View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
ucbart
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 2829 Location: New York
Back to top |
Posted: 09/06/17 10:14 pm ::: Chiney |
Reply |
|
Could we please get someone else, anyone else, to do the studio analysis? She is terrible, annoying and just drives me nuts. She's an ESPN darling and I don't get it.
|
|
hangtyme24
Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 2445
Back to top |
Posted: 09/06/17 10:51 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Lol. I love her, but I agree. You'd think as a player she'd be a better analyst but no. Must be her personality lol
_________________ HERE 2 STAY!
|
|
WNBA 09
Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 12607 Location: Dallas , Texas
Back to top |
Posted: 09/06/17 11:03 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
I actually like her. Get rid of the the co host who over dramatically emphasizes the wrong words frfr!
_________________ 3-Time WNBA Champion-3-Time National Champion-4-Time Olympic Champion....And Yes DT "We Got Confeti" lol
|
|
Ay Mate
Joined: 12 Nov 2016 Posts: 1280
Back to top |
Posted: 09/07/17 7:59 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Chiney is a complete class act and is a keeper. Don't like her? Turn the channel. She's great and speaks with passion for the game and she knows what she's talking about. More than What can be said about most others on ESPN
|
|
Queenie
Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 18064 Location: Queens
Back to top |
Posted: 09/07/17 8:30 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
She's very charming, and we know she's very intelligent, but I'm not sure she's made the leap to being brilliant specifically about basketball.
_________________ Ardent believer in the separation of church and stadium.
|
|
Randy
Joined: 08 Oct 2011 Posts: 10911
Back to top |
Posted: 09/07/17 9:41 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
I think it is the way ESPN trains them so that they are all more or less the same kind of annoying characters. Richyyy was complaining about LaChina last night - who most thought she used to be pretty good. But, she now has that zippity do da ESPN style.
|
|
Queenie
Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 18064 Location: Queens
Back to top |
Posted: 09/08/17 7:46 am ::: |
Reply |
|
Randy wrote: |
I think it is the way ESPN trains them so that they are all more or less the same kind of annoying characters. Richyyy was complaining about LaChina last night - who most thought she used to be pretty good. But, she now has that zippity do da ESPN style. |
This is also a good point. Same thing happened to Lobo (though she can occasionally switch it off). It's like ESPN equipment has a stupidification device built into it, and if you look too long into the camera or listen too long to the earpiece, your brain starts shutting down.
_________________ Ardent believer in the separation of church and stadium.
|
|
ClayK
Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 11214
Back to top |
Posted: 09/08/17 9:26 am ::: |
Reply |
|
Most announcers in most sports are annoying because they have to dumb things down, in a sense, for the mass audience. Diehard fans like us know pretty much everything they're saying, and the stuff we would like to hear, the mass audience isn't that interested in, or wouldn't really understand.
And ESPN does have a particular pattern/style/model for its broadcasters, but it's not that much different on other networks -- and all of them are painful to listen to for the diehards. (When I watch tennis, which I know very little about, I think the announcers are fine.)
_________________ Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā
|
|
Tally24
Joined: 14 Feb 2012 Posts: 2709 Location: Baton Rouge
Back to top |
Posted: 09/08/17 11:48 am ::: |
Reply |
|
ClayK wrote: |
Most announcers in most sports are annoying because they have to dumb things down, in a sense, for the mass audience. Diehard fans like us know pretty much everything they're saying, and the stuff we would like to hear, the mass audience isn't that interested in, or wouldn't really understand.
And ESPN does have a particular pattern/style/model for its broadcasters, but it's not that much different on other networks -- and all of them are painful to listen to for the diehards. (When I watch tennis, which I know very little about, I think the announcers are fine.) |
I feel the same way when I watch volleyball. |
|
tfan
Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 9770
Back to top |
Posted: 09/08/17 12:25 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
It doesn't matter who it is, someone will complain about the person, particularly if it is a woman who speaks in her natural higher-pitched voice.
|
|
Randy
Joined: 08 Oct 2011 Posts: 10911
Back to top |
Posted: 09/08/17 1:00 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
ClayK wrote: |
And ESPN does have a particular pattern/style/model for its broadcasters, but it's not that much different on other networks -- and all of them are painful to listen to for the diehards. (When I watch tennis, which I know very little about, I think the announcers are fine.) |
Yes- Carolyn Peck....
