Blair and RC not doing their job

Maybe because there is good reason for it.

Ricky was real bad last night the cringe level when he was trying to explain why chase went down… Paul Malin is the pinnacle of announcing 

Will's questions go on forever too and I tired of her mentioning who she talked to in the pits like she's an insider.   JT being a former racer is much more suited for segments during the race and use Will's segments for before and after the races. What happened to when races were announced?    Larry Huffman and Larry Naston knew how to call a race.

I am with you 100 percent on Will being the most annoying part of the race coverage.    Fortunately, I just hit M on my PC to mute but couple of times had a dog on my lap and didn't want to disturb her so suffered through Will's "insight."

As a commentator, for me there is a golden rule, at the track you can only look one way at a time, but you try to make sure that is always driven by following the race, if you are looking at your notes, to find out stats , then you aint watching the racing. 

There is plenty of time for filler when there is nothing going on.

They went to a fucking interview in one of the 450 heats when it was one of the best races we had seen . 

Bondo is a fucking clown. 

I'd hate to lose Lewis but he'd be the perfect guy to feed RC stats during the race.  An earwig so to speak.

Bitch please...

Inside outside long legs jumping whoops.. What happened to Kenny he went from 5 to 11 and they didnt have clue. 

Lewis needs to stay in his fucking lane LOL. 

In defense of those guys in the booth, they can only talk about what is on screen, and if the director goes ' we are cutting to bollocks' then they have no choice but to STFU.. 

If you do it right , you dont need stats, its not sportsball where stats is all there is, its a visually inspiring sport , and if you cant convey that with words , you are in the wrong job. 

Pretty sure Lewis uses the fast lane all the time.

I agree with having someone in the booth that's "calling" the race.  Let Ricky add any color needed.  Banter is cool but not when it interferes with calling the race.

As others have said...Malin "calls" the race.  He also shines at the color but let's be honest...that's a rare talent.

Edit...I really, really think that Brayton and AC would be phenomenal in the booth.  Tell me I'm wrong.

Malin should just be the colour guy by rights, as an ex rider, normally the lead guy is a broadcast pro, but he nails it, and he does it all on his own mostly , its good when JT$ is there , but Malin is the standard that everyone has to meet IMO. 

He replaced Martin Bennett, a good friend of mine on the MXGP feed , i got my break in the job when Bennett was unable to attend an SM  race up in Scotland, at short notice, and the organisers had spent a bundle on promo stuff, i got up in the morning expecting to race, and ended up on comms for all the races i wasnt in, as my sponsor was one of the promotors, and i did that at a few races that season, with another guy as back up. 

Bennett quit i think, because he had a regular job as well, and he had to wait at the track to do the TV edit stuff after the GP's and wasnt getting home till silly O'Clock, and it was too much. He hooked us up with tickets at the Donington MXoN , and we got a look in the booth, which back then was like an RV toilet with screens.

Malin stepped in after that, and he has been the man ever since.

I like doing the on circuit stuff, have done a few streams and that is hard work because info is hard to come by, and its always low budget, which doesnt help. 

I think better direction would help SX along a bunch. 

Blair is decent, and JB would be my pick to 2nd seat 

Weege , Stew, Blair. Ditch screech and let JT be a pit reporter in between down time. Tell me I'm wrong.

Hey, you know your shit so I'd be stupid to argue.  You did pretty much validate my point though.  Yes, they need better direction but the cost of that "better" direction doesn't seem to be in the budget.

He needs to quit talking like he’s on fire as to add excitement and drama. Ricky just talk as if you are on Race Day Live, your announcing is always much better there. Not great, but better. 

The whole production is so, so bad. It cannot be overstated, that's why I never get tired of hearing others complain about it, it validates the feelings I have every single weekend.

We all know how bad of a job the engineers do in terms of capturing the right things during the races. The battles that have been missed in favor of keeping the camera on a rider by himself on the track in 9th are endless. My mind always go back to Southwick 2021, Moto 2 when Tomac came back from a 9 second deficit, caught and passed Roczen, and put 15 seconds on him. Genuinely one of the most dominant rides I've seen in recent memory. And they only showed 1 minute of it. Didn't cover his march forward towards Roczen, just put the cameras on him when he was literally making the actual pass and then as soon as it was made, went back to Ferrandis in like 4th who was having bike troubles (because bike troubles are much more exciting for the viewer to watch than a dominant win from a legend of the sport). I know that was a little while ago, but that's the kind of garbage we as fans have had to deal with over the years.

