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Originally Posted by crlesh

The guy I absolutely cannot stand is Paul McGuire. And it's not even his stupid little catch phrases... it's that he's always wrong... always. And then they show how wrong he is on instant replay and he laughs. Arggg. I just imagine Theismann up in the booth trying to hold back his anger as McGuire drives knowledgeable football fans away from their broadcast in droves.

You aren't alone - I found some pretty funny commentary out there on the guy. I'm assuming he's never googled himself:

Richard Deitsch at SI.com writes about who he'd like to see in the studios and booths for the upcoming Monday Night Football on ESPN, and Sunday Night Football on NBC. I was with him for a while. And then he dropped this in the last paragraph:

"(Paul McGuire) is an underrated gem, and has been great since his NBC days."He's an underrated gem, and has been great since his NBC days.

I guess richard Deitsch hates insight and intelligent football analysis. I guess Richard Deitsch really likes "What this, folks... WHAM! Boy, that's great stuff." I guess Richard Deitsch likes football observations that any 11-year-old could make. I just can't believe there's a Paul McGuire fan out there. That there is one Paul McGuire fan out there shocks me more than the fact that 50,000,000 people voted for George W. Bush.

http://www.themightymjd.com/2005/05/...fl-booths.html

"Is it just me, or does McGuire always seem like he's in a race against time when he talks? There's never less than four incomplete thoughts preceding a complete sentence. A look at an instant replay will go something like, "I'm a tell ya wha- here on the inst- look at Tom Bra- If he throws that ba- Bill Belichick's gotta be- yeah, they gotta reverse that call."

http://paulkatcher.com/archives/000380.shtml


And, my personal favorite:

As for McGuire, if I hear him say "Folks, I want you to watch what happens right here", one more time, I'm gonna stick a butter knife in my thigh

http://paulkatcher.com/archives/000380.shtml