Sports Announcers
Coaches DO Matter
05/15/11 18:06 Filed in: NBA
Mark WIllard on KSPN radio, the Los Angeles ESPN radio outlet, today on his show said that the NBA is a players' league, and that coaches matter little and have little effect on team performance.
Hogwash, to put it very mildly.
Where was Willard during the last three of the Del Harris years, where the Kobe Bryant-Shaquille O'Neal Lakers never won as much as a Western Conference title*? What changed the following season, when the Lakers won the first of three consecutive NBA titles? Hm, What? Oh, PHIL JACKSON became the head coach, that's what.
The NBA is now seeing a major turnover in coaching talent, as Jackson, Larry Brown, Pat RIley, and other dominant coaching names of the past two decades now are retired, seemingly for the long run. New coaching faces are this year making their mark. After an expected (at least in my mind) "slow" start, Miami's Erik Spoelstra seems to have not only massive media attention, but also the attention of LeBum and the rest of the Miami SuperStars, and to my mind, now has his team over-achieving.
As they now face Chicago, we'll see if that continues, or if another young coach, Tom Thibodeau, NBA Coach of the Year in his first year as a head man, shows Miami how a championship-caliber team handles a conference playoff series. My bet is on Chicago and Thibodeau.
In the West, however, we find the real coaching giants of the next decade. They have accomplished little so far, but their accomplishments this season bode very well for future success. What Lionel Hollins has done this year with the Memphis Grizzlies is utterly astounding. While it is hard to call him a "young" coach at age 57, prior to this season he had been an NBA head coach for only parts of three prior seasons, and one full season. (Contrast that with Spoelstra who at age 40 has coached only 20 less games than Hollins.) But the job he did in bringing Memphis to within one game of playing for the conference title is astounding. How could a team with only three NBA caliber starters get that far? Winning as the Grizzles did with borderline NBA players TIm Allen and OJ Mayo in starting roles, after having lost star Rudy Gay, is beyond contemplation.
Hollins' Memphis team, however, lost to THE BEST young coaching talent in the NBA, Scott Brooks, who somehow has molded a superior team out of a collection to immensely talented but so, so young players. The Oklahoma City Thunder is now in the conference finals, with a starting lineup that averages 23.6 years of age, and who has three top reserves that average 22.6 years. For this super young team to be where it is today is a testament to the talents of Scott Brooks, who may very well be the dominant coach in the NBA for many years to come.
But not to Mark Willard, who thinks coaches do not matter.
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*The Lakers never won a single Western Conference title under Harris, but the Bryant-O'Neal combo only played for Harris for his last three seasons.
Hogwash, to put it very mildly.
Where was Willard during the last three of the Del Harris years, where the Kobe Bryant-Shaquille O'Neal Lakers never won as much as a Western Conference title*? What changed the following season, when the Lakers won the first of three consecutive NBA titles? Hm, What? Oh, PHIL JACKSON became the head coach, that's what.
The NBA is now seeing a major turnover in coaching talent, as Jackson, Larry Brown, Pat RIley, and other dominant coaching names of the past two decades now are retired, seemingly for the long run. New coaching faces are this year making their mark. After an expected (at least in my mind) "slow" start, Miami's Erik Spoelstra seems to have not only massive media attention, but also the attention of LeBum and the rest of the Miami SuperStars, and to my mind, now has his team over-achieving.
As they now face Chicago, we'll see if that continues, or if another young coach, Tom Thibodeau, NBA Coach of the Year in his first year as a head man, shows Miami how a championship-caliber team handles a conference playoff series. My bet is on Chicago and Thibodeau.
In the West, however, we find the real coaching giants of the next decade. They have accomplished little so far, but their accomplishments this season bode very well for future success. What Lionel Hollins has done this year with the Memphis Grizzlies is utterly astounding. While it is hard to call him a "young" coach at age 57, prior to this season he had been an NBA head coach for only parts of three prior seasons, and one full season. (Contrast that with Spoelstra who at age 40 has coached only 20 less games than Hollins.) But the job he did in bringing Memphis to within one game of playing for the conference title is astounding. How could a team with only three NBA caliber starters get that far? Winning as the Grizzles did with borderline NBA players TIm Allen and OJ Mayo in starting roles, after having lost star Rudy Gay, is beyond contemplation.
