Redskins.com Locker Room video 10/2 (Sam Huff REALLY losing it)

[The Cowboy Bamma Rocker]

Did anyone watch the post game Locker Room video on Redskins.com?

Looks like Sam Huff is doing worse than I thought. Around 6:45 through the clip, he asks Stephen Bowen where he came from, noticing he wasn't picked up in the draft. Larry awkwardly corrects him and they move on... but really left me pretty shocked. I mean we all knew he's losing it, but did anyone realize it was this bad? Probably gonna have to replace him real soon unfortunately...

On another note, the players seem pretty confident (but not too confident) heading into the bye week. We still got the reality check in Dallas to keep the players motivated. Torain excited to jump in and contribute. I hope they all get at least a few touches every game. Could be a similar rotation to preseason, that worked well. Rak always great with reporters.

This thread is mainly intended to discuss Sam Huff, though.

EDIT: they removed the link.... it shows the organization definitely knows it's a problem.

[Rpredskins]

LOL @ the look on Bowen's face. Sam Huff was losing his marbles the last time I listened to radio coverage about 10 years ago, I can see why people want somebody new.

[dcsmooth]

I'll have check that out when I get home...hopefuly, I'll be able to view it.

[Rdskns2000]

I like listening to the Skins on the radio. Sam is done and needs to retire. They always have to correct him.

[skinsrbeast]

old radio was so much better Larry sucks and Sam is just done i feel bad for him.

[Atlanta Skins Fan]

He's the Admiral Stockdale of that ticket ....

SNL video (http://www.hulu.com/watch/4123/saturday-night-live-joyride-with-perot)
http://67.192.1.89/images/misc/redskins/stockdale-perot-joyride.jpg (http://www.hulu.com/watch/4123/saturday-night-live-joyride-with-perot)

Transcript (http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92dperot.phtml)

[scruffylookin]

After not listening at all last season, I decided to give the radio another go this season. They are still awful.

Sam Huff is an embarrassment. He is clueless about just about everything. I will say that I credit Michael and Jurgensen for not letting his mistakes stand most of the time. The correct him on air alot.

The radio seems to miss the ref announcing a penalty alot now and this led to Larry Michael sounding like a moron when the ref called a penalty on one of the punt returns and he clearly said "enforced from the end of the play" (which was the hit that forced the fumble and the ball bounced backwards before bring recovered by the Rams at like the 5). The ball was placed at the 20 or so and Michael said they must have picked up the flag. No Larry if you were paying attention 5 plus 15 is 20.

The radio booth is as bad as ever. My wife, who is learning the game, keeps saying "these old men are driving me crazy".

I will say this though, after taking a year off, as bad as this booth is and all three should be long gone, I do find listening to their call the lesser of two evils. I just can't stand the tv booths for Skins games. Especially the C grade stuff like Myers and Ryan.

[Santana_89]

Poor Sam :(

It's unfortunate to see him on the decline.

[skyman214]

I love Sam Huff, but this is just sad.. The Skins front office needs to find a nice way to tell Sam thank you, but get him off the air. It's difficult to listen to at times.

[smackdown 46]

Does anyone have that link?
Sam was great in his day and needs to retire gracefully before more embarassment happens.

[Skinsinparadise]

Actually I like Larry and Sonny. Sam to me, nice guy, represents nostalgia, but its not only these mistakes that are striking me, listening to him it sounds like he just shows up on game day without doing any preparation during the week. In other words, it seems like he just wings it and it shows.

[Jahbird]

OP....Link?

Last year Sam Huff was calling Albert Connell's name. I pretty much knew what I needed to know after that.

Sam: "That was Albert Connell"

Sonny: "Albert Connell hasn't played for this team in 10 years."

[NattyBo]

Before the game they asked Sam what he thought of Landry last week.


He asked if they meant Tom Landry.



Please, get Sam off the air. It's gone beyond funny into embarrassing/cruel territory.

[jflow78]

It's sad. That's pretty much it. It's clear that dementia is well on it's way and I can't understand why they continue to let it happen. If Snyder wanted to do something classy, he'd let Sam come in and watch the games in his suite with him.

