CBS' Jim Nantz, in an interview with CBS' WANE affiliate in Fort Wayne, Ind., suggests he eventually might run for public office. "Someday if I could run for mayor of my little town or city councilman or state congressman or U.S. congressman … I think that would be really neat. I really do."I can see the campaign slogan now: "Hello, friend! Vote for Nantz!"
In all seriousness, though, I am starting to come around a bit to Jim Nantz. First of all, there is little doubt in my mind that he is nothing but a stand up, classy guy and I have always recognized and acknowleged that about him. My gripe about Nantz is that he is, in my opinion, rather monotonous and drag some of the excitement out of the game. I don't expect every announcer to be like Gus Johnson, but sometimes I just feel like the enthusiasm is not there for him. Maybe it's the analysts that have been dragging him down. I mean, for goodness sakes, the guy has been stuck with Phil Simms and Billy Packer for numerous years (I don't watch golf so I can't comment on his work there), but now that he has been parntered with Clark Kellogg, he has been coming out of his shell a bit, seemingly. I will say (and I will have a whole announcing review later for the first round later on today) that this is the most I think I have ever enjoyed listening to Jim Nantz.
Back to politics though, I wonder what ideology Jim Nantz is...
Nantz's problem is that he is a natural golf announcer. In golf those guys have to keep their voices really low and somber. He is probably the greatest gold announcer of all-time. His call on Phil Mikelson sinking his put on 16 in 2004 was classic.
ReplyDeleteI think he is a great college basketball announcer, because he doesn't use too many puns(see. Brando) and he lets his analystes do their jobs. He needed a change though from Packer. A person like Packer can even bring down someone like Nantz.
I was listening to Rome last Monday with Nantz on. And you could tell he wasn't a big Packer fan either and was kind of glad to see him leave.