jerry chill. bill patrick is a talking head working as the link between the studio and the comentators. if he speaks to anyone, it's to middle america and the rest of the oln regulars who may be waiting for the calgery stampede or a retrospective on fishing reels. he is not there for the 'bike' people. either way, after all these years, we finally see live coverage of racing thanks to the network. who cares if they keep a few potted plants for window dressing? e-RICHIE chester, ct
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:34:44 -0500 "Jerry & Liz Moos"
<jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> Am I the only one on the list annoyed by Bill Patrick, the
> bicycle-illiterate bozo teamed with the excellent Phil Leggett and
> Paul Sherwen on OLN's TdF coverage? After three weeks of ignorant
> and asinine comments, he pronounced on this morning's coverage that
> Armstrong is "now arguably the greatest of all time" or something to
> that effect. How ridiculous! With four TdF Lance can now claim to
> be the greatest American road man, not forgetting Major Taylor and
> the American track heros of the late 19th and early 20th century.
> But it is ludicrous to compare Lance's 4 TdF, one World
> Championship, one major classic (Liege-Bastogne-Liege) plus a
> Dauphine Libere or two, to Merckx's list of 5 TdF, multiple Giros,
> the Vuelta, and virtually every classic worth mention, some of them
> like Milan-San Remo no less than 5 times. I'm sure Lance, who is a
> great friend and admirer of Merckx, would not put himself in Eddy's
> league. I emailed OLN for Leggett and Sherwen, suggesting they take
> Patrick aside and educate him in cycling history, but I'm afraid it
> is a lost cause.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX