This was cool

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by CLH

Geez, didn't mean to start an argument over how useful the WNBA is. I just thought the mic'd up deal was cool. Maybe if the NBA did this more, fans would have a better understanding of how the officials handle different situations, and may help show that they are there to improve the game, not just out to grind an axe or teach someone a lesson. Whatever happened to the cable show where Ronnie Nunn used to give rule interpretations for different plays from the week?

BTW and JMO, you can ALWAYS learn somthing from watching EVERY game, whether is, NBA, WNBA, NCAA or whatever, even if its how not to do somthing. If you say it doesn't do much for you, you're not looking.

Just my humble opinion though, they're like noses, everyone has one.

CH

Actually, there are quite a few of us here who enjoy the WNBA. I generally don't get annoyed with Jeff, but I'd rather this thread would be about the game yesterday, and not about Jeff's well known views. Could you just ignore this thread, please, Jeff, like you do the games on TV, and let us discuss our little petty concerns by ourselves? Please?

[rainmaker]

Thank you, Jeff. I appreciate you showing us this amount of respect and courtesy.

Regarding the continuation call, it did seem a little weird. However, I really thought the announcers over-played the situation. Geez, one bad call. They harped, and harped, and harped, and harped on it for the rest of the game. I thought Ann Meyers was the women's games worst announcer of all time, but I've now "elevated" Doris Burke, and whoever that guy was that was with her to a new record score of lousy.

There were a number of other calls that might have seemed questionable but were actually very good, including a couple of PC calls, and one block/charge that were truly great. In all, I thought the game was very well officiated, although the level of play wasn't up to my expectations at all. I don't see how they can keep saying that Connecticut is so great, if that game was any indication!

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Thank you, Jeff. I appreciate you showing us this amount of respect and courtesy.

Regarding the continuation call, it did seem a little weird. However, I really thought the announcers over-played the situation. Geez, one bad call. They harped, and harped, and harped, and harped on it for the rest of the game. I thought Ann Meyers was the women's games worst announcer of all time, but I've now "elevated" Doris Burke, and whoever that guy was that was with her to a new record score of lousy.

I didn't see the game but if it was a bad call at a critical point why wouldn't the announcers talk about it? It's their job to talk about the game...good bad & indifferent.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Actually, there are quite a few of us here who enjoy the WNBA. I generally don't get annoyed with Jeff, but I'd rather this thread would be about the game yesterday, and not about Jeff's well known views. Could you just ignore this thread, please, Jeff, like you do the games on TV, and let us discuss our little petty concerns by ourselves? Please?

I am sure there are, but you do not talk about it. Juulie, put some more skin on and you might actually have a sense of humor about this topic.

Peace

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I am sure there are, but you do not talk about it. Juulie, put some more skin on and you might actually have a sense of humor about this topic.

Peace

Whatever.

Does anyone else feel that the announcers sort of overdid the comments on the one bad call? I also thought they dwelt entrilely too heavily on the low shot percentages of a couple of the Washington players. Surely they've got more to talk about than just how badly two particular players are doing. The fact is, Connecticut had a lousy day all the way around, and they only won by pure luck, in my opinion.

[rainmaker]

One thing I noticed is that the ref that was "mike-ed" said "Stay here" at least a couple of times. He also called everyone by their first names, players, coaches, table people. And they didn't leave it on ALL the time. There were a couple of converstaions with coaches I'd like to have heard, and couldn't.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Whatever.

Does anyone else feel that the announcers sort of overdid the comments on the one bad call?

You guys appear to be the only ones that saw the game. (Did I do that again?)

Peace

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You guys appear to be the only ones that saw the game. (Did I do that again?)

Peace

I thought about drawing a parallel situation to demonstrate how bent out of shape Jeff would get if the demographics of the parties involved were modified and someone else were making similar remarks about it....but I decided against doing so.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I thought about drawing a parallel situation to demonstrate how bent out of shape Jeff would get if the demographics of the parties involved were modified and someone else were making similar remarks about it....but I decided against doing so.

Some of you really over-think comments made on this board.

Peace

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Some of you really over-think comments made on this board.

Peace

No, just pointing out how sensitive you are to one social topic while being so insensitve to another.