2 GST meets now, and I cannot get past Anson Henry being such an annoying commentator. His constant "man" and slang terms irritate and half the time he says something asinine.
Complaining about race commentary is like complaining about subtitles in a movie with sound on lol
Your name is literally “GrandSlamRules”, it absolutely doesn’t. Also, this is a track meet with competitors not a movie.
Going to be fun to see how the athletes like lane 1-2-3-4 at Franklin Field. Sure going to be fun for the 200 and 400 runners. If you don't know, well wait until you see the track in a few weeks
Watched an hour of it on tv, lost that hour of my life. This is why T&F is dying. Too much focus on Track only. The field events have plenty of excitement and drama, but anyone outside of the coaches and athletes wouldn’t know it. You NEVER see the field events, except maybe a few seconds of the winning vault, jump, throw. Meanwhile, the avg Joe and Suzy Q Public, wouldn’t know there were several lead changes, records, etc… because the lack of coverage on TV.
If NBC has a vote, yes, so they can show her and remind everyone that her husband is a paraoympian. The broads watching love the human interest stories ad nauseum.
Watched an hour of it on tv, lost that hour of my life. This is why T&F is dying. Too much focus on Track only. The field events have plenty of excitement and drama, but anyone outside of the coaches and athletes wouldn’t know it. You NEVER see the field events, except maybe a few seconds of the winning vault, jump, throw. Meanwhile, the avg Joe and Suzy Q Public, wouldn’t know there were several lead changes, records, etc… because the lack of coverage on TV.
The only good field events are shot put and high jump
Disc, hammer are events created for athletes not strong enough for shot
Pole vault is created for people who can't jump high without a pole
If NBC has a vote, yes, so they can show her and remind everyone that her husband is a paraoympian. The broads watching love the human interest stories ad nauseum.
She's not married and her boyfriend is a wide receiver for the NY Giants
If NBC has a vote, yes, so they can show her and remind everyone that her husband is a paraoympian. The broads watching love the human interest stories ad nauseum.
Watched an hour of it on tv, lost that hour of my life. This is why T&F is dying. Too much focus on Track only. The field events have plenty of excitement and drama, but anyone outside of the coaches and athletes wouldn’t know it. You NEVER see the field events, except maybe a few seconds of the winning vault, jump, throw. Meanwhile, the avg Joe and Suzy Q Public, wouldn’t know there were several lead changes, records, etc… because the lack of coverage on TV.
The field events are dreadful on TV most of the time. But that is because you never actually see the competition. Only recapping the top 3 throws. Then if they have a 3 person throw (or jump) off, they show that usually. When they actually show the competition, it is very interesting. But it would take up the whole show plus some so field events are in a pickle. You could see the whole competition in the Olympic coverage but that is an exception.
If NBC has a vote, yes, so they can show her and remind everyone that her husband is a paraoympian. The broads watching love the human interest stories ad nauseum.
That's Tara Davis-Woodall.
The OP got his pretty black girl sprinters mixed up. It happens, I guess.
Whenever he's against elite competition, he's always so keen to show he belongs, that he kills himself at the front of the race for the first 60% of it before completely dying.
Then he'll go race a super quick time at a random meet against no one.
also I hate the ON speedsuit on Mills. just doesn't look good at all. but Yared wore it yesterday (after once trying one a few years ago and saying on Coffee Club that it wasn't for him) and I thought it looked really good on him though...
If NBC has a vote, yes, so they can show her and remind everyone that her husband is a paraoympian. The broads watching love the human interest stories ad nauseum.
You have the wrong persons. Anna Hall is not married to a paraolympian.
If NBC has a vote, yes, so they can show her and remind everyone that her husband is a paraoympian. The broads watching love the human interest stories ad nauseum.
She's not married and her boyfriend is a wide receiver for the NY Giants
Are you sure? I believe her boyfriend is a professional tennis player.
And that’s the problem, the coverage of the field events is abysmal on TV and the apps, unless it’s a feed of the field event. Watch Jumpers and/or Throwers battle with lead changes, etc… or show all 25 laps of the 10k? You know what you’re going to be forced to watch during coverage. Hence why the regular public could give 2 doo doos about T&F, and its ratings are awful.
If NBC has a vote, yes, so they can show her and remind everyone that her husband is a paraoympian. The broads watching love the human interest stories ad nauseum.
She's not married and her boyfriend is a wide receiver for the NY Giants
A footballer?! WTF!! well that's a shame. Her athletic career will be derailed. For some reason I expected better of her. What a waste. I hope he has some degree of education and not suffering from CTE.
Anson Henry... no. Definitely the weak link on the commentating by a long ways.
I'm Canadian so I'd like to say that he's doing a good job. But his repetitive 'I don't know, man...', 'don't ya think, man?', 'he was cruisin, man!' is getting pretty old. Especially juxtaposed with Cram's commentary. I'll give it to Cram - internally he's probably rolling his eyes at the inane remarks coming from the 'sprint expert', but he never lets on, and does a great job using Henry's chatter as a springboard into more meaningful remarks.
Curious why they chose Henry. Surely there has to be a better choice... even in Canada - get Mike Smith (retired decathlete), who's incredibly knowledgeable, very articulate, and has loads of experience.
I get that they'd want someone more current, but where's the valuable 'expert commentary'? I always find that watching the CBC broadcast of international events (worlds and Olympics) with Mike Smith is incredibly educational. He talks about the ideal angle of release for (eg) shot and javelin, explains nuances of pole vault, long jump, and sprints. How is 'that's a fast time - especially when he's cruisin', man!' supposed to be informative? It isn't...
You can’t be serious. Anson Henry is abysmal but Michael Smith is atrocious. He’s been rolling out the same tired analysis for years. “… and Oblique Seville dips under the magical ten-second barrier for second,” would be his contribution.