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LRC note: We've changed the title of the thread which said ESPN hired the announcer. It's our understanding the NYRR Is in charge of talent.

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    douglas burke

    Member since 11/21/2010.

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    2 years ago 11/05/2023 9:32pm EST
    re: Sting

    Sting wrote:

    Bring back Larry Rawson.

    That would be great Larry Rawson was outstanding, very knowledgeable, and with real enthusiasm for the sport. The only problem would be if he says just go down to your local High School Track and run a Lap, might get fans in trouble now, because all the High School Tracks it seems are locked up and closed to the public now, so running on the Local Track could get fans in trouble as they do not want non students running on their tracks not evenn during non school hours, for what reason I have no clue, but guaranteed it is for a good reason or they wouldn't all do it.

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    Disko Eric

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    2 years ago 11/05/2023 10:12pm EST
    re: wejo

    wejo wrote:

    NERunner03533 wrote:

    Does everyone who lives in the US who watched the race speak pristine English?

    That isn’t the point. He wasn’t very good and his English is poor for a lead analyst on ESPN. I’m not sure what he brought to the table.

    Did you watch the broadcast?

    Big papi doesn’t have great English but he is really good as an analyst on Major League Baseball broadcasts. But he’d never be the lead analyst on the game. He is on the post game show.

    When i was in Chicago, i saw a post game show with Ozzie Guillen. It was pretty awful. Jocks usually aren’t the smartest. Throw in a thick accent, no public speaking ability and a child's vocabulary, and you have unwatchable television. Even Rojo would do a better job and he’s an imbecile.

  • Back then hoes didnt want me

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 11/05/2023 10:14pm EST
    re: Mike Jones

    Mike Jones wrote:

    Does it come with a happy ending wrote:

    Who?

    Mike Jones

    Who?

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    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 11/05/2023 10:53pm EST
    re: Back then hoes didnt want me

    John Anderson was god awful. He said 'stupid good' at least a half dozen times. That alone should get him fired.

  • StillCompeting

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    2 years ago 11/05/2023 10:56pm EST
    re: Su Ingles es basura

    Su Ingles es basura wrote:

    ESPN is a joke wrote:

    If they simply wanted to hire a great Hispanic announcer for the color commentary job, they'd have hired Des Linden.

    If they wanted a legendary runner for whom English wasn't their native language, they'd have hired Bernard Lagat or Meb Keflezighi.

    If they wanted to have the worse broadcast possible, then you'd do what they did - hire Juan Luis Barrios.

    Can someone explain the logic behind this? Like what adult on planet earth who is on charge of US broadcast would think this is a good idea?

    Why would you hire a no-name person who struggles with English as one of your key color commentators? Why would he be hired over Des, Meb or Lagat? I'd add in Rupp but we know why he'd be hired over Rupp.

    That dude was bad. Maybe he was commentating on the Spanish language broadcast or something as well?

    Yeah, had to be doing double duty somehow. It's the only sane explanation.

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    Clam Evans

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 8:57am EST
    re: StillCompeting

    Was he supposed to be a "lead commentator"? Seems like he was one of about 15 commentators and spoke about 10 times total the entire race

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    ck3237

    Member since 08/01/2010.

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 9:34am EST
    re: Tripstop

    Maybe he was cheap. ESPN is on a limited budget

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    juamarti

    Member since 08/26/2005.

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 10:08am EST
    re: ck3237

    A few days ago, Barrios just signed a contract with New Balance, and since NB is one of the main sponsors of the NYC event along with TATA CS, they simply put him there in the broadcast. He is twice Olympian and knows about long distance event as a 2:10 marathoner. I thinks He was not bad at all.

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    runn

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 10:28am EST
    re: ESPN is a joke

    ESPN is a joke wrote:

    If they simply wanted to hire a great Hispanic announcer for the color commentary job, they'd have hired Des Linden.

    If they wanted a legendary runner for whom English wasn't their native language, they'd have hired Bernard Lagat or Meb Keflezighi.

    If they wanted to have the worse broadcast possible, then you'd do what they did - hire Juan Luis Barrios.

    Can someone explain the logic behind this? Like what adult on planet earth who is on charge of US broadcast would think this is a good idea?

