Dierdorf to retire from stating the obvious

[NortheasternPJ]

An early Christmas present!

@BenVolin: CBS announces that Dan Dierdorf is retiring after this season. Has been in the NFL for 43 straight years -- 13 as player, 30 as broadcaster

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

He's still going to state the obvious. It's just that we're not going to be able to hear it.
 
But I don't think Fouts or Wilcots are that much better. Hopefully Gannon or Tasker (not experienced enough yet so not gonna happen) fill the #2 slot next year.

 

[H78]

This makes me happy. Probably my least favorite NFL commentator.

 

[Granite Sox]

Folks, if this doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will.
 
It doesn't get any better than this.

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

Knowing CBS, I shudder to think who'll be the replacement.

 

[glennhoffmania]

Knowing CBS, I shudder to think who'll be the replacement.

 
Yeah this.  Maybe they'll give it to Siragusa and let him sit indoors for a change.  His brilliant insight is sometimes lost in the crowd noise.

 

[SaveBooFerriss]

I was going to post that he should spend more time at his steakhouse in St. Louis (Westport) because I had a shitty meal there last February, but I learned it closed in April.  So, not sure what he will do. 

 

[Sausage in Section 17]

 

He's still going to state the obvious. It's just that we're not going to be able to hear it.

 
That depends. Not on your TV anyway. What state does he live in, and are you in the same time zone?

 

[Kliq]

Losing McCarver and Dierdorf in the same year is like losing Hitler and Mussolini in 1945.

 

[PeaceSignMoose]

Losing McCarver and Dierdorf in the same year is like losing Hitler and Mussolini in 1945.

 
Jesus Christ.

 

[since '75]

Jesus Christ.


no, we lost him way before '45...

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

no, we lost him way before '45...

Pedro is still alive.

 

[MalzoneExpress]

I've always thought of Dan as a dear dork.

 

[Corsi]

Knowing CBS, I shudder to think who'll be the replacement.

 

 

[ifmanis5]

Guys, that's just a great job of continuing to do what you were trained to do. You know, after seeing that replay, maybe it is time get while the getting is good after all. Great job guys.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Harold Reynolds?

 

[canderson]

CBS hires Aikman away from FOX to replace Dierdorf, Reynolds takes over for both McCarver and Aikman.

 

[mauidano]

Harold Reynolds?

Damn.  You beat me to it!

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Losing McCarver and Dierdorf in the same year is like losing Hitler and Mussolini in 1945.

You must be from Waltham. Kids who grow up in Waltham always shake Japan from their dreams and forget about the rest of the Axis.

 

[Kliq]

You must be from Waltham. Kids who grow up in Waltham always shake Japan from their dreams and forget about the rest of the Axis.

 
Meh, a noble effort, but you could have done better.

 

[ItOnceWasMyLife]

I'm confused.  I thought Dierdorf and McCarver were the same person.  And since McCarver had already announced his retirement, I thought this was well known.  Nothing to see here.

 

[the1andonly3003]

is there any non-1st team color guy on either Fox or CBS who are good?

 

[richgedman'sghost]

is there any non-1st team color guy on either Fox or CBS who are good?

John Lynch? 

 

[gtg807y]

 

 
Jesus. I don't know when I last heard him call a game - it might be ten or fifteen years - and I'd forgotten about it until I saw this picture, but good God I think Jerry Glanville is the worst commentator I've ever heard.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

 
Jesus. I don't know when I last heard him call a game - it might be ten or fifteen years - and I'd forgotten about it until I saw this picture, but good God I think Jerry Glanville is the worst commentator I've ever heard.

 
Magic Johnson has to be in that discussion.  

 

[glennhoffmania]

is there any non-1st team color guy on either Fox or CBS who are good?

 
Are you implying that Simms and Aikman are good?

 

[the1andonly3003]

 
Are you implying that Simms and Aikman are good?

 
fine are ANY color guys good?

 

[Sox and Rocks]

 
fine are ANY color guys good?

This is what I'd like to know.  SOSH seems to hate all announcers.  Might be thread worthy.  

 

[Sox and Rocks]

 
Magic Johnson has to be in that discussion.  

Bill Walton

 

[Sox and Rocks]

 
Are you implying that Simms and Aikman are good?

Aikman can call a game I'm watching any day.  

 

[doldmoose34]

 

Is Elvis coming with him?

 

[DanoooME]

When Cris Collinsworth is by far the best color guy in the business, you know there's trouble.
 
