Hire Troy Dayak
By: Melissa | August 17th, 2008I didn’t make it down to Shawesome Stadium yesterday to watch the San Jose Earthquakes slaughter the New England Revolution but I did watch it on tv (well… not exactly tv) complete with the brilliant color commentary from ex-Quake and local guy, Troy Dayak. I’m not a big fan of the commentary we Americans produce for our soccer broadcasts but our Troy is the type of talker I’d want sitting next to me on the couch. In fact, the only way to make my Buck Shaw experience completely magical is if he came out of the booth and did the Comcast broadcast sitting next to me. And not only is the guy pretty darn good at calling what’s happening on the pitch, but every so often he lets loose what I like to call a Dayakism. Last night was no exception as the New England goalkeeper Matt Reis subbed out in the second half and new guy backup, name not even worth remembering, got a rare shot at MLS playing time. After the substitution took place, Dayak suggested the Quakes offense should test the goalie because he only has something like 500 minutes of MLS playing time so perhaps the guy was out drinking late the night before. Shortly after Dayak’s “ism,” almost like some weird synergy moment, the Quakes scored three more goals.
Ok, I’m not writing the San Jose Offside blog anymore so you may be wondering why I’m telling this story. My point is, let’s hire Troy Dayak to do WPS commentary. We could even pair him with Brandi Chastain who, despite a few complaints, is doing a pretty darn good job in the booth for the Olympics. I’d even argue that she’s doing such a good job, her talents would be better suited coaching a WPS team – perhaps one in the Bay Area, which would of course mean we’d totally kick everyone’s asses and win loads of titles.
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