tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post6964568670477019644..comments2024-03-05T06:32:37.180-05:00Comments on The Daly Planet: "NASCAR On Fox" Executive David Hill Wants Your QuestionsDaly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-11467035524999222962009-05-09T15:20:00.000-04:002009-05-09T15:20:00.000-04:00Red.....you have a right to your opinion. My last...Red.....you have a right to your opinion. My last statement was more of a joke than anything else. Don't read into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-62500429221148819522009-05-09T15:18:00.000-04:002009-05-09T15:18:00.000-04:00oops....meant to post the above on the new article...oops....meant to post the above on the new article. sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-54798299518187411742009-05-09T15:17:00.000-04:002009-05-09T15:17:00.000-04:00I posted this last night on the other article........I posted this last night on the other article......While he did get some softball questions, he answered them the same way he would if he was face to face with you. I happen to know him and that is just how he is. Very blunt and frank. He doesn't mince words. Is he cocky or arrogant? Well, that for you to decide but he has been very successful in what he has done and he knows it. Plus when you're Murdoch's right have man and Aussie buddy, you don't have to worry to much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-21659529959217270502009-05-09T07:07:00.000-04:002009-05-09T07:07:00.000-04:00anon@11:57pm said (in part):
" . . . but he has be...anon@11:57pm said (in part):<br />" . . . but he has been very successful in what he has done and he knows it. Plus when you're Murdoch's right have man and Aussie buddy, you don't have to worry to much."<br /><br />three thoughts:<br />1. being successful in what one has chosen as a profession does not entitle one to behave like a boor. in fact, such success should create in one some sense of gratitude and appreciation for what one has been able to achieve. (see "kyle busch" for the similiarities here.)<br />2. there is no excuse for rudeness. one can make just a sharp a point without it -- if one choose to do so. to me, rudeness is not merely bad manners, it is also laziness. <br />3. i'm unclear as to what you're saying in your final sentence. you say that hill has been successful in and of himself and then intimate that it's irrelevant b/c of his relationship with murdoch. so: is he an accomplished professional or a toadie? can't have it both ways.<br /><br />i applaud someone who has made his or her way thru the world and risen to a level of professional expertise. i don't agree that david hill represents such a person and i believe your final comment is far more accurate a reflection of the reality of the situation.redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469882559901586219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-25343169788610028482009-05-09T03:42:00.000-04:002009-05-09T03:42:00.000-04:00I don't know if this came up live as I was out job...I don't know if this came up live as I was out job hunting while the chat was live. However, on the replay, notice the entry right after Mr. Hill's "Tough" answer. Also serving as a link it states...<br /><br /><B><I>Resistance is futile: Get your DIGGER gear here.</I></B>I think that speaks even louder on Fox's attitude than "Tough" did.KoHoSohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457687879505057220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-14954933073542608942009-05-09T00:29:00.000-04:002009-05-09T00:29:00.000-04:00I'm way behind on my racing reading.
