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As i've said from day one, a three man booth with two analysts is bad enough, but when its two play by play men, it's just plain brutal.
Nobody in that booth has a role. Gus's job as play by play man should be to call the action, set up his analyst when needed, and direct traffic while controlling the booth. The problem, is he seems to lack confidence and conviction, and i think it has a lot to do with Mauro, who tries to stay out of the way, but ends up doing a psuedo pbp/analyst combo, which doesnt work. He either ends up talking over Frank, or instictively taking over the pbp. One has to go. Either Mauro is the face of Strikeforce, or move on and let Gus grow into the role.
Frank is usually terrible. His "keys to the cage" are a waste of time, nothing but dumbed down drivel. He needs to stop talking down to the audience and quit mailing it in. "Mix it up" is the best he could come up with as the key for Bigfoot? C'mon. He has good insights during the fights, when he is being natural, and is usally right when he tells us what the fighter is trying to do or what he thinks they are thinking. Why he chooses to dumb it down the rest of the time is beyond my understanding. Let the audience come up to your level, or let them fall behind. Give them some credit. Stop talking down to them.
What ends up happening, is Mauro does all of the talking, doing both jobs by himself, because Gus is tentative and fails to take control, and Frank disappears for minutes at a time. And Frank needs to start giving stronger opinions. Ive never seen an analyst say "I dont know" so many times.
Mauro: "Could Fedor be effective at 205"
Frank: "..." (rambles about something else)
Mauro: (doing Gus's job) "I ask again, cold Fedor be effective at 205"
Frank: "I dont know"
Give me a fucking break, if you cant think on your feet, get the fuck out of the booth. He does this constantly.
Gus: "Frank, who won that round?"
Frank: "I dont know"
His job is to know., not to give us lame "keys to the cage" with no depth that are basically just ads for the video game.
Give me Mauro/Quados or Mauro/Quadros/Miletich any day. Much better chemistry, defined roles, smoother broadcast.
Nobody in that booth has a role. Gus's job as play by play man should be to call the action, set up his analyst when needed, and direct traffic while controlling the booth. The problem, is he seems to lack confidence and conviction, and i think it has a lot to do with Mauro, who tries to stay out of the way, but ends up doing a psuedo pbp/analyst combo, which doesnt work. He either ends up talking over Frank, or instictively taking over the pbp. One has to go. Either Mauro is the face of Strikeforce, or move on and let Gus grow into the role.
Frank is usually terrible. His "keys to the cage" are a waste of time, nothing but dumbed down drivel. He needs to stop talking down to the audience and quit mailing it in. "Mix it up" is the best he could come up with as the key for Bigfoot? C'mon. He has good insights during the fights, when he is being natural, and is usally right when he tells us what the fighter is trying to do or what he thinks they are thinking. Why he chooses to dumb it down the rest of the time is beyond my understanding. Let the audience come up to your level, or let them fall behind. Give them some credit. Stop talking down to them.
What ends up happening, is Mauro does all of the talking, doing both jobs by himself, because Gus is tentative and fails to take control, and Frank disappears for minutes at a time. And Frank needs to start giving stronger opinions. Ive never seen an analyst say "I dont know" so many times.
Mauro: "Could Fedor be effective at 205"
Frank: "..." (rambles about something else)
Mauro: (doing Gus's job) "I ask again, cold Fedor be effective at 205"
Frank: "I dont know"
Give me a fucking break, if you cant think on your feet, get the fuck out of the booth. He does this constantly.
Gus: "Frank, who won that round?"
Frank: "I dont know"
His job is to know., not to give us lame "keys to the cage" with no depth that are basically just ads for the video game.
Give me Mauro/Quados or Mauro/Quadros/Miletich any day. Much better chemistry, defined roles, smoother broadcast.
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