Hollins' Memphis team, however, lost to THE BEST young coaching talent in the NBA, Scott Brooks, who somehow has molded a superior team out of a collection to immensely talented but so, so young players. The Oklahoma City Thunder is now in the conference finals, with a starting lineup that averages 23.6 years of age, and who has three top reserves that average 22.6 years. For this super young team to be where it is today is a testament to the talents of Scott Brooks, who may very well be the dominant coach in the NBA for many years to come.
But not to Mark Willard, who thinks coaches do not matter.
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*The Lakers never won a single Western Conference title under Harris, but the Bryant-O'Neal combo only played for Harris for his last three seasons.
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Today's Mason-Ireland Love Fest for Scumbag Pete Carroll Made Me SICK!
02/22/11 17:20 Filed in: College Football | NFL
Don’t get me wrong - I like Steve Mason and John Ireland and love their sports talk show. But, I was thoroughly nauseated by the little bit of their interview with uncle petey that I caught, and then their follow-up commentary about his legacy.
It is absurd to compare unk to President Bill Clinton, and for them to say his legacy will be similar to Clinton’s in that his transgressions will be a speck on an otherwise exceptional career, as the Lewinsky matter will be to the Clinton presidency.
Bull Crap.
Carroll ran what amounted to a criminal enterprise at usc, and ran screaming from SoCal as the courts, not to mention the NCAA, were closing in. It has been well documented how he made crooks, scoundrels, go-betweens, and agents themselves part of the family, welcome in the clubhouse, on the sidelines, and in his heart. He looked away as reggie bush and his family received over $300,000 in illegal benefits, despite driving at least one such benefit around campus. The same for Joe McKnight, as he drove his benefit around the practice field.
But his biggest transgression that has received virtually no publicity and for which he has NEVER be called on to account for, is the Dave Watson matter, documented by SI.com (“Carroll knew about coach’s drug addiction before crash”) and discussed here (under the Pete Carroll tag) on Jan. 11, 2010. In summary, former petey assistant coach Dave Watson was addicted to painkillers, and under petey’s watchful eye, apparently for a period of years, was routinely dispensed prescription drugs by the team’s medical staff. Then, one day while driving his usc-assigned company car, Watson caused a crash, critically injuring an innocent passenger. Watson admitted it all, and plead guilty to felony DUI, and his injured victim sued everyone involved. Uncle petey was supposed to appear at a deposition in the case, but did not appear. He was then ordered to appear by a judge, and within days of that order, petey high tailed it out of SoCal for the Pacific Northwest and the bounty of the NFL.
Yea, great legacy. Steve and John - you should be ashamed.
It is absurd to compare unk to President Bill Clinton, and for them to say his legacy will be similar to Clinton’s in that his transgressions will be a speck on an otherwise exceptional career, as the Lewinsky matter will be to the Clinton presidency.
Bull Crap.
Carroll ran what amounted to a criminal enterprise at usc, and ran screaming from SoCal as the courts, not to mention the NCAA, were closing in. It has been well documented how he made crooks, scoundrels, go-betweens, and agents themselves part of the family, welcome in the clubhouse, on the sidelines, and in his heart. He looked away as reggie bush and his family received over $300,000 in illegal benefits, despite driving at least one such benefit around campus. The same for Joe McKnight, as he drove his benefit around the practice field.
But his biggest transgression that has received virtually no publicity and for which he has NEVER be called on to account for, is the Dave Watson matter, documented by SI.com (“Carroll knew about coach’s drug addiction before crash”) and discussed here (under the Pete Carroll tag) on Jan. 11, 2010. In summary, former petey assistant coach Dave Watson was addicted to painkillers, and under petey’s watchful eye, apparently for a period of years, was routinely dispensed prescription drugs by the team’s medical staff. Then, one day while driving his usc-assigned company car, Watson caused a crash, critically injuring an innocent passenger. Watson admitted it all, and plead guilty to felony DUI, and his injured victim sued everyone involved. Uncle petey was supposed to appear at a deposition in the case, but did not appear. He was then ordered to appear by a judge, and within days of that order, petey high tailed it out of SoCal for the Pacific Northwest and the bounty of the NFL.
Yea, great legacy. Steve and John - you should be ashamed.
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Mario Outdone and Blake Griffin Traffic Jam
02/20/11 16:44 Filed in: NBA
Mario Solis was actually outdone on the late KNBC news last night, by anchorman Chris Schauble. They had this exchange:
Solis: “The NBA All-Star game tip off tomorrow is at 4:00.” (actually 5:30 PST; he only missed it by 1-1/2 hours).
“I think the West will take it. What about you, Chris?”
Schauble: “I’d like to see the West, but I think the East will.... I mean,... they have all those... All-Stars.”
I think all the other stuff around the NBA all star game is a lot of crap - rookie-sophomore game, 3-point contest, slam-dunk contest, and I never watch any of it, but Blake Griffin’s dunk over the car was really something:
Solis: “The NBA All-Star game tip off tomorrow is at 4:00.” (actually 5:30 PST; he only missed it by 1-1/2 hours).
“I think the West will take it. What about you, Chris?”
Schauble: “I’d like to see the West, but I think the East will.... I mean,... they have all those... All-Stars.”
I think all the other stuff around the NBA all star game is a lot of crap - rookie-sophomore game, 3-point contest, slam-dunk contest, and I never watch any of it, but Blake Griffin’s dunk over the car was really something:
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Guaranteed to Happen at Today's Super Bowl
02/06/11 11:33 Filed in: NFL
Guaranteed to happen today:
1. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and other members of the broadcasting crew will again bring up the sexual assault allegations made against Ben Roethlisberger, and totally ignore the FACT that the only quarterback in this year’s playoffs, and most likely the only quarterback in the entire NFL to have EVER actually been arrested for sexual assault is the media golden boy, the Jets’ Mark Sanchez.
2. Aaron Rodgers will exploit the Pittsburgh defensive backfield, and so long as he can evade the Steeler rush and stay on his feet for an average of five seconds per play, he will pick them apart. Play action and a screen pass here and there will open the door for Greg Jennings to get the best of Ike Taylor.
3. Packer D will stop Rashard Mendenhall, and Big Ben will have a tougher time doing it on his own than in earlier rounds.
4. “Easy” 27-21 Green Bay victory. This conclusion is extremely hard for me to accept, as I was an American Football League fan who hated the old NFL, and especially the Green Bay Packers, who routed the original AFL Chiefs and Raiders in the first two Super Bowls. I am convinced to this day, that the Packers were the only NFL team that could have beaten those great KC and Oakland teams.
1. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and other members of the broadcasting crew will again bring up the sexual assault allegations made against Ben Roethlisberger, and totally ignore the FACT that the only quarterback in this year’s playoffs, and most likely the only quarterback in the entire NFL to have EVER actually been arrested for sexual assault is the media golden boy, the Jets’ Mark Sanchez.
2. Aaron Rodgers will exploit the Pittsburgh defensive backfield, and so long as he can evade the Steeler rush and stay on his feet for an average of five seconds per play, he will pick them apart. Play action and a screen pass here and there will open the door for Greg Jennings to get the best of Ike Taylor.
3. Packer D will stop Rashard Mendenhall, and Big Ben will have a tougher time doing it on his own than in earlier rounds.
4. “Easy” 27-21 Green Bay victory. This conclusion is extremely hard for me to accept, as I was an American Football League fan who hated the old NFL, and especially the Green Bay Packers, who routed the original AFL Chiefs and Raiders in the first two Super Bowls. I am convinced to this day, that the Packers were the only NFL team that could have beaten those great KC and Oakland teams.
