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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

Yeah, Johnny is only a 3-time US champion, 2-time Olympian, and world bronze medalist.

Chump.

There are better skaters out there who can critique. He had his turn. Next.

Like who?

Nathan Chen, Charlie White to name two. I think it would be good to add a more current ice dancer because it's so different from the other events and harder for audiences to follow with such subjective scoring.

NBC had a more current ice dancer, Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis, commentating all Fall, but shamefully fired her before the Olympics after her book came out with uncomfortable truths for the powers that be.

Nathan Chen is up to his eyeballs in schoolwork before he begins medical school.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

Yeah, Johnny is only a 3-time US champion, 2-time Olympian, and world bronze medalist.

Chump.

There are better skaters out there who can critique. He had his turn. Next.

Like who?

Nathan Chen, Charlie White to name two. I think it would be good to add a more current ice dancer because it's so different from the other events and harder for audiences to follow with such subjective scoring.

NBC had a more current ice dancer, Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis, commentating all Fall, but shamefully fired her before the Olympics after her book came out with uncomfortable truths for the powers that be.

Nathan Chen is up to his eyeballs in schoolwork before he begins medical school.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

Yeah, Johnny is only a 3-time US champion, 2-time Olympian, and world bronze medalist.

Chump.

There are better skaters out there who can critique. He had his turn. Next.

Like who?

Nathan Chen, Charlie White to name two. I think it would be good to add a more current ice dancer because it's so different from the other events and harder for audiences to follow with such subjective scoring.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

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.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

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.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

Yeah, Johnny is only a 3-time US champion, 2-time Olympian, and world bronze medalist.

Chump.

There are better skaters out there who can critique. He had his turn. Next.

Like who?

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

Yeah, Johnny is only a 3-time US champion, 2-time Olympian, and world bronze medalist.

Chump.

There are better skaters out there who can critique. He had his turn. Next.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

Yeah, Johnny is only a 3-time US champion, 2-time Olympian, and world bronze medalist.

Chump.

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Anonymous wrote:Feels like they have been on forever. I'd love to hear from a fresh voice.

NBC tends to hang on to popular Olympic sport analysts for a long time—rowdy Gaines has been covering swimming since 1996 and Ato boldon has been covering track since 2008.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.

Yeah, Johnny is only a 3-time US champion, 2-time Olympian, and world bronze medalist.

Chump.

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Anonymous wrote:she was 14 when she won and the reason why the Olympics raised the age. She was technically perfect but so stilted, it was hard to watch. I do love her as a commentator though.

Oh that's right she was.
They should up the age to 21.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

+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.

How long until Tara and Jonny are replaced by younger former skaters?

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon are nipping at their heels.

I would tune in for them.

I muted Tara and Jonny a lot this time around.

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

Omg so much about themselves. It's really disrespectful to those competing.

At least Tara has an Olympic medal. Johnny has none.