|
|
Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24407 Location: London
Back to top |
Posted: 09/08/17 1:39 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Queenie wrote: |
Randy wrote: |
I think it is the way ESPN trains them so that they are all more or less the same kind of annoying characters. Richyyy was complaining about LaChina last night - who most thought she used to be pretty good. But, she now has that zippity do da ESPN style. |
This is also a good point. Same thing happened to Lobo (though she can occasionally switch it off). It's like ESPN equipment has a stupidification device built into it, and if you look too long into the camera or listen too long to the earpiece, your brain starts shutting down. |
For what it's worth, I still like Lobo (and Ryan Ruocco). I still feel a very significant drop-off from ESPN's #1 team (Ruocco/Lobo) to the #2 (Ward/Robinson). |
|
bballjunkie
Joined: 12 Aug 2014 Posts: 785
Back to top |
Posted: 09/08/17 1:45 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Chimney and LaChina talk as if they are hanging out with the girlies at the pool.
|
|
kojthiabkuv
Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 1860
Back to top |
Posted: 09/08/17 2:05 pm ::: Re: Chiney |
Reply |
|
ucbart wrote: |
Could we please get someone else, anyone else, to do the studio analysis? She is terrible, annoying and just drives me nuts. She's an ESPN darling and I don't get it. |
i agree. i find her incredibly annoying.
|
|
Nixtreefan
Joined: 14 Nov 2012 Posts: 2539
Back to top |
Posted: 09/09/17 11:32 am ::: |
Reply |
|
Does Chiney want to play basketball, I have a feeling she is looking to follow a different path.
|
|
Shades
Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 63930
Back to top |
Posted: 09/09/17 11:34 am ::: |
Reply |
|
Nixtreefan wrote: |
Does Chiney want to play basketball, I have a feeling she is looking to follow a different path. |
She signed a multi-year extension with the Sun.
_________________ Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned
|
|
justintyme
Joined: 08 Jul 2012 Posts: 8407 Location: Northfield, MN
Back to top |
Posted: 09/09/17 2:22 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Nixtreefan wrote: |
Does Chiney want to play basketball, I have a feeling she is looking to follow a different path. |
My guess is that she wants to make money. ESPN is a pretty good gig for someone who has been forced to sit because of injuries. It likely says nothing about her desire to play basketball or not.
_________________ ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA
|
|
Randy
Joined: 08 Oct 2011 Posts: 10911
Back to top |
Posted: 09/09/17 5:05 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Seems like a very smart career move. It will be something to help her prepare for life after basketball, whether that happens sooner or later.
|
|
hangtyme24
Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 2445
Back to top |
|
cthskzfn
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 12851 Location: In a world where a PSYCHOpath like Trump isn't potus.
Back to top |
Posted: 09/11/17 10:57 am ::: |
Reply |
|
Randy wrote: |
I think it is the way ESPN trains them so that they are all more or less the same kind of annoying characters. Richyyy was complaining about LaChina last night - who most thought she used to be pretty good. But, she now has that zippity do da ESPN style. |
This.
Add Ogumike's "personality" to get a perfect storm of annoying.
_________________ Silly, stupid white people might be waking up.
|
|
Shades
Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 63930
Back to top |
Posted: 09/11/17 12:21 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
hangtyme24 wrote: |
Like who Dallas should sign in the off-season, what should they be looking for in the draft, what positions do they need more help at. Something. Hopefully she'll get better soon. |
The Dallas GM probably doesn't even know this stuff. How's Chiney supposed to know? And as shown by this forum, if you have overly strong opinions and fans don't agree with you, then they tend to turn on you.
Host: What moves should Dallas make moving forward?
Chiney: Center seem to be a position of weakness for Dallas, both offensively and defensively. Mercedes Russell is a player that could be available at #6 that should be a menace on the low block at both ends of the floor....
Dallas viewers at home
Deshields fans: Russell? I love Diamond! We need more wings. It's our identity! Chiney's hair looks awful.
Nared fans: Russell? I love Jamie! We need a tall wing. Chiney looks like she's been thrift shopping.
Russell fans: *crickets chirping*
Gabby fans: I love Gabby! Make it happen, Chiney, or I'll hate you forever.
