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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just have never been a fan of Tara, even when she was a teen.

I feel now she focuses overly on the technique when her technique wasn't very good as a figure skater. She could land the jumps, but they weren't very high and she skated like she was still on roller skates which is where she started her career.

I feel she gives off teen vibes and she is living the childhood she didn't have because she was so busy skating....she comes across as very superficial to me.

I miss the days when Dick Button and Paul Hamilton did the commentary, they were more insightful and intelligent in their assessments.[/quote]
I’m guessing you are over 60 with your reference to Dick Button (who is deceased and stopped Olympic commentary in 2010). This happens in every sport, there comes a time where the older commentators retire to make way for more recently retired athletes who have more insight into the current state of the sport and are more recognizable names to the audience. Tara and Johnny do a great job. [/quote]

+1. Dick Button and *SCOTT* Hamilton obviously contributed a lot to this sport, but they are from different eras. Tara and Jonny are closer to understanding the expectations and pressures of this era, but even they weren’t part of the quad era. That said, Tara set the tone for triple-triple jump combinations being an expectation, not just a possibility, for women. And Jonny was a pioneer on the artistic/component side for the men, paving the way for Jason Brown. [/quote]

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters? [/quote]

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.[/quote]

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around. [/quote]

Yeah, not really into their “show”. They make it too much about them, their outfits, etc. Don’t care.[/quote]

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.[/quote]

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.[/quote]

He has skating and competition experience, plus he is intelligent and knowledgeable about the sport both present and past, and a true enthusiast. I'm actually so surprised by the criticism because they don't make it about themselves much at all aside from showing up looking their best fashion-forward selves, which we only see for very little time as the focus is typically on the skating.[/quote]

We’ve had to listen to the schtick for years now. Maybe it’s time to freshen it up with more current ex-skaters with different insights.[/quote]

For Olympic sport commentators, they are actually still pretty new and young. Most of them stick around for decades and go well into their 60s.[/quote]

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