I just r...I'm way behind on my racing reading.<br /><br />I just read the Hill interview. What a pompous a$$. I wasn't even won over when he said that he'd pick Marcos as his driver. <br /><br />No wonder NASCARs ratings are in the toilet. Hill & B France working together. Now it all makes sense. If the energy could be harnessed from the Bills' spinning in their graves, it would power the greater Daytona (are they buried there?) area.<br /><br />@ KY1Wing, You danged near killed me. Great post. Come back soon.<br /><br />@ red, Bravo. A standing ovation to you.Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701502016993312530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-37044220149077655522009-05-08T23:57:00.000-04:002009-05-08T23:57:00.000-04:00While he did get some softball questions, he answe...While he did get some softball questions, he answered them the same way he would if he was face to face with you. I happen to know him and that is just how he is. Very blunt and frank. He doesn't mince words. Is he cocky or arrogant? Well, that for you to decide but he has been very successful in what he has done and he knows it. Plus when you're Murdoch's right have man and Aussie buddy, you don't have to worry to much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-48640677338010362712009-05-08T19:43:00.000-04:002009-05-08T19:43:00.000-04:00@ red,
I could not have said it better. I love th...@ red,<br /><br />I could not have said it better. I love the FOX TV crew, but man I never realized they worked for such a jerk before.Jack from PAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-77255212217384571282009-05-08T19:40:00.000-04:002009-05-08T19:40:00.000-04:00not sure what i expected but that certainly wasn't...not sure what i expected but that certainly wasn't it.<br /><br />i'm underwhelmed -- to say the least.<br /><br />mr hill, on the off chance you've managed to carve some time out of your very busy day to visit TDP (the only site i know of that discusses what should be of importance to you: the broadcast and media coverage of nascar) and check in on the reaction to your live chat, allow me to offer my opinion. <br /><br />you would be well served by not bothering to do anything like that again. whatever credibility you may have had with bloggers here has been destroyed by your arrogant and condescending attitude toward our sport and toward us as fans. <br /><br />the choice that now faces me is whether i bother turning on fox next year at all. your attitude is making that choice easier. and it ain't "tough."<br /><br />it's not "being blunt" or "telling the truth" or "edgy and cutting." it's rude behavior by an adult male who ought to know better. shameful.redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469882559901586219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-49400053241469394042009-05-08T19:34:00.000-04:002009-05-08T19:34:00.000-04:00According to Mr. Hill the whole point of lap by la...According to Mr. Hill the whole point of lap by lap updates is to show the leaders and favorites, what about the racing?<br /><br />He was brief, avoided several questions, and made the sponsors of the broadcast seem more important than the actual race itself.<br /><br />Digger - "Tough"??? Then they advertise Digger in the chat too? Talk about overkillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-74286218874618968642009-05-08T19:16:00.000-04:002009-05-08T19:16:00.000-04:00Wow. I wasn't there for the live chat, but just re...Wow. I wasn't there for the live chat, but just read it. Looks like a lot of BS to me. He seems like a very cocky individual, as some of you mentioned. I find it a turn-off. <br /><br />Nice to see he knows about The Daly Planet, though. <br /><br />I wonder if the reason there were so many non-NASCAR questions was because most of the questions NASCAR specific were already answered? Probably not, but just a thought that went through my head.<br /><br />He seems in love with Digger way too much, and his answer "Tough," really rubbed me the wrong way. Especially when no other sport on national television has a stupid cartoon featured 25 times during their broadcasts. I think more than anything else, we found out what the higher-ups at FOX think of NASCAR (especially with the Watkins Glen comment), and the overload of non-NASCAR questions.Jack from PAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-78953804498075502702009-05-08T18:54:00.000-04:002009-05-08T18:54:00.000-04:00@Darbar & Mike
glad others picked up on the t...@Darbar & Mike<br />glad others picked up on the tone.<br /><br />i thought it was me as I was the skeptical one yesterday.<br /><br />I have NO HOPE for ANY TV improvement for actual racing. This makes me sad.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789033556426951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-72386403565893858192009-05-08T18:41:00.000-04:002009-05-08T18:41:00.000-04:00I missed the chat but just read it.