I hope they get someone younger to come in and do the games after Sam is gone. It would be nice to have someone in there who's played in the last 20 years or so. No exaggeration, I just think it would be nice to have someone like Rypien or Gary Clark or someone from the Skins most recent glory days.

[Chase M]

Ya, that was a very awkward moment. I didn't know if it was a joke at first then I was like "ohh dear"

[Skin'Em84]

I think everyone is being a little to tight about Sam. I listened to the radio on the ride home, and really enjoyed it. Sam's going completely bonkers, Sonny is like his stable, and intelligent wife, and Larry's like the obvious-stating son (yes, I know that's his job, it's not a knock on him.)

It's almost like a sitcom with my football.

[authentic]

I think everyone is being a little to tight about Sam. I listened to the radio on the ride home, and really enjoyed it. Sam's going completely bonkers, Sonny is like his stable, and intelligent wife, and Larry's like the obvious-stating son (yes, I know that's his job, it's not a knock on him.)

It's almost like a sitcom with my football.

Naw bro, Sam is definitely losing it. Everyone's right they really need to replace him. Its embarrassing now!

[corsair_joe]

I'd rather they get rid of Larry, he's annoying.

[clskinsfan]

I stopped listening once they replaced Frank with Larry. Being a Dish subscriber makes it almost impossible as the radio is delayed by 30 seconds at least. I did listen a little yesterday and I agree Sam is in a sad state of affairs. He needs to retire. Period.

[grhqofb5]

Did anyone notice when Ryan/Myers insisted that Rex had grounded the ball, when the line of scrimmage was at the 34. They actually watched a slow motion replay of it, when the ball clearly made it to the 29, but still said "yep, didn't make it to the line of scrimmage, refs missed that one." I wanted to barf.

[StillUnknown]

Before the game they asked Sam what he thought of Landry last week.


He asked if they meant Tom Landry.



Please, get Sam off the air. It's gone beyond funny into embarrassing/cruel territory.

I remember I listened to the first preseason game on the radio, Sam said it was first time he'd seen Rex Grossman play.

They really need to gracefully remove him from the booth, he clearly lacks the mental capacity to do the job.

[Henry]

I haven't listened regularly since they let Frank go.

[SkinsHokieFan]

It is very obvious Sam needs to retire.

The gaffes and "senior moments" are now 1/2 the things he says. The other half he just sounds like an upset old man

I think it was the 1st preseason game. Steelers get a 4 yard gain.

"They look like they haven't practiced all week!"

Larry: "Its the first play of the preseason Sam"

And when Sheehan asked Sam about Landry and he went off on a 30 second tangent about Tom Landry :doh:

"Tom Landry? You know, he was my first coach and I learned everything about football from him."

[Boss_Hogg]

http://www.redskins.com/media-gallery/videos/Locker-Room-10-2/77e2034f-513f-47b2-abbd-b51a1847f74e

Start watching at 6:40.

Poor Stephen, the guy gets no respect.

[ChampSkinsFanatic]

Yesterday there was a penalty on Will Montgomery,

Sam :"thats because he hasn't played all year" Sonny
Larry and Sonny: What do you mean? He's started all year

lol

[gortiz]

it is sad ... people should be a little more respectful with their commetns and not make light of his situation. you are gonna be there, i'm gonna be there, and your parents are going to be there.

this goes to show the INCOMPETENCY OF SNYDER and those around him. no idea how to handle this situation ... they let go of people they should keep (brad johnson, peirce, ryan clark) and keep the people they should let go, i.e. sam.

I mean, our front office is doing better, but a situation like with Sam goes to show they still are not a well oiled running machine.

[Forehead]

Yesterday was the first time I've listened to a radio broadcast in a few years, I was putting together furniture in a room with an old television that gets picture but no sound, so I fired up the Internet radio broadcast. Nevermind the fact that they were a solid minute+ behind the TV feed, calling plays that happened 2-3 plays ago. It was the first time I had heard Sam in awhile, and I was shocked. I think what did it for me was when he went bonkers that they were playing Chris Cooley at linebacker.

Sonny: You mean fullback Sam.

