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Post by janie on Jul 2, 2007 15:16:03 GMT -5
They tried to portray it as a "retirement", but Bud outed them.  He came out and said was fired, though of course they say it has nothing to do with his age. I think they really prefer people who don't give a crap about tennis. Anyway, since they didn't expect to be outed on the firing, they've prepared a "tribute" to Bud that they'll show at the end of the week -- no doubt while live tennis is going on, true to NBC form.  I'll miss you, Bud.  No one on tv loves tennis as much as you do. |
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Post by Traveling Man on Jul 2, 2007 15:18:59 GMT -5
What idiots. Bud Collins IS tennis.
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Post by sasha on Jul 2, 2007 16:45:54 GMT -5
That's a shame. But, he couldn't be used as an announcer anymore, so what could NBC really do with him. This could be a positive as well, maybe he'll work for TTC, or something.
He was very good back in the day, though. When TTC was replaying all those RG finals from the 80s, good stuff.
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Post by janie on Jul 2, 2007 16:54:42 GMT -5
TTC! What a great idea. Maybe they'd actually give him something to do, which NBC hasn't done in ages. He loves all the action on the outer courts; let him keep track of one of those matches and tell us about the lesser-known players.
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Post by R. Black on Jul 2, 2007 19:00:31 GMT -5
I can't say I'll miss his interviews.
It always went like this:
- Congratulations in the player language.
- Mention something negative: "you were broken right away!" "you lost your concentration on the second set, what happened!"
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Post by :rolleyes: on Jul 2, 2007 19:05:37 GMT -5
I'd be glad if they fired every commentator/reporter except for Bill Macatee, Tracy Austin, and Mal Washington.
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Post by sasha on Jul 2, 2007 19:08:34 GMT -5
Mal's virtually fired. I miss him. He should do porn.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 2, 2007 19:14:46 GMT -5
That would be the best career move ever. He is so hot.  |
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Post by sasha on Jul 2, 2007 19:15:32 GMT -5
That he is. And I'm never attracted to black men. But, Mal is so delicious.
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Post by :rolleyes: on Jul 2, 2007 19:24:11 GMT -5
I always liked Mal, because he actually commentated like tennis was a sport, and treated tennis players like ATHLETES, something you'd never see from boneheads like Carillo, Shriver, and to a lesser extent, Patrick McEnroe
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Post by :rolleyes: on Jul 2, 2007 19:30:18 GMT -5
I vaguely remember Mal being unpopular on MTF, particularly from that Roddick fan "deb/stah/bunk."
Maybe she's just racist.
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Post by :rolleyes: on Jul 2, 2007 19:32:15 GMT -5
I'm confusing Bill Mackatee with someone else. I like the old guy with brown hair that does the courtside interviews on USA.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 2, 2007 23:52:56 GMT -5
I agree, there's not an awful lot that could be done with Bud any more on NBC. But still, |
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Post by sasha on Jul 3, 2007 9:10:56 GMT -5
I'm confusing Bill Mackatee with someone else. I like the old guy with brown hair that does the courtside interviews on USA. Barkann? You suck. |
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