She was okay but I'd prefer a middle distance runner for the middle distances, one really knowledgeable about the present scene and preferably someone of the stature of a Steve Cram. If they can't get Crammy, why not a Jim Spivey, a Steve Scott, an Alan Webb, or how about this? Bernard Lagat. Lagat would be great at it.
Boom operator wrote:
Kara is fine but Carrie Tollefson, Deena Kastor and Dez are more genuine and thus, fluid in their delivery. Kara has this, “I’m trying to sound like a commentator,” feel to her; There’s no personality behind it. Also, when you listen to Doris Burke cover a basketball game, everyone else seems inferior.
Really liked Carrie Tollefson & Co.'s commentating for NCAA cross country. They did such a good job mixing stats with key runners' personalities and team expectations. I thought Kara was smooth and good but lacked personality for being a color commentator, if she's supposed to be that—but it was good for a beginning outing. Sometimes I think all we can ask for is to not cringe.
For the Olympics, ANYONE except that guy who commentated for the Istanbul half-marathon, is better than Tom Hammond. He has that "seen it all" attitude that makes even extraordinary things seem routine and downright boring. He downplays everything, maybe out of insecurity that he not be surprised? Or he doesn't know better? I don't get how he is so successful and a standard fixture. Dick Engberg was a generalist but he got excited in his own reserved way (Oh, my). Wish we had the equivalent of the cross country ski guy during the winter Olympics. I didn't even know what he was saying, some of his terminology, but his excitement was infectious and I got what was going on without terms needing to be spoonfed to me.
I bet Salazar would be a good commentator.
I Want A Better Pair Of Running Shoes! wrote:
The Dirty Duck wrote:
Who was doing the play-by-play? He didn't have a great outing.
He was poor and made major mistake in talking about Nikki Hiltz coming out as transgender, non-binary and then referred to Hiltz as "she" and "her" right after. That's a rojo level mistake.
If Nikki Hiltz does not have a Y chromosome, then she is a she.
So, the person was correct.
Why man? wrote:
Is horrible. I don't know why people would hire her.
Did anyone else listen go her yesterday?
Don’t particularly care for her but all things considered I thought she did a good job
wejo wrote:
I Want A Better Pair Of Running Shoes! wrote:
He was poor and made major mistake in talking about Nikki Hiltz coming out as transgender, non-binary and then referred to Hiltz as "she" and "her" right after. That's a rojo level mistake.
Actually it's not that big a deal according to Nikki.
I went and looked into this as I had heard that Nikki was fine with being called "she".
1) When Hiltz said she was transgender her instagram profile said her preferred pronouns were she/they.
Out Magazine:
"Hilitz, 26, who now uses she/they personal pronouns, went on to politely explain and define their gender identity for followers."
https://www.out.com/sports/2021/4/05/champion-runner-nikki-hiltz-comes-trans-and-nonbinary2) She has now changed that and said her preferred pronouns are they/them.
3) She did a Citius Mag podcast and said, "I would like to be called they, but if you mess up and say she /her it's not the end of the worId"
I watched the meet and recall then they were discussing Nikki Hiltz and that she had some out as trans. My immediate response as I recall, was who the hell even cares, and why is this relevant to the race? And why is it even being discussed? Might have a different opinion however if she was born a he, and was now competing against women. But that's not the case.
Almost all women start to look more manly as they get older, including Kara.