When "talking heads" are harshly criticized on the forum, you think:

FMadera · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 10, 2007, 09:02am

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Originally Posted by mplagrow

Qualified Announcer=the ability to fill dead air with noise, any kind of noise. I'd say more of us may be qualified than you think.

This is no less ignorant than those who thinks that reffing is just showing up with a whistle.

tomegun · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 10, 2007, 09:49am

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Originally Posted by FMadera

This is no less ignorant than those who thinks that reffing is just showing up with a whistle.

Maybe, maybe not. Most, at a minimum, of us talk a lot during the day, every day. We do this our entire lives. How many people walk around daily with a whistle in their mouths calling fouls?

FMadera · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 10, 2007, 11:58am

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Originally Posted by tomegun

Maybe, maybe not. Most, at a minimum, of us talk a lot during the day, every day. We do this our entire lives. How many people walk around daily with a whistle in their mouths calling fouls?

Do you talk daily with a microphone/headset? In front of a video camera?

Being a talker does not equal being a qualified analyst.

mplagrow · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Apr 11, 2007, 01:55pm

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Originally Posted by FMadera

Do you talk daily with a microphone/headset? In front of a video camera?

Being a talker does not equal being a qualified analyst.

Nor does being a former player, former coach, etc. Yet they get the jobs, don't they?

just another ref · #5 (**permalink**) Sat Apr 14, 2007, 11:49pm

I seem to recall Mendy Rudolph having a brief career as an NBA analyst, back in the uuhhhhh, a long time ago. I was a kid, not qualified to critique anybody
or have opinions on important matters, or to know anything significant about most things........not much has changed......but I seem to recall him saying over and over, "good call by the official," notably moreso than any other analyst before or since. Anybody back me up on this or correct me?

View Poll Results: When "talking heads" are harshly criticized on the forum, you think:
announcers ignorantly criticize officials, lack rules knowledge, and deserve it	41	59.42%
announcers create controversy, generate listeners and are a necessary evil	8	11.59%
criticizing announcers on an officials' forum protects the game of basketball	2	2.90%
criticizng "talking heads" is therapeutic, so who cares?	4	5.80%
dumping on another profession can make your profession look bad	10	14.49%
(Yawn) What was the question?	15	21.74%
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