More Craziness in Islanders Country!!

July 24 2010 by Scott.

Well if you were away for most of the day it came out this morning that Islanders play by play man Billy Jaffe wouldn’t be returning to the organization next year. 

According to Chris Botta MSG had an agreement in place with Jaffe however the Islanders chose not to bring him back because in their minds Jaffes analysis wasn’t positive enough.  I am sorry but given the teams Jaffe called games for I think well he was a heck of a lot more positive then me.  He was fair and honest and really good at what he does. 

This summer is really turning into a circus.  First our GM turns into superman and now we get rid of what was probably one of our few strengths as an org which was our announcers and now we know that our announcers with only kiss the teams a$$ and not give fair and honest criticisms because of fear of losing their jobs. 

There is already internet speculation as to who his replacement will be.  The three names I have seen out there have been Islanders studio man Butch Goring, former Panther announcer and Islander legend Denis Potvin, and lastly long time Islanders radio man Chris King.  If Goring gets the job there is speculation that Potvin might get the studio job.

Another bad day in this summer for the team!! 

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