Vince Cotroneo never really had a chance. Brought in to replace Bill King and sit along side Ken Korach, Vince was always going to be judged in the context of King, Korach, Lon Simmons, Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper...We are nothing if not spoiled, in the Bay Area, to have a plethora of legendary talent in the broadcast booth.
Measured only against the greats, a solid play-by-play announcer will not look very good. Vince also proved to have his quirks, such as a seemingly unique ability to delay the essential piece of information longer than it takes Billy Butler to leg out a triple.