Even my wife, who doesn't like football and barely understands the sport, wondered why he was making so many mistakes. When even she knows he got something wrong, there's something really wrong.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

what i cant figure out, is WHY they arent removing him? i mean how bad does it have to get? hes not even capable of having the most basic football discussion without getting completely lost or saying something completely irrelevant.

[RVAbrendan]

Nobody wants to be the guy to tell Sam Huff to respectfully remove himself from broadcasting. I think it would have to come from Sonny.

[preachtheWORD]

Since I do a lot of public speaking I'm about as patient as anybody with people making honest mistakes and "miss-speaks," but I have to agree that Sam, and really the whole radio broadcast is getting to be an embarassment. I would personally like to see a whole new line up in the booth. Does Snyder not see that this reflects very poorly on the whole organization??

[TomE]

Nobody wants to be the guy to tell Sam Huff to respectfully remove himself from broadcasting. I think it would have to come from Sonny.
.... and Sonny will probably leave with him if the issue is forced

[sjinhan]

Nobody wants to be the guy to tell Sam Huff to respectfully remove himself from broadcasting. I think it would have to come from Sonny.

yeah it's a sensitive situation. Who knows maybe this is Sam's only decent source of revenue and Sam needs this job to keep him afloat... Maybe Snyder can transition Sam into a new job that is more on the behind the scenes... who knows...

There has to be some good reasoning on why the Redskins have not cut him loose so I would not be so harsh on Snyder or the Redskins for keeping Sam around.

[Boss_Hogg]

I really feel bad for Sam, I hope everyone (players included) understand that he can't help it.

[rdsknbill]

http://www.redskins.com/media-gallery/videos/Locker-Room-10-2/77e2034f-513f-47b2-abbd-b51a1847f74e

Start watching at 6:40.

Poor Stephen, the guy gets no respect.

Which video? I can't seem to find it

[Chase M]

Since I do a lot of public speaking I'm about as patient as anybody with people making honest mistakes and "miss-speaks," but I have to agree that Sam, and really the whole radio broadcast is getting to be an embarassment. I would personally like to see a whole new line up in the booth. Does Snyder not see that this reflects very poorly on the whole organization??

I like your signature ;)

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Did they take the video down? I cant find it

[The Bounty Hunter #21]

I don't think any of us really know what goes on behind the scenes, so it's hard for me to comment. We all know that Sam's on shaky ground and honestly these threads involving Sam's mental state pop up on a weekly basis it seems and i'm not sure if a point exists to even go out of your way to complain about it anymore. The Snyder bashing in this thread has me scratching my head too. Jesus, it's like the man just admitted he was the Anti-Christ or something in that nature, enough is enough already damn.

[rdsknbill]

Did they take the video down? I cant find it

I think they did to save the org. any more embarassment

[Hokie28]

Sam asked the same question about Bowen during the game broadcast and they just ignored it and moved on. At some point Sam tried to make some point about the game and Larry goes....do you mean the Skins or the Rams? They had no idea what he was talking about. But it's beating a dead horse, Sam has needed to move on for at least 2-3 years now. I don't think Snyder wants to be seen as the one to do it since they got backlash for letting Herzog go and bringing in Michael.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

I think they did to save the org. any more embarassment

Yea, i kind of figured that.

[gortiz]

Does Snyder not see that this reflects very poorly on the whole organization??

exaclty man, exaclty. just goes to show how bad he can be at running an organization. i mean, i get it, it would be hard to ask sam to step down, but this would be the best thing for Sam AND the team.

danny has no clue how to handle such a tough situation. i bet he just ignores it.

[kevinklein]

Yesterday Sam said something along the lines of, "St. Louis should move back to Los Angeles. They never should have come." To which Larry responded, "They won a Super Bowl in St. Louis." Then, "They did?"

[SonnyandSam]

Sam's mental deterioation has been going on for several years now. Snyder and the front office have known about it and wanted Sonny and Sam leave on their own terms because of their history with the franchise. Snyder certainly does not want to be the one to force either or both to go after the Herzog reaction by fans. If Sam goes, Sonny will be going, too. It's always been a package deal. Sonny and Larry have tried to hide the worst gaffes but have always tried to correct mistakes by Sam. Sonny has even tried to use humor to minimize the gaffes because of their solid friendship.

