I know he's a US Swimming icon, but he is really, REALLY hard to listen to sometimes. He gets so excited that he messes up names and strokes, but he also just makes crap up. Then spends 5 minutes trying to prove it.
I may have to mute him! God help him if Phelps is going for # 7 and 8 by the end of the week!
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I'll have to disagree with you concerning 1984. Rowdy's 100 free start was not false (close albeit). The Aussie next to him had a slow start and Rowdy nailed his start. The difference made it look exagerated.
I have actually seen an interview with Rowdy where he knew about the habit of the starter to start very quickly and Rowdy stated that he just went down and jumped - in the end it was smart, because he won. The video is somewhere on US swimming - the worst start I have ever seen at the Olympics.
About Rowdy being excited in Trickett's case, he actually said that it would be great if she missed the final. And about dumbing it down - I just disagree - you can dumb it down and still get the facts and calls right.
Since when is it wrong to point out the very obvious and numerous mistakes the lead analyst for swimming in the United States is making ? Maybe you guys simply don't know when is making a mistake - which of course is really arrogant for me to say ... but then again, I did go to USC :applaud:
I'll have to disagree with you concerning 1984. Rowdy's 100 free start was not false (close albeit). The Aussie next to him had a slow start and Rowdy nailed his start. The difference made it look exagerated.
I have actually seen an interview with Rowdy where he knew about the habit of the starter to start very quickly and Rowdy stated that he just went down and jumped - in the end it was smart, because he won. The video is somewhere on US swimming - the worst start I have ever seen at the Olympics.
About Rowdy being excited in Trickett's case, he actually said that it would be great if she missed the final. And about dumbing it down - I just disagree - you can dumb it down and still get the facts and calls right.
Since when is it wrong to point out the very obvious and numerous mistakes the lead analyst for swimming in the United States is making ? Maybe you guys simply don't know when is making a mistake - which of course is really arrogant for me to say ... but then again, I did go to USC :applaud:
