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Message: [QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 896124"] haha wow I didn't expect this thread to get to 3 pages. Kind of sad that this is the longest thread of the handful I've started. :noidea: Anyway, I'd like to clarify a few things. 1) I am not backpedaling from my initial point that she is a poor commentator and last night's broadcast was poor. "She is just the worst" is an expression; it doesn't necessarily mean that she is actually the worst commentator out there. Relative to other commentators, she is probably bottom-middle of the pack, but I would argue that roughly 75% of college basketball commentators today are substandard. 2) Somebody else may have argued that she isn't knowledgeable about the game, but it wasn't me. Knowing the game and being a good commentator are related on a level but they aren't synonymous. Her X's and O's breakdown was okay but it wasn't anything to write home about. I don't doubt she knows a lot about the game; however, I have worked with plenty of people who are awesome at [B]doing[/B] their work but terrible at [B]teaching [/B]it to others. Doris was a great player and obviously must understand the game; she doesn't always demonstrate that knowledge to viewers very well, though. I believe it was the start of the second half when she broke down a replay of a Pitt player catching the ball at the foul line, driving and spinning for a layup. The problem was, she referenced two jump stops as the crux of what made the play effective when there was no jump stop to be seen. The dude caught the ball at the free throw line rather nonchalantly and then performed a spin move off a pivot foot. He didn't jump stop when he caught the ball and he didn't jump stop before the spin. This isn't a huge mistake, but it is annoying when she tries to educate the viewer the entire telecast and ends up describing a basic basketball move that was not anywhere in the sequence shown to viewers. It made her appear to be lacking basketball knowledge, regardless of whether or not that is the case. 3) I don't give a single that she is a woman, as far as criticism goes. If she was on the level of Jay Bilas, I would likely give her more praise because it is undoubtedly tougher for women to be taken seriously in the sports industry. My comment about the riding would have been said of any commentator that did what she did last night. I prefaced it with the comment about it coming off as sexist because I knew that ignorant people would probably take it that way. Ultimately, as you can see in the comment, I chose to say what was on my mind anyway. If you were offended, I'm sorry you're so sensitive. [/QUOTE]

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