The Real Deal wrote:
Seriously mate? wrote:Has he been this terrible the entire time?
I wouldn't make of him mate...he's a household name for T&F commentary. He's got the contract and the big bucks at ESPN, what do you have? (daily postings at LRC? 😄).
moran
ad hominem
Congratulations Larry!
The criticisms of him by the arrogant trying to make themselves look like they are authorities on the subject are humorous.
Like turning on the TV to hear his voice and I appreciate his years of service to our sport.
Rawson used to throw an insane party every summer at his house on the beach in the Hamptons.
I've been to more than a few.
He had Morgan Stanley and ABC, New York AC connections....
Serious connections.
Serious.
Like, pictures.
Of folks.
Important folks.
He's terrible, but inside NYC folks love him...
If this Rawson guy had any integrity, he would boycott until they quit showing only 1/4th of every distance race and usually missing the deciding move. That is a disgrace that doesn't happen in any other televised sport.
Tired of pole vault replays... wrote:
If this Rawson guy had any integrity, he would boycott until they quit showing only 1/4th of every distance race and usually missing the deciding move. That is a disgrace that doesn't happen in any other televised sport.
That actually doesn't happen anymore. They show the majority. But larry is still a very poor commentator. Oh well, seems like 50% of the people here don't mind him.
Let's all agree that we would hate Rojo in the booth 10x more, okay?
"long story short" He is horrible.
Very Gassy wrote:
That actually doesn't happen anymore. y?
Are you joking? They were showing 4 minutes of commercials and another 3 minutes of field event replays before showing the last 2 laps of the 5k and 10k.
That's only 2 out of the last 9 minutes of the races.
Talk to me about Grambling sprinter Vernus Ragsdale, how about NCC long jumper Norm Tate, oh yeh, ya can't. Rawson would have no problems. I like a guy who knows this stuff.
Just saw rojo's guy Bill Spaulding doing the Olympic speed skating trials. Way younger than I expected. I'd pictured some dude 10+ years older than rojo. Don't think that is the case.
rojo wrote:
The main problem with the broadcasts is they don't have a real play by play man. THey need to hire Bill Spaulding. Then it's easier to be a color person as you don't have to do too much. You just focus on analysis.