Thought Merber was terrible. Same forced enthusiasm and progressively raising the pitch / volume of the voice as all those who have come before (Tom Hammonds, Rawson, Carol Lewis, etc). The only person who has come close to getting it right has been Dwight Stones, who just dispassionately talks about track. Let the race create the emotion, not force it from the booth.
free shipping with purchases wrote:
Thought Merber was terrible. Same forced enthusiasm and progressively raising the pitch / volume of the voice as all those who have come before (Tom Hammonds, Rawson, Carol Lewis, etc). The only person who has come close to getting it right has been Dwight Stones, who just dispassionately talks about track. Let the race create the emotion, not force it from the booth.
Might be easier tonight when the races aren’t a snooze fest ?
Lol
snooze fest wrote:
free shipping with purchases wrote:
Thought Merber was terrible. Same forced enthusiasm and progressively raising the pitch / volume of the voice as all those who have come before (Tom Hammonds, Rawson, Carol Lewis, etc). The only person who has come close to getting it right has been Dwight Stones, who just dispassionately talks about track. Let the race create the emotion, not force it from the booth.
Might be easier tonight when the races aren’t a snooze fest ?
Did you watch the men’s 10k. Just because times aren’t fast, doesn’t make the race not exciting.
free shipping with purchases wrote:
Thought Merber was terrible. Same forced enthusiasm and progressively raising the pitch / volume of the voice as all those who have come before (Tom Hammonds, Rawson, Carol Lewis, etc). The only person who has come close to getting it right has been Dwight Stones, who just dispassionately talks about track. Let the race create the emotion, not force it from the booth.
Yes! More dispassionate announcing puhlease! That goes for you too Toni Reavis....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFPhCJ4IKeEtuccone wrote:
snooze fest wrote:
Might be easier tonight when the races aren’t a snooze fest ?
Did you watch the men’s 10k. Just because times aren’t fast, doesn’t make the race not exciting.
Psh. Come back and talk to me when you’re as popular as Sham69.
snooze fest wrote:
free shipping with purchases wrote:
Thought Merber was terrible. Same forced enthusiasm and progressively raising the pitch / volume of the voice as all those who have come before (Tom Hammonds, Rawson, Carol Lewis, etc). The only person who has come close to getting it right has been Dwight Stones, who just dispassionately talks about track. Let the race create the emotion, not force it from the booth.
Might be easier tonight when the races aren’t a snooze fest ?
I didn't watch. Was it very windy? I was surprised that nobody made an OT standard, not even that close.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Agreed on the previous poster about Hobbs getting up and finishing...that said, if he immediately scrapped, could he have been added to tonight's 1500?
Also, the commentating was a little bit unpolished, but I think they did a good job. Last time I commented on a tv production I flipped out when they broke away from a men's 1500 to watch a long jumper sway back and forth for 60 seconds before his jump and they missed the move. Show a clock, don't break away from the race, use split screen, etc...it should be pretty easy to put on a reasonably solid production. Last night's fit the bill.
Last night's coverage was excellent.
Does anyone have a direct link to the HS competition on Instagram Live set to start in under an hour?
Don't see Centro's name anywhere on the start lists.
I just hope they all have fun tonight
Word on the street is Tinman is upset that they have not been kept in shot for the entirety of the stream. Citing this as the reason they didn’t perform up to the levels of the pro runners in the field. Youtubers are weird man.
This stream is way better than any of the flotrack broadcasts. At least Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber both know stuff about running. The guys over at Flotrack are braindead.
Can someone post a new link for the stream? Tried clicking on the one I had and it didn't work.
What is going on on the track? Did someone collapse or something?
https://youtu.be/oRto43Og0jgobvious answer wrote:
Can someone post a new link for the stream? Tried clicking on the one I had and it didn't work.
Sinclair Johnson coming out party... I mean I guess she is a former NCAA champ. But sub-4 here we come.
This is stupid they’re running to slow
They made a mistake by not following the pacer who went out at the pace they wanted!
Stafford for the win and then to the puke bucket.