He made 8 mistakes last nite during the broadcast. Some minor but most were WTF r u saying. The last and probably the worst was him not knowing who Hunter Woodhall is. Listen to the end of the 2nd leg of the 4 x 4 . Hunter is running the 2nd leg for Arkansas. Clearly we all can see him except poor ole Dwight Stones. Also after the 1st leg he called Iowa "Iowa State". I sit and watch alot of Iowa FB and BB games and have never heard the announcers called the Hawkeyes "Iowa state"
He actually thought Houston in the 4 x 4 was Arkansas. Luckily for us Dan O'Brien stepped in and told us that Obi E. from Houston was making a move. How does he keep his job. He butchers relays ALL THE TIME. go back to UCLA and coach the HJers. That what u want everyone to now bout you and your past. We dont care dwight. Just get the names of the runners and the university's CORRECT.
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He also said during the race Texas Tech had dropped the baton in the 4x100, which would have been a fairly big development in the team race. Turned out it was actually LSU. That was a big time flub.
Feet and inches go home devastated! Time for metric commentators at last.
Bring back Larry Rawson
Stones sucks balls and always has. Seriously, just hire one of the general purpose broadcasters they use for football, basketball and baseball. Doesn’t have to be someone who once competed in T&F. Those people are pros behind the mic and know how to do the job right.
Bro has NO CLUE who NCAA XC champ Dani Jones was. She’s stalking Warner who they’re obsessed with talking about despite the fact that Jones will 100% win and they can’t think of anything to say about her. Instead to go to their pre-meditated piece on Ostrander. Or talk about the Georgetown girl while Jones takes the lead with 50m to go.
How fast can the lsu girl run the football 40 on my local ball field!
Gramps wrote:
Bring back Larry Rawson
sprcoach 19.99 wrote:
He made 8 mistakes last nite during the broadcast. Some minor but most were WTF r u saying. The last and probably the worst was him not knowing who Hunter Woodhall is. Listen to the end of the 2nd leg of the 4 x 4 . Hunter is running the 2nd leg for Arkansas. Clearly we all can see him except poor ole Dwight Stones. Also after the 1st leg he called Iowa "Iowa State". I sit and watch alot of Iowa FB and BB games and have never heard the announcers called the Hawkeyes "Iowa state"
It's the team / research people behind Stones and crew causing most of the problems. Sure, he should be doing some homework before the meets instead of winging it, but he's getting no backup or assistance. You TV folks know what this is about.
Gramps wrote:
Bring back Larry Rawson
I love Larry because he stupid
About halfway through the 1500 Stones called Sinclaire Johnson, who was second at the time, Celis. Both Johnson and Celis were wearing the bright orange of Oklahoma State. He stated that he thought it was clever that Lance Harter called the 4X4 the final relay when what Harter actually said was the MILE relay not FINAL relay. How has Stones lasted all these years?
Agreed. And as bad as Dwight is, Jill Montgomery is possibly worse. She talks like she is getting paid by the word, but clearly has little to no clue about anything from the 400 on up. I hate the tact that NBC takes which gives them the impression that they have to explain the sport to the viewers. Watch EurpoSport and discover that really all we want is: A) to see the entire meet-field events and all, B) Get the names and the schools right, and C) have a clue as to who the major players are prior to each event, and D) don't feel obligated to talk the entire time. Dump the fluff pieces and the artsy close ups of runners feet and pan out far enough at the end to allow the viewers to see the races unfolding and finishing.
Freakin' fluff pieces! Let's skip two laps of the women's steeple final so some girl from Texas can wax poetic about what it means to compete in heptathlon with the Austin skyline in the background.
Wasn't he the guy who came up with the Fosbury Flop back in the day?
No it was actually a guy with the last name fosbury that came up with the "fosbury flop" .
I Like Ike wrote:
Wasn't he the guy who came up with the Fosbury Flop back in the day?
Yes. And the Lincoln Tunnel was named after him, too.
Dwight was the first "flopper" to set a world record, though. So, close.
Also, can we talk about the fact that he announces the distance races with absolutely no energy? He sounds bored out of his mind, and it ruined some pretty dramatic moments. Half the reason Solinsky's 10k record is such a great watch is because of the commentary from the flotrack guys.
Stones is so bad at this, it's like he's actively trying to diminish the viewing experience. He gets randomly fixated on some runner back in 5th, while someone else is powering away to a national title in the last 50 meters. After all these years he still announces like he never heard of anyone if the field until 5min before the race, and has zero feel for how the race will unfold. I'm sure the support around his broadcast isn't great, but there's no hiding how terrible he is. Such a stunning mix of laziness and incompetence.
**exhale**
old guy 73 wrote:
About halfway through the 1500 Stones called Sinclaire Johnson, who was second at the time, Celis. Both Johnson and Celis were wearing the bright orange of Oklahoma State. He stated that he thought it was clever that Lance Harter called the 4X4 the final relay when what Harter actually said was the MILE relay not FINAL relay. How has Stones lasted all these years?
yeah -without fail Stones mixes up athletes' names-he called Lilli Burdon-3rd place for the Ducks last year in the 5000m Sam Nadel...every meet he gets the names/teams wrong several times-in the indoor 3000m he called Morgan MacDonald -Morgan Fairchild (that washed up actress from Knot's Landing in the 80s?) WTF
Sad thing is though ESPN probably doesn't care...they are probably happy that they have a few former T & F Olympians doing the coverage---Dan O'Brien is pretty decent though.