Everyone hat...I missed the chat but just read it. <br /><br />Everyone hates digger? Tough.<br />Most memorable Nascar moment? Sitting in traffic after Talladega<br />What about the west coast market?<br />He doesn't understand the question.<br />To much talking about Kyle Busch?<br />I don't remember that.<br /><br />Either he lying or doesn't watch the races. He knows about The Daly Planet so none of this is new to him. Obviously he does not care and is going to do what he wants.<br /><br />I don't think someone that doesn't know they race at the Glen can't be bothered to go to the races because he is in LA and everything is going great so he doesn't have to should be in charge of Nascar coverage. <br /><br />I think he showed what he really cares about when he takes NFL and NHL specific questions during a Nascar chat.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755836846264110324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-75858123696824504272009-05-08T18:33:00.000-04:002009-05-08T18:33:00.000-04:00Man, that was a lot of BS. Mostly softball questi...Man, that was a lot of BS. Mostly softball questions, and the ones that did have a little bit of controversy were answered in a rather nasty tone. I mean, when asked about Digger his answer was "Tough". <br /><br />And, I'm sorry, but I absolutely do not believe that the networks have no say in when races are started. Everyone knows that networks are the ones who control sporting events. It's like that for every sport. There's a controversy right now in the NHL that the Penguins and Caps have to play back to back games during the playoffs because the CBC wanted their Hockey Night in Canada. Neither of the teams wants to play back to back in the playoffs, but the NHL was told they had to for television. I cannot believe Mr Hill when he says that they have no power with the start times. <br /><br />I'm sorry, but he came off as crusty, defensive and downright rude in some of his answers and it really seemed as if the questions were hand picked so as to avoid controversy. Mr Hill, like so many others, sticks his head in the sand and refused to listen to what the fans want.<br /><br />BTW, JD, were the ratings REALLY up for last season as Hill said? I have a hard time believing that.darbarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-20098319061883474712009-05-08T18:09:00.000-04:002009-05-08T18:09:00.000-04:00@Haus
Glad you got a question answered. Apparentl...@Haus<br /><br />Glad you got a question answered. Apparently if we don't like Digger he said "Tough" !? Obviously its a HUGE money maker.<br /><br />He also thought the broadcast crew was fine, which in all honesty, so do I. THEY can't help it they can't give us info due to being fed promo after promo.<br /><br />Imagine how those guys feel after a race.<br /><br />I thought the answer to side by side was lame and right out of a NASCAR "rule book". They would not "Dilute" the quality of the adds or something...somebody shoulda pointed out all the DVR's that skip adds or go get snacks but he is obviously not in touch with what so many want.<br /><br />But that's fine. <br /><br />BSPN isn't any better and sadly, I am not a fan of the chemistry in their booths, or lack there of.<br /><br />At least on Fox I DO like Mike, Larry and DW. DW's BBB last what, six seconds? If that's the biggest gripe one has on DW during a race. . .<br /><br />The camera work issue is ONGOING. That wasn't really addressed except to say depends on the SPONSOR.<br /><br />Well SOMEBODY should've suggested a sponsor for "THIS 30 SECOND WIDE SHOT OF THE RACE CARS" brought to you by!<br /><br />Now THERE's a SPONSOR I could root for, lol.<br /><br />Just sayin'. :-)Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789033556426951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-21849995734136516632009-05-08T17:54:00.000-04:002009-05-08T17:54:00.000-04:00All in all Fox does a pretty good job with coverag...All in all Fox does a pretty good job with coverage of the races. There could be improvements but the other networks involved don't reall do any better. I could do with a little more race-focus and less with the gimmicky stuff. Digger needs to be roadkill.Steve in ATLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-59063383646624283192009-05-08T17:47:00.000-04:002009-05-08T17:47:00.000-04:00my question was answered by d.hill. not the answe...my question was answered by d.hill. not the answer I wanted, but it was the first one on list.Haus14https://www.blogger.com/profile/06348382223779617438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-35231862883710318472009-05-08T17:19:00.000-04:002009-05-08T17:19:00.000-04:00NOT Happy with Mr. Hill's answers. Mostly softball...NOT Happy with Mr. Hill's answers. Mostly softball but a couple he was adamant on. <br /><br />Still, it's about what I expected.