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Don’t want to attack her. I just frankly do not think she is ready yet. Her voice seems fine. She seems to have a lot of passion for doing this. Why throw her to the wolves and destroy her image before she gets a chance to develop. Seems to me that you would put her in another room in front of a tape recorder, hire a professional announcer to coach her (even if it is someone that is retired), let her watch her own work, let the coach review the tapes with her and 2 or 3 months later you have a good announcer potentially. If not you go with someone else. But honestly this is sort of silly. This is a ridiculously tough job to do well without the proper preparation. Give her a chance to succeed.
Track announcers are very important to this game. I grew up listening to Harry Henson , Robin Burns at Hollywood park harness and then as I was in my twenties was enjoying Trevor in his prime. I was obviously young but these 3 announcers brought an excitement and adrenaline rush from this sport that I frankly have not had since. During that same time period I probably listened to 15 other announcers on a regular basis that did nothing to enhance my enjoyment of the sport. Personal preference.
Even when I was playing Woodbine Mohawk park a couple of years ago I was disappointed when their main announcer missed a night. Underestimating the importance of track announcers in this sport and probably in most sports is a big mistake. It is part of the package.
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