TCboiler Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Was anyone else bothered by the fact that the ESPN guy was all up in the Wisconsin head coach's face during Howe's match? He just wouldn't leave the guy alone and let him coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tspray1 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 he wasn't coaching he was 100 feet away. The coaches were in the corner Barry Davis was off on the side wrestling his own match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 By the sound of him, Barry Davis had a crazy match going on in his head too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooke Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I loved it. He is one high energy fella. Kinda reminds me of that squirrel in "over the hedge". The "sorry I pushed you" quote was priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickS Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I would've loved it a tad more if there wasn't a microphone jammed in his face. I would've liked to have seen all the coaches in the finals mic'd (the miniaturized ones that you can hide in your shirt or something). That would've been cool to listen in on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grecoref Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I heard this story second hand so take it for what it's worth.... In the late 80's a guy takes his Mom and Dad to an Iowa match. There is a guy on the Iowa bench doing all kinds of crazy stuff during the match....twisting...turning...jumping up and down...looking like he's wrestling the match himself. The guy's Mom says to him something like "That's nice of Gable to let that mentaly handicaped man sit on the bench with the team." The guy then looks at his Mom and says...."Um, that's Barry Davis. He's an assistant coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio Jr. Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I think he offers to do that to help bring insight to non wrestling fans who may be watching the finals, great for the sport if you ask me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefthanded Headlock Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I would've loved it a tad more if there wasn't a microphone jammed in his face. I would've liked to have seen all the coaches in the finals mic'd (the miniaturized ones that you can hide in your shirt or something). That would've been cool to listen in on. Yah...that wouldn't be a good idea during a live broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCard Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I thought it was awesome. I agree drooke, that line was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funk Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Isn't that the way most coaches are? I am on the edge of my seat every match personally. Sometimes I am stretched on the floor. I try to give every once of energy I have for our kids out there on the mat. There are some very calm coaches who very seldom rasie their voice. There are some who talk through every move on the mat. Then there are some like Barry, who have an extreme passion for the sport in the way his coaching style is. I think having a mic on the collar of his shirt would have been nice rather than the large cucumber but it gave the audience a look of what is going through a coaches head while a wrestling match is going on. It takes a special breed...... 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I thought it was great. He was actually justy as entertaining, if not more, than the match itself. The apology was pricesless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickS Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I would've loved it a tad more if there wasn't a microphone jammed in his face. I would've liked to have seen all the coaches in the finals mic'd (the miniaturized ones that you can hide in your shirt or something). That would've been cool to listen in on. Yah...that wouldn't be a good idea during a live broadcast. Although it says live, I think it's still ran on a 5 second delay or whatever just in case something does happen (example: that Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake Super Bowl incident). Also, you don't have to catch a coach in a 2-3 minute rant like with Barry Davis. It could be like how the NBA does it and just show a 5-10 second skit with the coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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