    Why would you hire a no-name person who struggles with English as one of your key color commentators? Why would he be hired over Des, Meb or Lagat? I'd add in Rupp but we know why he'd be hired over Rupp.

    I felt sorry for the guy. He was very hard to understand and he was mostly silent.

    But then, at the end John Anderson asked him what he thought and he replied with how much he enjoyed working with Carrie and Anderson, blah blah blah. And then was corrected- No, what did you think of the race?

    I can't blame him- stupid move on ESPN's part (shocker!).

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    runn

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 10:31am EST
    re: juamarti

    juamarti wrote:

    A few days ago, Barrios just signed a contract with New Balance, and since NB is one of the main sponsors of the NYC event along with TATA CS, they simply put him there in the broadcast. He is twice Olympian and knows about long distance event as a 2:10 marathoner. I thinks He was not bad at all.

    I don't think anyone said he wasn't knowledgeable. He was, he was just very hard to understand (and I hang out with a woman who speaks with an Eastern European accent). I'm not xenophobic, it's just that this is TV.

    He barely spoke.

  • watching the watchers

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 11/06/2023 11:26am EST
    re: ESPN is a joke

    Is the app stream with Des/Galen available for replay or is it lost forever now?

    I have no idea why broadcasters do that "one and done" all the time, not just races but every live event, it's a valuable commodity for long-term viewers.

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    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 11/06/2023 11:28am EST
    re: didn't watch

    didn't watch wrote:

    Was it Rojo?

    He would be worse bc we can unfortunately understand his english.

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    RJC2010

    Member since 02/06/2013.

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 12:39pm EST
    re: ESPN is a joke

    Where is Tim Hutchins when you (really) need him?

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    runn

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 12:57pm EST
    re: RJC2010

    ESPN really is a joke. The condescending nature of their coverage for anything that isn't Football, baseball, basketball, or hockey is a joke.

    They are to sports what FOX is to news.

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    Runner10287

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 1:45pm EST
    re: douglas burke

    douglas burke wrote:

    Nonstop bad jokes wrote:

    I’ll take him all day over John Anderson. Just awful.

    That is a blast from the past, I remember him winning the Boston Marathon in I think 1973, I think he spells his name Jon, though glad he is still around and broadcasting, so still involved with running.

    Different guy

    This post was edited 16 seconds after it was posted.

  • comedyreIeaf

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 11/06/2023 2:31pm EST
    re: ESPN is a joke

    I can’t believe they paid a bunch of non-Africans to compete in the race. What a joke.

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    Aouita 84

    Member since 10/02/2020.

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    2 years ago 11/06/2023 3:45pm EST
    re: ESPN is a joke

    ESPN is a joke wrote:

    If they simply wanted to hire a great Hispanic announcer for the color commentary job, they'd have hired Des Linden.

    If they wanted a legendary runner for whom English wasn't their native language, they'd have hired Bernard Lagat or Meb Keflezighi.

    If they wanted to have the worse broadcast possible, then you'd do what they did - hire Juan Luis Barrios.

    Can someone explain the logic behind this? Like what adult on planet earth who is on charge of US broadcast would think this is a good idea?

    Why would you hire a no-name person who struggles with English as one of your key color commentators? Why would he be hired over Des, Meb or Lagat? I'd add in Rupp but we know why he'd be hired over Rupp.

    They tried to get Lagat, but he is too busy DESTROYING the Arizona Wildcats' distance program.

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    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 11/06/2023 4:47pm EST
    re: watching the watchers

    watching the watchers wrote:

    Is the app stream with Des/Galen available for replay or is it lost forever now?

    I have no idea why broadcasters do that "one and done" all the time, not just races but every live event, it's a valuable commodity for long-term viewers.

    The app stream didn't get any more commentary from Des and Galen than the ESPN broadcast. It was just 5 seconds ahead but mostly silent until the main announcers got to them.

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    bloviating

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    2 years ago 11/07/2023 9:36pm EST
    re: Sting

    Sting wrote:

    Bring back Larry Rawson.

    No please. I got tired of him telling me to go run a lap around my local track at a particular pace. Tiring.

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    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 11/07/2023 9:44pm EST
    re: ESPN is a joke

    Anderson has the humor and knowledge of runners to make jokes. Like Galen finishing the marathon this time, and the marathon is an easy day for Cam Levins.

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