Jill Montgomery

Yep, not a big fan but way better than Carol Lewis.

Larry Rawson is the worst!!!!! Glad he has retired.

Is Jill Montgomery there in-person or is she commentating from TV studios in Hollywood. At least that's the trend now.

bloviating wrote:

I was super pleased to hear Dan O’Brien yesterday. He has improved and is easy to listen to. Montgomery however, holt cow, how can somebody be this bad? For this long? She is the worst.

Say, where did I see this girl?

In 'Red River'?

Or a 'Place In The Sun'?

Maybe 'The Misfits'?

Or 'From Here to Eternity'?

And everybody say, "Is she all right?"

And everybody say, "What's she like?"

And everybody say, "~She sure look funny"

That's Montgomery Jill, honey!

Ed Eyestone, Ato Boldon. That's it.

It was great to hear Dwight Stones back on air. Just so knowledgeable. Jill, I could barely listen to. My favorite and I'm paraphrasing;

"The first water jump in the steeplechase, sets up the rest of the race"

What?

Dwight Stone knowledgeable. U must be trippin. He makes at least 3 to 4 stupid mistakes every broadcast. On wednesday. Espn was showing last years mens 1500m and he said robert donanic was running the mens 1500m and it was craig engel running. Last nite in the womens 4x4 he didnt know which leg on purdues 4x4 was running. Hell he thought the 4th leg was running when it was the 3rd leg of the relay. He is clueless. Anytime he can put down USC he does. Anytime he can pump himself up he does. He needs to stop being so damn vain and put his glasses on and actually watch races. Just watch tonites broadcast closely and see how many mistakes he makes. I put the over under at 3.5. Ive got the OVER....WHO IS WITH ME!!!

sprcoach 19.99 wrote:

Dwight Stone knowledgeable. U must be trippin. He makes at least 3 to 4 stupid mistakes every broadcast. On wednesday. Espn was showing last years mens 1500m and he said robert donanic was running the mens 1500m and it was craig engel running. Last nite in the womens 4x4 he didnt know which leg on purdues 4x4 was running. Hell he thought the 4th leg was running when it was the 3rd leg of the relay. He is clueless. Anytime he can put down USC he does. Anytime he can pump himself up he does. He needs to stop being so damn vain and put his glasses on and actually watch races. Just watch tonites broadcast closely and see how many mistakes he makes. I put the over under at 3.5. Ive got the OVER....WHO IS WITH ME!!!

I like Dwight. Who cares if he makes some mistakes. I didn't hear any egomaniac style statements the past couple days Leave him alone. BUT.............he's not on the level that Rowdy Gaines is in the swimming realm. Rowdy kicks all their arses.

sprcoach 19.99 wrote:

Dwight Stone knowledgeable. U must be trippin. He makes at least 3 to 4 stupid mistakes every broadcast. On wednesday. Espn was showing last years mens 1500m and he said robert donanic was running the mens 1500m and it was craig engel running. Last nite in the womens 4x4 he didnt know which leg on purdues 4x4 was running. Hell he thought the 4th leg was running when it was the 3rd leg of the relay. He is clueless. Anytime he can put down USC he does. Anytime he can pump himself up he does. He needs to stop being so damn vain and put his glasses on and actually watch races. Just watch tonites broadcast closely and see how many mistakes he makes. I put the over under at 3.5. Ive got the OVER....WHO IS WITH ME!!!

Amen to this. Stones just blabs on and follows his pre-determined script, adding in several major fluffs per broadcast. It wouldn't be so bad, but he has endlessly moaned about being dropped by NBC.

Jill is just not good at all. She is so anxious to fill air space with any babble that comes to mind that she sounds like a 2nd grade teacher explaining the sport (incorrectly) to a kid.

Craig Masback or Tim Hutchings would be an upgrade or better yet, just let us listen to the Public Address announcers who are always great at Hayward Field.

She's flourishing

https://billingsgazette.com/sports/more/former-west-star-montgomery-flourishing-at-espn/article_9285160e-73f2-564d-973b-39d886915ca7.html

Amen to this. Stones just blabs on and follows his pre-determined script, adding in several major fluffs per broadcast. It wouldn't be so bad, but he has endlessly moaned about being dropped by NBC.[/quote]

Dwight Stones still moans and groans about being dropped by NBC. The Stones family has made it known on social media that they boycott watching NBC. And his wife Linda is also vocal about it, and trashes NBC every chance she gets. I think this bitterness is ridiculous. Dwight, please get on with your life!

The women were on track to break the men's world record in the 4x4.

I'm willing to cut an announcer slack for an occasional mistake. But she makes so many. During the early stage of the 10k, she said Alice Wright went to New Mexico State (UNM). The she said Alice wright was second in the race last year (correct) and also second in 2006 (huh?). She makes so many misstatements that it's obvious she can't read her notes and she knows basically nothing about any of these athletes.

Coaches News Network wrote:

Jill is just not good at all. She is so anxious to fill air space with any babble that comes to mind that she sounds like a 2nd grade teacher explaining the sport (incorrectly) to a kid.

Craig Masback or Tim Hutchings would be an upgrade or better yet, just let us listen to the Public Address announcers who are always great at Hayward Field.

Bob Hersh and E.Garry Hill?