Definitely agree about the local guys. But i am not sure that all national commentators have a relatively short expiration date. I actually still think Simms is one of the better analysts working NFL, and I have appreciated Collingsworth more as time has gone by. McCarver was more than fine when he started, he was very good. I dont think he got horrible just because he got stale; i think he got lazy and arrogant (and in the last years, I think actually a little cognitively impaired). I think it is possible, if you are committed to doing a good job, to get better at being a commentator, and not just rest on old stories.
On Tuesday, 1 November 2016, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > Woe - you rode that one way off the cliff. It would take at least 30 > years > > of banal, inane and ill-timed observations and pseudo analysis for us to > > get even half as sick of Smoltz as we were of McCarver. > > I don't know what the exact time frame is, especially since how often > they're on the air enters into it, but all commentators have a limited > shelf life. When we first come across them, the good ones are telling us > things we haven't heard before, and are usually close enough to having > played to provide some insight about what players are thinking. As time > passes, they're providing us with the same information, even when it > becomes a little less relevant. > > McCarver was fine when he started, but the networks kept him in front of > us for (much) too long. Early in Phil Simms' career, he was actually > insightful; now he's just overexposed. > > And, to be complete, there's a different dynamic on local broadcasts. We > hear those guys enough to develop a familiar "relationship" that's > different than what we have with national announcers. > > -- > -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
