On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:00 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > <[email protected]> >
I find a world where Solomon Wilcots has a job as a network booth analyst and Phil Simms does not befuddling. And replacing Simms with someone who has never been in a booth before even more befuddling. But here we are unless Fox or NFLN pick him up. With booth announcers, and especially with the top teams, the networks need to have them serve as the face of the brand and also keep the broadcasts from becoming stale. So there might be merit in changing the analyst more frequently while it is understandable that the network will not do that. The advantage of having an ex-player or coach as a booth analyst is that he has spent years immersed in the sport and can spot things that the viewer will not and be able to explain what is happening. Hines Ward has a dormant podcast and he said several times (in fact he repeated himself a lot and that may be why he has not put out a new one in months) that it is difficult for him to watch NFL games with non-players. He knows a lot just by seeing how the offense and defense line up and who goes in motion. But the game is going through constant evolution as offensive and defensive try to outgame each other and after 20 years a booth analyst might not instinctively see what a certain formation means. Bringing a more recent retired player/coach might lead to a better broadcast. -- -- 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.
