(10-12-2021, 01:59 PM)slide Wrote: pretty thin at WR: Higgins, (q) Farrell (2 catches), Starr (1 catch), Bowman and Raines have played WR for us this year. Filkins can play WR too.
(10-12-2021, 01:59 PM)slide Wrote: pretty thin at WR: Higgins, (q) Farrell (2 catches), Starr (1 catch), Bowman and Raines have played WR for us this year. Filkins can play WR too.
(10-12-2021, 02:11 PM)terry Wrote: So, now we are missing three of our top four wide receivers (Wilson, Tremayne, and Humphreys) and the #5 wide receiver is questionable (Farrell). And we can't run the ball worth a lick. Other than that, the offense is fine. Right?
(10-12-2021, 02:11 PM)terry Wrote: So, now we are missing three of our top four wide receivers (Wilson, Tremayne, and Humphreys) and the #5 wide receiver is questionable (Farrell). And we can't run the ball worth a lick. Other than that, the offense is fine. Right?
(10-12-2021, 06:52 PM)BostonCard Wrote: I just looked up Colorado's injury report. Guess what, they have injuries too: two guys out for the season, two out indefinitely, and two who are questionable.
(10-12-2021, 06:52 PM)BostonCard Wrote: I just looked up Colorado's injury report. Guess what, they have injuries too: two guys out for the season, two out indefinitely, and two who are questionable.
(10-12-2021, 02:06 PM)Phogge Wrote: Humphreys was hurt and then the broadcast went to a mini feature in-game that had nothing to do with the game. No mention by the troglodyte announcers about Humphreys when they came back on. Same problem with the Olympics. NBC has spent hundreds of millions on producing features (some to me) at the expense of covering events. You like the shotput? They show the winning throw and nothing else.
Fleming and Rodney hardly ever mentioned the name of the tacklers during the Oregon game. Brutal.
(10-12-2021, 02:06 PM)Phogge Wrote: Humphreys was hurt and then the broadcast went to a mini feature in-game that had nothing to do with the game. No mention by the troglodyte announcers about Humphreys when they came back on. Same problem with the Olympics. NBC has spent hundreds of millions on producing features (some to me) at the expense of covering events. You like the shotput? They show the winning throw and nothing else.
Fleming and Rodney hardly ever mentioned the name of the tacklers during the Oregon game. Brutal.
(10-13-2021, 05:54 AM)Phogge Wrote: My Cal trained Classics and Comparative Lit spouse and member of the Grammar Police goes bonkers over sports announcers. She has a point.
(10-13-2021, 05:54 AM)Phogge Wrote: My Cal trained Classics and Comparative Lit spouse and member of the Grammar Police goes bonkers over sports announcers. She has a point.
(10-13-2021, 07:24 AM)BostonCard Wrote: Injuries are, by definition, stochastic. While there is a very easy way to connect poor conditioning to injuries as a whole, and I can buy the thesis that Turley's departure led to increased injuries, there's a lot of "post hoc ergo propter hoc" going on. I mean, it is hard to see how Bryson Tremayne's injury could have been avoided if only he was a bit stronger. Even a doubling of the number of injuries from, say 4 to 8, could easily happen to due to chance.
We're human; we like to construct stories around why things happen, because unpredictability doesn't sit well. The contribution that Turley has made to our (lack of) injuries is plausible, but the evidence of that is much more anecdotal than many would like to believe. I doubt it would stand up to a rigorous analysis.
BC
(10-13-2021, 07:24 AM)BostonCard Wrote: Injuries are, by definition, stochastic. While there is a very easy way to connect poor conditioning to injuries as a whole, and I can buy the thesis that Turley's departure led to increased injuries, there's a lot of "post hoc ergo propter hoc" going on. I mean, it is hard to see how Bryson Tremayne's injury could have been avoided if only he was a bit stronger. Even a doubling of the number of injuries from, say 4 to 8, could easily happen to due to chance.
We're human; we like to construct stories around why things happen, because unpredictability doesn't sit well. The contribution that Turley has made to our (lack of) injuries is plausible, but the evidence of that is much more anecdotal than many would like to believe. I doubt it would stand up to a rigorous analysis.
BC
(10-13-2021, 05:54 AM)Phogge Wrote: There are too few really great play by play people. Fleming isn’t one of them. There are too many analysts who have the need to speak between each play. Or in Ron Darling’s case between each pitch. Mark Sanchez is one of the very worst. He butchered the Niner game Sunday and brought no insight. Then there are the guys on KNBR’s shows who don’t understand the difference between the responses “Good” and “Well.”
My Cal trained Classics and Comparative Lit spouse and member of the Grammar Police goes bonkers over sports announcers. She has a point.
(10-13-2021, 05:54 AM)Phogge Wrote: There are too few really great play by play people. Fleming isn’t one of them. There are too many analysts who have the need to speak between each play. Or in Ron Darling’s case between each pitch. Mark Sanchez is one of the very worst. He butchered the Niner game Sunday and brought no insight. Then there are the guys on KNBR’s shows who don’t understand the difference between the responses “Good” and “Well.”
My Cal trained Classics and Comparative Lit spouse and member of the Grammar Police goes bonkers over sports announcers. She has a point.