Canada fans: I know my PG's. I've been accredited by myself. Canada is the best PG I've seen since the great Sammy Prahalis. Dallas needs a great PG, and if Chiney can't see that, then she knows nothing. NOTHING! Get off my television, Chiney!
*fan accountings are fictional. Any resemblance to actual people are purely coincidental.
So yeah, Chiney is probably better off sticking with the basics. It's not like most of the people viewing are really up on the WNBA.
_________________ Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned
|
|
allenleavell
Joined: 28 Apr 2010 Posts: 677
Back to top |
Posted: 09/11/17 12:31 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Shades wrote: |
hangtyme24 wrote: |
Like who Dallas should sign in the off-season, what should they be looking for in the draft, what positions do they need more help at. Something. Hopefully she'll get better soon. |
The Dallas GM probably doesn't even know this stuff. How's Chiney supposed to know? And as shown by this forum, if you have overly strong opinions and fans don't agree with you, then they tend to turn on you.
Host: What moves should Dallas make moving forward?
Chiney: Center seem to be a position of weakness for Dallas, both offensively and defensively. Mercedes Russell is a player that could be available at #6 that should be a menace on the low block at both ends of the floor....
Dallas viewers at home
Deshields fans: Russell? I love Diamond! We need more wings. It's our identity! Chiney's hair looks awful.
Nared fans: Russell? I love Jamie! We need a tall wing. Chiney looks like she's been thrift shopping.
Russell fans: *crickets chirping*
Gabby fans: I love Gabby! Make it happen, Chiney, or I'll hate you forever.
Canada fans: I know my PG's. I've been accredited by myself. Canada is the best PG I've seen since the great Sammy Prahalis. Dallas needs a great PG, and if Chiney can't see that, then she knows nothing. NOTHING! Get off my television, Chiney!
*fan accountings are fictional. Any resemblance to actual people are purely coincidental.
So yeah, Chiney is probably better off sticking with the basics. It's not like most of the people viewing are really up on the WNBA. |
Shades+1
|
|
hangtyme24
Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 2445
Back to top |
Posted: 09/11/17 1:14 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Shades wrote: |
hangtyme24 wrote: |
Like who Dallas should sign in the off-season, what should they be looking for in the draft, what positions do they need more help at. Something. Hopefully she'll get better soon. |
The Dallas GM probably doesn't even know this stuff. How's Chiney supposed to know? And as shown by this forum, if you have overly strong opinions and fans don't agree with you, then they tend to turn on you.
Host: What moves should Dallas make moving forward?
Chiney: Center seem to be a position of weakness for Dallas, both offensively and defensively. Mercedes Russell is a player that could be available at #6 that should be a menace on the low block at both ends of the floor....
Dallas viewers at home
Deshields fans: Russell? I love Diamond! We need more wings. It's our identity! Chiney's hair looks awful.
Nared fans: Russell? I love Jamie! We need a tall wing. Chiney looks like she's been thrift shopping.
Russell fans: *crickets chirping*
Gabby fans: I love Gabby! Make it happen, Chiney, or I'll hate you forever.
Canada fans: I know my PG's. I've been accredited by myself. Canada is the best PG I've seen since the great Sammy Prahalis. Dallas needs a great PG, and if Chiney can't see that, then she knows nothing. NOTHING! Get off my television, Chiney!
*fan accountings are fictional. Any resemblance to actual people are purely coincidental.
So yeah, Chiney is probably better off sticking with the basics. It's not like most of the people viewing are really up on the WNBA. |
I guess you're right about the bold part, but if all she said was the part in italics, it would've been better than saying "Dallas is the youngest team in the league, this playoff game will be good for their experience."
_________________ HERE 2 STAY!
|
|
dtsnms
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 18815
Back to top |
Posted: 09/11/17 2:39 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Seems like people forget what we used to have for announcers.
I'll take Chiney, LaChina, Rebecca, any day of the week compared to what we had in the past. You're all getting spoiled if that's the biggest complaint you have.
|
|
blaase22
Joined: 28 Mar 2011 Posts: 4164 Location: Paradise
Back to top |
Posted: 09/11/17 2:50 pm ::: |
Reply |
|
Chiney sucks, and id take what they had in the past over her anyday,especially Robin.
Peck was at least good for some lols but Chiney is just annoying/insufferable.
|
|
|
|