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Watch Your Step. Oh No!
07/09/10 23:34 Filed in: Baseball
How about an infield of Vic Martinez at first, Dustin Pedroia at second, Jed Lowrie as short, and Mike Lowell at third. You’ve got Jason Veritek behind the plate, and Jacoby Ellsbury and Jeremy Hermida in the outfield. Starting pitchers are Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz, and there are Manny Delcarmen and Junichi Tazawa in the bullpen. Not to shabby of a major league team.
Well, it’s not a team, it’s the current Boston Red Sox disabled list.
How about this list of players: Jake Peavy, Grady Sizemore, Kendry Morales, Josh Fields, Greg Zahn, Joe Nathan, Kelvim Escobar, Justin Duchscherer, Travis Buck, J.P. Howell, Dustin McGowan, and Joel Zumaya.
Pretty good nucleus for a team? Or two?
Those are some of the major league players who this year have suffered season-ending injuries, some as early as spring training, some as recent as Jake Peavy’s injury this past week.
The Philadelphia Phillies played a big chunk of the season without Jimmy Rollins, and J.A. Happ has pitched 10 innings. Placido Polanco, Carlos Ruiz, and Chase Utley are currently disabled and will be for some time.
Starting pitchers Brandon Webb, Edinson Volquez, Eric Bedard, Chien-Ming Wang, and Jordan Zimmerman have yet to throw a pitch on a major league field this season, and Carlos Beltran has yet to step foot on CitiField this year.
The Braves are still in first despite injuries to Nate McLouth and rookie sensation Jason Hayward; the Orioles are still last despite injuries to Brian Roberts, Mike Gonzales, Luke Scott, Jim Johnson and Kevin Millwood. Injuries in the past few days have thrown the AL Central askew, with the White Sox losing Peavy and the Tigers losing Zumaya, for the duration, as did earlier the Twins lose Nathan. Had the last place Indians not lost Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera, and now Shin-Soo Chu, they might have been in that race.
I’ll hold off mentioning Dodger starting pitchers, Manny, and the Angels and Morales and Maicer Izturis, and..... Do I really have to go on?
When has there been a season with this number of major injuries? None that I can remember in the more than 50 years that I’ve been a fan.
A final note: HE DID IT AGAIN TONIGHT! Mario Solis on tonight’s late news sports segment, talking about the possibility of Derek FIsher signing with Miami, “quoted” Kobe regarding Fisher being indispensible to the Lakers, thusly: “Fisher’s significance cannot be understated.”
Well, it’s not a team, it’s the current Boston Red Sox disabled list.
How about this list of players: Jake Peavy, Grady Sizemore, Kendry Morales, Josh Fields, Greg Zahn, Joe Nathan, Kelvim Escobar, Justin Duchscherer, Travis Buck, J.P. Howell, Dustin McGowan, and Joel Zumaya.
Pretty good nucleus for a team? Or two?
Those are some of the major league players who this year have suffered season-ending injuries, some as early as spring training, some as recent as Jake Peavy’s injury this past week.
The Philadelphia Phillies played a big chunk of the season without Jimmy Rollins, and J.A. Happ has pitched 10 innings. Placido Polanco, Carlos Ruiz, and Chase Utley are currently disabled and will be for some time.
Starting pitchers Brandon Webb, Edinson Volquez, Eric Bedard, Chien-Ming Wang, and Jordan Zimmerman have yet to throw a pitch on a major league field this season, and Carlos Beltran has yet to step foot on CitiField this year.
The Braves are still in first despite injuries to Nate McLouth and rookie sensation Jason Hayward; the Orioles are still last despite injuries to Brian Roberts, Mike Gonzales, Luke Scott, Jim Johnson and Kevin Millwood. Injuries in the past few days have thrown the AL Central askew, with the White Sox losing Peavy and the Tigers losing Zumaya, for the duration, as did earlier the Twins lose Nathan. Had the last place Indians not lost Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera, and now Shin-Soo Chu, they might have been in that race.
