Comments about ‘Utah Jazz: 'Hot Rod' signs off after 30 years behind the microphone’

Get your facts staight, it was 35 years behind the mic!!!

Thanks Hot Rod, you're the best!

Hot Rod, thank you for your dedication and service to our team! I grew up mimicking your voice out in my backyard while I was shooting hoops. Your voice is iconic and you will always be remembered for good.

Another great part of my youth is now gone. The infamous line of "take it away, Chickie Baby" spoken after post game interviews by none other than the great Hot Rod Hundley. Even though Jazz fans have been enriched by this great voice of NBA basketball, I still think that the greatest team of NBA announcers were Chick and Hot Rod. Central casting would be hard pressed to put together two better people to announce games. Together, they instilled a love for the game, right to left on your radio dial, that left me visualizing and imagining the amazing feats of the players that only they could describe. Thank you Hot Rod and may God bless you in retirement.

for the fun, excitements you gave us over the year.

SoCalUtahJazzFan

No, thank YOU, Hot Rod!

Who do we contact at the Hall of Fame?

Hot Rod
Thanks Again for all the many years that you have called the Jazz games, I remember you calling the games from way back when with kMalone, Stcokton, and guys like that, You've Gotta love it Baby , I will miss hearing the little acrymins that he uses and says alot during the games, Good Luck in your Retirement, Thanks for all that you have done for the Jazz,

He's already in the Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the broadcaster's wing a few years ago.

Hot Rod is the best and Utah was lucky to have him.

From your hometown - Charleston, West Virginia - where you were first called "Hot Rod," your life-size picture hung in your high school, you first achieved national fame, and you are STILL the "toast of the town" when you are home, we thank you for your entertaining career on the court and as an announcer.

Nobody did it better than Hot Rod. He had a gift to allow people to visualize the game. His enthusiasm for the game of basketball extended beyond only the Utah Jazz. He was not afraid to praise a player from another team when he saw an awesome play. We were truly blessed to listen to him for so many years. Many will try and replace him, but will be unable to do so. When Stocton and Malone left, we still had Hot Rod. He has been the identity of this team for my entire life and he will be sorely missed. Thank you Hot Rod for all you have done for the Jazz and for the state of Utah. Enjoy your retirement because you have earned it!!

Thanks for the great calls on the games Hot Rod! I'll miss his distinctive voice and enthusiasm. Hopefully we can get a decent replacement that will provide us with the same passion that Hot Rod did.

For years and years Hot Rod made the games fun to watch or listen to. A true hall-of-famer.

We will miss you but will always be grateful for what you have given us.

Very best wishes to you and much satisfaction in your retirement.

When the Jazz went down by 19, I turned off the TV and turned on the Radio to listen to what I knew would be Hot Rod's last game. He knew it too. He was a little subdued. It was sad. He was absolutely the best radio announcer I have heard. He was a total Jazz homer and I loved that about him. It will honestly be hard to listen to the Jazz on the radio now. This is up there with John and Karl leaving and Miller's passing.

I don't like the direction the Jazz are going in. Don't be surprised if they are sold and leave Utah in the next 5 years.

Wow, what a sad year now its been. Larry Miller passing away, Now the voice of the jazz is gone. You deserve everything you have ever gotten. I personally know the jazz won't be the same without you and your voice. I loved how you called the game the way it is and gave props to both squads that were playing. Your a true class act good job for everything you have done in your career. You will be missed by jazz fans and just the nba and its players in general!!!!!!

Honestly, who cares, never like him never thought he was very good,

all he got was a few silly phrases that fans like to repeat.

Good to see the winds of change blowing,

getttig rid of all those easterners,

all the old guard,

people who want do things all the old way,

soon all the past owners, management, coaches and announcers will be gone,

perhaps, hopefully they will be replaced by people who want and CAN win a championship.

and the winds will bring in a new era of winning championships.

Hot Rod Hundley is not a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

He should be. He deserves it as much as any broadcaster ever.

From the basketball floors of the old Southern Conference to the Golf Courses at Kimberland Meadows. (I remember him from both locations over 40 years apart). Hot Rod excelled at whatever he did. The people of Utah were blessed to have him. Good Luck, Hot Rod from Nancy and Gaylord