I think Buck appears knowledgable, isn't offensive, and basically doesn't challenge the status quo at all. McCarver's still there because Fox is too damn lazy to fire him.
This, at its core, is the conflict that has engulfed sports as a whole for the past 20 years. The big money is in the casual fan. How do you tap it and not alienate the "hard-core" ones (and I put that in quotes because it's hard for me to think about how you'd define that level)? Buck, Vitale, Berman strike that line, without being so bad as to chase off either group (you may not like them, but as Mr Wolper noted on this thread, you don't throw your hands up and turn a game off because one of them has the call). On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking as someone who as never liked either Madden or McCarver, I > heartily concur. > > Your second paragraph makes me wonder what the target demo is, > especially for the World Series. 18-25s? Women? Men 35-50? I don't see > what the appeal for any of those groups is from the likes of McCarver, > Vitale, Boomer, etc. They do have knowledge of their sports, but that > expertise is covered in a gelatinous goo of annoying mannerisms from > all of them. To whom are they intended to appeal? It would seem they'd > overwhelm casual fans with their endless chatter (when everything > means something, nothing means anything) and informed fans (mostly) > find them irritating. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Oct 24, 12:50 pm, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Oct 24, 2:37 pm, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > That was a good article (or post, or whatever). His problem with >> > McCarver is the one I had with Madden in Madden's last years as color >> > commentator. >> >> Which leads me to Buck. Despite the fact that everyone seems to hate >> him, is the reason Fox holds on to him the same reason ESPN supposedly >> holds on to Boomer, Stu, Dicky V, et al--that the target demo >> supposedly loves him? > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
