During the Olympics in the USA I’m seeing many comments like this on the internet:
… The former Olympic gymnast is part of NBC’s coverage team for the gymnastics competition this week. Lots of times when Daggett is talking, you don’t just want to mute the TV. You want to break the speakers. …
You can’t be serious … Tim Daggett – News OK
For the record, I think Tim Daggett does quite a good job. (If he’s pro-USA, that’s mainly because he’s working for NBC broadcasting in the USA. Commentators in Canada are very positive about Canadian gymnasts.)
Even sidekick Al Trautwig is reasonably good as the “everyman” who asks the dumb question that regular viewers are thinking.
In the past I though Elfi Schlegel was excellent, spending a lot of time with the athletes in preparation for broadcasts. This Olympics she’s been positively “bland”, not contributing much to the conversation. Tim has to lead even on the women’s apparatus.
(I was horrible as a broadcaster myself last year for local cable TV coverage of the Canadian National Gymnastics Championships. That may be the reason I’m so supportive of Tim.)
… Since his retirement following the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Daggett has worked as a television commentator, covering the gymnastics events for NBC at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, and Beijing. …
related:
Coach Dave Adlard likes Shannon Miller, Missy Marlowe, Bart Conner, and Peter Vidmar. Both John Macready and John Roethlisberger would be good too, of course.
Leave a comment if you have a personal favourite gymnastics commentator from anywhere around the world.
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