It just dawned on me that a good number of the members that post on the site were not even born when Mike Gorman became the Celtics television play-by-play job 43 years ago. I was a freshman in college when he began his long career, and it seems to me that he’s always been there when I followed the Celtics, even though I did watch them previously. It seems like Mike has always been there.
I think that Drew Carter was a good hire, and will do a really good job as the television play-by-play guy, but there was some thing great about having someone who has been through the incredible the Bird era, and then the ups and downs of the time between Bird and KG coming here and restoring the championship pedigree, to the arrival of the Jays and a return to legit championship contender. Mike and Tommy had amazing chemistry, and I don’t think I will ever seen in my lifetime a better fit for the local television play by play and color git.
My favorite memory of Mike Gorman wasn’t watching him on television. It was during the 2008 NBA Finals.. I was sitting one row behind the auxiliary press row, thirteen rows behind the basket, And starting at game, one, sitting directly in front of me was Mike Gorman. I chatted him up, and he was amazingly accommodating during the entire series, making sure that I got the quarterly stat sheets, talking with me and my buddy throughout the series. It was like I was attending the games with Mike Gorman. . Game six of course was magical, getting to see the Celtics win their 17th championship, dismantling Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.
Gorman truly is a nice guy. He wasn’t the flashiest announcer around and maybe that’s why they took way too long to finally induct him into the basketball Hall of Fame. It seems to me that he understood that he was losing his fastball a little bit, and it’s not surprising to me that he knew when it was time to step away. The guys been a class act from the first day he sat next to Tommy and I’m going to miss him.
I think that Drew Carter was a good hire, and will do a really good job as the television play-by-play guy, but there was some thing great about having someone who has been through the incredible the Bird era, and then the ups and downs of the time between Bird and KG coming here and restoring the championship pedigree, to the arrival of the Jays and a return to legit championship contender. Mike and Tommy had amazing chemistry, and I don’t think I will ever seen in my lifetime a better fit for the local television play by play and color git.
My favorite memory of Mike Gorman wasn’t watching him on television. It was during the 2008 NBA Finals.. I was sitting one row behind the auxiliary press row, thirteen rows behind the basket, And starting at game, one, sitting directly in front of me was Mike Gorman. I chatted him up, and he was amazingly accommodating during the entire series, making sure that I got the quarterly stat sheets, talking with me and my buddy throughout the series. It was like I was attending the games with Mike Gorman. . Game six of course was magical, getting to see the Celtics win their 17th championship, dismantling Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.
Gorman truly is a nice guy. He wasn’t the flashiest announcer around and maybe that’s why they took way too long to finally induct him into the basketball Hall of Fame. It seems to me that he understood that he was losing his fastball a little bit, and it’s not surprising to me that he knew when it was time to step away. The guys been a class act from the first day he sat next to Tommy and I’m going to miss him.
