I have yet to hear anything too silly from him but there's still time.
Rowdy is over-criticized for his announcing IMO, it is one of those jobs that is easy to criticize and probably very hard to do well. And I like that he gets excited about the races, it can be infectious.
BUT I am tired with how much attention he pays to what side people breathe on and swimmer A being on swimmer B's "blind" side. One would think it is the major factor in a swim race when it is very minor (and all these swimmer can breathe on either side if they want).
Related to this, I smiled at one of the underwater shots of the women's 400 IM when Beisel broke a streamline to look at the rest of the field during the breaststroke pullout. It was better done and I don't think really cost her anything, but it reminded me of age-group swimming.
I have yet to hear anything too silly from him but there's still time.
Rowdy is over-criticized for his announcing IMO, it is one of those jobs that is easy to criticize and probably very hard to do well. And I like that he gets excited about the races, it can be infectious.
BUT I am tired with how much attention he pays to what side people breathe on and swimmer A being on swimmer B's "blind" side. One would think it is the major factor in a swim race when it is very minor (and all these swimmer can breathe on either side if they want).
Related to this, I smiled at one of the underwater shots of the women's 400 IM when Beisel broke a streamline to look at the rest of the field during the breaststroke pullout. It was better done and I don't think really cost her anything, but it reminded me of age-group swimming.
