Re: [CR]Illiterate Cycling Coverage

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 18:16:55 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR]Illiterate Cycling Coverage
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>


snipped: jerry wrote: "...so it's not just me.".

jerry i know it's not you. but i'm not on the velonews forum or rec.bicycle.racing or the others. otherwise i'd post there. in essence, i agree with you. i just cannot get worked up over it. as it is, we are listening to phil and paul tell us what we are already WATCHING on the screen. how 'play-by- play' is that? also, fwiw, i think ligget is kinda' past his 'sell-by' date. but i can handle the commentary because it accompanies some pretty fine camera work and producing. as a complete package, the coverage, all 90 minutes 3 times per day is fine by me. e-RICHIE (who's hiding from e-CHUCKIE) in chester, ct

On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 16:51:45 -0500 "Jerry & Liz Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> Well, I agree the coverage is the best we have ever had in America,
> just
> contrast it with the pathetic live Sunday coverage we get on CBS -
> last
> Sunday CBS devoted 50 of the only 60 minutes to rehashing the prior
> stages
> and 10 minutes to Armstrong's victory on the Ventoux. I just wish
> OLN would
> limit the potted plants to the program intro and wrapup. By the
> way, I
> visited the OLN TdF site bulletin board and there were dozens of
> messages
> like "Bill Patrick is a Moron", "Bill Patrick Must Die" and "Where
> is Bob
> Roll", so it's not just me.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Illiterate Cycling Coverage
>
>
> > 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