Brandon Gaudin, new voice of the Braves…

[Buzzbomb]

 

[Techster]

A gig at GT has been a fantastic launching pad for a lot of announcers. Bodes well for GT in terms attracting on air announcing talent.

 

[kg01]

For Bally Sports?

 

[Jacket20]

I wish they would come calling again.

 

[LargeFO]

I wish they would come calling again.

Agreed. Wiley is much better than Andy IMO. Wish we could move him up.

 

[Techster]

Agreed. Wiley is much better than Andy IMO. Wish we could move him up.

Wiley will get a chance somewhere. He's got the personality and voice. It's just a matter of time before he's the next guy to move on to a network.

 

[LongforDodd]

A gig at GT has been a fantastic launching pad for a lot of announcers. Bodes well for GT in terms attracting on air announcing talent.

Brandon's wiki page there were 150 candidates for the GT job when he applied for it

 

[LargeFO]

Wiley will get a chance somewhere. He's got the personality and voice. It's just a matter of time before he's the next guy to move on to a network.

Yea, just wish it was here. I don't have anything against Demetra, but just not a fan of his style.

 

[Towaliga]

Brandon is a class guy. When my daughter was a sophomore in high school, she was considering going into sports journalism/broadcasting. I reached out to Brandon to see if he could give her any advice. That request resulted in him suggesting we meet, so we spent about an hour with him at a Starbucks in the Buckhead area. We were disappointed to hear that he was leaving GT shortly after that.

I don’t dislike Andy, but I liked Brandon’s style a little more.

 

[wesgt123]

I wish he would come back to GT. He was great. I can't stand Andy Demetra. His face is so...punchable and his voice is annoying lol

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

I wish he would come back to GT. He was great. I can't stand Andy Demetra. His face is so...punchable and his voice is annoying lol

Truth!

 

[LargeFO]

I wish he would come back to GT. He was great. I can't stand Andy Demetra. His face is so...punchable and his voice is annoying lol

He just sounds like he’s straining for a deuce 24/7.

 

[TooTall]

Why not reminisce a lil bit...

 

[takethepoints]

I never liked Gaudin's style too much, but after Wes it was hard for anyone to get established. Here's hoping we can find another Wes.

 

[Ramble1885]

Damn why y'all hating on Andy so much?!? He's no Wes or Brandon but he's not a terrible announcer. He's had some good calls over the years, and seems to love the Tech community.

 

[Ramble1885]

I never liked Gaudin's style too much, but after Wes it was hard for anyone to get established. Here's hoping we can find another Wes.

There will never be another Wes Durham. Only thing he is similar to is his late father Woody. Both are legendary.

 

[LargeFO]

Damn why y'all hating on Andy so much?!? He's no Wes or Brandon but he's not a terrible announcer. He's had some good calls over the years, and seems to love the Tech community.

He's no Wiley, either.

 

[BleedGoldNWhite21]

Brandon got a LOT of national attention after the Kick Six against FSU. I remember Jim Rome having his call of that miracle play as “the best thing in the sports week”. I think that may have helped him get the fast track to the Big Ten games and Madden. Happy to have him calling one of my teams again.

Always liked him. It’s also nice to hear that he grew up a Braves fan and the Braves job was his dream job. Now knowing that, can’t help but wonder if that was one of the reasons he applied for our job all those years ago. Perhaps he wanted to get his foot in the Atlanta market. I wish him luck and am happy to have him back in the A.

 

[g0lftime]

I really like Wes. I never had much love for Woody. When I moved to RTP area in the mid 70's we were just coming into the ACC. Woody treated GT like we were hot garbage when we played them. He made a lot of superiority remarks about their program. One would have thought he was the AD or the head coach. I never got over that. Now I admit they were a lot better at that time but I don't need some radio announcer's ego to be wrapped up in his employer's program by disparaging the other team unnecessarily.
There was an announcer at NCSU at the same time named Gary Dornberg. Much more professional and gave credit to the opponent when they made a good play. NCSU was very good then too. Norm Sloan/Jim Valvano days.
I think Wes has a lot of loyalty to GT but he grew up a UNC fan even though he went to Elon.
I remember Al Ciraldo. To me he was/is the voice of Georgia Tech sports.

 

[Ramble1885]

I got to meet Wes two years ago at an award ceremony for the NSMA. (I’m an intern with them) He’s on the board and when I saw him my eyes lit up. He’s what Skip Caray was to my dad. As a GT fan living in Atlanta, Wes is the voice of my childhood. Me and my dad were able to chat with Wes and get a photo with him. He was very approachable and friendly and had positive things to say about his time at Tech. I somehow kept my composure because on the inside I was fanboying out.

I met Andy at MBB Fan Day this year. He’s a nice guy. I think he gets too much hate. He’s done a solid job so far Considering the two announcers who came before him.