Chamblee's defense of his career.

[tacklingdummy]

I don't always agree with Chamblee views, but I definitely respect his opinions and views on golf because he is very qualified to be a golf analyst and critique the PGA pros. I just find it amusing that many people say he was a hack and shouldn't be critiquing the PGA pros. He definitely argues his case with a great amateur and PGA career in this podcast.  Three-time All-American at Texas, made 370 PGA Tour starts, won the Greater Vancouver Open (beat Payne Stewart by 3 strokes), 4 times runner-up, 64 top 25s, and career earnings over $4 million. https://golf.com/news/brandel-chamblee-comical-discredit-playing-career/

[dalehead]

I think a lot of people here wish they had Brandel’s golf career, and his TV career.

As he states he was never at the level of a Tiger or Jack, but that doesn’t disqualify him having an informed opinion. If you have a different opinion that’s fine. But to say his opinions are invalid because his playing career did not achieve a high enough level is intellectually lazy.

[GeorgeHWB]

I've never understood the mentality of "you haven't accomplished _________ at the professional level, therefore you have no business coaching, announcing, writing, etc."

 

Bill Belichick never played NFL football. Does that disqualify him as the greatest NFL head coach ever?

[caniac6]

Brandel never hesitates his mind about more accomplished players, in fact, that's how he earns his living. Seems like he can dish it, but not take it.

[Man_O_War]

it's his sense of entitlement and arrogance that's diabolically "ch"ambolic

[MUNIGRIT]

Brandel is great. He is a straight shooter and calls it like it is whether good or bad. That's a good commentator. Some people dont like the truth and would rather listen to fake fluff and that's why he catches heat but he is very educated and can speak about golf at a higher level than almost everyone.

[Valtiel]

Sorry, disagree. He is controversial and pot stirring, which frequently involves taking contrary positions for the sake of it, not because it is "like it is", as he can often be wrong.

[ProStryker]

I like a Chamblee. And he is correct in his response to the criticism about his career. He played at the elite level. More than 99.99% of golfers can say.

[Leftlove94]

Really? So there’s hope for me. I’m gonna start sending in some applications. Show them my madden franchise and Playbooks.

[Rob G 89]

I like that he said last week he didn’t befriend any player because he didn’t want to be biased. Too much of that in fake news and sports news.

[dubbelbogey]

His playing career neither disqualifies nor qualifies him to his current career. Both the worst and best of sports commentators have come from the playing ranks. Some are hopelessly misinformed and do nothing more than perpetuate myth and too often factually incorrect information - baseball has been filled with them (e.g. Schilling, Morgan). Others are amazingly good at it - see Tony Romo. I don't think it's any secret that sometimes the best pro athletes are good at what they do despite their lack of intellectual curiosity and rigor about their own sport.

I think Chamblee is a professional pot-stirrer, with occasional tendencies towards being a true gadfly. Sometimes he has the data to back up his claims, other times it seems he's just making stuff up and disguising it as good, analytical, data-based research. Not the very worst, but definitely irritating at times.

[RDD]

You don’t have to like Brandel. He doesn’t care. Just don’t be the guy who says he can’t have a qualified opinion because he’s won once and TW has won 82 times. I promise it’s not because tiger worked 82x as hard. It’s also not because TW is 82x more knowledgeable.

[FakeClubPro]

It's entertainment. I think one of the dumbest things in the world is sports talk radio. Sports talked TV is just as bad. Brandell's job is probably to stir things up to get conversations going.

I loved cranky Johnny Miller but the dude could play.

[Valtiel]

Agreed. I just take issue when people hold up that entertainment as some beacon of truth or "tellin' it like it is".

[dciccoritti]

Brilliant and spot on ?

[NoTalentLefty]

I don’t think Brandel says anything to stir the pot. He speaks his mind , that’s all. Some of the pros get bent out of shape but he does his research and can back it up. He is very analytical when going over details.

He was talented enough to win a PGA Tour event and that’s a lot of talent. Not like some of players but that still takes a boat load of talent.

[cardoustie]

BC is pretty darn good

[gvogel]

Why are we talking about Brandel?

He's got a job to do, and he does it. He has certain ideas about the golf swing, which can be proved to be wrong by all of the idiosyncratic swings that make it.

Why are we talking about Brandel? Not worth the oxygen in the room.

[bscinstnct]

 

I agree as far as playing success not setting the bar for actual insight required for commentary and analysis.

But Brandels insight into his sport compared to BBs ? It’s like comparing Einstein to Bryson DeChambeau in Physics ; )

 

The thing with Brandel is.

 

Hes only right 50% of the time

 

But he’s annoying 100% of the time ; )

 

 

[seth514]

I'd much rather listen to Chamblee during a tournament than Nick Faldo.

[puttingmatt]

I think Brandel has had a good career, and it is worth noticing, not everyone makes it to the show. His comments on tv, are genuine. Like how his comments get a rise out of people. Shows he is doing his job.

 

[Titleist99]

Brandel Chamblee is the best analyst on Golf Channel.....period. He should demand a raise tomorrow!

[RDD]

Simmer down

 

[bscinstnct]

 

Brandel to head of NBC Sports, “I demand a raise tomorrow!”

 

Reply, “Oh, you’re that annoying guy with the hair. Ever see caddyshack?”

 

; )

 

 

[Titleist99]

Well, Robert D. is a close second.......LOL!

[MUNIGRIT]

Belicheck played football. The NFL players will look down on you if you never played at least college. It's why they always refer to Todd Haley as the Golf coach.

[Loki]

People! OMG, he is paid to express his opinion! Most of the time is is right, other times he is not so right. If you don't like him, change the channel, it really is that simple!

I have always liked Chamblee as he is always well informed because of his research.

[MattyO1984]

It seems that Chamblee knows that to make the most of the career that he has now, he has to having guys like us discussing him on boards like this.

 

If it is possible to create a “buzz” when it comes to golf analysis, he is doing it. In doing that, he is never going to win any popularity contests and he will always been pissing someone off but by doing that he is going to get the guys in the Saturday morning fourball saying “did you see what Brandel said about...” That does exactly what he needs it to do and that is keeping him in a job. The ridiculous comments are the things that keep him relevant and he knows that. He is a tabloid newspaper. Find an angle and then go and find the stats to help him back it up, not the other way round. To my mind, some of the takes that he comes away with are absolutely ridiculous. At times, I genuinely question whether he actually believes what he is saying. That said, if you approach what he is saying with the view that he is trying to bring the “sensationalism” then it as lot easier not to get upset, angry or annoyed at what he is saying.

 

All of that said, one thing that does annoy me is his insistence on using extravagant language to get his point across. He definitely uses it to make himself seem smarter than he actually is. It seems at times that he has swallowed of thesaurus but doesn’t really know what the word he is using actually means.

[Ferguson]

 

Agreed. I find him well spoken and thoughtful.

 

 

[gators78]

He's a phenomenal golf analyst. I think he starts overdoing it a bit on the swing technique, course design, and equipment debates, but as far as week to week Tour analysis, the best.