I’ll hold off mentioning Dodger starting pitchers, Manny, and the Angels and Morales and Maicer Izturis, and..... Do I really have to go on?
When has there been a season with this number of major injuries? None that I can remember in the more than 50 years that I’ve been a fan.
A final note: HE DID IT AGAIN TONIGHT! Mario Solis on tonight’s late news sports segment, talking about the possibility of Derek FIsher signing with Miami, “quoted” Kobe regarding Fisher being indispensible to the Lakers, thusly: “Fisher’s significance cannot be understated.”
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More Bad Announcers
07/05/10 23:49 Filed in: Baseball
What a Guy!
07/02/10 23:29 Filed in: Baseball
What a guy! What a player. Amazing! Hiroki Kuroda was the Dodger starter tonight in Arizona, and then somehow he managed to get to Angel Stadium to come to the plate in the 10th, and make the final Angel out in their loss to Kansas City!
Well, that’s what Mario Solis told his audience tonight on the Channel 4 late news.
Looking at the film, I could have sworn that last batter was Hideki Matsui.
Well, that’s what Mario Solis told his audience tonight on the Channel 4 late news.
Looking at the film, I could have sworn that last batter was Hideki Matsui.
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Ole' Mario Does It Again, and a Couple of Other Things
03/21/10 23:30 Filed in: Baseball
The amount of information that Mario Solis does not know about sports in general and baseball in particular is mind boggling.
On tonight's KNBC-TV late news coverage of today's Dodgers' preseason game, he demonstrated new levels of incompetence, even for him.
In describing a late-inning hit off the bat of a young Cleveland Indian's outfielder by the name of Constanza, Mario showed a clip of Dodger Xavier Paul having trouble retrieving the ball in center field, and even said, out loud, that Paul bobbled the ball, not once, but twice. Then what does Mario say? Well, that it was an inside-the-park home run for Constanza. An inside-the-park home run! Solis not only showed film of not one, but possibly two errors on the play, he also described the mistakes by Paul. And then he called the triple and error, an inside-the-park home run.
In a much more important note, Vin Scully was back in the booth, with no evidence of any lingering problems after the fall a couple of nights ago that scared all of Los Angeles. At the time, my thoughts, which I'm sure were shared by thousands of LA sports fans, were of how similar the event at first sounded like the fall suffered eight years ago by Chick Hearn, from which he never recovered.
Finally, a word about Cleveland and their evolving pitching staff. In the past decade, they have developed three great starting pitchers. CC Sabathia developed into a star with Cleveland, and when it became obvious that he would take the money and run, they dealt him to Milwaukee. Cliff Lee followed a similar pattern, going last year to the Phillies. The third of this group, and just about as talented as the others, is Jake Westbrook. Westbrook had his best season in 2007, and has pitched little since, missing part of the 2008 season, and all but five games last year. He appears to be healthy and regaining his form, and in 4-2/3 innings against the Dodgers today allowed one run and struck out three. National league teams that need a quality starter this coming August, you know where to look.
On tonight's KNBC-TV late news coverage of today's Dodgers' preseason game, he demonstrated new levels of incompetence, even for him.
In describing a late-inning hit off the bat of a young Cleveland Indian's outfielder by the name of Constanza, Mario showed a clip of Dodger Xavier Paul having trouble retrieving the ball in center field, and even said, out loud, that Paul bobbled the ball, not once, but twice. Then what does Mario say? Well, that it was an inside-the-park home run for Constanza. An inside-the-park home run! Solis not only showed film of not one, but possibly two errors on the play, he also described the mistakes by Paul. And then he called the triple and error, an inside-the-park home run.