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789033556426951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-33428062284635996342009-05-08T12:37:00.000-04:002009-05-08T12:37:00.000-04:00I wish I could RT this on Twitter but this sums it...I wish I could RT this on Twitter but this sums it up for ME! :-)<br />~~~~~~~~<br />Dannyboy said<br /><br />One thing not stressed enough is the simple use of wide shots. Again, the excellence of today's closeup and in-car action can't be overstated. <br /><br />But there are times I yearn for the days of old ESPN and even CBS's antiquated camera work which allowed the viewer to get a feel for the field as a whole. Today's tight shots and short clips of the pack just don't give you the information that a good cross-track long shot will give as the field moves down the backstretch. <br /><br />How about a single, stationary one-camera shot, from the start-finish line, going around the track for a full lap? Seems so simple yet the networks and todays directors are all so enamored of the tight shot and the fast cut that we're being robbed of something that's very easy to show.<br /><br />What about that Mr. Hill?Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789033556426951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-55408489491898313902009-05-08T11:51:00.000-04:002009-05-08T11:51:00.000-04:00The one thing that I will add is that I would like...The one thing that I will add is that I would like for the bumper cams to have some sort of identifier without having to add a graphic. They used to do this. Is is some sort of an aero negative/positive that maybe Nascar said that they couldn't do that?HarpAmy/Amy in FLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-13890382227144901062009-05-08T11:38:00.000-04:002009-05-08T11:38:00.000-04:00I would just tell David Hill that NASCAR is not th...I would just tell David Hill that NASCAR is not the NFL. While the NFL fans love as much pre game and post game coverage as they can get, NASCAR fans just want to see the race. NASCAR fans don't want an hour and a half of pre race stuff, especially when that stuff(I'm talking about you Digger), has nothing to do with the actual race itself.<br /><br />If David really loves Digger that much then make that stuff into webisodes, put it on Fox Sports' NASCAR site and get it off of tv.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09432788590477379643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-49764648608793204892009-05-08T11:31:00.000-04:002009-05-08T11:31:00.000-04:00I think that KY1WING may have made the funniest an...I think that KY1WING may have made the funniest and most truthful long-form comment ever left here on The Daly Planet. Well done! <I>Very</I> well done!KoHoSohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457687879505057220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-37200797734408288942009-05-08T03:26:00.000-04:002009-05-08T03:26:00.000-04:00There have been some snide remarks about Fox's pro...There have been some snide remarks about Fox's production being the reason for declining ratings. Why don't we check the ratings after the second half of the season and ESPN's semi-lifeless stick-and-ball formula coverage has had a chance to work its "magic"?<br /><br />Nothing any other network has ever done covering NASCAR even comes close to the excitement and pre-race buzz that Fox's coverage generates. Mr. Hill and his people are to be complimented for it.<br /><br />Not that I don't have the same complaints as many described so well above. But in fairness, too many of the complaints here have the taint of personal bias, whether it's against a particular driver that the writer feels gets too much coverage from Fox, or personal dislike of a particular on-air personality. People said most of the same sorts of things about NBC/TNT's coverage, and ESPN's coverage. Neither I, nor I suspect Mr. Hill, should give these much thought.<br /><br />That said, I too am sick of watching and hearing about only the top 10 (give or take) and never hearing anyting about the good racing taking place all up and down the field. And Digger and his camera are about as useful to me as a shoe shine during a pit stop. But the realities of NASCAR TV in the 21st century dictate that we're going to see what we've been seeing, and I'm resigned to that.<br /><br />One thing not stressed enough is the simple use of wide shots. Again, the excellence of today's closeup and in-car action can't be overstated. But there are times I yearn for the days of old ESPN and even CBS's antiquated camera work which allowed the viewer to get a feel for the field as a whole. Today's tight shots and short clips of the pack just don't give you the information that a good cross-track long shot will give as the field moves down the backstretch. How about a single, stationary one-camera shot, from the start-finish line, going around the track for a full lap? Seems so simple yet the networks and todays directors are all so enamored of the tight shot and the fast cut that we're being robbed of something that's very easy to show.<br /><br />What about that Mr. Hill?Dannyboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-76225256439679078942009-05-08T00:42:00.000-04:002009-05-08T00:42:00.000-04:00...I can only imagine what the "bumper cams" would......I can only imagine what the "bumper cams" would look like from the horse following close behind...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-25278263830588287172009-05-07T23:34:00.000-04:002009-05-07T23:34:00.000-04:00KY1WING, very, very clever.KY1WING, very, very clever.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138762423112575914noreply@blogger.com