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View Poll Results: Who should announce at Gulfstream Park?
Larry Collmus 29 30.53%
Vic Stauffer 66 69.47%
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Old 06-21-2008, 09:58 PM
NTamm1215 NTamm1215 is offline
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The most important question to be asked here is who cares? Why now on a question that has obviously been answered by the people who have the final opinion- the ones who do the hiring and firing?

Obviously the management at Gulfstream saw a reason to make a change, they dismissed an announcer who is colorful yet is quite prone to error, often lets his emotions get the best of him, and has more gaps in his calls than Michael Strahan does in his teeth. They hired an announcer who rarely, if ever, makes a mistake, has more experience than his predecessor and gives you as factual a race call as you'll find anywhere. There's also something to be said for maintaining an even keel during a race call and keeping it simple.

Vic seems like a nice guy and I'm glad he participates in the board.

However, lines like "cowabunga dude" and "Showing the Speed of Ruffian, the class of Lady's Secret and the Heart of Personal Ensign" along with "that's the original rags to riches" is just a little over the top in my opinion.

NT
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