well played Dennis.    millimeter purfect.

 

writing his resignation/retirement letter ?

 

No doubt the best caller in the game, the dulcetone voice is second to none and his observations of the game is second to none

will miss you Dennis Commetti

And he had a good sense of humour as well. Will always remember 'The Nate Myles Effect', although it's probably not all that PC.

With him gone the general standard of commentary will plummet.

2 hours ago, FireInTheBelly said:

And he had a good sense of humour as well. Will always remember 'The Nate Myles Effect', although it's probably not all that PC.

With him gone the general standard of commentary will plummet.

With Cometti leaving, the best caller will soon be much worse. That's a given, but I shudder to think what the worst caller will be like now that they'll have to bring in someone new to fill the ranks over there at Channel 7.

Edited February 10, 20169 yr by Chook

Channel 7 was terrible with Commetti, it's only going to get much much worse.

4 hours ago, Chook said:

With Cometti leaving, the best caller will soon be much worse. That's a given, but I shudder to think what the worst caller will be like now that they'll have to bring in someone new to fill the ranks over there at Channel 7.

Hopefully Basil Zempilas get more air time...

Edited February 10, 20169 yr by Ethan Tremblay

The tragic thing about Cometti retiring is that one of Hamish, Basil or even worse....Luke Darcy will be the face of Friday night footy.

53 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Hopefully Basil Zempilas get more air time...

My finely tuned sarcasmometer just spiked.

Hopefully Seven will employ a trained broadcaster, not another try-hard ex-player picked via the old boys' network.

Dennis had a nice soft spot for the Demons, too. Will be missed.

i'd just like to point out for those that may be confused or disappointed, that the real dc has no intention of standing down. thank you.

Please don't let Hamish step up to take his spot. That might be the final thing to tip me over into getting foxtel. 

14 minutes ago, AllMyTeamsAreWank said:

Please don't let Hamish step up to take his spot. That might be the final thing to tip me over into getting foxtel. 

What, so you can listen to Derwayne? 

DC second to none. Will be missed. 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

55 minutes ago, AllMyTeamsAreWank said:

Please don't let Hamish step up to take his spot. That might be the final thing to tip me over into getting foxtel.

Foxtel callers aren't too flash either.

You do however get to watch/record every Melbourne game. Unfortunately 'Duh Wayne' tends to call most of our games for some inexplicable reason and due to the 2 to 3 second delay with Foxtel the radio on in the background is hardly an option either.

“Like a cork in the ocean”

One of Dennis Cometti’s most famous lines. It was first delivered after West Coast Eagle Peter Wilson booted an incredible goal in the 1992 grand final.

“Nasty situation. He’s caught between A Rock and a hard place.”

The line came when a player was caught between former North Meloburne player Anthony Rock and the boundary fence.

“It’s like finding fault with Miss Venezuela”

Cometti speaking about Adelaide midfielder Rory Sloane.

“Alan Didak was Stevie J before Stevie J was Stevie J”

On Collingwood player Alan Didak having skills like Geelong’s Steve Johnson.

“Metropolis, kicking to the city end”

Speaking about former West Coast and Fremantle player Daniel Metropolis.

“The guns of Paparone need a bit of work”

Speaking about young Brisbane Lions player Marco Paparone.

“Barlow to Bateman. The Hawks are attacking alphabetically ...’’

On Hawthorn players Kris Barlow and Chance Bateman

“How’s that, a two Carr collision, both with the same rego!”

When Josh Carr wearing jumper number nine for Port Adelaide, bumped his brother Matthew, wearing number nine for Fremantle.

“Parker to Carr … … sounds like a match made in heaven!”

Another play on the Carr name.

“Brent (Guerra) hates losing and that extends to his hair.”

On Hawk Brent Guerra, who did advertisements for The Hair Institute.

SOME LINES NEED NO EXPLANATION

“Scotty Cummings alone in the square, jumping up and down and waving his arms like they’re playing My Sharona”

“Spider had both his legs taken out from under him — leaving only the other six to balance on”

“Ling’s running off the ground a little bit gingerly”

“Farmer may have an injury to his calf........hmmm, a farmer with a calf problem.”

“Kevin Sheedy, who was coaching Essendon 14 years before Adelaide was founded. The team, not the city.”

“Collingwood know they’re in trouble, it’s like being in the bathtub with the Loch Ness monster!”

“In for the Cats today, David and Steve Johnson. Who better to patch up a line-up than Johnson & Johnson?”

“It was like a self-saucing pudding. Players just waiting for the whistle”

“Ball in dispute, Lamb, now Yze the meat in the sandwich. Really Lamb should be in the sandwich.”

‘He was like a Bombay train. They were hanging off him in all directions.’ 

” Hay is bailed up on the boundary line“. 

” Cousins runs away from Carr–not the first time we’ve seen that happen this season.”  

When a huge ruckman fell onto a very small player nicknamed Elvis and then slowly picked himself up, Cometti pronounced
“the building has left Elvis’. 

A player named Gram had his shorts pulled down in a tackle: “strippoGram” deadpanned Dennis. 

"Tonight is umpire appreciation night.... I give it about 30 seconds"

"Liam Anthony's birthday this afternoon... Well I guess it was his birthday this morning as well, anytime after midnight actually."

"The cats are all around him, like a bowl of milk"

"Brown looking for black, but gives it to Greene. It's confusing at home, I know"

"The last 5 scores have been Dogs behinds, pardon the expression"

"Just need Milne to emerge from the shadows, that's where he operates best"

"Eddie Betts could hide in that divot... His shorts couldn't, but he could."

Bruce: "What has Jack Anthony done for Fremantle? Played 3 games last year." Dennis: "Fair to say he's done Jack"

"Riewoldt has the same amount of goals as me at the moment"

"Saints are under pressure like Aaron Sandilands thongs"

Edited February 11, 20169 yr by FireOath

28 minutes ago, FireOath said:

 

Great stuff there!  I also liked one of his lines in one of the Melb games they showed on Foxtel last Saturday.  He was commenting on the many, erratic ways in which Melb had attempted to move the ball forward, and said words to the effect of:  "Melb took about as many different ways home as a nervous African Dictator...!"

Yes, his one liners (as well as that rich voice) will be missed!

My favourite line of DC when a player (Libber?) was bleeding from a cut over his eye after a melee : 'He went into the pack optimistically and came out misty optically.'

Great post FireOath!

4 hours ago, Demonised said:

Dennis had a nice soft spot for the Demons, too. Will be missed.

I would say Dennis has a soft spot for all teams.  He loves football and it come across in his commentary.

Too many in broadcasting today are not enjoying the game they're watching; they feel the need to add fireworks, ego, 'personality' and false bravado.  Commetti loves the game- and it shows.

Oh joy, we can look forward to an extra 3 hours of Hamish "Rompingwins" McLachlan commentary each week!

 

 

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What did we do to deserve this fate?

Good lord please not HM as head caller

6 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

The tragic thing about Cometti retiring is that one of Hamish, Basil or even worse....Luke Darcy will be the face of Friday night footy.

please not more hamish

Makes me appreciate the commentators in the NFL. So much better than 90% of the AFL callers.