2014 Winter Olympics: Sochi, Russia

jw24

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Presenting the knockout bracket for men's hockey. Yes, there is a possibility of a Canada-USA match in the semis. And Sweden-Finland on the other side, as well. (Huge rivalry there.)
 
sweetpee_1993

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Any comment on the Bode Miller interview? I watched it when it was originally broadcast. It really did feel like the interviewer lady was digging for tears. Came off quite heartless. Regardless of what anyone has said since, I thought it was pretty tacky overall. Bode's wife wasn't far away when it happened. I promise had that been my husband there'd been some slappin' going down.

Overall, I think the coverage has been kinda scattery. Like during the skating if I didn't catch what country was being represented at the start of a performance I wouldn't know. And why do we see no medal ceremonies?
 
jw24

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As far as I'm concerned, I don't even bother watching the primetime coverage on NBC these days. Why? For starters, way too many commercials. Second, there's hardly any action from what I see. There are far too many fluff pieces that are time-wasting. Not only that, I believe a cardinal sin of sports is to watch sporting events on tape delay! You just don't! It's not like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones where you can get it from iTunes or Netflix or something where missing the original air date doesn't matter. (People binge watch these days so they don't give a hoot if they miss the air date of a new episode!) For sports, in my book, it's live or bust! I already know the results of the marquee events they choose to air in primetime anyway. I understand they've aired more live events on the cable networks but for NBC itself? Almost none except for the big name team sport gold medal game. (Basketball for summer, hockey for winter.) Other TV networks around the world do a far better job because they treat it like a sporting event, not like a bad mash-up between a national news magazine and a sports highlight reel. Am I exaggerating? Possibly but considering how much I watch a lot of live sporting events, there is a right way to broadcast sports and there is a wrong way to do it and I feel for years, NBC Sports has done a great job with Sunday Night Football, the NBA back in the 90s, the Barclays Premier League of soccer and made good strides with hockey. (Though I still dislike some personalities for NBC's hockey. I'm talking to you, Pierre McGuirre and Mike Milbury!) but when it comes to Olympics, they know nothing. I want sports action, not constant human interest stories. End of rant.

*takes a deep breath* Anyway, your updated bracket in men's hockey.
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Canada got a huge break by not having to play the Swiss. But Latvia has played surprisingly well all tournament long so no sleeping on them. I'm thinking Sweden-Finland and Canada-US in the semis. And on a different note, I also love the bobsled. A bronze in the two-man snapping a long medal drought in that event! Yes! Can't wait for the 4-man, which I enjoy much, much more!
 
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Clamman73

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jw24 said:
As far as I'm concerned, I don't even bother watching the primetime coverage on NBC these days. Why? For starters, way too many commercials. Second, there's hardly any action from what I see. There are far too many fluff pieces that are time-wasting. Not only that, I believe a cardinal sin of sports is to watch sporting events on tape delay! You just don't! It's not like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones where you can get it from iTunes or Netflix or something where missing the original air date doesn't. (People binge watch these days so they don't give a hoot if they miss the air date of a new episode!) For sports, in my book, it's live or bust! I already know the results of the marquee events they choose to air in primetime anyway. I understand they've aired more live events on the cable networks but for NBC itself? Almost none except for the big name team sport gold medal game. (Basketball for summer, hockey for winter.) Other TV networks around the world do a far better job because they treat it like a sporting event, not like a bad mash-up between a national news magazine and a sports highlight reel. Am I exaggerating? Possibly but considering how much I watch a lot of live sporting events, there is a right way to broadcast sports and there is a wrong way to do it and I feel for years, NBC Sports has done a great job with Sunday Night Football, the NBA back in the 90s, the Barclays Premier League of soccer and made good strides with hockey. (Though I still dislike some personalities for NBC's hockey. I'm talking to you, Pierre McGuirre and Mike Milbury!) but when it comes to Olympics, they know nothing. I want sports action, not constant human interest stories. End of rant.