I doubt they would remove Sam during the year; but there may be more pressure to encourage him to retire. The announcement this past year that the three would be back seemed to take longer this year than past years....but maybe that was caused by the lockout.

I understand some fans being upset with the quality of Sam's contribution. But let's have some compassion. Sam is a big part of Redskins history both on the field and off. And folks, remember....that could be your grandfather or grandmother some day that begins to forget your name or memories of your life. Have some compassion.

[CapnRedskins]

Last year he referred to Devin Thomas as a tight end. This wouldn't have been quite as bad except Thomas had just returned a kick-off about 3 plays earlier (it was preseason).

[TD_washingtonredskins]

It's sad, but I think they have to figure out a way to keep Huff financially sound while changing the radio team. Honestly, it would have been easier for me to stomach if Frank, Sonny, and Sam all left at the same time. That's the broadcast team I'll always remember.

[SwampEm]

He is kind of like Harry Caray when he could not pronounce the names of the Latino ball players anymore.

[skinsfan190]

When I saw it I was like Wtf??? is Sam Huff talking about. I thought I was trippn at 1st then I saw Bowen's face and I was like naw he must really be losing it. That was akward at least Larry Michael quicky changed the subject. I think it's about time to ease him out the booth. I don't listen to the games on the radio but how is he doing on the radio call? I hear bits and pieces but it can't be that good considering these locker room interviews.

[The Cowboy Bamma Rocker]

When I saw it I was like Wtf??? is Sam Huff talking about. I thought I was trippn at 1st then I saw Bowen's face and I was like naw he must really be losing it. That was akward at least Larry Michael quicky changed the subject. I think it's about time to ease him out the booth. I don't listen to the games on the radio but how is he doing on the radio call? I hear bits and pieces but it can't be that good considering these locker room interviews.

I don't listen to the broadcasts much either because I make sure I'm able to watch the game ALWAYS. I used to have to listen a couple years ago, apparently it's gotten worse since then. He's just way out of touch. He doesn't even really know much about the current team.

On a side note, isn't Midlothian VA where Donnie Darko took place? One of my favorite cult classics of all time

[thebluefood]

Yeah, Sam has lost it; but it's going to be near impossible to can him. The man is a legend.

Sonny's still sharp, though, so at least there's that.

[RVAbrendan]

On a side note, isn't Midlothian VA where Donnie Darko took place? One of my favorite cult classics of all time

Sure is! Also, the cartoon Doug was based in Richmond.

[gortiz]

would getting rid of sam be bigger than frank? given sams current condition ...

[The Diesel]

The organization is doing Sam no favors letting him hang on like this. It's really actually very cruel.

[Skin'Em84]

Naw bro, Sam is definitely losing it. Everyone's right they really need to replace him. Its embarrassing now!

Actually, I find it one of the most entertaining broadcasts out there.

It's much better than Gruden and Jaworski.

I've always thought that Huff in the last few years is like your grandfather when he starts to lose his mind. It may be sad at times, but you still enjoy talking to him because you never know what crazy thing is going to come out of his mouth.

[The Cowboy Bamma Rocker]

Actually, I find it one of the most entertaining broadcasts out there.

It's much better than Gruden and Jaworski.

I've always thought that Huff in the last few years is like your grandfather when he starts to lose his mind. It may be sad at times, but you still enjoy talking to him because you never know what crazy thing is going to come out of his mouth.

Yeah it's kind of like your grandfather... but it's different when he has no idea who people are and how new players got here and stuff like that.

[justice98]

I agree with what everyone's saying. It's now no longer amusing. It's painful to see what he's becoming right before our eyes (or ears). I feel embarrassed for him. Whoever makes these decisions needs to have some stones and make the tough decision with Sam. This can't continue.

[BleedBNG]

I think everyone is being a little to tight about Sam. I listened to the radio on the ride home, and really enjoyed it. Sam's going completely bonkers, Sonny is like his stable, and intelligent wife, and Larry's like the obvious-stating son (yes, I know that's his job, it's not a knock on him.)

It's almost like a sitcom with my football.

Same here... what can I say...

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