In a much more important note, Vin Scully was back in the booth, with no evidence of any lingering problems after the fall a couple of nights ago that scared all of Los Angeles. At the time, my thoughts, which I'm sure were shared by thousands of LA sports fans, were of how similar the event at first sounded like the fall suffered eight years ago by Chick Hearn, from which he never recovered.
Finally, a word about Cleveland and their evolving pitching staff. In the past decade, they have developed three great starting pitchers. CC Sabathia developed into a star with Cleveland, and when it became obvious that he would take the money and run, they dealt him to Milwaukee. Cliff Lee followed a similar pattern, going last year to the Phillies. The third of this group, and just about as talented as the others, is Jake Westbrook. Westbrook had his best season in 2007, and has pitched little since, missing part of the 2008 season, and all but five games last year. He appears to be healthy and regaining his form, and in 4-2/3 innings against the Dodgers today allowed one run and struck out three. National league teams that need a quality starter this coming August, you know where to look.
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Mario - Who Are the Other Two Schools?
I've laid off Mario Solis for a while. Well, actually I've avoided listening to him for awhile.
Unfortunately, I saw his broadcast tonight, and I'm glad I did.
Otherwise, how would I have known that the major west-coast college sports conference has added two additional schools. Yep, according to Mario, UCLA, the brain surgeons, and the others now play in the PAC-12!
Thanks for the info, Mario.
Unfortunately, I saw his broadcast tonight, and I'm glad I did.
Otherwise, how would I have known that the major west-coast college sports conference has added two additional schools. Yep, according to Mario, UCLA, the brain surgeons, and the others now play in the PAC-12!
Thanks for the info, Mario.
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Once Again, How Does Mario Solis Keep His Job?
Once again, Mario Solis has shown that he is the worst announcer currently reporting sports news in the western world.
This evening on the Channel 4 News, he told listeners, to their shock, that budding star Clayton Kershaw injured his shoulder during batting practice before today's game, and that he would miss his next start.
Frightening news. Terrible news. Could it be serious? Will he miss the rest of the season and the playoffs? Is his career in jeopardy?
All unanswered questions, but likely too early to have any answers.
But wait! Solis never said which shoulder was injured.
A quick turn to Yahoo! Sports, and it was immediately seen, with great relief, that he hurt his RIGHT shoulder, so all those thoughts of a career-threatening injury to his pitching shoulder were eased.
Solis, of course, probably doesn't even know that Kershaw is lefty.
This evening on the Channel 4 News, he told listeners, to their shock, that budding star Clayton Kershaw injured his shoulder during batting practice before today's game, and that he would miss his next start.
Frightening news. Terrible news. Could it be serious? Will he miss the rest of the season and the playoffs? Is his career in jeopardy?
All unanswered questions, but likely too early to have any answers.
But wait! Solis never said which shoulder was injured.
A quick turn to Yahoo! Sports, and it was immediately seen, with great relief, that he hurt his RIGHT shoulder, so all those thoughts of a career-threatening injury to his pitching shoulder were eased.
Solis, of course, probably doesn't even know that Kershaw is lefty.
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How Does Mario Solis Keep His Job?
Among the great sports announcers we've had in LA over the years, from the play-by-play superstars like Vin Scully, Chick Hearn, Bill King, and Ralph Lawler, and the reporting stars, like Jim Healy, Dick Enberg, and Fred Roggin, there have been quite a few incompetents, most of whom have come and gone rather quickly. However, for some mysterious reason, the totally inept Mario Solis goes on and on in his job at KNBC.
His lack of knowledge of virtually every major sport is more than evident in each of his broadcasts, but the worst parts of his segments are the regular mispronouncements of the names of athletes and others. Sure, there are the occasional foreign or especially difficult names that any announcer may occasionally mispronounce. But, with Solis, it is more often than not either the name of a local player, or an easy name of another athlete in the news.
