Good Piece on Gus Johnson's Struggles w/ Announcing Games

Thanks for posting that. Kind of agree with everything he writes.

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Hope Gus doesn't affect the UCL (and subsequent WC) enjoyment for people trying to learn/get into soccer.

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I doubt that's much to worry about. Seems that it's fans who've been watching for ages that find his lack of ready knowledge/feel of the game most awkward.

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An ardent fan of any sport becomes fascinated with its minutiae and subtleties, but the American initiate acts like the intricacies of that sport are special and unknowable—the average football- or baseball-watching simpleton could never fully appreciate the delicacy of a perfectly weighted through pass or the tactics that inform a good counterattack.

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i really do fricking DESPISE this thinking. the writer was spot on with this bullshite

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He doesn’t yet know how to structure his calls for climatic moments. Johnson snarled when Lahm played in his cross, then fell silent on the actual goal. His lack of attunement to the rhythms of the game was laid bare. We got a clumsy call because of it.

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gus johnson does this bullshite in every sport he calls. it's why i dislike him