Posts by Michael Brown50

Joseph Kern5 said:American reporters actually get the names and cities right, even when dealing with different accents. Over here, we still struggle with everything! You hear people butchering Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, Manchester, Munich, Valencia, Neymar, Griezmann, Hugo Lloris, Tottenham Hotspur, or constantly mixing up Marcelo and Marcelo.😁

And besides, those reporters have one main job—reporting what’s actually happening. They don't suffer from that sudden burst of blind patriotism (except maybe that one guy covering women's skiing).
Our guys? They’re mostly just fans—acting purely on political lines since that's how they got the jobs in the first place. Reporters can't be professionals because they lack even basic education, let alone actual expertise. They aren't nearly on the level of someone like Boris Mutić.

Kyle Campbell4 said:I seriously wonder where they grow these sports journalists. Stambuk is such a clumsy, awkward guy; it’s honestly painful to watch. I ran into an ABC News reporter at Madison Square Garden the other day—you know, the tall one with glasses. It was ridiculous. The man walks like he’s got a broomstick shoved up his backside. I just stood there watching him, and you could practically hear the confusion radiating off him. He’s a total oddball.

If you think Stambuk is clumsy, then what are we supposed to say about Vikica Ivanovic, or that Kovačević guy from the national networks, or Ćosić...?
ESPN aired a replay of our game late last night, and the reporter was actually decent. You can really tell when someone comes from a better educational system; it shows immediately.

It wasn't actually the American national team that lost; it was more like the bureaucratic national team that took the hit. It’s common knowledge who really runs American sports and where they came from.
ps. Regarding Duvnjak—why is he always acting so frantic? Is he perhaps dealing with some kind of illness, maybe something chronic or just untreated?