Mike Gorman getting chalked etc.

[Snoopy the Celtics Beagle]

I have to disagree with you here.  Mike Gorman is not some kid who 
just bopped in off the street to do the Celtics play by play.  He's 
been doing Celtics games  with Tommy Heinsohn for over 25 years, one 
of the longest such broadcast partnerships in sports history.  He's 
worked at CBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT covering everything from college 
hoops to the Olympics.  He is also a member of the New England 
Basketball HOF and is a five time Emmy winner.

Sounds more to me like some of the Celtics could stand to ride HIS coattails.

At 10:18 PM 12/2/2007, asterix ninetynine wrote:

>I can understand why Gorman would get tired of the chalk 
>thingy.  BUT I think he should consider that with a successful team 
>more people watch the games and thus his name recognition 
>increases.  I mean most folks that aren't like us who watched the 
>team when they were losing 18 straight and there is likely a 
>sizeable constituency that wouldn't know Mike Gorman from Lou Gorman.
>
>The guys on this Celtics team will be "rock stars" in Boston come 
>March as the only game in town and Mike Gorman will ride those 
>coattails.  If he plays his cards right, he'll leverage his name 
>recognition into a fat new contract with lots of guarantees 
>(including a pretty little parachute), so if the chalk thingy is 
>bugging him he ought to step aside because there are of lot of folks 
>behind him that won't give a lick about that.  Players make the 
>world go round , not the announcers.
>
>Besides kids love sidewalk chalk, I smell an endorsement if Mikey 
>plays his cards right....
>----- Original Message ----
>From: JB <JB_Celticsstuff at Comcast.net>
>To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List <celtics at igtc.com>
>Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2007 8:19:13 PM
>Subject: Re: Mike Gorman getting chalked etc.
>
>I was at the game tonight, with the press pas and I can't quote him,
>but.....
>
>
>On Dec 2, 2007, at 8:17 PM, dforant1 wrote:
>
> > This thread is a teaser. Why is Niles wrong?? What do you know
> > about it?
> > Just the facts mam, just the facts.

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