This week’s mailbag will begin with Alabama’s announcement that it will be switching up its radio broadcast for the forthcoming football season. The story has captured the attention of Alabama as a whole. It is unlike anything we have witnessed since the Crichton Leprechaun.
For thirty-five years, Eli Gold called Alabama football games on the radio. It was an excellent run. Gold is a legendary, inducted Hall of Fame sportscaster with a distinct style. Although Gold is adored by Alabama supporters, Chris Stewart will start in Gold’s place for the 2018 campaign. Although Gold isn’t pleased about it, the circumstances are convoluted.
Last season, Stewart called every away game but the Iron Bowl. Although Gold desired one more season, Alabama decided to commit to Stewart on a full-time basis. Many things have been said by readers.
According to Sylvia Miller:
I apologize, but this comment has nothing to do with Rickwood Field baseball games or [SEC] bagmen. I’m Sylvia Miller, and I’m writing to you to convey how unhappy I am about Alabama “firing” Eli Gold. In my opinion, you should be fired if you are informed that “your services are no longer needed, we are going in another direction.” Telling the “Voice of the Crimson Tide” this after so many years of devoted service is such a slap in the face. I have been a longtime fan of Mr. Gold and the Alabama football program, and I can’t express how disappointed I am with the sleazy way this was handled. I like reading your piece.
Berry, Alabama’s Bo Lollar writes:
To tell the truth, Joe, my young friend, Eli Gold was just a regular football broadcaster at all.Eli seems like a nice guy, even though I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting him. However, I have occasionally listened to him broadcast a football game and a basketball game, and I have to admit that when it comes to football, you never really know what was going on in the game and you hardly ever know where the line of scrimmage was. As long as they were listening to Eli, the Alabama supporters didn’t care or understand the difference. Since the early 1950s, when I first began to listen to Auburn games, Auburn has ALWAYS
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