Game Coverage Sucks

[SmootSmack]

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[Redskin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

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Thats becuase you cant make one, but your mind is free and you are thinking the same thing. DOnt you have like an anonymous suggestion box at ESPN that you can just slip a littl epiece of paper in while no ones watch that says, "Comentators sucked ass monday night"

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Redskin

Thats becuase you cant make one, but your mind is free and you are thinking the same thing. DOnt you have like an anonymous suggestion box at ESPN that you can just slip a littl epiece of paper in while no ones watch that says, "Comentators sucked ass monday night"

Well look, we'll have our Tuesday morning meeting tomorrow and discuss all the hate (as we always do). And there are a lot of things that need work. On the other hand, there is a lot that contractually has to be done and a lot that is done very well.

But, I've learned that most don't care to hear that. They don't want to hear about the business of it all, or the bigger picture. They just want to complain. That's cool, but to that I have "no comment"

[ArcticRed]

All praise to the almighty mute button!

[Hijinx]

Nice to know I wasn't alone in hating on the "booth talent". Monday night football has been dying for some time now and this is one of the biggest reasons.

They want to draw in non football fans. They try to do all this human interest story crap and not cover the game. I heard more about Reids's crack head sons than I did about The Skin's D.

And what was with all the Pat's talk; yes it was a huge story, last week. If I wanted to hear Tony K. talk about how he felt about the fine and this type of cheating in general, I WOULD WATCH PTI!!! It was like they didn't even know there was a game being played. I will bet any one here that the 3 of them said the name of a Pats player or coach more times than the name of a Skins player or coach.

There was 20-30 total hrs of NFL television coverage yesterday on 5 or more different channels, I think if we wanted to hear about the Pats we would gotten our fill yesterday.

[freddyg12]

glad that I'm not alone in being annoyed by a lack of coverage on the game. I like Barkley & he was funny, but he said the same thing about 3 different ways. Maybe they had a hard time getting him to leave the booth.

I think they do the celeb thing for people that watch the games but aren't big fans of either team. Never much cared for it even if it's not the skins playing.

[Luxorreb]

My brother and I tried to goto Sonny and Sam on Redskins radio, but the audio was like 10 secs ahead of ESPN's video. So we chose matching crappy commentary. 2-0 is huge. Beating the Eagles at home is HUGER! Giants 0-2 at home this week BIG TIME! Everyone at Fed Ex step it up and make some noise!!! GO SKINS!!!

[Redskins1960]

Hi
I liked Barkley and I thought he told us how the Philly fans don't get it.
I was surprised how much of the game I missed by the drivel and drool coming out of the booth by Kornheiser and Tirico.
I was ready for Charles to take out a deck of cards and take all of their money.
I loved the come back by Charles when Tirico said "The Eagles should have won last week".
Barkley went on and on about how last week doesn't count.
I lost 1 or 2 plays in the game with bad camera angles and green faces.
MNF has come down to Kornheiser/Jaws and Tirico.

I thought ESPN was smarter.

Get over it the Redskins won.

[Dlyne8r]

Originally Posted by Redskins1960

Hi
I liked Barkley and I thought he told us how the Philly fans don't get it.
I was surprised how much of the game I missed by the drivel and drool coming out of the booth by Kornheiser and Tirico.
I was ready for Charles to take out a deck of cards and take all of their money.
I loved the come back by Charles when Tirico said "The Eagles should have won last week".
Barkley went on and on about how last week doesn't count.
I lost 1 or 2 plays in the game with bad camera angles and green faces.
MNF has come down to Kornheiser/Jaws and Tirico.

I thought ESPN was smarter.

Get over it the Redskins won.

Welcome to the board

[Daseal]

1) No one in that booth was a DC guy. Yes, Kornheiser has been around DC for a long time and still works here for the post. But Kornheiser is from Long Island, New York. So he's probably a Jets fan at heart, he just doesn't wear it on his sleeve like many other announcers.

People take Charles Barkley too serious. He'll throw out a ton of crazy shit, and half of it is typically pretty funny. Comparing Donovan McNabb to Peyton Manning is ridiculous, but still.

[KateSkinFan]

[QUOTE=Daseal;353488]1) No one in that booth was a DC guy. Yes, Kornheiser has been around DC for a long time and still works here for the post. But Kornheiser is from Long Island, New York. So he's probably a Jets fan at heart, he just doesn't wear it on his sleeve like many other announcers.

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Even so, last he bragged, he held the copyright for The Bandwagon. He did, however, give a nod to Gibbs, saying he's DC's Rocky Balboa. Not the best analogy, but it sounded better last night after two beers.

[BrudLee]

I've accepted that celebs are going to show up in the booth. It's a marketing concern that offsets the hundreds of millions the networks are paying. Barkley was there for far too long, and it detracted from the game, though.

Get on TV, sell what you're selling. Get off TV. It's pretty simple.

[BrudLee]

I think the team in the booth is fine. Tirico shouldn't have to be a director - he's a play-by-play guy. Kornheiser goes off topic, but he's good when he's on, and he doesn't talk over action (when there isn't a guest in the booth). Jaws is knowlegdable and doesn't feel the need to be 100% correct - he listens to his boothmates (something Joey T didn't seem to do).

[BleedBurgundy]

As bad as the Eagle knob polishing was, Kornheiser has no credibility as a commentator when he talks about being a Redskins fan. What's the problem with impartiality? And MY GOD, could they fit any more commercials in there?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

As bad as the Eagle knob polishing was, Kornheiser has no credibility as a commentator when he talks about being a Redskins fan. What's the problem with impartiality? And MY GOD, could they fit any more commercials in there?

Gotta have commercials. They pay the bills