Sports announcers and 49ers Youtuber Guy Haberman had vocal cord surgery and now sounds like Patty + Selma. I find his current predicament fascinating. He insists the subject of announcer voice issues isn’t interesting. We start talking 49ers around the 52 minute mark, for people who are into that sort of thing.

Topics include:

* What does a vocal cord surgery do for a broadcaster?

* Which sports announcers qualify for Top 5 “All Pipes” Team

* Do New York announcers have the best accent for the job? Do Midwesterners have the worst?

* Why did the elite duo of Guy + John Middlekauff break up?

* Is Brandon Aiyuk going to be traded?

* My crazy contrarian NFL takes

* Does the NFL have a good understanding of which positions actually matter?

* Who should the Niners draft?

* How good is the talent around Brock Purdy? Better than what the Lions have around Goff?

* Why paying your QB big money is no death sentence

* Oh, and subscribe today!

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