Kindly find any post that I have advocated Sean Kelly commentating solo ?? And if he did it would be of more use than Carlton 'louder I shout they wont listen to what I have actually said' Kirby.
To TSF - I havent heard McCrossan commentating as he seems to be a presenter and doesnt commentate on Eurosport (I suspect because Harmon doesnt like him - as his comments during the Tour of Beijing showed)
Let me conclude - with Wikipedia's explanation of a commentator:-
"
Play-by-play announcers are the primary speakers, valued for their articulateness and ability to describe the events of an often fast-moving contest.
Color commentators are valued for experience and insight into the game,
and are often asked questions by the play-by-play announcer to give them a topic for analysis. The latter most often have gained their experience in the sport as a player and/or coach, while the former is more likely to be a
professional broadcast journalist than a participant in the sport, although there are numerous exceptions to these general trends.
The most common format for a
sports television broadcast is to have one of each type. An example is
NBC Sunday Night Football, which is called by
Cris Collinsworth, a former
NFL receiver, (formerly by
John Madden, a former head coach), and
Al Michaels, a professional announcer.
In the United Kingdom however there is a much less distinct division between play-by-play and color commentary, although two-man commentary teams usually feature an enthusiast with formal journalistic training but little or no competitive experience leading the commentary, and an expert former (or current) competitor following up with analysis or summary. There are however exceptions to this - all of the United Kingdom's major
cricket and
snooker commentators are former professionals in their sports, while the legendary
Formula One racing commentator
Murray Walker had no formal journalistic training and only limited racing experience of his own."
a) Neither Kirby nor Harmon have any journalistic qualifications.
b) They rarely ask the professional any questions - they prefer to talk themselves.
If Harmon gave the talktime to his professional co-commentator (color commentator) for half the time there would be a huge improvement.
AND - I just cannot believe that any cyclist who has the depth and knowledge of professional cycling (like Lib Seg and Team Sky Fan have) can support the idiotic commentary of Harmon and Kirby.
EVEN my mum asks what these bafoons are doing on television !!
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