Last night, for example, on his broadcast on the late news on Channel 4, KNBC, within about a minute, he made not one, but two egregious errors. First, he totally butchered his pronunciation of long-time Dodger and current Seattle Mariner third baseman, Adrian Beltre, and then, in describing the Dodger-Rockie game, he called Rockie infielder Clint Barmes, Clint Barnes. Not only that, but in the repeat of that same broadcast aired early this morning, he cleaned up the audio tape so that his mispronouncement of Adrian Beltre sounded not nearly so bad, but having no clue about anything to do with seven-year major league veteran player Clint Barmes (pronounced Bar-Mess), he left that as it was.
My local news channel of choice is Channel 4. I really like the late news with Paul Moyer (recently retired after decades in LA news), Colleen Williams, and now Chuck Henry, but I dread the days Fred Roggin is off.
theHoundDawg
His lack of knowledge of virtually every major sport is more than evident in each of his broadcasts, but the worst parts of his segments are the regular mispronouncements of the names of athletes and others. Sure, there are the occasional foreign or especially difficult names that any announcer may occasionally mispronounce. But, with Solis, it is more often than not either the name of a local player, or an easy name of another athlete in the news.
Last night, for example, on his broadcast on the late news on Channel 4, KNBC, within about a minute, he made not one, but two egregious errors. First, he totally butchered his pronunciation of long-time Dodger and current Seattle Mariner third baseman, Adrian Beltre, and then, in describing the Dodger-Rockie game, he called Rockie infielder Clint Barmes, Clint Barnes. Not only that, but in the repeat of that same broadcast aired early this morning, he cleaned up the audio tape so that his mispronouncement of Adrian Beltre sounded not nearly so bad, but having no clue about anything to do with seven-year major league veteran player Clint Barmes (pronounced Bar-Mess), he left that as it was.
My local news channel of choice is Channel 4. I really like the late news with Paul Moyer (recently retired after decades in LA news), Colleen Williams, and now Chuck Henry, but I dread the days Fred Roggin is off.
theHoundDawg
Why Have Announcers if They Ignore the Game?
03/05/09 20:56 Filed in: College Basketball
In watching the UCLA/Oregon State game this evening, I was appalled by the announcing.
I've come to expect that while action is going on on the court, the FOX Sports West Prime Ticket Blah Blah Blah Regional Sports Network Cable System Blah Blah cameras will be showing close-ups of players on the bench, coaches, and fans, instead of focusing on the court. But maybe even worse, during the first half of tonight's game, there were stretches of play, including one that had to go on for a good five minutes, where announcers Bill Macdonald and Don MacLean went on and on about the Oregon State team, coach Robinson, their new offense, their recent success, and more, TOTALLY IGNORING WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE COURT.
There was also a long segment of hype for the UCLA woman's gymnastic team, all the while the game was being played, with absolutely no mention of what was happening by anyone supposedly hired to ANNOUNCE the game to the viewers.
When the announcers actually returned to the GAME, there was virtually no recap of what was missed.
Let me add that this all occurred before UCLA took their commanding lead, and while the score was close.
Why bother to employ announcers when they cannot be bothered to actually pay attention to, and describe, THE GAME?
theHoundDawg
I've come to expect that while action is going on on the court, the FOX Sports West Prime Ticket Blah Blah Blah Regional Sports Network Cable System Blah Blah cameras will be showing close-ups of players on the bench, coaches, and fans, instead of focusing on the court. But maybe even worse, during the first half of tonight's game, there were stretches of play, including one that had to go on for a good five minutes, where announcers Bill Macdonald and Don MacLean went on and on about the Oregon State team, coach Robinson, their new offense, their recent success, and more, TOTALLY IGNORING WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE COURT.
There was also a long segment of hype for the UCLA woman's gymnastic team, all the while the game was being played, with absolutely no mention of what was happening by anyone supposedly hired to ANNOUNCE the game to the viewers.
When the announcers actually returned to the GAME, there was virtually no recap of what was missed.
Let me add that this all occurred before UCLA took their commanding lead, and while the score was close.
Why bother to employ announcers when they cannot be bothered to actually pay attention to, and describe, THE GAME?
theHoundDawg