-timer already?

[Harbingers]

17 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

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  GREG OLSENTE, CAROLINA PANTHERS

  

  The Athletic's Richard Deitsch reports that FOX Sports has "made it clear" it will hire Greg Olsen as an announcer if he decides to retire.

  Olsen has already served as a guest analyst for FOX for several years, so it would be a natural transition for the soon-to-be 35-year-old. During his test gigs, Olsen has been much better in the booth than fellow tight end Jason Witten was on Monday Night Football. Olsen finally shook his persistent foot woes in 2019 but had his least productive season since 2011. He has strongly hinted that he is leaning toward retirement.

  SOURCE: Richard Deitsch on Twitter

  Jan 28, 2020, 4:27 PM ET

   
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Ya why do you think he’s holding out? He’s probably got CC job and people don’t know it yet. 

[1of10Charnatives]

2 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Ya why do you think he’s holding out? He’s probably got CC job and people don’t know it yet. 

Random conjecture: maybe he’s told the team and they’ve asked him to hold off announcing so it doesn’t steal focus from whatever the big news is.

[Harbingers]

4 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

Random conjecture: maybe he’s told the team and they’ve asked him to hold off announcing so it doesn’t steal focus from whatever the big news is.

Nah. He still wants to play and on a winning team. He’s open to trade offers, we’ll see how far they are willing to go. He’s already got nbc job. It’s just a question if he wants it. He’ll be first crew if takes the job at Fox. 

[Carl Spackler]

I'll be disappointed if he forces a trade to the Patriots, Chiefs or really anywhere, so he doesn't retire here. That would suck. The smart thing would be to hang it up and go to the booth, but it's not my decision and maybe he values the potential of a ring above the greater likelihood of more injury.

[Moose Hoover]

what??? no way!!! this did me such a shock!

 

now, gib chimken.