tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post3468498225357665675..comments2024-03-05T06:32:37.180-05:00Comments on The Daly Planet: Rain Dancing On ESPN2Daly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-56671785503118132792009-05-26T10:45:46.615-04:002009-05-26T10:45:46.615-04:00Punch got lost and never even mentioned Bliss had ...<B>Punch got lost and never even mentioned Bliss had won until after his winner interview with Spake.</B>Mike Joy was too lost to realize NASCAR called the race when haulers were pulling off, drivers were in street clothes, and victory lane was being set up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-15910514103305755512009-05-25T10:38:52.447-04:002009-05-25T10:38:52.447-04:00You need to get over your personal beef with JP. H...<B>You need to get over your personal beef with JP. He performed very well last night. You have stopped providing objective commentary for quite some time.</B><BR><BR>You might as well tell the rest of us to do this, too, because JD is FAR from the only person who believes Punch is doing a poor job.<br /><br />He's become the Harry Caray of NASCAR--well-liked, but not at all good at play-by-play.<br /><br />His calls consist of saying the number of the car currently on the screen, repeating the same (one) fact he seemingly knows about that driver, and then telling us he's "sailing into" the next turn.<br /><br />When something happens on the track, Punch is rarely able to explain it. He was so far at sea regarding the whole Bliss-Gaughan situation, I wanted to call the booth and explain it to him.<br /><br />He's not suited for the booth job, and is, in fact, a living example of the Peter Principle, which says that a worker will be promoted until he gets to a job he <I>can't</I> do, and then will stay stuck in the that job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-16581605978652814452009-05-24T15:21:46.998-04:002009-05-24T15:21:46.998-04:00Or....that is my opinion and has been for the last...Or....that is my opinion and has been for the last three seasons as we watched ESPN change everything around Punch to try and help him out.<br /><br />It did not work. Read through the comments left on this site over the last two seasons about how Punch has left NASCAR fans in a lurch with his problems.<br /><br />I am happy to have your opinion on the Punch issue, but you left several things out.<br /><br />We have repeatedly said Punch is a future NASCAR Hall of Famer for his contributions in the early ESPN days.<br /><br />We have said he would be great in the infield pit center, long before Allen Bestwick was placed in that position.<br /><br />The next time you stop by, try helping us out with some of the positive aspects of Punch's play-by-play performance at LMS that you liked.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-31129349716559442632009-05-24T15:16:10.792-04:002009-05-24T15:16:10.792-04:00JD,
You need to get over your personal beef with J...JD,<br />You need to get over your personal beef with JP. He performed very well last night. You have stopped providing objective commentary for quite some time. <br /><br />You need to get over the fact that Jerry decided to head for the college football sidelines in order to continue his career. <br /><br />Apparently, when somebody dares to cover a stick-and-ball sport, you lose all objectivity and do everything you can to trash them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-48473526126051758612009-05-24T14:22:02.535-04:002009-05-24T14:22:02.535-04:00Other than messing up fairly badly trying to cover...Other than messing up fairly badly trying to cover the first round of yellow flag stops I thought the production truck did a solid job of covering the best on-track racing all night and not following a script. I'd still like to see them adopt the Fox strategy of keeping the on-track leader in one box at all times during green flag pit stops so we can follow the race and the pit stops simultaneously, but other than that I didn't see much more room for improvement from the truck.<br /><br />I continue to hold out hope that what we saw from the production truck on Saturday night will translate to their Cup broadcasts in the fall. As you may remember last year's ESPN Nationwide broadcasts were solid for the most part as well but almost never translated to the Cup races that were dominated by scripted coverage that didn't react to what was unfolding on the track. I certainly hope things will change this year, but the Phoenix Nationwide debacle a few weeks back has definitely curbed my enthusiasm and optimism.<br /><br />ESPN has a major opportunity this fall to get back in the good graces of the NASCAR fans that are extremely frustrated over Fox dropping the ball in many ways during their coverage of the first part of the Cup season. I for one sure hope they take advantage of this opportunity. When one network raises their game that generally causes the others to follow suit to keep up, and in the end the TV viewers become the big winners. For that reason this fall ESPN Cup schedule may prove pivotal in determining whether or not we see Fox do anything to fix their issues this off-season.stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-51277257827491774732009-05-24T12:33:19.489-04:002009-05-24T12:33:19.489-04:00NRF- That whole lead lap thing confused me. I was...NRF- That whole lead lap thing confused me. I was discussing this with some people last night and this is the question that I asked that no one could answer:<br /><br />If someone had a pit road penalty they would start at the tail end of the longest line. But with all those cars starting on the tail end of the lead lap and directly in front of the leader, then the tail end of the longest line was in front of the cars on the tail end of the lead lap. <br /><br />Writing that out shows how Brendan was in 2nd, since being the lucky dog, he too had to start at the tail end of the longest line, which put him in 2nd, directly behind Bliss.