Will Lou Nanne ever be unbiased.

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bronco2828
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Will Lou Nanne ever be unbiased.

Post by bronco2828 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:29 pm

I get tired of The Fossil Lou always announcing for Edina. Anyone else? I understand he has been an icon for The Minnesota State High School Hockey Tourney for an eternity, but really Lou all the calls aren't against The Hornets.

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Post by green4 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:44 pm

:roll: :roll:

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Re: Will Lou Nanne ever be unbiased.

Post by warriors41 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:47 pm

bronco2828 wrote:I get tired of The Fossil Lou always announcing for Edina. Anyone else? I understand he has been an icon for The Minnesota State High School Hockey Tourney for an eternity, but really Lou all the calls aren't against The Hornets.
No, he'll always be biased. Its to be expected.

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Post by WarmUpTheBus » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:50 pm

Is he saying anything about the ridiculous dives the Mismash kid is taking?
Can Lou pronounce Mismash?

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Post by defense » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:53 pm

No, he will not. I think the deal is he already has figured out which teams he wants, then he gets so excited he can't help it. And especially if its Edina , never will happen

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Post by urban iceman » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:55 pm

WarmUpTheBus wrote:Is he saying anything about the ridiculous dives the Mismash kid is taking?
Can Lou pronounce Mismash?
The Ref's don't even look at that kid anymore, if they do ,they laugh!

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Post by buttonupyrovercoat » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:56 pm

defense wrote:No, he will not. I think the deal is he already has figured out which teams he wants, then he gets so excited he can't help it. And especially if its Edina , never will happen
Yeah, it's not like Edina is clearly the superior team or anything.

Lou is so far superior to any of the other announcers, tv or radio, it's not funny.

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Post by WarmUpTheBus » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:59 pm

buttonupyrovercoat wrote:
defense wrote:No, he will not. I think the deal is he already has figured out which teams he wants, then he gets so excited he can't help it. And especially if its Edina , never will happen
Yeah, it's not like Edina is clearly the superior team or anything.

Lou is so far superior to any of the other announcers, tv or radio, it's not funny.
Imagine that. An Edina fan being superior.

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Post by defense » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:00 pm

buttonupyrovercoat wrote:
defense wrote:No, he will not. I think the deal is he already has figured out which teams he wants, then he gets so excited he can't help it. And especially if its Edina , never will happen
Yeah, it's not like Edina is clearly the superior team or anything.

Lou is so far superior to any of the other announcers, tv or radio, it's not funny.
The argument has nothing to do about who the better team is smarty. I am not even watching this game, Lou Nanne announces the state TOURNEMENT with a bias every year. Period. He may have the best skills etc. But he also has a bias.

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Post by buttonupyrovercoat » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:00 pm

WarmUpTheBus wrote:
buttonupyrovercoat wrote:
defense wrote:No, he will not. I think the deal is he already has figured out which teams he wants, then he gets so excited he can't help it. And especially if its Edina , never will happen
Yeah, it's not like Edina is clearly the superior team or anything.

Lou is so far superior to any of the other announcers, tv or radio, it's not funny.
Imagine that. An Edina fan being superior.
Next guess?

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Post by warriors41 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:03 pm

They should have Henry Boucha do the commentary for all Edina games :D

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Post by DanFromWoodbury » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:38 pm

warriors41 wrote:They should have Henry Boucha do the commentary for all Edina games :D
I like that idea! The disgust would be palpable.

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Post by Doc Holliday » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:43 pm

Lou enjoys the players with skill.

Go ahead & watch some of the mid 90s Duluth East games with him doing the color & let me know if you don't think he has a bias towards Dave Spehar....

Last year, people were complaining about Gary Thorne because he "didn't know Minnesota high school hockey" enough.....

Why do I get the feeling that a lot of people would comment a lot less on Lou Nanne's bias if Edina was losing?

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Post by O-townClown » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:54 pm

Any word on why Gary Thorne didn't return? He seemed to enjoy himself.
Be kind. Rewind.

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Re: Will Lou Nanne ever be unbiased.

Post by Goose21 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:59 pm

bronco2828 wrote:I get tired of The Fossil Lou always announcing for Edina. Anyone else? I understand he has been an icon for The Minnesota State High School Hockey Tourney for an eternity, but really Lou all the calls aren't against The Hornets.
I was expecting it, so didn't really didn't care too much. I did notice when he referred to Edina as "we" :)

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Post by defense » Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:40 pm

Doc Holliday wrote:Lou enjoys the players with skill.

Go ahead & watch some of the mid 90s Duluth East games with him doing the color & let me know if you don't think he has a bias towards Dave Spehar....

Last year, people were complaining about Gary Thorne because he "didn't know Minnesota high school hockey" enough.....

Why do I get the feeling that a lot of people would comment a lot less on Lou Nanne's bias if Edina was losing?
Well said.
He is a homer far as Edina goes, but anyone else playing he always does bias one side or the other. And yes it seems it is for the team who is higher profile. I think he sees a bigger picture than just the game at hand. But it sure would make it hard to listen to for most fans

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Post by WarmUpTheBus » Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:59 pm

Lou was just on KFAN radio. He said "Their is no way Duluth can beat Edina."

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Post by xy » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:03 pm

You'd think he'd have learned his lesson after he said there was no way Lakeville South could beat Duluth East three years ago.

He wouldn't be human if he didn't have a soft spot for Edina, particularly when his lineal descendants are playing, but he does appear to try his best to play it straight, and the value of maintaining the tradition of having him there is well worth it, from where I sit. This is just high school hockey, after all - it's not like he's a trial judge who can't have even an appearance of bias.

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Post by HockeyBum » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:11 pm

Lou admitted he was wrong about east on the radio and said he thought the game was over and had to correct himself. Then went on to say East has no chance with Edina. I hope he swallows his tongue and has to eat his words. I gave up on east during the ER game and thought they would fight hard with STA but wanted them to win. I am a fan

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Post by Ozzie82 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:14 pm

I think Lou does an outstanding job. It seems folks will complain about anything.

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Post by east hockey » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:20 pm

Lou needs to register on this Bored. :)

It would be fun banning his dumb okole :mrgreen:

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Post by Bluewhitefan » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:14 pm

WarmUpTheBus wrote:Lou was just on KFAN radio. He said "Their is no way Duluth can beat Edina."
Uh, it's called an opinion. And btw he's probably right.

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Post by bronco2828 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:19 pm

Ozzie82 wrote:I think Lou does an outstanding job. It seems folks will complain about anything.
I wouldn't complain if Cake Eater Lou would quit. I wish FSN would take over the broadcast. I wouldn't complain about that.

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Post by warriors41 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:23 pm

Bluewhitefan wrote:
WarmUpTheBus wrote:Lou was just on KFAN radio. He said "Their is no way Duluth can beat Edina."
Uh, it's called an opinion. And btw he's probably right.
Edina sounded bearable this morning.

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Post by MNpuckBlog » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:34 pm

bronco2828 wrote:
Ozzie82 wrote:I think Lou does an outstanding job. It seems folks will complain about anything.
I wouldn't complain if Cake Eater Lou would quit. I wish FSN would take over the broadcast. I wouldn't complain about that.
FSN might have better production quality and be more organized, but it would depend on who calls the games. Clymer's commentary isn't intolerable, but he clearly isn't a natural at it. I don't think Lou is bad. Perhaps a bit biased towards Edina, but he has enough knowledge about this level to talk about each team without sounding like an idiot. Though, I do think that from a professional standpoint, he shouldn't be saying a team has no chance against another, regardless of which teams are playing.

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