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Hold My Beer An

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Sir or Madam,

First off, let me commend you for providing cycling
coverage. I've been an intense fan of European cycling since
the late 80s, and I'm thrilled that you're providing
coverage of the classics, the Vuelta, Giro and Tour. That
being said, let me provide some constructive criticism of
your evening tour coverage:

1. Try to back off on the 'Lance Fest' attitude. Yeah,
Lance is great, and its great that an American is doing
well. The Tour is the Tour, though, and there are 180
other riders, and thousands of other stories. The tour
will be around after Lance is gone. There's a good
chance that your coverage won't, though, if you can't
generate interest in the sport above and beyond the
personality of Lance.

2. The live coverage with Phil and Paul is great. However,
I believe all the 'extras' added to the evening coverage
actually takes away from the quality of the show as
compared to the live coverage.

3. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't show "the cutters" ever
again. Those guys are the epitome of unfunny, douchebag,
jock-sniffing retards, and watching them make fools of
themselves on a daily basis makes me cringe. Your
encouragement is not what they (or the rest of us) need.
With the example that those guys provide it's no wonder
Europeans think Americans are dumbasses.

To reiterate, I sincerely appreciate the coverage that
you are providing, and I hope that this input may be of
some benefit.

Sincerely,

Hold My

Raoul Duke

> 3. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't show "the cutters" ever
> again. Those guys are the epitome of unfunny,
> douchebag, jock-sniffing retards, and watching them
> make fools of themselves on a daily basis makes me
> cringe. Your encouragement is not what they (or the
> rest of us) need. With the example that those guys
> provide it's no wonder Europeans think Americans are
> dumbasses.
>

Amen, brother. The "Cutters" have to go.

RD

Gooserider

"hold my beer and watch this..." <trdina@dejazzd.com> wrote in message
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>> 3. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't show "the cutters" ever
>> again. Those guys
> are the epitome of unfunny, douchebag, jock-sniffing
> retards,

This kind of language is not the way to present yourself as
as someone to be taken seriously. Nice try, though.

Hold My Beer An

"Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message

> This kind of language is not the way to present yourself
> as as someone to
be
> taken seriously. Nice try, though.
>

What's that, Mr. Gooserider...?

Gooserider

"hold my beer and watch this..." <trdina@dejazzd.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote in
> message
>
> > This kind of language is not the way to present yourself
> > as as someone
to
> be
> > taken seriously. Nice try, though.
> >
>
> What's that, Mr. Gooserider...?
>
As soon as the suit at OLN read the words, "douchebag, jock-
sniffing retards" he deleted your email.

Marlene Blansha

"Raoul Duke" <r_duke@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> > 3. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't show "the cutters" ever
> > again. Those
guys
> > are the epitome of unfunny, douchebag, jock-sniffing
> > retards, and
watching
> > them make fools of themselves on a daily basis makes me
> > cringe. Your encouragement is not what they (or the rest
> > of us) need. With the
example
> > that those guys provide it's no wonder Europeans think
> > Americans are dumbasses.
> >
>
> Amen, brother. The "Cutters" have to go.
>
> RD
>

I'm glad I haven't been watching, it sounded dumb.