<br /><br />IHMO, that's messed up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-21116033708120676412009-05-24T12:06:00.656-04:002009-05-24T12:06:00.656-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Matthew L. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334137283240271009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-8837709489252328502009-05-24T11:00:44.420-04:002009-05-24T11:00:44.420-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-2795673697454964832009-05-24T10:59:43.518-04:002009-05-24T10:59:43.518-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-64661847653785956272009-05-24T10:58:30.400-04:002009-05-24T10:58:30.400-04:00Please address the topic we are discussing. Once a...Please address the topic we are discussing. Once again, if you have any other issue just use the email link on the main page so we can address it.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-79252598406515951582009-05-24T10:54:31.823-04:002009-05-24T10:54:31.823-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-47760204515843288462009-05-24T10:51:46.794-04:002009-05-24T10:51:46.794-04:00I really felt bad for the whole TV team because Je...I really felt bad for the whole TV team because Jerry got lost. The others tried to keep things straight, but when Brendan was battling Bliss for the lead with the rain coming there was absolutely no excitement at all.<br /><br />There is no other major event series on ESPN that would be allowed to experience this problem. As you can see in the media, they swap announcers until they get it right.<br /><br />As I mentioned in my column, I have actually been receiving email from healthcare professionals asking if Punch is OK. <br /><br />Something needs to be done about this situation. We all love Jerry and the last thing that should happen is for him to be left out to dry again on national TV.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-63058485713555827992009-05-24T10:30:44.514-04:002009-05-24T10:30:44.514-04:00Egads, I got home and watched the end of the race....Egads, I got home and watched the end of the race. If this is what the fans can expect from ESPN on the Sprint cup broadcast with Jerry Punch doing the play by play, I know what I will be doing when ESPN takes over -- NOT WATCHING THE RACE ON TV!<br /><br />Glad that Bliss got a win -- glad honestly that it wasn't a cup guy - that has become a major bore factor for the Nationwide series.<br /><br />Good job by Jarrett and Petree -- for heavens' sakes, ESPN, make the daggone change in the booth for the PXP person and at least give yourselves a fighting chance that the fans will tune in during the summer.GinaV24https://www.blogger.com/profile/10828669350024430018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-8685567071182364562009-05-24T10:08:13.016-04:002009-05-24T10:08:13.016-04:00I came home expecting to see the last 20 laps and ...I came home expecting to see the last 20 laps and surprise there was only 70 in the books. I'll watch the DVR of the rain dance at some point. Once that bizzareness of 1 car on the lead lap hit I became confused. Did they ever tell us Brenden got the free pass and was back on the lead lap and get's to be second and not 20th. Larry Mac and DW not to mention Mike Joy would have been all over that one. They did a great job with the camera showing us Mike and Brendan but nothing from JP, I think he was watching the cars in front but they were not the leaders, I was actually glad to see Rusty he livened things up, talking over everyone even when the mike had gone back to Massaro. Too funny. Well the good thing about no excitement at the end of a night race I can go to sleep faster.Newracefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324764517098771035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-32067014996465889322009-05-24T06:53:13.004-04:002009-05-24T06:53:13.004-04:00@Jimbacca:
Bliss was the only one on the lead lap...@Jimbacca:<br /><br />Bliss was the only one on the lead lap, but Brendan was the first a lap down, so he was back on the lead lap on the restart.slander q. libelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-55262801905033463962009-05-24T05:29:25.809-04:002009-05-24T05:29:25.809-04:00Bob Jenkins is hiding over at Versus, that would b...Bob Jenkins is hiding over at Versus, that would be a great improvement, he made a great team with Ned and Benny. Back when Espn put Nascar on the map.robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-47076332489336313202009-05-24T04:28:13.383-04:002009-05-24T04:28:13.383-04:00The whole finish coverage was odd. Brendan was swa...The whole finish coverage was odd. Brendan was swapping the lead with Bliss. Yet Bliss was the only one of the lead lap, How does that work? <br />The whole ending was like watching someone with sundowners syndrome. Just lost and wandering. The cameras showed Bliss getting out excited with the PRN reporter ready to go. But they were still talking restart. The coverage was quite good otherwise. Just the ending was a total loss.Jimbaccanoreply@blogger.com