1. Collinsworth
2. Aikman
3. Johnston
4. Mayock
5. Billick

 

[CreightonGubanich]

Folks, I'm not so sure that Dan Dierdorf doesn't think he isn't one of the greatest color analysts of all time.

 

[glennhoffmania]

I think of the options right now Mayock is the best.  Aikman isn't bad except when his concussion symptoms act up.  Collinsworth isn't bad either.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

 
Meh, a noble effort, but you could have done better.

Very true. I am saving that effort for the appropriate time.

 

[Burgmeier In LF]

I think of the options right now Mayock is the best.  Aikman isn't bad except when his concussion symptoms act up.  Collinsworth isn't bad either.

Bingo..Mayock breaks it down more fluidly than the others. He does his homework and isn't caught off guard (much) on controversial or special plays. I don't mind Collinsworth or Billick either, both are good (even with their Patriot bias) 

 

[seeitgosine]

I have and always will appreciate the game from the lineman's perspective. I will miss Mr. Dierdorf, because he called the game as he seen the game, and obvious or not, he did see the game.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

I have and always will appreciate the game from the lineman's perspective. I will miss Mr. Dierdorf, because he called the game as he seen the game, and obvious or not, he did see the game.

 
The game he was broadcasting?

 

[Philip Jeff Frye]

Jesus. I don't know when I last heard him call a game - it might be ten or fifteen years - and I'd forgotten about it until I saw this picture, but good God I think Jerry Glanville is the worst commentator I've ever heard.

He did Ivy League games on YES for a while. IIRC, he did a Yale/Columbia game that I watched 2 or 3 years ago. You think he screwed up NFL games? It was a real train wreck to watch.

Dierdorf seems a lot like McCarver - interesting and insightful at first, but they both somehow turned into total bores, seemingly overnight.

 

[soxfan121]

I will say this, having not seen either actually play, everything I've ever read places Dierdorf as a worthy Hall of Fame player and McCarver as a good but never great regular. 
 
Thus, Dierdorf > McCarver because they were both terrible TV analysts.

 

[the1andonly3003]

we are talking about CBS' number TWO color commentator position here...

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Chad Finn at the Globe today calls out SoSH for the great title to this thread

 

[glennhoffmania]

 
The game he was broadcasting?

 
Awesome

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Chad Finn at the Globe today calls out SoSH for the great title to this thread

Ha!

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/11/22/michaels-relishes-latest-brady-manning-showdown/HAJkl8L18KUCkBxX7qIZ3I/story.html

 

[Spacemans Bong]

I always liked Dierdorf because he was one of the big voices of sports from my childhood, since he was on the MNF crew and the 49ers were always on MNF. Two things I liked about him: for a guy who had been in pro football for over 40 years, he was still excited to be at the game, and he always seemed willing to criticize bad play or bad officiating. He was not someone who ran away from calling somebody out.

 

[garlan5]

I think I hate Old Dan more than mccarver. It was always funny when he would get passed over on the hall of fame and get pissy about it. Chris Collinsworth is my equivalent of Joe Buck. Intelligent about the game but annoying pricks. Dan and Mccarver just out in their own rambling worlds.

 

[Al Zarilla]

I think of the options right now Mayock is the best.  Aikman isn't bad except when his concussion symptoms act up.  Collinsworth isn't bad either.

I can't get past all of Mayock's cliches. He literally can't say anything without using one. Or, maybe I'm an example of what Sox and Rocks said. 
 
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/80642-dierdorf-to-retire-from-stating-the-obvious/?p=5127695
 
Actually, Collinsworth sees and points out more details after plays that I certainly didn't see or couldn't have because of non-infinite camera coverage for us TV spectators. He's the best right now IMO. I don't thing Dierdorf is that bad though. Maybe his head construction made him less susceptible to blows to the head than a lot of other long time players. 
 

 

[MoGator71]

I think I hate Old Dan more than mccarver. It was always funny when he would get passed over on the hall of fame and get pissy about it. Chris Collinsworth is my equivalent of Joe Buck. Intelligent about the game but annoying pricks. Dan and Mccarver just out in their own rambling worlds.

This. And Bert Blyleven was even better...every time he'd get passed over he'd make the rounds and bitch about it. I always felt like Blyleven probably should have gotten in, but hearing him whine about it made him getting passed over kind of amusing.

 

[garlan5]

This. And Bert Blyleven was even better...every time he'd get passed over he'd make the rounds and bitch about it. I always felt like Blyleven probably should have gotten in, but hearing him whine about it made him getting passed over kind of amusing.

Yeah forgot about bert

 

[mt8thsw9th]

Today I learned how to spell "perfect". Thanks, Dan!