Where oh where did the Bulls broadcasters go

May 7th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

This will be quick and dirty, because the chances of you actually caring about this reside between 0 percent and .00001 percent. BUT, The Bulls canned Tom Dore and Wayne Larrivee yesterday, their trusty play-by-play men on TV for the last, um, well it’s been a long time. They are good at what they do. Very good. Steve Rosenbloom attests to that today:

Anyone who has listened to Tom Dore and Wayne Larrivee knows they’re hearing pros, from preparation to being on top of the action. Dore had it tougher than anyone, what with working a three-man booth with Stacey King and Johnny “Red” Kerr. I thought Dore was tops specifically because of those working conditions.

And they’re out?

Huh?

A Bulls wonk said the team wanted one broadcast & cable TV voice. Fine. The Bulls wonk said he couldn’t say enough good things about Dore or Larrivee. Fine. Then the Bulls wonk said the team didn’t want to choose between them. Excuse me? You have a no-brainer either way, so you choose None Of The Above? Someone’s lying or stupid. Or it’s about money.

Yes, Steve, you got it right. This wasn’t Scott Skiles losing control of the team or Ben Wallace not living up to his contract — these were two dudes that have been good their entire tenure being shown the door. Pretty. Odd.

When my roommate heard Dore got the boot, he started weeping uncontrollably. And by weeping uncontrollably, I mean he was disappointed for a few seconds then went back to his MacBook.  Hey, life goes on.