List all the issues with NBC production this Olympics trials

Including celebrities that add ZERO value and dumb down the sport. Who am I missing?

Peyton Manning

Snoop

Terry Crews. Who the hell is he even?

And why do they refuse to show the results that immediately give you the PB, SB, etc for every finisher? The W1500 was amazing in total, beyond the Top 3 but they never showed or told us that with the data.

Echo everything said about Leigh Diffey. His lack of knowledge is so obvious and he’s really doing the sport a disservice. Tim Hutchins would be a huge improvement.

Enjoyed Dan O’Brien covering the decathalon on Peacock. He’s always a great vibe and can offer real insights alongside doing play by play. Also think Trey Hardee has been very good when he gets on the mic. Agree adding Nick Symmonds would be a good move.

Agree about Goucher. She sounds like she is always rushing to read through note cards that she prepared in advance and has to get her bullet points in before she is interrupted by Diff. She was upstaged when Emma came in for the steeple and did a much better job.

I agree with the other comment about Centro. He was on Citius last week and was great. Hire him to pair with KG or start fresh with him and another female distance commentator. Or Eric Jenkins. Surely we can pull from our own talent pool rather than rely on an Aussie every year.

I am more interested in distance than sprints but have no complaints about SRR or Ato. I think they are better than the distance commentators and obviously have the background and experience to speak with knowledge about the events. I also think that Trey does a good job on the field with the limited time he is given.

As a crossover swimming fan who has suffered under numerous seasons of horrible and erroneous commentating from Rowdy and Amy Van Dyken and Jason Knapp, I know that the track team could be much, much worse. The level of errors and ridiculousness in swimming commentating is much higher compared to track.

Also, since the ratings are up nearly 40% over 2021, I am pretty sure that NBC will change absolutely nothing based on any of these comments. But it’s nice to fantasize.

The commentary on the women’s pole vault direct feed was actually quite good. After watching years of ESPN NCAA field event feeds with no commentary at all (which frankly is fine if you know the event and follow the competitors well enough) I almost was going to turn off the audio, but I have it a chance and was impressed they found a pole vault literate commentator. Seems like producers don’t care enough about the direct feeds to mess it up by hiring a “personality” instead of someone with actual event knowledge.