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#27
#27
hatvol96 said:
I though Spencer saying UT appeared to have never been coached, at halftime of the UGA game last year, was very insightful.
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The funny thing about Tillman is that if you'll notice, he never says anything outside of the normal "jock analysis", he just says it in such a serious voice and with such a sincere look on his face that you are temporarily fooled into thinking that he just said something really intelligent.
 
#28
#28
GAVol said:
The funny thing about Tillman is that if you'll notice, he never says anything outside of the normal "jock analysis", he just says it in such a serious voice and with such a sincere look on his face that you are temporarily fooled into thinking that he just said something really intelligent.
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He does act as if he's discussing a nuclear arms reduction summit.
 
#30
#30
GAVol said:
The funny thing about Tillman is that if you'll notice, he never says anything outside of the normal "jock analysis", he just says it in such a serious voice and with such a sincere look on his face that you are temporarily fooled into thinking that he just said something really intelligent.
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While I will admit I'm biased, I didn't think Bosworth did a bad job on the TBS night games.
 
#31
#31
GAVol said:
The funny thing about Tillman is that if you'll notice, he never says anything outside of the normal "jock analysis", he just says it in such a serious voice and with such a sincere look on his face that you are temporarily fooled into thinking that he just said something really intelligent.
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:lolabove:
 
#32
#32
GAVol said:
Anybody that's been here for awhile knows how dumb I think it is to have a vendetta against a commentator, but Tillman has a history of taking potshots at Fulmer.
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Maybe he just thinks TCHFCATUTK is incompetent. It's his job to provide analysis and opinion. I don't see how that constitutes "taking potshots."
 
#33
#33
hatvol96 said:
While I will admit I'm biased, I didn't think Bosworth did a bad job on the TBS night games.
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To me, that's the kind of guy you want doing color commentary - somebody who might actually say something entertaining or insightful.
 
#34
#34
hatvol96 said:
Maybe he just thinks TCHFCATUTK is incompetent. It's his job to provide analysis and opinion. I don't see how that constitutes "taking potshots."
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of course not, you agree with him. GAVol doesn't. that's how simple it is.
 
#35
#35
GAVol said:
To me, that's the kind of guy you want doing color commentary - somebody who might actually say something entertaining or insightful.
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The funny thing is, Bosworth graduated in three years and was almost an academic All-American quality student. He's no idiot.
 
#36
#36
hatvol96 said:
Maybe he just thinks TCHFCATUTK is incompetent. It's his job to provide analysis and opinion. I don't see how that constitutes "taking potshots."
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I can think of one very clear instance of a pure potshot. He was doing a highlight of a Big 10 game where a guy got stuffed at the goal line. His comment out of left field was "That looks like Phil Fulmer called that play." Maybe you think it was funny, maybe you don't, but the fact is that Phil Fulmer had not been discussed on the show and Tennessee wasn't even playing that week.

That constitutes a gratuitous potshot.
 
#37
#37
jakez4ut said:
of course not, you agree with him. GAVol doesn't. that's how simple it is.
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Not necessarily. There are plenty of people in sports journalism that I consistently disagree with. However, as long as they have a good faith factual basis for their comments, I don't accuse them of being unfair.
 
#38
#38
GAVol said:
I can think of one very clear instance of a pure potshot. He was doing a highlight of a Big 10 game where a guy got stuffed at the goal line. His comment out of left field was "That looks like Phil Fulmer called that play." Maybe you think it was funny, maybe you don't, but the fact is that Phil Fulmer had not been discussed on the show and Tennessee wasn't even playing that week.

That constitutes a gratuitous potshot.
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Would you have been happier if he used Lloyd Carr as the example?
 
#39
#39
hatvol96 said:
Not necessarily. There are plenty of people in sports journalism that I consistently disagree with. However, as long as they have a good faith factual basis for their comments, I don't accuse them of being unfair.
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And just to be clear, I don't accuse Spencer Tillman of being unfair. He's just not my cup o' tea. To me he comes off as completely artificial.
 
#41
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GAVol said:
And just to be clear, I don't accuse Spencer Tillman of being unfair. He's just not my cup o' tea. To me he comes off as completely artificial.
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Doesn't the term "potshot" imply an element of unfairness?
 
#43
#43
hatvol96 said:
Doesn't the term "potshot" imply an element of unfairness?
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Maybe to some degree . . . but I'm not really looking for fairness. I think it's very possible to be extremely biased and still provide quality analysis.
 
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