*takes a deep breath* Anyway, your updated bracket in men's hockey.
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Canada got a huge break by not having to play the Swiss. But Latvia has played surprisingly well all tournament long so no sleeping on them. I'm thinking Sweden-Finland and Canada-US in the semis. And on a different note, I also love the bobsled. A bronze in the two-man snapping a long medal drought in that event! Yes! Can't wait for the 4-man, which I enjoy much, much more!
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I like watching the Live coverage on NBCSN before work around the 6am - 7am time. And it looks like some Live women's curling on USA early tomorrow morning...yes...
 
PUSH

PUSH

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jw24 said:
As far as I'm concerned, I don't even bother watching the primetime coverage on NBC these days. Why? For starters, way too many commercials. Second, there's hardly any action from what I see. There are far too many fluff pieces that are time-wasting. Not only that, I believe a cardinal sin of sports is to watch sporting events on tape delay! You just don't! It's not like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones where you can get it from iTunes or Netflix or something where missing the original air date doesn't. (People binge watch these days so they don't give a hoot if they miss the air date of a new episode!) For sports, in my book, it's live or bust! I already know the results of the marquee events they choose to air in primetime anyway. I understand they've aired more live events on the cable networks but for NBC itself? Almost none except for the big name team sport gold medal game. (Basketball for summer, hockey for winter.) Other TV networks around the world do a far better job because they treat it like a sporting event, not like a bad mash-up between a national news magazine and a sports highlight reel. Am I exaggerating? Possibly but considering how much I watch a lot of live sporting events, there is a right way to broadcast sports and there is a wrong way to do it and I feel for years, NBC Sports has done a great job with Sunday Night Football, the NBA back in the 90s, the Barclays Premier League of soccer and made good strides with hockey. (Though I still dislike some personalities for NBC's hockey. I'm talking to you, Pierre McGuirre and Mike Milbury!) but when it comes to Olympics, they know nothing. I want sports action, not constant human interest stories. End of rant.
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I agree. There are too many fluff pieces, and I hate how NBC chooses what and whatnot to show. I get the time differences and stuff, but at least make it flow when broadcasting it. It just seems so choppy with all the little segments they have in between things and all the commercials they take during the middle of the events. I try not to listen to the winners that haven't been broadcast yet, but it's impossible not to hear some of them.
 
MinnieM123

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I agree. There are too many fluff pieces, and I hate how NBC chooses what and whatnot to show. I get the time differences and stuff, but at least make it flow when broadcasting it. It just seems so choppy with all the little segments they have in between things and all the commercials they take during the middle of the events. I try not to listen to the winners that haven't been broadcast yet, but it's impossible not to hear some of them.
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As you and others have pointed out, the coverage is a bit disjointed. I half wonder if part of the problem is because they have added additional sports to the winter Olympics. There is only so much time the network has to broadcast all the different sports. It's a tough balancing act they have.

I also agree with something that @sweetpee_1993 observed, and that is the lack of broadcast time for the actual medal ceremonies. These athletes have devoted their lives to training and perfecting their skills. For years, I have enjoyed watching the ceremony with the athletes being awarded their medals, up on the podium. Now, we're lucky if we see a 1 minute news clip. These extraordinary athletes have earned their medals. They should be able to share with tv viewers around the world, their personal accomplishments, and the pride they have to represent their country. That's what the Olympics are about.
 
PUSH

PUSH

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MinnieM123 said:
As you and others have pointed out, the coverage is a bit disjointed. I half wonder if part of the problem is because they have added additional sports to the winter Olympics. There is only so much time the network has to broadcast all the different sports. It's a tough balancing act they have.

I also agree with something that @sweetpee_1993 observed, and that is the lack of broadcast time for the actual medal ceremonies. These athletes have devoted their lives to training and perfecting their skills. For years, I have enjoyed watching the ceremony with the athletes being awarded their medals, up on the podium. Now, we're lucky if we see a 1 minute news clip. These extraordinary athletes have earned their medals. They should be able to share with tv viewers around the world, their personal accomplishments, and the pride they have to represent their country. That's what the Olympics are about.
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I also feel like the media is making these Olympics more about politics than the actual games. I like to watch the Olympics for the competition between countries, but not everything has to be about the conflicts between two governments and whatnot. It should be about countries getting together and putting differences aside. I just don't feel like that's the case this time around.
 
