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Hockles posted:Why NBC Sports is not airing the Olympics 24/7 is beyond me. Live or tape delay, I don't care. I shouldn't turn there and see Shark Hunters or auto auctions marathons.
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See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Human empathy. It's as useless as the Winter Olympics. This February, on NBC. --Jack Donaghy
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Hockles posted:Why NBC Sports is not airing the Olympics 24/7 is beyond me. Live or tape delay, I don't care. I shouldn't turn there and see Shark Hunters or auto auctions marathons. My guess is that since NBCSN didn't exist when they secured the rights for these Olympics, there are limits to what they can show? I don't know. Spitballin'.
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Feb 20, 2014 15:37
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Deathlove posted:My guess is that since NBCSN didn't exist when they secured the rights for these Olympics, there are limits to what they can show? I don't know. Spitballin'. Partly that, partly also that it'd be a logistical nightmare to have to keep paying cameramen, producers, etc. to keep shooting events that probably aren't going to get a lot of attention.
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Feb 20, 2014 15:54
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Deathlove posted:My guess is that since NBCSN didn't exist when they secured the rights for these Olympics, there are limits to what they can show? I don't know. Spitballin'. It appears that they also have rights for Colonial League and other mid-major basketball games they have to honor One thing I will question is why they won't show as much live curling as they did in 2010. The women's gold medal game is going on right now but it won't be on US tv until later. Awful Announcing summed it up well: http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2014...ve-curling.html
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DJExile posted:Partly that, partly also that it'd be a logistical nightmare to have to keep paying cameramen, producers, etc. to keep shooting events that probably aren't going to get a lot of attention. Literally every event is being streamed live by the Olympic Broadcasting Service, which they're showing on their website. As far as I am aware, the feeds and the things like the splits/scores/etc graphics are the same for every country, and then for TV events the country's broadcaster will package that with their crew. I imagine that NBC has extra cameras to capture footage for something like figure skating, for example, but every event is already being shot and produced.
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Badfinger posted:Literally every event is being streamed live by the Olympic Broadcasting Service, which they're showing on their website. As far as I am aware, the feeds and the things like the splits/scores/etc graphics are the same for every country, and then for TV events the country's broadcaster will package that with their crew. I imagine that NBC has extra cameras to capture footage for something like figure skating, for example, but every event is already being shot and produced. Well shut my mouth then! Then yeah I'd say it's partly their contractual obligations to other events, and partly just NBC's incompetence.
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Feb 20, 2014 16:47
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maybe y'all should get a goddamn job instead of watching curling all day
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MourningView posted:maybe y'all should get a goddamn job instead of watching curling all day i have an english degree watching curling all day is about all i'm qualified to do
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MourningView posted:maybe y'all should get a goddamn job instead of watching curling all day Tell that to me when I'm in my office watching the olympics because I own at my job.  I also can be seen in our break room with the 10-20 other non-american born football fans watching the champions league, it's uh, gotten so bad that management pretty much sent out an email begging us to not make so much noise so that the Americans in the office don't get mad jealous that we're watching football during work hours lol.
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Feb 20, 2014 18:58
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axeil posted:NBC's Olympic coverage is garbage and I hate it. Screw showing sports or anything, let's focus on these pointless human-interest stories. Oh, Americans aren't expected to do well in this event and you want to watch it? Tough poo poo, have some more awkward Bode Miller interviews. Speaking of that, the Bode Miller interview the other night was nothing short of gross. "Bode, you won the bronze. Is this for your brother?" "Well...I..."  "You keep looking to the sky. Are you looking for Chilly in heaven?" (Progressively more difficulty fighting back tears) "I just wanted t--"  "Your brother is DEAD, Bode. Dead. D-e-a-d Dead."  "....sorry..." It's almost like there was a producer beating off going "Make him cry. Come on CRYYYYYYYY. YESSSSSSS!"
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CBJSprague24 posted:Speaking of that, the Bode Miller interview the other night was nothing short of gross. It was definitely tasteless but a lot of people are blowing it out of proportion IMO, because Miller is notoriously stoic and I don't think there's a soul that has ever covered him that wouldn't have expected him to just give a brief answer and move on. The emotion was totally unexpected.
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My favorite part was when they asked if he won it for his brother and he said "not really" and then they were like "but actually you did, right?"
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Mornacale posted:My favorite part was when they asked if he won it for his brother and he said "not really" and then they were like "but actually you did, right?" Yeah there's no way a director wasn't in her earpiece telling her to press it. Cameraman had a full frame of nothing but face, too. NBC wanted that human interest angle in the worst way.
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Feb 21, 2014 14:10
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I've watched a poo poo ton of Biathlon on NBC channels on the internet this year. I think the coverage has actually been better than usual provided you don't watch primetime.
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Feb 21, 2014 17:50
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Those of you who hear broadcasters use the same phrases to describe everything, turn on NBCSports and listen to Doc Emerick. Dude is a living thesaurus. "Knifed away, punched on, waffleboarded into the corner..." so much goofy poo poo and it's great.
