Yes he’s paid by the Warriors so he won’t public ally bash them. However if you listen between the lines he’s realistic. He constantly bangs away at fact they have talent, but they are missing specific characteristics: A post player, good ball movement, defense.

He doesn’t think they’ll be a playoff team but could be exciting 35-40 win team, and who knows what will happen with a trade….I don’t think there is anything wrong with not having a constant doom and gloom voice.

One thing that does annoy me is his Morrow love. He seems to be convinced Morrow is the next Reggie Miller/Ray Allen. Personally if he became the next Dell Curry I’d be happy

I don’t think I ever thought of BobF as a reporter. He broadcasts and announces for the Warriors, and thus is the on air cheerleader. On TNT and ESPN, the announcers will be more neutral, but have you ever watched a Suns or Bulls or Heat game on their local TV? They say the craziest stuff to defend their team, and bash the referees when it doesn’t go their way.

I like Jim Barnett, and I think Bob is doing fine too. We’re probably just a bit sick of hearing them try and excite us and keep our interest in a team that keeps putting them in a losing position.

Listen to any of the local announcers on NBA tv, people, and then see if Fitz is really that bad. Not my favorite radio host, but I don’t mind him at all teamed up with Barnett for play-by-play. Almost every other teams have people way more over the top. Last year, the color guy for cleveland, yelled “BRINGS THE HAMMER DOWN” ever time anybody on the cavaliers dunked. It got tiresome very fast.

explodes over meaningless plays like some unconscious jitter bug nancy with his hands folded under his chin, foaming at the mouth like some AND 1 suburban fanboy. His monthly jokes about being amphibious or ambidextrous between his sickening rants about things that absolutely have nothing to do with the importance of the game tire me. I’m sure they tire Jim too. When does he say anything about the game that you don’t already know? Have you ever learned anything from Bob? Has he ever said anything prophetic or astounding that proved his worth as a personality of the game? “Bob is the play-by-play guy. Jim is the color guy. Bob tries to be both.”

Listening to him on KNBR is worse, while he orally services every single Warrior guest on his show with unrelenting praise…and his questions! ALL THE TIME with the multitude of stupid questions! Never any kind of substance, any kind of provoking professionalism. To Morrow: “How does a human being make 91 out of 116?” Well how the hell is Anthony Morrow supposed to answer that? Ya, I know, “Because I’m good.” Obvious enough.

 Clearly, his agenda proceeds towards kissing every notable crevice within the organization with so much plastic enthusiasm, that the average so called Warriors fan goes, “WOW! This guy really loves his team duddn’t he, eh!?” He knows that’s his ONLY shot, and I really can’t stress the word “only” enough, of not losing his job to one of the hundred guys who know the game 100x better, and is not afraid of the contact of a good argument with any greater competition than Rod. See, it was Bob. It was Bob who coined the slogan, “IT’S A GREAT TIME OUT!” while the Warriors won 20 games a year.

He has no relationship with the players, even though he pretends. I hope I’m unveiling that to anyone who didn’t know any better. Any time you see a player interact with the commentator team, they always choose Jim. They know Bob is a lightweight yes man, who’s legacy should be forgotten along with the past 14 years of unbearable idiocy this team has abused my unbridled love with. OFF WITH HIS HEAD. Bring in Matt Steinmentz, or my beloved Greg Poppa, who epitomized my early relationship with this team, and let he and Jim have a go of it.

I have not commented this site for quite some time. I hope this illustrates how much Bob’s exodus means to me.

Down with spiked hair plugs! Long live the Warriors!

You get a rec for your commment b/c dat is exactly how I feel whenever I listen to Fitz on da radio. I think all we are asking is for him to be more honest about what’s going on instead of turning a blind eye. Great comment and for all those who say dis is beating a dead horse or I want someone positive not all the doom and gloom…I say log off your terminal at warriors headquarters b/c this is how a lot of real dubs fans feel.

I just want to be able to have a dialogue about the team that doesn’t involve me only heaping praise on the team when they don’t deserve it. I just want to ask real questions about the team, about the FO, about where we are going, etc… Is that too much to ask? I mean even Razor has fallen victim to liking da team too much to ask the tough questions.

I know fitz works for the dubs and I know he is always gonna be positive but the way he goes about it, is by drowning out actual dialogue and valid arguments by either saying you don’t know what your talking about or hanging up on you. If that is what you want in someone who represents the Warriors, then you aren’t a REAL warriors fan.

Keep it up lilboots!!