K. J. Papai

"hold my beer and watch this..." <trdina@dejazzd.com> wrote in message news:<-bOdncAlgJs2cnDdRVn-vA@dejazzd.com>...
> Submitted to http://www.olntv.com/feedback.asp
>
> ******
>
> Sir or Madam,
>
>
>
> First off, let me commend you for providing cycling
> coverage. I've been an intense fan of European cycling
> since the late 80s, and I'm thrilled that you're providing
> coverage of the classics, the Vuelta, Giro and Tour. That
> being said, let me provide some constructive criticism of
> your evening tour coverage:
>
>
>
> 1. Try to back off on the 'Lance Fest' attitude. Yeah,
> Lance is great, and its great that an American is
> doing well. The Tour is the Tour, though, and there
> are 180 other riders, and thousands of other stories.
> The tour will be around after Lance is gone. There's a
> good chance that your coverage won't, though, if you
> can't generate interest in the sport above and beyond
> the personality of Lance.
>
>
>
> 2. The live coverage with Phil and Paul is great.
> However, I believe all the 'extras' added to the
> evening coverage actually takes away from the quality
> of the show as compared to the live coverage.
>
>
>
> 3. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't show "the cutters" ever
> again. Those guys are the epitome of unfunny,
> douchebag, jock-sniffing retards, and watching them
> make fools of themselves on a daily basis makes me
> cringe. Your encouragement is not what they (or the
> rest of us) need. With the example that those guys
> provide it's no wonder Europeans think Americans are
> dumbasses.

Dude.... if you had a job you would not even notice the
Cutters piece. I only saw them once, for a few minutes, on
Monday's holiday.

NO ONE is FORCING you to watch the Tour 4 times/day!!!!

Regards, Kenneth
>
> To reiterate, I sincerely appreciate the coverage that you
> are providing, and I hope that this input may be of some
> benefit.

Doug

How about Al Trautwig?

I loved his discussion with Carmichael during yesterdays pre-
race show about echelons! I never new the physics behind
them -- that they "form a wing" and allow the riders
literally "to take off."

Gosh, there goes an echelon right past my tenth story window
as we speak! And all this time, I've been duped into
believing that I had to buy airline tickets to fly
somewhere!

This guy says some damn stupid things. I've never seen a
more uniformed sports commentator. I was actually
embarrassed for him yesterday!

Bring back Kristin Gum -- at least she was nicer to look at
than that moron Trautwig.

Also, what's with Bob Roll's hand gestures. I thought he was
having epileptic seizure yesterday during the pre-race show.
Either get the man some sedatives, or tie those hands down.

"hold my beer and watch this..." <trdina@dejazzd.com> wrote
in message news:-bOdncAlgJs2cnDdRVn-vA@dejazzd.com...
> Submitted to http://www.olntv.com/feedback.asp
>
> ******
>
> Sir or Madam,
>
>
>
> First off, let me commend you for providing cycling
> coverage. I've been
an
> intense fan of European cycling since the late 80s, and
> I'm thrilled that you're providing coverage of the
> classics, the Vuelta, Giro and Tour.
That
> being said, let me provide some constructive criticism of
> your evening
tour
> coverage:
>
>
>
> 1. Try to back off on the 'Lance Fest' attitude. Yeah,
> Lance is great,
and
> its great that an American is doing well. The Tour is the
> Tour, though,
and
> there are 180 other riders, and thousands of other
> stories. The tour will be around after Lance is gone.
> There's a good chance that your coverage won't, though, if
> you can't generate interest in the sport above and
beyond
> the personality of Lance.
>
>
>
> 2. The live coverage with Phil and Paul is great.
> However, I believe all the 'extras' added to the
> evening coverage actually takes away from the quality
> of the show as compared to the live coverage.
>
>
>
> 3. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't show "the cutters" ever
> again. Those guys are the epitome of unfunny,
> douchebag, jock-sniffing retards, and watching them
> make fools of themselves on a daily basis makes me
> cringe. Your encouragement is not what they (or the
> rest of us) need. With the example that those guys
> provide it's no wonder Europeans think Americans are
> dumbasses.
>
>
>
> To reiterate, I sincerely appreciate the coverage that you
> are providing, and I hope that this input may be of some
> benefit.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Hold My

K. J. Papai

"Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message news:<amtHc.22155$Bv.1870753@twister.tampabay.rr.com>...
> "hold my beer and watch this..." <trdina@dejazzd.com>
> wrote in message news:TuydnaAwXqCXnXPdRVn-
> tw@dejazzd.com...
> >
> > "Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote in
> > message
> >
> > > This kind of language is not the way to present
> > > yourself as as someone
> to be
> > > taken seriously. Nice try, though.
> > >
> >
> > What's that, Mr. Gooserider...?
> >
> As soon as the suit at OLN read the words, "douchebag, jock-
> sniffing retards" he deleted your email.

