[jonnyss]

Just like Brink's 5th foul vs. Oregon, you can say "what a stupid foul". My take is more, "what a stupid whistle". Seriously. Looked like pretty good D to me with little contact if any and no advantage was created. But the official decides it's a "me time" moment and somehow decides a foul should be called. At the time, it didn't seem like much. Sure turned out to be game-altering whistle though.

imo we are very lucky that the refs didn't whistle cam for swiping down as aari macdonald took her last-second desperation shot in the national championship game. 

for all the knocks on haley's loose defense, she swats the ball sideways into the stands - with authority - when she blocks a shot. cam swipes down.

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thanks for posting. i wonder if someone could remind tara and players to point the microphone at the person asking the question so the audience can hear the question as well. or else have 2 mics.

That seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it?  Even the football pressers have this problem.  Whoever runs press relations for the AD is definitely snoozing on this one.  Even a high-school garage band can afford $75 for a second mic.

I imagine they are thinking of the event as just a press conference, where all that matters is that the coach and players hear the questions and the press hear the answers. We superfans who watch the recording online are an afterthought.

if so, then they are years out of date. there's no longer a print press reporting on what the coach says after the game. we're lucky if the print press runs a story on the game itself. almost all of the "reporting" is online and includes videos. if you're going to include videos, please watch your audio feed as well. where is our "boom operator" when we need her?

my personal take is that it's no different than the questions at any conference presentation. unless the organizers provide a second mike or the presenter takes the time to repeat the question from the audience, the presenter speaks to the questioner, and the rest of the audience has no clue what question was asked. in my experience, the organizers provide a second mike about half the time, and it's a godsend.

[jonnyss]

Just like Brink's 5th foul vs. Oregon, you can say "what a stupid foul". My take is more, "what a stupid whistle". Seriously. Looked like pretty good D to me with little contact if any and no advantage was created. But the official decides it's a "me time" moment and somehow decides a foul should be called. At the time, it didn't seem like much. Sure turned out to be game-altering whistle though.

imo we are very lucky that the refs didn't whistle cam for swiping down as aari macdonald took her last-second desperation shot in the national championship game. 

for all the knocks on haley's loose defense, she swats the ball sideways into the stands - with authority - when she blocks a shot. cam swipes down.

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thanks for posting. i wonder if someone could remind tara and players to point the microphone at the person asking the question so the audience can hear the question as well. or else have 2 mics.

That seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it?  Even the football pressers have this problem.  Whoever runs press relations for the AD is definitely snoozing on this one.  Even a high-school garage band can afford $75 for a second mic.

I imagine they are thinking of the event as just a press conference, where all that matters is that the coach and players hear the questions and the press hear the answers. We superfans who watch the recording online are an afterthought.

if so, then they are years out of date. there's no longer a print press reporting on what the coach says after the game. we're lucky if the print press runs a story on the game itself. almost all of the "reporting" is online and includes videos. if you're going to include videos, please watch your audio feed as well. where is our "boom operator" when we need her?

my personal take is that it's no different than the questions at any conference presentation. unless the organizers provide a second mike or the presenter takes the time to repeat the question from the audience, the presenter speaks to the questioner, and the rest of the audience has no clue what question was asked. in my experience, the organizers provide a second mike about half the time, and it's a godsend.