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<blockquote data-quote="MtnWasp" data-source="post: 692957" data-attributes="member: 4110"><p>That was amazing! I was like, WTF? </p><p>I guess the director was one of those "sports fans" that isn't really interested in the actual competition but more into the "human interest" aspects of sport. Nwora is the star so he must be on camera. And the camera might catch the human drama of a star player that is having a tough game while he sits on the bench. It is human drama, I tell ya. HUMAN DRAMA. Who cares about the silly game!</p><p></p><p>Spatola was unforgivably bad as the color man. There are true analysts who use their expertise and insight to explain what is going on in the game, why the official made a call, why a player or coach made a decision. Then there was this guy who obviously had a rigid expectation about how that game was supposed to go, and as the game progressed and his expectations were being dashed, he just started to criticize the officials ("That was a BAD call!") or Louisville ("I don't understand why Nwora isn't getting touches?"). It is really bad for fans of the underdog because for guys like Spatola the underdog team doesn't even really exist except in the "Washington Generals" sort of way, as anonymous objects for Louisville to throttle. It comes off as; if Louisville wins, it is reinforcement of a stable world order. If Louisville loses it is ONLY because Louisville LOST because of bad play and not because of anything that GT did. Spatoloa came across that way FAR too often for a professional.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MtnWasp, post: 692957, member: 4110"] That was amazing! I was like, WTF? I guess the director was one of those "sports fans" that isn't really interested in the actual competition but more into the "human interest" aspects of sport. Nwora is the star so he must be on camera. And the camera might catch the human drama of a star player that is having a tough game while he sits on the bench. It is human drama, I tell ya. HUMAN DRAMA. Who cares about the silly game! Spatola was unforgivably bad as the color man. There are true analysts who use their expertise and insight to explain what is going on in the game, why the official made a call, why a player or coach made a decision. Then there was this guy who obviously had a rigid expectation about how that game was supposed to go, and as the game progressed and his expectations were being dashed, he just started to criticize the officials ("That was a BAD call!") or Louisville ("I don't understand why Nwora isn't getting touches?"). It is really bad for fans of the underdog because for guys like Spatola the underdog team doesn't even really exist except in the "Washington Generals" sort of way, as anonymous objects for Louisville to throttle. It comes off as; if Louisville wins, it is reinforcement of a stable world order. If Louisville loses it is ONLY because Louisville LOST because of bad play and not because of anything that GT did. Spatoloa came across that way FAR too often for a professional. [/QUOTE]
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