CTV announcers = EPIC FAIL

[Dwight_K_Schrute]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

If loving Pierre McCguire makes me gay then I'm proud to be gay.

[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

NBC does a great job covering the Olympics, just not live. I watch them when I can.

It is a shame that Pacific timezone affiliates of NBC are watching so many events tape delayed. I know some americans in Washington and Idaho states that have just gone and purchased canadian satellite dishes. The CTV is barely offered on american cable companies.

[RoadGame]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

I laughed my balls off when he said that. He's not an announcer, he's a figure skater. He just spoke his mind, and he was right. The outfit was horrible.

If that outfit was terrible then so were half of the rest of them. Why do skating costumers feel the need to mesh "Derelicte" with sequins? Those all deserved the kind of Joan Rivers-esque venom that those poor Ukrainians got.

[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

Don Taylor, Saturday morning - "It really makes sense that Gretzky lit both torches, cause he spent all those years lighting up the Flames"

Really Don? You went there? During the Olympics?

Don Taylor leads the way in the bitterness of Canucks fans, and he's 90% of the reason Sportsnet is always referred to as bush league. The other 10% is their hockey broadcasts.

Originally Posted by Diet Water

Aside from that CTV has been fine, I just turn the channel whenever Don Taylor is on so I don't have to be exposed to his idiocy.

You will love this about Don Taylor. From Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star, http://thestar.blogs.com/sportsmedia...-ceremony.html

AND THE OLYMPIAN KNUCKLEHEAD OF THE DAY IS ... Sportsnet anchor Don Taylor, who opened Saturday's show with a juvenile reference to the technical glitch that messed up the finale of the opening ceremony. ``I really appreciated it, as a man over 45, when the hydraulics didn't work on the cauldron. I really appreciated it. I felt it was dedicated to me." That might have received a few laughs in a bar. But on national TV?

[Phil Ivey]

Originally Posted by hwy19man

You will love this about Don Taylor. From Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star, http://thestar.blogs.com/sportsmedia...-ceremony.html

AND THE OLYMPIAN KNUCKLEHEAD OF THE DAY IS ... Sportsnet anchor Don Taylor, who opened Saturday's show with a juvenile reference to the technical glitch that messed up the finale of the opening ceremony. ``I really appreciated it, as a man over 45, when the hydraulics didn't work on the cauldron. I really appreciated it. I felt it was dedicated to me." That might have received a few laughs in a bar. But on national TV?

Haha come on that Flames call is gold. Funny cause its true.

[ricosuave]

Originally Posted by Joborule

I have noticed that if it's not Gold it's disappointing. I think if they got a medal or were close that it was a job well done and should be more of a positive note in the interviews.

But, but, I thought we all had to "believe"

[Otto-matic]

Olympic site fail

Nickname: Diggy and Joe. (players.nhlpa.com, 07 Feb 2002, canada.com, 11 Sept 2008)

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic...1022744Ks.html

Where does Joe come from?

[Ace Handy]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

Olympic site fail

Nickname: Diggy and Joe. (players.nhlpa.com, 07 Feb 2002, canada.com, 11 Sept 2008)

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic...1022744Ks.html

Where does Joe come from?

Read the last of his list of awards and honors:

He was awarded the Memorial Cup, given to the most sportsmanlike player, in 1995. (Forecaster, 28 July 2009)

Sigh.

[Daradon]

I agree the commentators have been quite rude to the athletes. The whole media seems to have built the pressure up way too high.

I guess that's what we get in a 24 hour news society. You always need a story, and you gotta ruffle some feathers to get sound bites.