Would RTE drop certain commentators from Cork & Clare if we petitioned them?

mayoman1973

What is it about these two commentators that they have developed mutated D4/Cockney accents in their efforts to try and impress the GAA viewers on RTE. Michael O Muircheartaigh never felt the need to sound like he was from some exotic part of the country. Does anyone know Mr Canning or Mr Morrissey personally as I would love to know if they sound the same in real life.
Imagine listening to a game on Radio with the great Ger commentating on it. Would you have any idea what way the game was going at all I wonder?

Yellowblackbird

mayoman1973 wrote: »

Michael O Muircheartaigh never felt the need to sound like he was from some exotic part of the country.

Are you saying that Kerry is not as exotic as say Mayo.

keeponhurling

To respond to the OP, the simple answer is no.
A job in RTE is a job for life, regardless of performance.

Realt Dearg Sec

mayoman1973 wrote: »

What is it about these two commentators that they have developed mutated D4/Cockney accents in their efforts to try and impress the GAA viewers on RTE. Michael O Muircheartaigh never felt the need to sound like he was from some exotic part of the country. Does anyone know Mr Canning or Mr Morrissey personally as I would love to know if they sound the same in real life.
Imagine listening to a game on Radio with the great Ger commentating on it. Would you have any idea what way the game was going at all I wonder?

We'd know who was looking for, or had found, latitude. Whatever it is.

ProudDUB

Isn't the bould Marty the head of the GAA Sports Dept at RTE? He's hardly going to fire himself. I don't mind him all that much. He does get very excited during games, which can be infectious, as long as you aren't a stickler for trivial things like accuracy and detail. :rolleyes:

Canning on the other hand is and always has been dreadful. But just like all the other RTE presenters, the only way he'll be leaving RTE is in a box. Internet petitions won't make a darn bit of difference.

mayoman1973

yer boy from Roscommon, Carty I think he was called, looked like he was throwing shapes to be the next Michael O M but he must have failed the posh accent test and is gone off the radar. Maybe they could run a "Voice of the GAA" competition for the next commentator.

omerin

keeponhurling wrote: »

To respond to the OP, the simple answer is no.
A job in RTE is a job for life, regardless of performance.

You are 100% correct, just look at Brendan O' Connor moving from Saturday to mid week. Can you imagine Marty co-presenting the 6-1 news with Sharon and the amount of sexiness oooozing from the screen?

crusier

Dara Maloney is by a mile the best match commentator that there is around on radio or TV. The rest are small fish in a small pond!

mayoman1973

Yea, agree. Problem is he is picked to fill Bill's boots on the soccer slots so that still leaves the GAA side of things screaming for some one that is easy on either the eye or the ear and that rules out the two lads mentioned in the OP. I havn't seen either man in a skirt so I could be open to correction.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Darragh Maloney should be the main commentator for GAA matches but I'll be happy enough this year if Tommy Carr is never let near a microphone again as he is simply horrendous.

RTE really could do with getting rid of Spillane, Brolly and O'Rourke.I'm just sick to death of the 3 of them by now and you can pretty much predict what they will say before and after every match.

ProudDUB

The Three Stooges aren't going anywhere, any time soon. Love 'em or hate 'em, they are ratings gold. People do tune in to see what they have to say and fight about. And if one of them goes off on rant that gets loads of publicity, well that's even better. :rolleyes:

I don't mind them so much, as they don't do the games themselves. The likes of McHugh and Carney & Carty should have been put out to pasture ages ago. God forbid they have someone do games, who actually played or manged within the last 10 years. James Horan has been very good so far on Setanta imo.

wackokid

mayoman1973 wrote: »

yer boy from Roscommon, Carty I think he was called, looked like he was throwing shapes to be the next Michael O M but he must have failed the posh accent test and is gone off the radar. Maybe they could run a "Voice of the GAA" competition for the next commentator.

Slán Tamall Carty is a lucky boy to still be at a microphone with his 'tick' Westh of Oireland accent. Was it Mickey Harte that saved his skin?
He should only be allowed talk near a noisy diesel engine..............painful yoke.
Even worse than a My...yoo accent.

Limestone1

In fairness Carty is painful in the extreme .."a kick, and its over the barrrrr" ... you could tune in and listen to a game for nearly 10 mins and still not be au fait with whats goin on. Canning is the worst with his " the fans and the management...." absolutely zero relevant game info with a smattering of general info about individual player's family/jobs/lives.
Marty is of course ....beautiful...

Radio5

Consternation. Ger Canning has patented this word I'm convinced. There's never a match that he commentates on that doesn't feature some consternation, even if it's the most one sided, non-event game of the summer.

Darragh Moloney is good alright.

iDave

RTE is an incestuous organisation, once your in your in and work will be found for you. they'll never drop any off their commentators/pundits based on what the audience thinks.

2Bints1Joe

Marty isn't that bad imo. Ger hasn't a clue though. He is the same when he commentates on the greyhounds.

curioser

wackokid wrote: »

Slán Tamall Carty is a lucky boy to still be at a microphone with his 'tick' Westh of Oireland accent. Was it Mickey Harte that saved his skin?
He should only be allowed talk near a noisy diesel engine..............painful yoke.
Even worse than a My...yoo accent.

Carty thought he was the natural successor to Michael O'M and was very peeved he didn't get the gig.
It looked like he enlisted people he reckoned to be "influential" to intervene on his behalf with RTE, including Mickey Harte. One of Mickey's strategies was to refuse to do interviews with RTE, presumably until Carty was given his desired job but RTE apparently stood its ground.
I don't think it was the case that Mickey "saved his skin" - I think he has remained in his previous role. And the effect of Mickey's failure to do interviews with RTE has been....?

iDave

iDave wrote: »

RTE is an incestuous organisation, once your in your in and work will be found for you. they'll never drop any off their commentators/pundits based on what the audience thinks.

As a fella once said to me 'DNA test one of them and you have em all'

ProudDUB

curioser wrote: »

Carty thought he was the natural successor to Michael O'M and was very peeved he didn't get the gig.
It looked like he enlisted people he reckoned to be "influential" to intervene on his behalf with RTE, including Mickey Harte. One of Mickey's strategies was to refuse to do interviews with RTE, presumably until Carty was given his desired job but RTE apparently stood its ground.
I don't think it was the case that Mickey "saved his skin" - I think he has remained in his previous role. And the effect of Mickey's failure to do interviews with RTE has been....?

I think that MH's boycott of RTE has more to do with a song that they played, than it had Brian Carty. He thought that the song disrespected his late daughter & has refused to speak to them ever since.

He has spoken out about Carty not getting MO'M's gig as the main man in Montrose (which is a ridiculous thing for an inter county manager to try to dictate imo) but I don't think it was the main factor in the boycott.

curioser

ProudDUB wrote: »

I think that MH's boycott of RTE has more to do with a song that they played, than it had Brian Carty. He thought that the song disrespected his late daughter & has refused to speak to them ever since.

He has spoken out about Carty not getting MO'M's gig as the main man in Montrose (which is a ridiculous thing for an inter county manager to try to dictate imo) but I don't think it was the main factor in the boycott.

Thanks for the clarification - I've always had a lot of respect for MH and thought it was unfortunate that he was dragged into the Carty business.

ProudDUB

I have a lot of respect for MH, but I doubt if he ever gets dragged unwillingly into anything. He strikes me as a man of very strong convictions.