With the announcing, others have made the great point that the announcers seem to talk about everything BUT the actual race. When you tune into a football game, the announcers are walking the viewer through the offensive & defensive formations, what happened on both sides of the ball to make a play work/fail, and where each team can go from there. In basketball, the announcers do their job in a similar fashion, telling the viewer which players are doing what, the sets each team is running, which shooters are getting hot (or cold), etc. They leave the fluff side stories to timeouts and halftime (or at the end of a game if it's a blowout).

Our announcers don't provide ANY insight into the numerous battles and developments that are ACTUALLY happening on the racetrack. Who's been putting in several fast laps, who's losing time to the leaders, who mysteriously went from 5th to 8th in the matter of 4 seconds and why it happened. Instead, we spend the main event talking about how great it is to see such a close championship, how Sexton is doomed to crash, how Eli wanted to put last week behind him, how Webb is back with Aldon, etc. They're not necessarily "wrong" things to say in general, but they shouldn't account for 95% of the conversations during a main event.

RC is so bad, that I’m starting to forget how good he was. Now all envision is Jeannie on his ass and RC responding with “red bike go fast, mama” 

Will…. Gorgeous woman, but it is getting ridiculous as to how many words she needs to say so little 

It’s fine. Turn the volume all the way down and just watch the race like @dv12 if it ruins your experience to such an extreme. Y’all sound like a bunch of assholes.

I can’t comprehend all the negativity, really. Where in life do you get perfection? Blair and Ricky are entertaining and although not perfect, pretty damn good and keep getting better. 

One complaint about the production is the bike noise volume (gain) overrides the announcing. 

You guys listen to Ricky?  Ever since he took over, I put the TV on mute and put on music like a 90s moto vid.  

Of course I watch other Motorsports, talking specifically about MXGP, Malin calls it like a horse race. He’s great and that’s a common and typical style.

It’s obvious that’s not what NBC wants for SX. The beef would be with the Execs right? Blair and RC could call it like a horse race no problem, clearly they are going for the stories, building these riders up like the superheroes they are.

This has been discussed many times, back to Ralph and the “Red Honda”. Us purists already know a S ton about the sport. Right or wrong building up the stars by telling stories engages the non indoctrinated viewers and sells more Monster Energy drinks.

I thought Blair was doing pretty good. The broadcast pisses me off most of the time, but if you have ever sat in front of a camera and tried to talk nonstop for 3 hours while being interesting you'll understand it is tough. On the flip side, the race is giving you everything you need to talk about, cut the story B.S. and talking about the team managers feelings about the riders breakfast. 

Who ever approves interviews showing a person talking while the race is going on or 30 seconds of Chase Sexton crashes DURING THE MAIN EVENT needs donkey kicked in both shins. 

That would be metabitching

Try watching a race with the TV muted. Game changer.

RC is just not good at this job. Regardless of the context, listening to him put together a sentence is like chewing on glass. He will start a sentence, stop, and try again, sometimes painfully. There were a couple of long pauses mid-sentence while he tried to formulate what to say and in one instance he just went to a new topic, just not good. I have nothing against RC as a person, but he is brutal in the booth and I think that impacts whoever is sitting next to him.

Did you really just say Pingree and unbiased in the same sentence?? 😂

Oakland was definitely an off night for the booth crew, but whatever, they are usually pretty good together.

I did find it amusing RC was calling those 180° corners 90° corners all night. 

Who's leading the championship standings in whining about TV? Some of you are working really hard at it. 

I agree on the point of of the ENTIRETY of the broadcast just continuously being bad. 

However, IMO I dont really care how RC sounds, its more about what he says. He was a bad MF and I don't really care how good or bad his grammar is, its more about WHAT he is trying to say. Thats why I think Stew is so good. Whenever he points things out its always very insightful, even if his grammar or sentence structure is bad. I really dont care. I honestly wish RC would loosen up a little and just talk like he would talk to his buddy in the pits or whatever. Stop being afraid to say shit in the thought of maybe offending a rider or sponsor whatever. Who cares? Hes the GOAT for a reason, want to know what he thinks. 

I think the color guy needs to be much more refined and have all of the attributes we would expect from a professional broadcaster. Blair is ok. Don't dislike him at all dont really think hes great, hes kind of generic. But W/E he gets the job done. 

JT on the floor is outstanding. This role fits him perfectly and he is doing a fantastic job at it. He says things that aren't just filler bullshit and is not afraid to give his opinion. 

Serous question: Who pays RC's salary? is it Feld? RC's producer should set up an email account for viewer feedback.

RC should NOT read these emails!!!!!!!!!

An assistant producer should screen the emails and provide the producer a summary of complaints and improvement suggestions.

Guys, it is the job of the producer to address your complaints! RC is the multi-time AMA champion who brings his credibility to the broadcast. RC is NOT the producer.