Smitty's commentary

[The Huddler]

do not kid yourself...   it was awesome

[Khyber53]

His insight and honesty was great. His delivery needs some work, he's speaking and responding at about 3/4 of the speed he needs to be at. There were long, drawn out pauses and while his chill is okay in a slow moving pre-season game, he'd be hard pressed to keep tempo.

Getting the names wrong, not a problem in the preseason, it's just going to happen.

 

[SOJA]

He was fantastic

 

[Anybodyhome]

It was a bit awkward at times, but you gotta remember he's got producers and stat guys chirping in his ear while he's trying to talk. But, he does need to let go of the tired and mundane analogies, metaphores and cliches- he did stumble thru several of those.

But I love his honesty and there's nothing more refreshing than to have someone who knows these guys and came from this organization who'll tell it like it is. 

The only disagreement I have- Grier is a bust. Made a couple good throws yesterday, but it was a preseason game and it doesn't make up for the nothing he's done for a couple years now.

Edited August 16, 2021 by Anybodyhome

[RenoCarolina]

I was stuck with radio broadcast.

Nothing can be worse than, 

"Eason slides his hands under the center...."

 

[BurnNChinn]

He did great and he has some funny ass comments!

[frankw]

Considering he's been at this thing for a short time he did just fine. We could do much worse than having one of the best players in franchise history commentating for us. I welcome more of it.

[Sir Big Spurr]

South Carolina fans weren’t happy with him lol. He ripped Jake Bentley to shreds when talking about Shi Smith. He wasn’t wrong about anything he said, but was kind of an odd rant to go on considering Jake Bentley isn’t even playing football anymore. Gamecock message boards were furious about it. I’m a longtime Bentley hater so I was fine with it lol 

 

Overall, I thought he was fine for a preseason game. He’s not very polished, but I loved his honesty. 

[top dawg]

He was a little rough on the edges, but as he grows into his role, I see potential greatness.

[Khaki Lackey]

I didn't have high hopes for him as an analyst, but I thought he did great. He was smart, funny, and charismatic. 

[cookinwithgas]

I really enjoyed listening to him, and it reminded me of other team broadcasts that utilize a famous ex player to good effect. He'll probably blurt out something contrary to the teams wishes at some point....

[Oldschool Leroy]

In short I loved it. Surprised he didn't cuss out loud a few times! He is honest to a FAULT. I enjoyed his insights. Screw it, it's hard to be unbiased when talking about one of the greatest the Panther's players of all time. Also, liked that the other guy didn't talk about the coach's ample chest. I hope Steve doesn't get himself in trouble saying stuff on TV.

[Scott12345]

Loved when Smitty berated us for being in prevent

[Carl Spackler]

I enjoyed what I heard. His blunt honesty was refreshing and in Romo fashion, he was predicting penalties and the offenders correctly with minimal effort.