Well, I know what I would mean by "technical skills" in a football analyst, I just didn't know what Steve meant by it.
I think the three guys you list here (McCarver, Madden, Simms) are pretty different - Madden may have worn out his welcome with some (including me) after many decades, but even at the end I dont think he would have been replaced by an untested underperforming QB. McCarver was once an excellent MLB analyst; I dont think he wore out his welcome, I think he got objectively bad at his job. Simms is maybe the best example of having worn out his welcome - I think the best parallel for him is someone like Jeff Van Gundy. I actually still like both of them, but the bloom is probably off both roses as their once fresh act has gotten a bit stale. But even so, I think each is better than most of their peers. On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:01 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:01 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not sure what you mean by technical skills in this context. And I > dont know what the internet means by calling him goofy. I dont agree with > everything Simms says, but I find that he is more likely to say something > that sounds like an actual opinion or observation, and not just mouth > cliches. I actually liked him better in his earlier years when it seemed he > did not get along with Nance. > > > Technical skills means doing good prep work during the week before the > game. Early in the week you watch the last couple of games each team has > played and note some tendencies which are developing - maybe the > quarterback is developing confidence in a young tight end or the offense > only runs rushing plays to the left because they are not working to the > right. Then you get to the city where the game will be played on Friday or > Saturday and meet with the coaches and you want to have good questions to > ask based on what you have seen. If you are an ex-player you may have some > other connections on one or both teams like a former college or pro > teammate who is now a player or position coach on one of the teams. Then > when it comes to game time you can recognize subtle things happening on the > field and report them. > > The problem with Simms is, I think, the same problem that came up with Tim > McCarver and John Madden. They have done high profile games for so many > years that viewers have heard all of their stories and kind of already know > their insight without hearing what they have to say. The networks know that > the announce teams are the face of the network and they want a sense of > stability so they do not want to change announcers often. As a result some > color analysts wear out their welcome. > > -- > -- > 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. > -- 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.
