John Kelly. on Kings feed, what a blunder F

[Blues Dave]

Everybody can do what they want or say what they want, I don't care. But this place is wher you can talk about stuff like this. Weather it's opinions or trying to guess factual stuff. For me I'm an old fart and personally like the Kellys. Father and son. Damm good hockey minds who do/did great service to the Blues and hockey. To each their own. (I could have just said to each their own at the beginning of my post and saved a lot of words.)

[TAFKAP]

I understand the venting, but, nobody has mentioned the fact that Fan Duel is going under.

Again.

Didn't the Cardinals just terminate their deal after New Years?

[11WSChamps]

Well I guess if not knowing where the puck is or who has it and why then I guess these two imposters are for you.

Watched the game against the Kings and I'm thinking if I'm just able to listen there would no idea what was going on with the game.

They are the absolute worst.

Kerber family had to know someone to get him the job.

[Absolut]

Still laughing at vitale pretending the pick was rifled back and forth on that goal. A goalie nightmare!

[AtillaTheBlue1]

I’ll never understand why this move was made

$$$

This was 100% about cutting cost of 2 crews of analysts/tv people

[Cahokanut]

Just a bad thing to do all around.

When a organization promotes family, community, and pride for a location. Then kicks stl royalty, Uncle Kelly in the nuts, while pushing him out the door, just for a extra dinner roll to split. It makes them sound like Dickwads.

[seattleblue]

Everybody can do what they want or say what they want, I don't care. But this place is wher you can talk about stuff like this. Weather it's opinions or trying to guess factual stuff. For me I'm an old fart and personally like the Kellys. Father and son. Damm good hockey minds who do/did great service to the Blues and hockey. To each their own. (I could have just said to each their own at the beginning of my post and saved a lot of words.)

Of course you can talk about it exactly here for exactly as long as you please.

It's just that some cowards here who literally say they agree with you have "police thoughts" on when and where you can speak about it.

[TheJackBurton]

It's been half a season. Get over it.

It would be nice not to have to watch the games on mute.

that's funny, numerous people said the same thing for the previous 20 years on this website.

[Francis Park Thug]

I think it's mostly the older posters that are disgruntled.
They like their announcers to be like John Kelly,
Professional, knowledgeable, prepared and boring. [John Kelly]
There's nothing wrong with that.
They are now targeting a new, younger audience who want to be entertained.
H.G. Wells said it best. "Adapt or die."

[brianstlou2]

Just a bad thing to do all around.

When a organization promotes family, community, and pride for a location. Then kicks stl royalty, Uncle Kelly in the nuts, while pushing him out the door, just for a extra dinner roll to split. It makes them sound like Dickwads.

Agree wholeheartedly! Kerber is the Blues VP of Broadcasting and Content Development. HE’S the one who decided they should fire Kelly and he should take over. Even if they were trying to save money they could have kept Kelly and split time between the 3 of them even if they wanted Kelly to do 60 games or split periods even to make sure this was gonna work out.

I’ll never understand why or how Kerber chose Vitale for the color role. My guess is they are buddies and he hired him bc they like hanging out. That’s great but how about hire someone that actually is good at hockey analysis. Also I can’t stand his voice and how he growls every now and then.

Kerber still doesn’t know the player names half the time.


I pay less attention to them now and many times just watch the game on high speed since I don’t want to listen to them. Saves time too.

And while that ship has probably sailed, I keep speaking about it bc I hope that Kerber is reading and doing something to improve his number recall and maybe providing Vitale feedback. And ideally realizing the mistake they made and bring Kelly back next year.

And if the guys were more entertaining maybe I would like watching them. But Vitale is too A.D.D. for me.

[seattleblue]

I think it's mostly the older posters that are disgruntled.
They like their announcers to be like John Kelly,
Professional, knowledgeable, prepared and boring. [John Kelly]
There's nothing wrong with that.
They are now targeting a new, younger audience who want to be entertained.
H.G. Wells said it best. "Adapt or die."

To put its significance in perspective for me personally. My uncle discovered somitomeres. This was a landmark discovery in 1979 and it became foundational to developmental biology. It fundamentally changed how science approaches birth defects. In my family as the child whose brain was like his, I was told that I could literally do anything. I believed this too.

And I tell you truly, being Dan Kelly, translating this pure emotion of this thing, to other people, eloquently, in real time, using all of his self to balance all of the input and then translating it back out in real time, while anticipating the play ... that is the only thing I ever personally "wanted to be when I grew up." Dan Kelly was that good. If you don't know, you won't know. But if really heard him, you know. It's why I have been a Blues fan this long and this much.

