First I wait 15 mins for soccer to finish, then, man I can not take it. The amount of interviews and the bulid up of drama from all sides compared to seeing actual racing i found myself asking, Will TF and FC round 1 ever end, it felt like a freakin marathon. I don't know if I can watch anymore, it's getting so watered down from racing it's pitiful. No wonder the ratings are EXTREMELY BAD and getting worse. It's pathetic what espn has made the coverage, they took spotty, to great, to overdone, to the now WELL overdone.
DO NOT misunderstand me tho, The camera quality is top notch, I am not taking shots there, I am not taking shots at the cast, they interview well and I am sure they are paid to follow some things more than others, but I am taking shots at the producer, you are missing your target audience big time! I am not speaking for everything, but for the people i can account for, this is what the Target of the show is not and what it should be.
The Target Audience I am referring to do not:
1. want to hear an interview by a big time losing driver, We like to hear what the no name winner has to say or the guy who finally won a round has to say.
2. does not want a drag racing basics show (explanation of a burnout, perfect light, deep stage, hole shot. How many new viewers who never seen the show or heard of NHRA before are watching?)
3. It's a slap in the face that anyone who watches the full 3 hours has to see a recap of results preceding every next round for the class.
4. It needs to stop that every team, every driver, gets asked how they feel about something. Some of these answers are so obvious. "how's it feel to win with the pressure?" "what it's like to be in such a tight championship chase?"
Perfect show:
1. We ask different drivers, different teams, more technical questions, more geared to their weekend performance, runs, car issues or good performances, less of the general how's it feel to win? what are they gonna say, #$%*# i hate that i won @*#$ this?!?!?!?
2. I lied, I will pick on Paul Page stop nicely insulting small teams that you think can't give team big money a good race.
3. Race, interview winner, NO LOSERS, interview NO NAME or RARE winners, Let's graduate from INTERVIEWING EVERY JFR DRIVER WHO WENT OUT FIRST ROUND!
4. 2 hours! Done, finished, quality race interviews, quality pit reports (when interesting things take place, like car issues not how John Doe feels to face Joe Doe) and leave the camera alone, it's the only thing perfect.
DO NOT misunderstand me tho, The camera quality is top notch, I am not taking shots there, I am not taking shots at the cast, they interview well and I am sure they are paid to follow some things more than others, but I am taking shots at the producer, you are missing your target audience big time! I am not speaking for everything, but for the people i can account for, this is what the Target of the show is not and what it should be.
The Target Audience I am referring to do not:
1. want to hear an interview by a big time losing driver, We like to hear what the no name winner has to say or the guy who finally won a round has to say.
2. does not want a drag racing basics show (explanation of a burnout, perfect light, deep stage, hole shot. How many new viewers who never seen the show or heard of NHRA before are watching?)
3. It's a slap in the face that anyone who watches the full 3 hours has to see a recap of results preceding every next round for the class.
4. It needs to stop that every team, every driver, gets asked how they feel about something. Some of these answers are so obvious. "how's it feel to win with the pressure?" "what it's like to be in such a tight championship chase?"
Perfect show:
1. We ask different drivers, different teams, more technical questions, more geared to their weekend performance, runs, car issues or good performances, less of the general how's it feel to win? what are they gonna say, #$%*# i hate that i won @*#$ this?!?!?!?
2. I lied, I will pick on Paul Page stop nicely insulting small teams that you think can't give team big money a good race.
3. Race, interview winner, NO LOSERS, interview NO NAME or RARE winners, Let's graduate from INTERVIEWING EVERY JFR DRIVER WHO WENT OUT FIRST ROUND!
4. 2 hours! Done, finished, quality race interviews, quality pit reports (when interesting things take place, like car issues not how John Doe feels to face Joe Doe) and leave the camera alone, it's the only thing perfect.
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