Dan Dierdorf To Retire At End Of Season

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/professional/dierdorf-leaving-booth-after-years/article_77046fd8-a850-5701-89ef-f710d5205b10.html

Veteran CBS analyst's health making doing stadiums + travel difficult. Has decided to retire at end of '13 season.

Am sorry to see this, and did not realize he was in the shape he was in. He is a class act.

 

Dierdorf may be a classy guy but I've never been impressed with his work as an analyst.

I do wish him well in his retirement, though, and I certainly understand him wanting to put his health first.

 

Two notes come to mind from reading that story.

1. How long before the honchos in Canton come to the realization a tall stage is a no-go for more and more of their "customers," so they redesign the set up?

2. How long before networks realize they can save tons of money by having a bullpen of broadcasters sit in a network center and broadcast from afar games they are watching on a monitors?

 

One reason they shouldn't is that the good analysts aren't always watching what the camera is watching. That's especially true for ex-linemen.

 

Dierdorf and McCarver in the same year. Fitting. When they both started out in the TV biz they were hailed for their insight and ability to explain the game and not just be a jock in the booth. They forced analysts to bring more to the booth than a resume and by the end of their broadcasting careers were criticized for talking too much. Always like Dierdorf, but felt his tone as he progressed made him seem like a know it all. Plays that didn't work were ill-advised. Plays that worked were genius.

 

Well, that only makes sense. If a play doesn't work, I wouldn't advise running it.

 

Yes, Please.....And Hurry (Although his act got old 30+ years ago when it started)!

 

No real wish to speak ill of the retiring, but man, sitting there watching the red zone, when Dierdorf comes on, my ears start to bleed. They need some new blood in these booths.

 

Every now and then CBS trots out some guy who I had no idea was still working. I swear I heard Don Criqui do a game the other day, I was half expecting Dick Enberg to show up.