Collmus succeeds Johnson at Churchill

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

congrats to larry, would like to see kurt becker get a gig in south fla

[my miss storm cat]

I like Mark Johnson.

Wanted to show someone a replay of Mine That Bird a couple of weeks ago and I had to look for a few minutes cause I wanted to make sure to use his call.

Just a matter of taste, I guess.

I wish him well and hope he has something good lined up (and Vic too, while we're on the subject).

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I like Mark Johnson.

Wanted to show someone a replay of Mine That Bird a couple of weeks ago and I had to look for a few minutes cause I wanted to make sure to use his call.

Just a matter of taste, I guess.

I wish him well and hope he has something good lined up (and Vic too, while we're on the subject).

I don't think he called a bad race necessarily, he was just the king of wildly superfluous information. Who cares if it is Lanerie's 43rd win of the meet? Or Borel's 3rd Bashford Manor? Or anything of the sort. Fort Larned turning hand springs? He said some really random things at times.

He also was on the mic incessantly. There's no need for an announcer to get on the mic with 3-4 minutes to post and commentate as the field goes to the gate. I know that's quite a bit more popular with international racing, but those few moments here have always been quiet and I like it that way.

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I like Mark Johnson.

Wanted to show someone a replay of Mine That Bird a couple of weeks ago and I had to look for a few minutes cause I wanted to make sure to use his call.

Just a matter of taste, I guess.

I wish him well and hope he has something good lined up (and Vic too, while we're on the subject).

Provided everything remains the same in his UK gig, Johnson always called a full season of racing there as one of the main commentators for the firm Racetech, which provides racecallers to meets there. They spread all over the country each day and aren't assigned one particular track. So all other things being equal, this just means he won't have as much of a crazy schedule fitting the full work in around his CD visits.

[PatCummings]

Well...looks like Larry is indeed totally out at Monmouth.

http://www.drf.com/news/larry-collmu...hurchill-downs

I am not a fan of Larry Collmus race calls. I dont hear anything spectacular from him that should merit him calling races for the Breeders Cup, Triple Crown and Churchill downs. Mark Johnson was far better and sad to hear that he is leaving. Tom Durkin and Trevor Denman are still the top announcers in their field.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

I am not a fan of Larry Collmus race calls. I dont hear anything spectacular from him that should merit him calling races for the Breeders Cup, Triple Crown and Churchill downs. Mark Johnson was far better and sad to hear that he is leaving. Tom Durkin and Trevor Denman are still the top announcers in their field.

Denman and Durkin have both lost a step..Have no idea how anyone could prefer Johnson to Collmus. Vic is far better than Johnson as well...Johnson's done enough.

[Duvalier]

Most underrated I'd say Peter Berry and Dave Rodman. Two very good racecallers.