"Classy"?!?! I dropped in just to say the opposite actually... I think Terry needs to rein it in. His boner for calling out McBeth was getting in the way of the mic... and who "calls it" when there are three more holes to go and only a two stroke lead? Terry does.... repeatedly.
I don't think I understand your comment about "calling out" McBeth. It is funny because some people say that Terry is too much of a Paul "fan boy" while others think he gives the players too hard a time. I guess that is good that it can be seen both ways. And how you feel about a particular player probably skews what people choose to hear and remember. For 2 or 3 years all I heard was how harsh Terry was on Nikko.
I just went back and listened, and I believe that the first place Terry "calls it" is when Paul tried for the green on the water tower hole. Paul flipped up his Firebird out of bounds after Simon was safely in bounds. And in the previous round Simon and Paul had 15 holes that they scored identical scores. For Paul to make up that ground he would have to do something spectacular or have Simon melt down. And Paul KNEW it going in which is why he went for the green on the watertower and volleyball holes causing a bigger spread for victory. He knew Simon's game plan.
The reason Terry is (in my opinion) the best commentator our sport currently has is because he knows the players, the players respect and trust him, he knows the courses, and he knows the game all well enough to make an educated opinion without usually sounding like an idiot.
The other complaint that I know he gets is that people can hear him breathing heavy during the round. And there are plenty of overweight jokes given out. I just want to say this. Terry usually walks about 50% MORE than the other players during the round because he is getting into position behind players to get shots. That means he is scurrying to most of the player's lies on EVERY hole sometimes criss-crossing fairways 2 or 3 times.
Our options are:
1. Lets use our 2nd camera pointing at some arbitrary hole and have a static quiet shot while we walk in between holes like DGPTV does. (not a fan) And then go down to 1 camera.
2. We can play MORE commercials to fill that time. Because NO ONE complains about seeing the same 10 commercials over and over.
3. Terry can speed walk and talk between holes and give our viewers a little more insight and information. And if that means sometimes he sounds out of breath (maybe he is), so be it. I would prefer it that way as opposed to another way.
We are always open to constructive criticism and suggestions. In fact, I go online specifically LOOKING for them. And I am finding it refreshing (and slightly frustrating) that I am finding less and less criticisms. We have things we have to fix. We NEED a stabilizer vest for our camera walks to smooth out the shakes. And we NEED a better microphone that picks up less handling noise and is preferably wireless. Together this will run us about $2K.
As always, thanks for watching. I am proud of our 4 person team that put out this event (Me, Terry, Joe Hite, and Gary O). And I am proud of our viewers/community/Smashies who usually keep our chat board a classy place during the event.
