Olympics Suck: Reason 1

[ctenidae]

You are mixing up Lindsey Vonn with that Jacobellis chick.

Is Lindsey the hotty in tehe white ski suit they show in the graphics sometimes?

 

[Glenn]

And the LJE story about her showboat move last time and her gold to silver meltdown....

HA! Yep, they've replayed that one about 20 times already. Let's also throw in some more on Oh No!. Great skater...but enough on his dancing with the stars crap.

I'm just happy a Canadian won gold early in the games. If I had to hear "Canada has yet to win a gold medal at a home game olympics" every time a Canadian was up....

 

[hammer]

Why the Westminster dog show is better than the Olympics...:wink:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Societ...how-2010-Why-it-s-better-than-Winter-Olympics

 

[billski]

Why the Westminster dog show is better than the Olympics...:wink:

They have better scandals :grin:

 

[abc]

Just like your average Olympic viewer does not really care that much about skiing. People here don't seem to be taking issue with non-skiing coverage but are jumping all over NBC about mogul coverage and downhill coverage. How about the biathlon coverage on the first day? It was about five minutes before they cut away to live speed skating. No one is complaining about the lack of biathlon coverage on the first day. Why is that?

It just seems like everyone is arguing from a self centered perspective and not seeing or considering other perspectives and what other people, outside of an enthusist niche, want to watch.

I would want to see the biathlon. Even more, I would love to see x-c skiing! Not just the finish into the stadium but "out there": the suffering on uphills and the flying downhills.

Just because people are "only" complaining about the DH race doesn't mean they're not upset about not seeing the "other" skiing events. But there's no point on making a long list if the root cause is the same.

NBC is not covering the Olympics as a "sporting" event. They're covering it as a celebrity interest. Hence all that fluffy stuff like what they eat for breakfast!

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

You are mixing up Lindsey Vonn with that Jacobellis chick.

LJE = Jacobellis, but I didn't feel like spelling it out.

 

[zinger3000]

Yeah, what I don't like about the coverage is that it appeals to the Oprah/Lifetime/soccer mom crowd. This is further evidenced by the disproportinate amount of figure skating shown. It's always been this way, at least since I started following the Olympics in 1980 (at the age of 11).

 

[thinnmann]

Hot: Women with Guns!

I would want to see the biathlon. Even more, I would love to see x-c skiing! Not just the finish into the stadium but "out there": the suffering on uphills and the flying downhills.

Just because people are "only" complaining about the DH race doesn't mean they're not upset about not seeing the "other" skiing events. But there's no point on making a long list if the root cause is the same.

NBC is not covering the Olympics as a "sporting" event. They're covering it as a celebrity interest. Hence all that fluffy stuff like what they eat for breakfast!

I think I saw a lot of XC skiing. There was a lot of biathlon in the rain on the weekend. And ESPN had it on before and during the Men's DH yesterday, until they changed over to the SBX qualifying rounds. I was watching online.

Again, checkout the feeds from http://channelsurfing.net

ESPN been showing curling so far today.
The Italian feed from there (which links to justin.tv/rus_6/popout) is showing Eurosport Live Biathlon right now.

 

[drjeff]

ESPN been showing curling so far today.

I was just watching that on the TV at the restaurant I was at for lunch(USA vs. Germany). The consensus from my table, was that the 3 of us that were sitting there might have been able to appreciate/figure out the whole curling thing if the pitcher at our table was filled with beer instead of iced tea! :lol:

 

[WJenness]

I was just watching that on the TV at the restaurant I was at for lunch(USA vs. Germany). The consensus from my table, was that the 3 of us that were sitting there might have been able to appreciate/figure out the whole curling thing if the pitcher at our table was filled with beer instead of iced tea! :lol:

Not going to get into it here, but it's a pretty simple concept actually... amazingly complex strategy and tactics, but the rules themselves are pretty simple.

-w

 

[bigbog]

Why the Westminster dog show is better than the Olympics...:wink:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Societ...how-2010-Why-it-s-better-than-Winter-Olympics

..and the commentators don't have the same type of hair...
Love Nordic, but they even cut that up so much.

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

Not going to get into it here, but it's a pretty simple concept actually... amazingly complex strategy and tactics, but the rules themselves are pretty simple.

-w

Honestly I enjoy curling, it's relaxing and has some really good stratagy. The other reason I enjoy it is because it's LIVE.

Is mens hockey on yet?

 

[catskills]

Don't tell us. Tell NBC

http://www.nbcolympics.com/contactus.html

 

[WJenness]

US Men (world rank #4) fall to Germany (world rank #6) in the opener...

Oops.

Tough start... but still plenty of games before promotions to the medal rounds starts coming into the picture... Gotta win every game you can though.

CAN (World #1) and NOR (World #3) in a tough match too... Extra ends... In the 11th right now.

Biggest upset of the day goes to the Swedes (world #8 ) taking out the Scots (GBR world rank #2)...

CAN just made a good shot with the last rock to take a 7-6 win from the Norwegians... Place must be going crazy.

Good opening day at curling.

-w

 

[SIKSKIER]

Curling is a great pastime and takes skill but should this really be an olympic event?Shouldn't that be for athletic competition?It doesn't even compare to the rythmatic ribbon dancing in the Summer O's.At least they are running and jumping around.

 

[drjeff]

Not going to get into it here, but it's a pretty simple concept actually... amazingly complex strategy and tactics, but the rules themselves are pretty simple.

-w

Seemed to me to be quite similiar to Bocce in the general concept

 

[WJenness]

Curling is a great pastime and takes skill but should this really be an olympic event?Shouldn't that be for athletic competition?It doesn't even compare to the rythmatic ribbon dancing in the Summer O's.At least they are running and jumping around.

That's a debate that's worth having...

However, personally, I think a lot of the purely subjectively judged 'sports' should get thrown out of the window first over something that has actual, direct competition. I haven't done it myself, but I've heard that the sweeping aspects of curling (which is a pretty large aspect of the game actually) is actually quite the workout.

Figure Skating, gymnastics of all sorts, synchronized swimming...

Chess is also pushing to be put into the Olympic Games... Which I think is kind of silly.

-w

 

[Geoff]

Curling is a great pastime and takes skill but should this really be an olympic event?Shouldn't that be for athletic competition?It doesn't even compare to the rythmatic ribbon dancing in the Summer O's.At least they are running and jumping around.

...and they're not wearing much clothing and they all weigh less than 200 lbs

 

[WJenness]

Diatribe about NBC's coverage that matches my feelings almost exactly: http://www.businessinsider.com/henr...-to-coast-rooting-for-its-quick-demise-2010-2

-w

 

[wa-loaf]

Diatribe about NBC's coverage that matches my feelings almost exactly: http://www.businessinsider.com/henr...-to-coast-rooting-for-its-quick-demise-2010-2

-w

Good catch!