unpopular opinion

[Disappointed_Badger_Fan]

Rock Harrison sucks at commentating. I hate the sound of his voice. I hate how he is constantly talking. The Big 10 crew is way better with balancing commentating and letting the sound of the match and atmosphere drive the broadcast. Lastly I truly hate the way he raises his excitement level way too high for literally every attempted takedown or near fall. I totally understand raising the level of excitement, but I think it really comes down to I can't stand the sound of his voice and his constant talking.

[okokzach]

Just now, Disappointed_Badger_Fan said:

Rock Harrison sucks at commentating. I hate the sound of his voice. I hate how he is constantly talking. The Big 10 crew is way better with balancing commentating and letting the sound of the match and atmosphere drive the broadcast. Lastly I truly hate the way he raises his excitement level way too high for literally every attempted takedown or near fall. I totally understand raising the level of excitement, but I think it really comes down to I can't stand the sound of his voice and his constant talking.

The crew that did the first three sessions of Big 12s was great imo. Hardell Moore and I forget the other guy

[lu_alum]

It seems that Harrison doesn't understand the difference between the play-by-play announcer and color commentary roles.

[1032004]

Disagree.  Love Rock

[pawrestler]

Also disagree. I love Rock. He knows the rules and gets excited. Seems like every other announcer can only do one of those two 

[scourge165]

3 hours ago, Disappointed_Badger_Fan said:

Rock Harrison sucks at commentating. I hate the sound of his voice. I hate how he is constantly talking. The Big 10 crew is way better with balancing commentating and letting the sound of the match and atmosphere drive the broadcast. Lastly I truly hate the way he raises his excitement level way too high for literally every attempted takedown or near fall. I totally understand raising the level of excitement, but I think it really comes down to I can't stand the sound of his voice and his constant talking.

Yeah, I can see this. Wrestling can also be an exciting sport with no points being scored, so I like that he brings the enthusiasm and the passion, but it's a bit too much at times. MUCH better than the...I think Scottish crew that did the Olympics last year. 

 

As for the B1G crew, I like them(I like Rock as well overall)...my main problem is...is Shane paid by the number of times he says "resilite." 

"As they go off the resilite, as they step onto the resilite, big return to the resilite."

I counted 12 in one match and then it was like hearing canned laugher on a TV show and that's all you can hear, so I REALLY tried to ignore it.

Other than that, he's great. Anyone who is enthusiastic and loves the sport, I'm happy to listen to(mostly). If the worst is being a little too excited or an OBVIOUS endorsement deal, I'll get over it...

[Rassling2]

Just be happy college wrestling is still a televised sport - some day it won’t.

[whaletail]

Rock and I were high school teammates and oddly enough, I remember him being a bit of an introvert.

Not my favorite commentator, and his excitement can sometimes feel manufactured, but he does know what he's watching.

[AgaveMaria]

Friend who are not normal wrestling fans watched the finals with me. They commented about the broadcaster and all the information/explanation given during the matches. They like it for helping them understand what was happening.

Much of wrestling is a confused mystery to those who are not already familiar with the sport. Commentators like this help a lot.

Original poster is lucky he wasn't around when Howard Cosell was broadcasting.