Unofficial Announcers Evaluation

I mean, how much do you think they get paid? It can't be much.

I’m sure they could pay a Steeple professional for the evening. Nick Symmonds lives in Eugene.

Or Rojo?

I'm really happy with the coverage so far besides the commentary. I am watching on Peacock and they just went through all 3 heats of the steeplechase with no commercials! That has to be a first for NBC Sports!

Kara just made reference to Jager being the 1st American man to get a medal in the Steeple. Guess she doesn’t know much about history

Devers is not good at giving color on the distance events... I feel bad for whoever the play by play is... he's really having to carry the broadcast

All you have to do is watch one day of the Tour de France and see how little NBC cares about track. The production level and team that goes into the TDF might be the best of all sports

Is she on Peacock or is there another broadcast?

Gale Devers is a legend and is probably a very nice woman but she doesn’t know anything about distance.

Devers is terrible. Sounds like she has done next to no research. Not happy with the camera angle either during the 100m - needs to be at right angles to see who is winning

She is bad, but at least she stays mostly quiet and doesn't feel the need to word vomit like Jill Montgomery.

Has Devers ever done this before?

Devers is at 4% of the total word count. This is really bad. I would do it for a plane ticket and lodging.

They just need to get John Anderson back on the World feed.

Also, they need to talk about Allyson Felix a bit more.

I have never seen a boring track race, the U.S. announcers act like they have never seen an exciting race.

Tonight they were better, the women’s 1500 had some wild stuff for the heats and the announcers captured it.

If the words "at the World Athletics Championships" are added, it looks like that would become a correct statement.

Yes!! I was thinking the same thing. As "bad" as she was, she kept quiet so I wasn't yelling SHUT UP!!!!! at my TV.
Hannah England and the other Brit were amazing in the morning show on Peacock.

They had knowledge of every event- I even enjoyed the Hammer Throw.

And Hutchings and Mara Y even made the race walk interesting.

It's funny that you reference football commentators. As I watch football and listen to the commentators I can't help but think that if football fans were as "cruel" as track fans and were posting on letsfootball.com they'd be ripping those idiots to shreds.

I cringe when I hear them talk. I like Romo's enthusiasm but at least in track we don't have to deal with guys with obvious CTE trying to announce.

This.

Rob Walker, Hannah England, and Mara Yamauchi are trading play-by-play duties on the Peacock coverage, and they are amazing—well-researched for every event, unbiased in their coverage, and full of enthusiasm. Daly in particular may be the best track commentator out there these days.

Gail Devers’ appearance may have been a one-time cameo, as Rob Walker said they’d also be getting insights from Dan O’Brien and others over the course of the championships.

I certainly hope this is the case, as Devers seemed unprepared even for the sprint and relay coverage, had nothing to add virtually every time Rob Daly tried to throw it to her, and was painfully generic and US-centric in her few remarks.

Devers is a legend on the track and has done great work in support of treating Graves’ Disease, but it doesn’t seem that her future is in commentary.