I love watching the Winter Olympics. The speed, strength, and grace of the athletes are truly impressive. But one thing about the coverage that has really started to annoy me is the fact that so many of the commentators seem to be hyper-critical when they are reviewing various performances, particularly in the ice-skating events.
Among the worst offenders are the commentators who used to be competitors. They’re using stop action photography, multiple camera angles, and HDTV to analyze and critique the performances
Absolutely agree! Dick Button has been very critical and his choice of words when criticizing have been “over the top”. These are young atheletes that have worked very hard to get to this level. Many of the moves that these skaters attempt weren’t even in the skating vocabulary when Dick competed. I’m not a big fan of figure skating…but his commentary seemed highly inappropriate.
That woman on the figure skating has been too much. They need to get rid of her now. We have been yelling shut-up at the TV for days. I wish there was radio coverage so I did not have to listen to her.