has had a brutal tournament. Culminated last night in missing the last 2.8 seconds of the KU/OSU game. Pretty funny when one of the three (might have been Nantz) said OSU looked like they weren't ready when KU inbounded the ball. What a coincidence, neither was your executive producer as he's showing replays during live action. Then there were the repeated crowd shots during live action all tournament long. The aerial camera might work for football but is disorienting in hoops.
Three men in a booth is just a bad idea. Steve Kerr made several good comments only to have Clark Kellogg say- "you're right, Steve." Kellogg is decent too but with three guys there is too much competition for airtime. There have been times in history where it has worked but it's rare. The worst examples of all time were some of the MNF crews.
The studio show is a disaster. Kenny Smith and Chuck can't even name the starting fives on some of the most prominent teams in the tournament. You can't bring pro guys into talk college when they haven't followed it all year long. Just stupid.
Even the announcing teams they had for the regionals were shaky. Verne Lundquist is ok but seems like his shelf life expired ten years ago. I know some here like Raftery but his act is getting old. Too much shtick, not enough substance. Len Elmore? He's the grouchy uncle that is always grumbling about something. Meanwhile teams like Brando/Gminski and Eagle/Spanarkel are left out when they're much better.
CBS has lots of room for improvement.
Three men in a booth is just a bad idea. Steve Kerr made several good comments only to have Clark Kellogg say- "you're right, Steve." Kellogg is decent too but with three guys there is too much competition for airtime. There have been times in history where it has worked but it's rare. The worst examples of all time were some of the MNF crews.
The studio show is a disaster. Kenny Smith and Chuck can't even name the starting fives on some of the most prominent teams in the tournament. You can't bring pro guys into talk college when they haven't followed it all year long. Just stupid.
Even the announcing teams they had for the regionals were shaky. Verne Lundquist is ok but seems like his shelf life expired ten years ago. I know some here like Raftery but his act is getting old. Too much shtick, not enough substance. Len Elmore? He's the grouchy uncle that is always grumbling about something. Meanwhile teams like Brando/Gminski and Eagle/Spanarkel are left out when they're much better.
CBS has lots of room for improvement.
