Honestly, I can't think of a single sport outside of figure skating where his type of commentary would be tolerated.
Johnny Miller and his golf commentary can become quite the spectacle
Honestly, I can't think of a single sport outside of figure skating where his type of commentary would be tolerated.
I only have a certain number of bricks on hand.
Can we all at least agree to hate commentators who won't SHUT UP during a skater's performance?! :curse:
You mean like Johnny and Tara and at times Terry?!?
Johnnie Miller and his golf commentary can become quite the spectacle
Brandel Chamblee is the one I love to hate. He's an analyst on Golf Channel.
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There's a way to give your opinions without being mean and nasty about it. Tanith, Charlie, Ben, Tonia Kwiatkowski, he who shall not be named...all very good at finding something to compliment about each skater while still being able to talk about their weaknesses.
I miss Sandra Bezic and Mr Button.
The footwork sequences from 2006 were especially notable. Far more musical and fluid and creative than how awful the footwork has become these days, but with more content than was sometimes seen in late-era 6.0 footwork.
But how could anyone hate Uncle Dick?
Honestly, it's most of the fs commentators! Sometimes they know better, sometimes they don't. Regardless of what they are saying, it is annoying to me :disagree:
I just don't understand being mean and nasty when complaining about someone being mean and nasty. This thread title is mean, and it makes me sad.
Of course, you're entitled to express your opinion any way you like. There's clearly an audience for it.
Re all-time ridiculous commentating teams, I guess there are not too many of us U.S. football fans still around who remember the menagerie of Howard Cosell, Dandy Don Meredith and (straightman) Frank Gifford. The comedy kings of useless trivia, cornball jokes and mindless rants.
I just don't understand being mean and nasty when complaining about someone being mean and nasty. This thread title is mean, and it makes me sad.
Of course, you're entitled to express your opinion any way you like. There's clearly an audience for it.
Interestingly, I think 2006 Olympics is the only time they actually comentated together. That event is a very intriguing one in the history of skating, I think about it a lot. The first Olympics to use CoP, but the skaters were still skating mainly like it was the 6.0 system, in terms of overall approach. A lot of really beautiful new moves came about because of the system changing, although at the same time, some of the spins and spirals were a mess because of the new rules and people not being able to adjust.
The footwork sequences from 2006 were especially notable. Far more musical and fluid and creative than how awful the footwork has become these days, but with more content than was sometimes seen in late-era 6.0 footwork.
The commentary has definitely become worse. I very much miss Dick Button’s attention to detail and keen understanding of both the technical and the artistry, calling out trash when he saw trash.