Lappas & Gillen Embedded Analysts

[JustbrewitMan]

A lot of folks on here like to diss them, but I found the whole broadcast (including their embedded analyses) excellent and entertaining.

I also thought it was great that there were many plays that they were able to comment on by being closer to the action by the basket in real time than if they were in the normal location.

CBS should do this again, imho. Kudos!

 

[Dove]

It was vocal overkill.

 

[Scoe]

Lappas and Gillen sound like their in the MOB.

 

[superjohn]

A lot of folks on here like to diss them, but I found the whole broadcast (including their embedded analyses) excellent and entertaining.

I also thought it was great that there were many plays that they were able to comment on by being closer to the action by the basket in real time than if they were in the normal location.

CBS should do this again, imho. Kudos!

They were hilarious to listen to.

 

[Offhegoes]

They were both fantastic. I thought they both killed it out there.

 

[Kathy]

Was better than I thought it would be. Noticed they didn't get off track talking about other teams etc like announcers do many times- more focused on the game.

 

[scuba lou]

Lappas and Gillen sound like their in the MOB.

My wife said this.


(I told her to get back in the kitchen)

 

[Hankster]

I thought they were great. They sounded very excited and into the game. Although a few of their white boards had my brains smoking.

 

[UconnPT2007]

They may be members of the mob for real, but they were still great. They didn’t mince words - towards the end of the game Gillen was yelling like Joe Pesci for one of the WSU guards to get yanked (or possibly whacked) because “he was throwing the ball all over the place.” They were excited and candid - I enjoy the way they call out players who suck like they’re members of the Boneyard.

 

[Peacefrog]

I'm not sure how I feel about the whole concept but one of them made the statement a couple of times that Polley was our best player. Lost a lot of credibility there.

 

[CL82]

I said in the chat that "big gallon" sounds like the guy who comes up to in a bar and starts talking to you about the game. It was okay was one off.

 

[EBonz30]

A lot of folks on here like to diss them, but I found the whole broadcast (including their embedded analyses) excellent and entertaining.

I also thought it was great that there were many plays that they were able to comment on by being closer to the action by the basket in real time than if they were in the normal location.

CBS should do this again, imho. Kudos!

Yea I thought it was highly entertaining, two guys who bleed college basketball, truly enjoyed it!

 

[UCLJ0211]

How many times did Gillen say “feed the big dog?”

 

[BNich]

How many times did Gillen say “feed the big dog?”

Too many "let the big dog eat"

 

[Chin Diesel]

Was better than I thought it would be. Noticed they didn't get off track talking about other teams etc like announcers do many times- more focused on the game.

Think this is it. I wasn't expecting perfection and there is room for improvement in executing it but I think it can be a neat once or twice a year special.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

I must’ve been listening to a different broadcast. It was absolutely awful. They spoke over each other, said the same thing over and over (let the big dog eat), and called the players by the wrong names so many times. Simply brutal to my ears.

 

[BNich]

Anyone notice Gillen after the half when he talked about spreading the perimeter? He wrote on his clipboard perieter. He seems like a guy that just wants to hear himself speak. Hasn't coached at the D1 level since 05, yet he said "it's been 12 or 13 years".

 

[Edward Sargent]

A lot of folks on here like to diss them, but I found the whole broadcast (including their embedded analyses) excellent and entertaining.

I also thought it was great that there were many plays that they were able to comment on by being closer to the action by the basket in real time than if they were in the normal location.

CBS should do this again, imho. Kudos!

After a while I also enjoyed them. Lappas especially is a chatty Kathy and was hated at Nova because he made his team so nervous but I enjoyed it. The effort was there and with two announcers I felt like we had our embedded guy pulling for us.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Anyone notice Gillen after the half when he talked about spreading the perimeter? He wrote on his clipboard perieter. He seems like a guy that just wants to hear himself speak. Hasn't coached at the D1 level since 05, yet he said "it's been 12 or 13 years".

Ok so 15 years so what

 

[Edward Sargent]

Too many "let the big dog eat"

If only they could have been talking about our big dog!!

 

[superjohn]

Yea I thought it was highly entertaining, two guys who bleed college basketball, truly enjoyed it!

It was a lot better than the normal format.

 

[Martin]

Did you have issues with volume for these guys?

 

[WestHartHusk]

I must’ve been listening to a different broadcast. It was absolutely awful. They spoke over each other, said the same thing over and over (let the big dog eat), and called the players by the wrong names so many times. Simply brutal to my ears.

One thing they kept saying over and over was that Carlton needed to stop giving the big his left shoulder. And it wasn't their fault they had to say that repeatedly.

 

[BNich]

If only they could have been talking about our big dog!!

What big dog? The one that continually gave up position and let Echenique do the same move over and over again? The tone was set from the opening tip. He finished with a soft baby hook and Carlton missed wildly on the other end. This team doesn't have the bigs to match up.

 

[don356]

It was like sitting with two drunks at a bar. I had to turn them down at halftime. To much going back in time.

 

[RichZ]

It would have been better if it wasn't someone with as annoying a voice as Gillen.
I really liked the one where he was going to tell us what Hurley set up in a timeout, and instead said, "He has a lot of plays, but here's what I would do."
If you had any idea what to do, Pete. You might still be coaching instead of talking about it.

 

[Huskyforlife]

They were obnoxious, but CBS's idea would work great with a good crew.

Guys I did pilates! Isn't that hilarious? Cause I'm old? Get it? Get it?

 

[ucp990411]

I thought it was great to hear two coaches talk plays and strategy.

 

[jkfer98]

Was at the game but I really like when Catalon and Lappas call our games. Catalon's really underrated.

 

[Ukonnfan]

Give me SNY. CBS stunk it up. I tuned in to view the game, not the “i wish i was still coaching” guys. ...Don’t shrink the video of the game just to put their overbearing 2 videos on the screen along with their overbearing voices. It was not a good viewing experience. It was like listening to two screaming kids plus another one. I turned the volume way down.