OLN reads RBR dumbass! How many fellow cyclists have
you goosed?

Kovie

Why did OLN cut away to commercial without warning with
under 3 miles to the finish and the peleton on the verge of
catching up the the lead group of 4 in stage 6 today? Why
did they roll back the tape to around 5 miles to go when
coverage resumed? Why did they then cut away to commercial
suddenly yet again with around 2 miles to go an a solo
breakaway from the lead group in progress? And why, when
coverage resumed, was the race all over with no word on that
breakaway? Was this some sort of technical glitch, or is
this a reflection of what OLN thinks of its cycling viewers?
I was specifically watching the first repeat coverage of
today's stage, so it wasn't even live. This is not how to
cover the tour.

And what's with the 20+ reruns of all those "Lance
Chronicles" segments? Is it that hard to come up with new
programming? How many times do we have to see Lance chew
out "College" for making bad coffee? Is OLN a cash-poor
takeover target?

--
Kovie kovie@earthlink.netizen

David N. Welton

"Raoul Duke" <r_duke@nospam.com> writes:

> > 3. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't show "the cutters" ever
> > again. Those guys are the epitome of unfunny,
> > douchebag, jock-sniffing retards, and watching them
> > make fools of themselves on a daily basis makes me
> > cringe. Your encouragement is not what they (or the
> > rest of us) need. With the example that those guys
> > provide it's no wonder Europeans think Americans are
> > dumbasses.
> >
>
> Amen, brother. The "Cutters" have to go.

What are 'the cutters'? I am limited (heheh) to RAI coverage
of the Tour.

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Alex Rodriguez

In article <87n028hqix.fsf@dedasys.com>,
davidw@dedasys.com says...

>What are 'the cutters'? I am limited (heheh) to RAI
>coverage of the Tour.

Imagine brainless tifosi.
-----------
Alex

K. J. Papai

"Kovie Haxxor" <>...
> Why did OLN cut away to commercial without warning with
> under 3 miles to the finish and the peleton on the verge
> of catching up the the lead group of 4

PelOton dude.

> in stage 6 today? Why did they roll back the tape to
> around 5 miles to go

8km dude.

> when coverage resumed? Why did they then cut away to
> commercial suddenly yet again with around 2 miles to go an
> a solo breakaway from the lead group in

3km dude.

> progress? And why, when coverage resumed, was the race all
> over with no word on that breakaway? Was this some sort of
> technical glitch, or is this a reflection of what OLN
> thinks of its cycling viewers? I was specifically

I cannot watch OLN whilst cycling, can you?

> watching the first repeat coverage of today's stage, so it
> wasn't even live. This is not how to cover the tour.
>
> And what's with the 20+ reruns of all those "Lance
> Chronicles" segments? Is it that hard to come up with new
> programming? How many times do we have to see Lance chew
> out "College" for making bad coffee? Is OLN a cash-poor
> takeover target?

Quit your lame-ass belly aching dude -- YOU HAVE NEVER HAD
IT SO GOOD.

Ciao, Ken

Jim Flom

"David N. Welton" wrote:
>
> What are 'the cutters'? I am limited (heheh) to RAI
> coverage of the Tour.

"The Cutters" are a reference to a classic cycling film (not
American Flyers, the other one) referring to local townies
who form a cycling team to take on local college jocks in a
stadium relay race, along with some pros thrown in. OLN has
recreated these "Cutters" in the Tour this year as a group
of loud, obnoxious, ugly Americans wreaking havoc for
international etiquette as they follow the Tour. Today's
interview of Tyler seems pretty good though. Maybe we're
getting through and they're toning it down. Jeez that guy
(Hamilton) has class.