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DJExile posted:Those of you who hear broadcasters use the same phrases to describe everything, turn on NBCSports and listen to Doc Emerick. Dude is a living thesaurus. "Knifed away, punched on, waffleboarded into the corner..." so much goofy poo poo and it's great. What? This kind of crap is one of the reasons everyone hates him http://deadspin.com/list-every-synonym-for-pass-that-rifled-out-of-doc-e-513664662
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Feb 21, 2014 19:11
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Wasn't there a guy on tosh.0 who had pretty terrible sports commentary so he did a web redemption and pulls out "Easy, breezy cover girl." out of no where and Gus Johnson is so taken aback he just stares at him for a few seconds.
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Ho Chi Meeeeee posted:Wasn't there a guy on tosh.0 who had pretty terrible sports commentary so he did a web redemption and pulls out "Easy, breezy cover girl." out of no where and Gus Johnson is so taken aback he just stares at him for a few seconds. Boom goes the dynamite
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Feb 21, 2014 20:02
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ElwoodCuse posted:What? This kind of crap is one of the reasons everyone hates him That kind of crap is why Doc is the best PXP man in the business right now. Any moron can say "passes and shoots" a billion times. We got a lotta words to describe actions and Doc uses them to great effect.
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Feb 21, 2014 22:30
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Emrick and Pierre McGuire are both awful and hockey games are better without them
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Piss on NBC I'm just gonna wait until the olympics are over and watch them on their official youtube channel like I did the last time. Example, men's handball final from 2012 which was available not long after the olympics ended, available in english and no commentary versions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtFuCFaYT7I
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Wait, is there really backlash against Doc Emrick? This thread is the first I've heard of it, and pretty much everywhere I've seen people love him. Maybe I'm just one of those filthy casual hockey fans but Emrick really makes the game more fun to watch for me, dumb synonyms and all.
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Feb 22, 2014 00:58
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It seems to be one of those things where people who don't like him really don't like him for whatever reason. I've always been ok with him and at times I really like him, although I'm a casual playoffs/olympics fan myself so I'm probably not as exposed to him as much as the anti-Doc people.
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Yeah Doc seems to be one of the most widely respected sports broadcasters to me, but I guess there's a segment of hardcore hockey fans who really hate him. Maybe it gets old if you watch a lot, but to a very casual fan he's pretty great.
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MourningView posted:Yeah Doc seems to be one of the most widely respected sports broadcasters to me, but I guess there's a segment of hardcore hockey fans who really hate him. Maybe it gets old if you watch a lot, but to a very casual fan he's pretty great. Seconding this. He makes games entertaining for me, the filthy casual, and that's all I can ask.
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Doc can be annoying at times because his commentary will be a massive run on sentence. However, I love the input he has giving little tidbits about players and coaches, but not being overbearing with them. He and Olczyk are a pretty solid commentary duo. In fact Kenny Albert who's the other broadcaster is one of my favorites that rarely gets mentioned. He does all 4 major sports and I've never had an issue with his commentary. He has the worst sideline analyst for the NFL though, but that's not really his fault.
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marioinblack posted:Doc can be annoying at times because his commentary will be a massive run on sentence. However, I love the input he has giving little tidbits about players and coaches, but not being overbearing with them. He and Olczyk are a pretty solid commentary duo. In fact Kenny Albert who's the other broadcaster is one of my favorites that rarely gets mentioned. He does all 4 major sports and I've never had an issue with his commentary. He has the worst sideline analyst for the NFL though, but that's not really his fault. I miss him doing the play-by-play for the Devils though.
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marioinblack posted:Doc can be annoying at times because his commentary will be a massive run on sentence. A lot of this is just the nature of the sport though.
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MourningView posted:A lot of this is just the nature of the sport though. True that. I get some of the complaints that Doc calls the game more like a radio announcer vs. a tv announcer in terms of letting the images tell the story, but hockey can be tough to follow (glowing puck anyone?) and casual American audiences still aren't going to be as familiar with the rules and intricacies vs. the other major sports. Doc's the best, if only because Vin Scully has ascended into a higher being.
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MourningView posted:A lot of this is just the nature of the sport though. Yeah I'm not challenging that. It only rarely bothers me a little bit if he gets overbearing with rambling, but it's not a massive flaw that detracts from the game. Usually it's Pierre that detracts from the game by rambling about inane poo poo.
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Some of the problem hardcore fans have with them is that he ONLY does national games now. Back when he did Devils games, he had two pretty distinct announcing styles. He certainly got excited with the Devils, but he toned down a lot of the stuff that he does for the national game. He can call a really good game without using the stuff on NBC that irks people with him. But again, compare him to the other big four national announcers. I like him a lot better than some of the guys FOX and CBS have for NFL/MLB/NBA.
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Feb 22, 2014 21:13
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Fox Sports Live beat SportsCenter for the first time last night.
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Everything about this list depresses me.
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Gus Johnson is terrible at football. He just reminds me of a shittier, more banal version of Ray Hudson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgk04dtId7Y He's so over the top I just can't help but love him. Plus it helps he's a Geordie.
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Ho Chi Meeeeee posted:Gus Johnson is terrible at football. He just reminds me of a shittier, more banal version of Ray Hudson. He doesn't really know how to call it or the flow of the game so he gets excited for anything that might call for excitement. Same thing is why he's lovely with combat sports.
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Yeah, he was VERY terrible for the Fedor vs Rogers fight. He kept trying to make it into a human interest story about Rogers instead of just calling the loving fight.
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I suggest you all watch a European broadcast of the NFL sometime, it is loving hilarious the amount of punditry during games. It seriously made me miss commercials.
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