This week were some of their best SBS jumps as far as timing and spacing, I thought, though the element can still be improved. They really were in a very good, focused space this week.
Wow I was listening to British Eurosport. I clearly missed all the fun
Who were the commentators?
This is dreadful but finding out that one was Slater sadly doesn’t surprise me. Not only is he a hopeless commentator he is seemingly an awful person.
Simon Reed was the other commentator and he mostly called the jumps. Nicky Slater was the former ice dancer and he talked mostly during the video replays. I didn't hear a lot of what Slater said because I found his comments irrelevant so I muted him.
Simon can't call jumps. He can read off a planned element sheet.
I believe K/F's score is an American record if you can compare it to past results under IJS. The problem is that the system's code of points changes every few years
Here's the 21-22 SB list from the ISU -
While I didn't catch the entire pairs SP broadcast on Peacock, mostly watching just the final two warm-up groups, I missed it completely live.
The Pairs SP was over and scores were announced and Peacock kept on streaming. It was a couple of minutes when the comments were made. I wasn't paying much attention at that point when I heard one of either Nicky or Simon say something about well I didn't say her name. So if you didn't let the stream run after the end of the competition you wouldn't have heard it.What I found quite amusing about the situation is that even though neither Simon nor Nicky actually mentioned her by name over the hot mic, somehow Meghan knew that the barely decipherable "TBFC" comment was about her!
But seriously, why were Simon and Nicky even aware of Meghan's mean tweets about their less-than-stellar commentary during their live broadcast? You would think all of them should be paying attention to what's going on on the ice instead of checking their Twitter feeds. It seems to me that you should just stay off Twitter in the middle of a competition when you are being paid to be commentating or coaching...
Alexa is 30.
They congratulated themselves for not saying her name as one of the coaches and then when they said Canada, that’s how she knew.What I found quite amusing about the situation is that even though neither Simon nor Nicky actually mentioned her by name over the hot mic, somehow Meghan knew that the barely decipherable "TBFC" comment was about her!
It'd be hilarious if, with the way pairs skating may be looking, Alexa ends up winning the next four World titles and an Olympic gold in pairs, and whatever medal the U.S. may win in the team event. That'll put her dangerously close to Aliona's record. I think it'd be funny because this entire quad started with Aliona calling her lazy or whatever.Alexa can still do an "Aliona" and skate for another Olympic cycle. She's still young
I’ve wondered about this. What exactly had Meagan said, that prompted this comment? (And, needless to say, regardless of what she said, it was unprofessional and unacceptable for Simon and Nicky to respond as they did.) Had she said something which was specifically critical of the commentary?
“The ISU YouTube feed commentator said it was sad the Russians aren’t at Worlds ……. And then admitted they don’t watch skating often so they “aren’t sure” about jump rotation. Um. There are better options ISU!”
Yes - this is the tweet.
Interesting, because I have heard Ted Barton say on many, many occasions that he does not understand the technical aspects of ice dance, and just this morning, here he was commenting on the ice dance event for the ISU feed. Has Meagan made similar comments about Ted?
Something that the fans were already complaining about, was 100% true and I appreciate the catalyst that got rid of the assholes that had zero respect for the competition and the competitors. Their entire commentary had massive problems. It was a summation of the whole from Simon and Nicky that made it even worse than just picking out one line.
Ted works at it. You can tell, because he really did a pretty good job this morning. Simon and Nicky were more like "Well, that was some kind of a jump or other. Hey, nice gloves!"
What.
That might be the dumbest thing I've read on the Internet today, but since it's only just 1pm there is still time for something else to come along.
