boz24 Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 > I for one am super disappointed in the coverage of the "superbowl" of bass fishing. I support ESPn by watching countless numbers of their fishing programs, and support bass by tournament angling and just plain conservation. To have to watch Hackney Rescue his Father -In-Law- which was inspirational, again, and again...made me sick. The blubs about rough water, Toyota Truck commercials, and Puralator Oil Filers...I am goinf CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I stayed up to 10:30- last night, which was cool, only to wake up Sunday to the same replayed show at 8:30....What the heck. I'll tell ya ESPN, you are not winning new fans, and I for one was extremely disappointed. I hate to gripe, but come on. I guess I'll wait till 10 ish tonight to see the finals. Go IKE.....Stinks for the G-Man...he's a Great Guy, just bad judgement. Horton...sweet double on day 2!!!!! God bless, and Good fishing..NEVER GIVE UP! P.S.- The other classic post seems to have been moved? I could not find it? PEACE! Quote
boz24 Posted February 25, 2007 Author Posted February 25, 2007 I for got to Grade my own post! "D"...which is a gift...and on the bell curve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
R520dvx Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Horrible ... they have a Federation angler who led a big part of day 2 and finised day 2 in the top 10 with NO coverage of him .... not enough $$$$$$. Also the Super Bowl of Bass Fishing showing at 10 PM?? D- Quote
mjhutch1116 Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 I will have to give espn a grade of "D" also, I was expecting much more live coverage. The stories that they ran during their coverage was very interesting, but it still would have been nice to see more actual fishing. Matt Quote
BassBird Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 I didn't want to sit up all night watching and keep hearing about Gerald Swindle getting DQed...once would have been enough. Very poor coverage...kind of boring Beside when people were catching fish... Quote
carySE406 Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 I'm watching the "live"weigh in and only 25 people have to weigh in and it almost been two hours with 6 people still left. The fans arent even cheering. They're having a regiment from the air force singing songs before the rest of the weigh in. Its all really slow and boring. My grade is a D, which isnt failing but still terrible. Quote
jayhawkfishin Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournaments/classic/news/story?page=Classic_2007_Live_Weigh_In watch the weigh in now. Quote
wvubassfan Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 i give them an A for arseholes they have ruined fishing on tv Quote
Jnamo Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 i give them an A for arseholes they have ruined fishing on tv Amen brother. Ike is out of the top 10 the entire time and im quite sure that besides G-idiot's boat clip, he gets the most TV time. How about the Federation guy who did so well? Or Duckett, the first timer local guy who led day one? How about KVD's move on day two? Joke, the whole thing. Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted February 26, 2007 Super User Posted February 26, 2007 I'm dissapointed overall as well. There are 25 guys left. I[ve seen a total of 7 that have been really featured. Oh well. Quote
eastkybass Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 It was pathetic last year at least they did the weigh-ins live. Quote
Super User Gatorbassman Posted February 26, 2007 Super User Posted February 26, 2007 You mean that was a fishing tournament. I don't think I saw much fishing. They get a D- from me. Quote
Super User MALTESE FALCON Posted February 26, 2007 Super User Posted February 26, 2007 It was terrible!!! They took a giant step backwards compared to last year. "D" and that's being generous. Falcon Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 26, 2007 Super User Posted February 26, 2007 Y'all ever watch an FLW tournament on Fox Sports with the Hat Cams, Bow Cams, ECT; by comparison ESPN doesn't deserve even a D. I watched very little only because it wasn't covered any where else. ESPN's coverage of all sports is failing miserably and the announcers are horrible. Quote
Zel Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Take your pick: F for hey... just show me the FISHING! D for DAZED and Confused this is what their coverage of the Classic left me. C for CONTRIVED enough with the Iaconelli, Reese and Swindle's already. B for downright BORING, I kept switching channels until I fell asleep... who won? A for AGGRAVATING coverage, 70% human interest and 30% fishing Come on ESPN, I ain't no girl. Quote
G3-Basser Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 D I wanted to see more about the fishing, techniques and stories behind some of the lesser known guys who did real well. There was far too much rehash of the prefab stories on harsh weather, Hackneys' Dad, etc. Often I thought I was watching a recast of the previous day's events. How many times do I need to see the video of Swindle blowing by the boats which led to his DQ? Do yourself a favor and record this, so you can fast foward through all the rehash next time. --J Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted February 26, 2007 Super User Posted February 26, 2007 Take your pick: F for hey... just show me the FISHING! D for DAZED and Confused this is what their coverage of the Classic left me. C for CONTRIVED enough with the Iaconelli, Reese and Swindle's already. B for downright BORING, I kept switching channels until I fell asleep... who won? A for AGGRAVATING coverage, 70% human interest and 30% fishing Come on ESPN, I ain't no girl. That sums it up. Very clever, Zel. "A" for aggravating coverage really strikes the heart of the matter, "What audience are they targeting?" Not me. Quote
Shadcranker Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 F- no live weigh in coverage, and re-ran the same covg all weekend. Ran only 10 minutes of weigh in coverage? I didn't even see Skeet Resse in final weigh in, and he lost by four ounces???? Terrible effort in my opinion. They should have just waited and had a recap show the next weekend and edited it down to a one hour special. I'm glad I went fishing Saturday instead of staying around to watch all the "live" action of Friday's fishing day. Absolute joke. Quote
squid Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 THEY FAILED.....NO LIVE WEIGH INS THIS YEAR.....SUNDAY THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER IT ON ESPN2....... Quote
tritonman Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Grade D I had to watch the live weigh-in on the computer. It's pretty bad when you have the biggest tournament of the year going on and you show racing instead. I thought that's what the speed channel was for. Maybe BASS should look at joining the OutdoorNetwork instead of ESPN. Quote
Fisher of Men Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 t-man, The reason BASS is in this shape is because they are owned by ESPN. Maybe they should sell the BASS to someone who cares. I agree with everyone else that they did a horrible job with the coverage. It was hard to tell if I was watching the same coverage as the day before because of all the "special interest" stories that were played and replayed. The time slots. . . give me a break. Perhaps not a "live" weigh-in, but play it at 7:00 P.M. instead of 9 (CST). BTW, with all our gripes, how about each one of us e-mail ESPN with complaints. Perhaps send one to Purolator and Toyota as well voicing our concerns. Quote
Banor Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 F You know it's bad when the wife (who fishes with me and travels with me alot) looks over and says: "You stayed up for this?". Then rolls over and goes to sleep. B Quote
IneedAnewScreenName9886691 Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 D even the 'live' was just the show before, carved up again with a few different stories! But I was still glad to see ESPN have it on TV. Still moving forward. Hopefully someday the winner will net more than $500,000.00! Quote
Jeff_NHBA Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 I have to give ESPN a solid D-. The only reason I couldn't fail them is at least they had some covereage. Although, the live coverage was so minimal, I don't even see why they bothered. At this rate, the only way we'll get to see Classic coverage is if we buy the DVD. ESPN really blew it this year. Quote
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