HouCuseChickie

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sweetpee_1993 said:
Any comment on the Bode Miller interview? I watched it when it was originally broadcast. It really did feel like the interviewer lady was digging for tears. Came off quite heartless. Regardless of what anyone has said since, I thought it was pretty tacky overall. Bode's wife wasn't far away when it happened. I promise had that been my husband there'd been some slappin' going down.

Overall, I think the coverage has been kinda scattery. Like during the skating if I didn't catch what country was being represented at the start of a performance I wouldn't know. And why do we see no medal ceremonies?
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We were extremely angry with how that reporter handled her interview with Bode Miller. We were both really hoping his wife would have jumped in and shut down the interview. I'm sure the interviewer would defend herself by saying she has journalistic obligations, but she reduced herself to gross tabloid standards.

We've also been displeased with a lot of the coverage. We'd been trying to avoid spoilers online, but NBC has been broadcasting results in their coverage before showing some events. DH is also furious about the cruddy curling coverage. If you are looking for some humor with your skating, tune in during the day for the live coverage with Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski. It's the same exact skating they'll show in primetime, but the two of them have been a skating comedy duo on some days.
 
acishere

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jw24 said:
As far as I'm concerned, I don't even bother watching the primetime coverage on NBC these days. Why? For starters, way too many commercials. Second, there's hardly any action from what I see. There are far too many fluff pieces that are time-wasting. Not only that, I believe a cardinal sin of sports is to watch sporting events on tape delay! You just don't! It's not like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones where you can get it from iTunes or Netflix or something where missing the original air date doesn't. (People binge watch these days so they don't give a hoot if they miss the air date of a new episode!) For sports, in my book, it's live or bust! I already know the results of the marquee events they choose to air in primetime anyway. I understand they've aired more live events on the cable networks but for NBC itself? Almost none except for the big name team sport gold medal game. (Basketball for summer, hockey for winter.) Other TV networks around the world do a far better job because they treat it like a sporting event, not like a bad mash-up between a national news magazine and a sports highlight reel. Am I exaggerating? Possibly but considering how much I watch a lot of live sporting events, there is a right way to broadcast sports and there is a wrong way to do it and I feel for years, NBC Sports has done a great job with Sunday Night Football, the NBA back in the 90s, the Barclays Premier League of soccer and made good strides with hockey. (Though I still dislike some personalities for NBC's hockey. I'm talking to you, Pierre McGuirre and Mike Milbury!) but when it comes to Olympics, they know nothing. I want sports action, not constant human interest stories. End of rant.
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I agree about NBC's coverage. Their network has been struggling for years to adapt to changes in how we view things. The problem is they still believe that the only way to profit from the Olympics is with coverage airing in primetime. They also seem to assume that America doesn't understand any of these sports so they focus instead on the athletes and mine 4 hours of human interest stories on as many athletes they can find. They baby us while the rest of the world just watches the bloody sports. It is almost kind of insulting.

I do understand that time differences are causing a good portion of the games to air when we are asleep, and a slight delay there is understandable. But they need to stop tiptoeing around it and making us treat Shaun White losing like it was The Red Wedding. The results of the games are news.

NBC's online coverage however has been excellent, except for the horrible interface. The apps for tablets and phone are wonderful and easy to use. I can see when what games are streaming live and if I missed them, when the replay is available. On a normal computer it is a giant pain. Their website makes no mention of the games being streamed live. I had to google it, click on a DeadSpin article that linked to the secret page that has the day's schedule on it, and favorite it. The schedule is not linked anywhere on NBC's Olympic website...
 
MOXOMUMD

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sweetpee_1993 said:
Any comment on the Bode Miller interview? I watched it when it was originally broadcast. It really did feel like the interviewer lady was digging for tears. Came off quite heartless. Regardless of what anyone has said since, I thought it was pretty tacky overall. Bode's wife wasn't far away when it happened. I promise had that been my husband there'd been some slappin' going down.

Overall, I think the coverage has been kinda scattery. Like during the skating if I didn't catch what country was being represented at the start of a performance I wouldn't know. And why do we see no medal ceremonies?
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I really wanted to reach through the screen and throttle that woman.
 
PUSH

PUSH

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I hate the bland questions they constantly ask athletes (of any kind) on post-game interviews. "Take us through this move." "How does it feel to win a medal?" It's about the same as the last time I answered these questions.
 

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