- Joined
- Jan 25, 2013
^I must say I have to agree with all of you. I used to 'look up' to BESP guys and bow to their knowledge of FS, now I feel like any regular poster her on the GS myself including could do a better job of commentating than these people who are PAID to do their job. Zero preparation, ignorance, endless repetition of those few bits of trivia about skaters they somehow managed to hear (and remember)- e.g telling us ad nauseam about Kaetlyn's broken ankle like no other skater suffered some other serious injuries (lets be honest all of them did)(I am a big fan of Kaetlyn btw)
How many times we had to hear how lucky Shoma and Mikhail were to get on the podium? Once I think was enough, ten times - disrespectful... Was it their fault that others went into a meltdown mode, that they themselves put a better fight and had the actual choreo & SS to back them up? They still were 15pt better than the 4th place but that fact was not mentioned at all.
In fact I still hasn't figured out how Shoma ended in front of Mikhail who at least had a flawless SP and 2 falls in LP as opposed to 3 of Shoma ... but I guess for both it was a good ending to what could have been a very different story so we'll leave it at that...
But back on topic, I missed Mark I know many don't like him here but at least he knows what's on in FS and has a tech knowledge too. Joanne actually has good analysis of jumps but otherwise it is like she stopped following FS years and years ago, very disappointing
How many times we had to hear how lucky Shoma and Mikhail were to get on the podium? Once I think was enough, ten times - disrespectful... Was it their fault that others went into a meltdown mode, that they themselves put a better fight and had the actual choreo & SS to back them up? They still were 15pt better than the 4th place but that fact was not mentioned at all.
In fact I still hasn't figured out how Shoma ended in front of Mikhail who at least had a flawless SP and 2 falls in LP as opposed to 3 of Shoma ... but I guess for both it was a good ending to what could have been a very different story so we'll leave it at that...
But back on topic, I missed Mark I know many don't like him here but at least he knows what's on in FS and has a tech knowledge too. Joanne actually has good analysis of jumps but otherwise it is like she stopped following FS years and years ago, very disappointing