So yes it is important. It's a very difficult and refined human set of skills. These current little podcasters are just smarmy guys who desperately want to be liked. So they unspool their thoughts. It is really unbearable.

The timeline on thinking or talking about this topic has nothing to do with when the police decide to pronounce "adapt or die." That's just corruption masquerading as change, and it appeals to people who enjoy being fooled.

[Cahokanut]

Go blues

[Cahokanut]

Just a bad thing to do all around.

When a organization promotes family, community, and pride for a location. Then kicks stl royalty, Uncle Kelly in the nuts, while pushing him out the door, just for a extra dinner roll to split. It makes them sound like Dickwads.

Agree wholeheartedly! Kerber is the Blues VP of Broadcasting and Content Development. HE’S the one who decided they should fire Kelly and he should take over. Even if they were trying to save money they could have kept Kelly and split time between the 3 of them even if they wanted Kelly to do 60 games or split periods even to make sure this was gonna work out.

I’ll never understand why or how Kerber chose Vitale for the color role. My guess is they are buddies and he hired him bc they like hanging out. That’s great but how about hire someone that actually is good at hockey analysis. Also I can’t stand his voice and how he growls every now and then.

Kerber still doesn’t know the player names half the time.


I pay less attention to them now and many times just watch the game on high speed since I don’t want to listen to them. Saves time too.

And while that ship has probably sailed, I keep speaking about it bc I hope that Kerber is reading and doing something to improve his number recall and maybe providing Vitale feedback. And ideally realizing the mistake they made and bring Kelly back next year.

And if the guys were more entertaining maybe I would like watching them. But Vitale is too A.D.D. for me.

To be sure.

You'd think he had to get final approval of his plan from one of the guys in charge.

What makes it worse. Is they did it towards the end of the summer. Limiting opportunities and pay Kelly could command for his family.

Doing what seems to be purposely wrong to blues personal. Looks to be a feature of those in charge of the organization.

[SameOldBlues]

Everybody can do what they want or say what they want, I don't care. But this place is wher you can talk about stuff like this. Weather it's opinions or trying to guess factual stuff. For me I'm an old fart and personally like the Kellys. Father and son. Damm good hockey minds who do/did great service to the Blues and hockey. To each their own. (I could have just said to each their own at the beginning of my post and saved a lot of words.)

Very well said..and I dont give a frog’s phataazz who gets yeast in their ham wallets, Ill continue to beech and moan about how bad Kerby and Vitalypoo suck, especially since I know it bugs some turds who hate hearing differing opinions.

[TheJackBurton]

Just a bad thing to do all around.

When a organization promotes family, community, and pride for a location. Then kicks stl royalty, Uncle Kelly in the nuts, while pushing him out the door, just for a extra dinner roll to split. It makes them sound like Dickwads.

Agree wholeheartedly! Kerber is the Blues VP of Broadcasting and Content Development. HE’S the one who decided they should fire Kelly and he should take over. Even if they were trying to save money they could have kept Kelly and split time between the 3 of them even if they wanted Kelly to do 60 games or split periods even to make sure this was gonna work out.

I’ll never understand why or how Kerber chose Vitale for the color role. My guess is they are buddies and he hired him bc they like hanging out. That’s great but how about hire someone that actually is good at hockey analysis. Also I can’t stand his voice and how he growls every now and then.

Kerber still doesn’t know the player names half the time.


I pay less attention to them now and many times just watch the game on high speed since I don’t want to listen to them. Saves time too.

And while that ship has probably sailed, I keep speaking about it bc I hope that Kerber is reading and doing something to improve his number recall and maybe providing Vitale feedback. And ideally realizing the mistake they made and bring Kelly back next year.

And if the guys were more entertaining maybe I would like watching them. But Vitale is too A.D.D. for me.

kelly signed a 3 year contract to be the voice of the kings. he's not coming back

[DawgDad]

I first experienced Blues hockey listening to Jack Buck call a game. Presumably, he was calling a game. I recollect the guys I hung out with who tuned in felt sorry for Jack being thrust into that situation. So did I.

Then there was Dan Kelly.

Kerbs is tolerable, reasonably competent in calling the action. He bears the anchor of Vitale. The recent national broadcast with Oshie highlighted how bad situation really is. Vitale might be fine on a talk radio show, he is a fish out of water on a TV broadcast.