SoonerNorm
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Colton Coale will be doing the color commentary on the radio during the Creighton game Saturday.
Is this the field he plans to go into or is he wanting to be a coach? Also, does everyone like the job Billy Tubbs is doing on the TV broadcasts?
I think Colton's two qualifications are (1) He knows what's going on inside the program (he's on the practice team) and (2) He'll work cheap.
As for Billy, he's basketball smart, and never at a loss for words - always entertaining. On the other hand, he seems to do minimal preparation, and he's sometimes asleep at the switch - like when his play-by-play guy calls the substitution of Jasmine for Morgan, and 2 minutes later Billy comments "Hey, Hartman's in the game. I didn't notice her come in".
It seems pretty desperate that Colton would be doing the color for the radio. That's a classic case of nepotism.
As I understand from a friend who listened to Toby Rowland's interview of Coach Coale on KREF a day or so ago, 1) Colton is a Communications major (isn't that what they call them nowadays? When I was in college it was a Radio and TV specialty in the School of Journalism); 2) He was referred by his college for the interview with the broadcast folks and was selected by them.It seems pretty desperate that Colton would be doing the color for the radio. That's a classic case of nepotism.
As I understand from a friend who listened to Toby Rowland's interview of Coach Coale on KREF a day or so ago, 1) Colton is a Communications major (isn't that what they call them nowadays? When I was in college it was a Radio and TV specialty in the School of Journalism); 2) He was referred by his college for the interview with the broadcast folks and was selected by them.
As I see it, it would only be nepotism if it was a cushy job given to a relative when others were also qualified. In this case, we're talking about a job that has gone unfilled the past two years.
Well, I'm so sorry you're unhappy. In the umpteen years I've gone to the Sooner women's games and listened to them when they traveled, there has never, never, never been what *you'd* probably consider an "adequate" person doing color commentary. Back in 2000 or so, I just figured I was lucky if someone, (anyone !) bothered to broadcast the games. I really didn't give a hoot if there was a color anylyst or not.Right. The good ole boy prevails. My issue really comes with a college student doing the color commentary anyway. Sure, he's on the practice team and knows all the plays, and he'd be going to the away games and such anyway, but it just seems really amateurish in my opinion. The main presenter was the one who annoyed me the most, though. I'm not sure how many calls he got wrong. Colton had to correct him.