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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know.  I love Laurie Hernandez as she is a lovely person.  But her commentating of Olympic gymnastics was the equivalent of Paula Abdul on Idol, to me.  She found it hard to be critical of anyone's routine, which is "nice", but doesn't give the spectator any information which allows them the ability to discern the difference between one competitor and another.

I watch a lot of gymnastics for 4 decades so I can see subtle mistakes and understand how that will affect scores.  But Laurie constantly saying about EVERY routine, "Her routine was lovely.  Had a few small mistakes.  It should score well."  That tells nothing when the score comes up and it is 0.5 lower than the person who went before or after.  Overall, this just comes off as bland because if everything is well done, then nothing iw well done.

Sam Peszek is much better about scrutinizing and explaining every little bobble or missed connection, so the casual gymnastics viewer understands why one routine is more superior than another.

For all of the competitions I have watched both the daytime coverage, because I want to see all of the competitors, but have actually enjoyed the primetime coverage more because of Sam being more critical.  If Laurie can find this voice, I would love hearing her more.  Maybe it will come with time?[/quote]

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