in-game interviews

[golfnut8924]

Jackson, IIRC, was complaining about the ones recorded right at the beginning of TV timeouts during the quarter and then played when they got back sometimes going into the next sequence of action.

Gotcha. That's BS. A TV timeout is a timeout the coach needs to spend talking to his team, not the TV people. Good for Phil to complain and shirt on whoever told him that he was obligated.

 

[flexmaster33]

I've always found those in-game interviews to be over the line...including the halftime talk sessions. It's really not that different from a timeout...the coach has a limited amount of time to address his team at the half and to confer with his assistants...It's mid-game and he shouldn't be obligated to talk with the media at that point.

Especially silly when you consider how little these breathless, one-word interviews contribute to a telecast.

Finding an athletic trainer or athletic rep during the game to confirm injury information or some other tidbit is another story, but leave the coaches and players alone until the final whistle.

 

[spnited]

Very simple: TV gets what it pays for.

And most in-game interviews are useless anyway.

 

[HanSenSE]

I'm recalling the incident a few years ago in a Boston-Oakland ALCS, when Roger Clemens was thrown out after giving the umpire grief. The TV folks got their Clemens interview while the game was still in progress, but a half-dozen or so print guys who wanted the same story were told they had to wait untilSo tell me who really calls the shots ...

1990 is "a few years ago" to you? Damn.

It was that long ago? OMG!

 

[cyclingwriter]

Didn't Phil Jackson raise a fuss about it, and was then informed by the league that he was obligated to do the interviews?

golf,

I think it is a marketing thing to lure fans. Notice which leagues do this. NFL won't have to go this route until ad rates drop.

Wouldn't surprise me. Although, again, the halftime ones don't bother me because the action is not going on. The ones that get me are when play is actually going on.

It hasn't creeped into the NFL or NBA yet (at least as far as I know -- it's been years since I watched a forking NBA game). But I bet it won't be long.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Don't want to distract the coaches from spitting tobacco juice, kicking at the ground over and over, or scratching their balls.

 

[anotherjrcsurvivor]

You're probably right on that. And if the coaches/managers had an option to decline these interviews, I'm sure all of them would. Which leads me to believe that MLB/NHL has told them they do not have that option.

I don't think Charlie Manuel did any of them during the NLCS and the World Series. It was either the Phils' pitching or hitting coach doing them.

Charlie has done a great job managing the Phillies the last two years. But thankfully, somebody in that organization -- maybe Charlie himself -- or with the networks realized they needed a better talker on those spots. If you don't have the Charlie-to-English book handy he's a tough listen.

 

[WolvEagle]

If I were a coach/manager, I would only do them under direct orders from my superiors. The coach/manager has a job to do. Let them do it.

 

[ripple]

This is not quite the same, but I thought it was really funny in last week's race at Homestead when they did an in-car interview with Carl Edwards.

The more direct analogy to the OP would be interviewing the crew chief while the race is going on, I suppose, and that happens pretty often.

 

[albert77]

This is not quite the same, but I thought it was really funny in last week's race at Homestead when they did an in-car interview with Carl Edwards.

The more direct analogy to the OP would be interviewing the crew chief while the race is going on, I suppose, and that happens pretty often.

This, to me, is the ultimate in TV insanity, interviewing a guy while he's whizzing along at 200 mph.

 

[Songbird]

I hate in-game interviews.

 

[Batman]

This is not quite the same, but I thought it was really funny in last week's race at Homestead when they did an in-car interview with Carl Edwards.

The more direct analogy to the OP would be interviewing the crew chief while the race is going on, I suppose, and that happens pretty often.

This, to me, is the ultimate in TV insanity, interviewing a guy while he's whizzing along at 200 mph.

How about 55 mph? They do those interviews during caution laps.