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Marty

I get it that on tv broadcast he isnt perfect with timing his delivery but the guy knows football. He is great on Nuanez now. Try listening to the other Big Sky conference games on ESPN. They dont know any of the players names or numbers/positions. Well except Gregorak. He is great at his job.
 
He does fine. Like someone else said, this is local TV. Kohn isn’t great, but play by play is incredibly tough on TV because every mistake is seen by the viewers. The radio guys get away with it.

At higher levels play by play guys have spotters, who point to a cheat sheet roster to ID the playmaker(s) for the announcer.
 
citay said:
OMG. I can’t believe anybody would criticize this duo. They are first/rate. Marty loves football and we ride right along with his passion. Ya gotta be a cantankerous old crankbutt
not to dig his commentary.
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Well, I must be as you say because I DO NOT DIG his commentary. First rate? The kitties broadcast is very professional in delivery AND appearance. A bit ironic as I thought UM was the top school of journalism. I was told by the ADs office that Scripps has total control over who they choose as announcers. Kohn can't tell the difference between Jalen White and Ryan Simpson and Marty just spews incoherent poop.
 
Otis77 said:
citay said:
OMG. I can’t believe anybody would criticize this duo. They are first/rate. Marty loves football and we ride right along with his passion. Ya gotta be a cantankerous old crankbutt
not to dig his commentary.
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Well, I must be as you say because I DO NOT DIG his commentary. First rate? The kitties broadcast is very professional in delivery AND appearance. A bit ironic as I thought UM was the top school of journalism. I was told by the ADs office that Scripps has total control over who they choose as announcers. Kohn can't tell the difference between Jalen White and Ryan Simpson and Marty just spews incoherent poop.
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And you can’t tell the difference between Jalen White and Keelan White! 😉
 
02Grizzly said:
Marty is a great color man. He does an excellent job explaining the game. He is completely genuine.
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Yeah, and I liked the part where he called some of the GRIZ offensive plays “Old School “.
 
Nothing wrong with Marty being colorful, he's the colour guy. It's the play-by-play guy that seems inexperienced. It's weird to me that a play-by-play guy wouldn't know the names and numbers of the team he is working for. Is he maybe hired by the Big Sky and does lots of different games?
 
Marty is awesome…..he has such a unique sound, like he could have been a WWF or WCW wrestler back in the day. Keep on keeping on Marty!
 
SaskGriz said:
Nothing wrong with Marty being colorful, he's the colour guy. It's the play-by-play guy that seems inexperienced. It's weird to me that a play-by-play guy wouldn't know the names and numbers of the team he is working for. Is he maybe hired by the Big Sky and does lots of different games?
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Jay Kohn was the main news anchor for KTVQ in Billings for many years. He retired a few years ago, but said he’d be on the air from time to time for special projects. I don’t recall him ever doing PxP until last year when MTN got the Big Sky contract to replace Root. Honestly, he really hasn’t improved since his maiden effort last year. Job 1 for PxP is get the players right and he just makes way too many simple mistakes, even with the Griz players.

https://www.montanasports.com/sports/big-sky-conference/montana-grizzlies/sit-down-mtn-griz-broadcaster-jay-kohn-reflects-on-dream-first-season-on-eve-of-cat-griz
 
Fahque said:
They need to bring Grady back
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I think we are talking about two different networks.

Jay Kohn as play-by-play, Marty Mornhinweg as analyst and Kyle Hansen as sideline reporter are on MTN's/Scripps coverage. They contracted for conference games this year.
Ron Davis as play-by-play, Grady Bennett as analyst, and Shawn Rainey as sideline reporter are on SWX/ABC-FOX Montana. They contracted for OOC games this year
 
You guys ever catch some games on ESPN+ with the local crews? Cats and EWU are good but the rest ? Marty is colorful but I would take him over a few guys getting prime time games. Ryan Leaf is at the top of really bad ones. Maybe the most irritating. Brock Osweiller is developing into a really good one. It would fun to add Sammy Akem to crew.
 
UncleRico said:
You guys ever catch some games on ESPN+ with the local crews? Cats and EWU are good but the rest ? Marty is colorful but I would take him over a few guys getting prime time games. Ryan Leaf is at the top of really bad ones. Maybe the most irritating. Brock Osweiller is developing into a really good one. It would fun to add Sammy Akem to crew.
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I remember hearing him for the first time changing over to a random game in progress. I recognized Fleming's voice, but I remember thinking the color guy was really good. When they did a booth segment and showed the color guy was Osweiller, I was shocked. I think he's great at it. With his delivery and experience to back it up, I think he has a great future if he wants it.
 
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