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Against the rules are just being a homer ?

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gfan

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Was at a game this weekend and whenever the Visitor's penalty was over (the Home team's power play), the PA announcer announced 'Teams are now back at full strength' precisely as the penalty expired. He did not make the same annoucement when the Home team penalty was over.

Against the rules or just being a classic homer ?
 
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gfan said:
Was at a game this weekend and whenever the Visitor's penalty was over (the Home team's power play), the PA announcer announced 'Teams are now back at full strength' precisely as the penalty expired. He did NOT make the same annoucement when the Home team penalty was over.

Against the rules or just being a classic homer ?
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What rules?
 
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gfan said:
Was at a game this weekend and whenever the Visitor's penalty was over (the Home team's power play), the PA announcer announced 'Teams are now back at full strength' precisely as the penalty expired. He did NOT make the same annoucement when the Home team penalty was over.

Against the rules or just being a classic homer ?
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If an NCAA tournament game, that would be against the rules.
 
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gfan said:
Was at a game this weekend and whenever the Visitor's penalty was over (the Home team's power play), the PA announcer announced 'Teams are now back at full strength' precisely as the penalty expired. He did NOT make the same annoucement when the Home team penalty was over.

Against the rules or just being a classic homer ?
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Being a homer, but as Jerry said, being a homer is against the rules in NCAA tournament play. Ask NU's former PA guy...
 
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NUProf said:
Being a homer, but as Jerry said, being a homer is against the rules in NCAA tournament play. Ask NU's former PA guy...
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I just heard this story a couple days ago. My God, what a fiasco!

(But at the same time, as an outsider at the time of the event, HILARIOUS!)
 
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NUProf said:
Being a homer, but as Jerry said, being a homer is against the rules in NCAA tournament play. Ask NU's former PA guy...
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Yeah, what a bonehead that guy was.
 
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NUProf said:
Being a homer, but as Jerry said, being a homer is against the rules in NCAA tournament play. Ask NU's former PA guy...
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For those of us that are ignorant to this... care to share the story?
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
I just heard this story a couple days ago. My God, what a fiasco!

(But at the same time, as an outsider at the time of the event, HILARIOUS!)
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Are you referring to the 2004 NCAA tournament game against Midd when the Norwich PA guy announced the Midd Womens team names when the the Mens team starters were introduced? I didn't think it was PA guy masterminding it.
 
neumyer said:
Are you referring to the 2004 NCAA tournament game against Midd when the Norwich PA guy announced the Midd Womens team names when the the Mens team starters were introduced? I didn't think it was PA guy masterminding it.
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Yes. Who do u think did mastermind it?
 
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I have no first hand knowledge, but I heard it was someone else that put him up to it. It was alleged to have been an honest mistake, but I don't see how it could have been. It wasn't very classy and hardly hilarious. I was told at the time that it was fortunate that the Midd starters knew enough not to go out when the incorrect names were introduced because they could have been assessed a protocol penalty.
 
neumyer said:
I have no first hand knowledge, but I heard it was someone else that put him up to it. It was alleged to have been an honest mistake, but I don't see how it could have been. It wasn't very classy and hardly hilarious. I was told at the time that it was fortunate that the Midd starters knew enough not to go out when the incorrect names were introduced because they could have been assessed a protocol penalty.
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That's why i said as an outsider without a horse in the race. If i was a part of either institution at the time it'd be a different story.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
That's why i said as an outsider without a horse in the race. If i was a part of either institution at the time it'd be a different story.
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Yeah, at the time, I imagined the players participating in the biggest game of their lives at the time and hoping to have their names and hometowns introduced in front of a full house. Instead, someone decided to take that away from them and announce them as the women's teams starters. Crazy?
 
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neumyer said:
Yeah, at the time, I imagined the players participating in the biggest game of their lives at the time and hoping to have their names and hometowns introduced in front of a full house. Instead, someone decided to take that away from them and announce them as the women's teams starters. Crazy?
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I see your point. But if anything, I'm sure Middlebury was even more p/oed and ready to beat Norwich after the introductions.

It was unfortunate it happened, but you can't tell me that if that story made it into the national headlines, people wouldn't be laughing about it.
 
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neumyer said:
I have no first hand knowledge, but I heard it was someone else that put him up to it. It was alleged to have been an honest mistake, but I don't see how it could have been. It wasn't very classy and hardly hilarious. I was told at the time that it was fortunate that the Midd starters knew enough not to go out when the incorrect names were introduced because they could have been assessed a protocol penalty.
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I wasn't sorry to see him replaced. He acted like he was the show. Introduced himself to the crowd and actually walked along the ledge in front of the Press box as he made his announcements. I will give him credit for one thing - he was the one who first introduced the He Shoots ... (Crowd response...He Scores) routine to NU Hockey.
 
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NUProf said:
I wasn't sorry to see him replaced. He acted like he was the show. Introduced himself to the crowd and actually walked along the ledge in front of the Press box as he made his announcements. I will give him credit for one thing - he was the one who first introduced the He Shoots ... (Crowd response...He Scores) routine to NU Hockey.
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The announcer certainly shouldn't make himself the show but excitement and motivational speaking are absolute pluses to the job. The best D-III college PA announcer I've heard was RIT's back in their final few years of D-III. It was a kid I'm pretty sure and he was phenomenal at it. I'd have to call on Lerch, Ed, Biggar or one of those guys to see if they could pin point his name but he was great. His voice was perfect and he made the game into an event of sorts with the way he described things and read introductions.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
I see your point. But if anything, I'm sure Middlebury was even more p/oed and ready to beat Norwich after the introductions.

It was unfortunate it happened, but you can't tell me that if that story made it into the national headlines, people wouldn't be laughing about it.
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I,m not so sure they were ready to go out and beat Norwich since they went down 2-0 after thefirst period. As far as people laughing about it, I think they would be at least scratching their head and possibly offended that a moron that couldn't figure out he was introducing female names at the NCAA Mens Championship could be hired by the host team to do the PA announcements.
 
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neumyer said:
I,m not so sure they were ready to go out and beat Norwich since they went down 2-0 after thefirst period. As far as people laughing about it, I think they would be at least scratching their head and possibly offended that a moron that couldn't figure out he was introducing female names at the NCAA Mens Championship could be hired by the host team to do the PA announcements.
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Sounds like the same "morons" (your words) who printed the "congradulations" banner.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Sounds like the same "morons" (your words) who printed the "congradulations" banner.
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Yeah, you're right, but that was an error of omission not commission as was the case with the PA guy and his collaborators. But the latter never got bandied about because no one does the "cover up" quite as well as Norwich. Consider the drug dealing defenseman and the hockey house brawls with police featuring Keith Aucoin's younger brother. Never discussed by USCHO? Is that drug dealer still in prison?
 
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