on the podcast they do talk about the new coach Jesse Marsch.
On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 1:07 PM John Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > American announcers being homers is nothing new. It's why Olympic coverage > is often unwatchable. > > American soccer commentators seem to think (wrongly) that the US actually > is among the top 8 in the world, so the idea that they crashed out of the > group stages of Copa America is *really* bad to them. This was supposed to > be America showing the world that it could win against real opposition, not > just the weak sauce in CONCACAF, in the lead up to the 2026 World Cup which > they are hosting. For bonus fun, check out the meltdown by Taylor Twellman > after the US failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. The mentality hasn't > changed. > > The other thing that adds to this, among followers of the US men's > national team, is that Canada's new coach, Jesse Marsch, is an American, > and was briefly in the running for the national team head coaching job a > couple of years ago - when they decided to just rehire Gregg Berhalter > instead. So there would be some on Fox, likely, who are thinking that had > Marsch got the job that he would have led the USA!USA!USA! to the semis, > rather than Canada. > > I hope Canada upsets Argentina so they can cry harder. > > John > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 7:15 AM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> CBC has a podcast episode today (~25 mins long) about the Canada vs Messi >> (argentina) game tonight. They speak about the recent history of the >> Canadian team and performance. >> >> The reason I'm sharing this to this list is that there is a few minutes >> where they speak about Fox Sports coverage. Fox commentators blatantly >> doing fox-ish things saying 'It should be America playing, not Canada'. >> I didn't realise that hate had oozed from the news division to the sports >> division of Fox. >> >> Canada vs. Messi, Argentina | CBC Radio >> <https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/canada-vs-messi-argentina-1.7257584> >> >> Canadian TV on TSN and CTV2 at 8pm tonight. >> >> USA tv on Fox (sports?) >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bp0V_-7vdcXdfd6dChk1AbPE3wmo38ULsPxzByM3gmcuw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bp0V_-7vdcXdfd6dChk1AbPE3wmo38ULsPxzByM3gmcuw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > John Edwards > "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against > incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtML12RUrDFy73TQnFwgNidxuoLzkOnQi37CLb5O6BpLyeA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtML12RUrDFy73TQnFwgNidxuoLzkOnQi37CLb5O6BpLyeA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BrzYAC5dx40oULpz%3DyRk6Y0NyaovH32iysYoRf8a8L2Hw%40mail.gmail.com.
