Re: Willie May

[jmc@ptc.com (Jonathan McIntyre)]

Adam Litchy said: 
> But if we are going to critique the Celtics announcers.  Then I feel we should
> get rid of the pregame host.  She is horrid.  It almost appears as if she is
> surprised that she has to say something.  She stammers and uses the same
> adjectives repeatedly in her sentences.  Bothe she and that Willie May are a
> joke.  I'm hoping that when the C's become more popular they'll get some one
> else.  She is really sorry.  It's a shame Mike Gorman can't do the
> pregame/postgame he is class all the way.

I agree with you, I can't stand Leah Secondo either.  Her voice is annoying, 
she's not smooth at all, and she has absolutely nothing interesting to say.  
They had a woman last year named Kim, who wasn't knowledgable about
basketball, but it doesn't really matter much how much the person in that 
position knows, as long as there are knowledgeable people around her and 
most of her stuff is scripted, and at least she was a pleasure to
listen to and watch, and she had fun with the other announcers.  The
annoying thing was that Tommy Heinsohn would flirt with Kim every time
they ended up doing pre- or post-game spot together.  

I'd be very happy if they'd get rid of both Tommy and Leah.  The fortunate 
thing for me is that I'm usually at work when the games are on, so I watch 
the games on tape and can just fast-forward over the dull commentary. 

Bentz said:
> Why does everybody hate Willie May?  When I was in Boston about 3
> years ago, I met him and he seemed like a nice guy.   I have an
> "official" Coach tee shirt.  I saw a bit he did where he was the "ball
> boy" and I thought it was great.  Is he that bad, really?

I love Willie Maye.  I think he's great.  My dad thinks he's horrible and 
unprofessional.  I guess you either love him, or you hate him.  Sure, his 
smile often looks forced, and his chumminess with the players is fake, but 
his upbeat, happy nature can brighten things up during the really
depressing games, and he gets lots of interesting stories and info
about what's going on on the Celtics bench and around the FleetCenter.
His interviewing style may not be professional, but it works.  He gets
people to open up and talk.

Well, our opinions seem to be split about Willie Maye, but at least it 
seems most of us agree about Leah. 

...and I also agree that Mike Gorman is better than the rest of them (put 
together!)

Jon Mc