Maria Marino is leaving SNY, UConn broadcasts

[JoePgh]

All SNY personnel (In Studio, Play by Play, Color Commentary, and Side Lines Reporters) are SCARED TO DEATH to ever cross the line and ask any "Tough" Questions to Geno Auriemma. (because they all know that it would be one quicker step to the Unemployment Line if they did so).

I don't know of any sports reporters covering any WBB team who ask prosecutorial-type questions to players or coaches. Certainly they have to think about their future relationship with coaches, players, and schools if they did that.

But equally important, they have to think about how the fans (not just Boneyarders but SNY UConn WBB viewers generally) would react. Fans would see any attempt to cross-examine Geno or a player as unfair, impertinent, and incompetent. "How many National Championships have you won, Maria?" would be the reaction on Twitter.

Fans want to think of reporters for the home-team broadcasting crew as their brethren, and would react viscerally to any appearance of hostility or skepticism.

You can see it on the Boneyard, when even a longtime broadcaster and ex-UConn-player such as Megan Culmo opines that a particular foul call on a UConn player was justified, or that the UConn player should have been whistled when she wasn't, or when she "excuses" officials for not calling a foul on an opponent when the crowd wanted one. Can you imagine how The Boneyard would react if she or Maria appeared to act confrontational with Geno?

 

[CONNCAN]

I don't know of any sports reporters covering any WBB team who ask prosecutorial-type questions to players or coaches. Certainly they have to think about their future relationship with coaches, players, and schools if they did that.

But equally important, they have to think about how the fans (not just Boneyarders but SNY UConn WBB viewers generally) would react. Fans would see any attempt to cross-examine Geno or a player as unfair, impertinent, and incompetent. "How many National Championships have you won, Maria?" would be the reaction on Twitter.

Fans want to think of reporters for the home-team broadcasting crew as their brethren, and would react viscerally to any appearance of hostility or skepticism.

You can see it on the Boneyard, when even a longtime broadcaster and ex-UConn-player such as Megan Culmo opines that a particular foul call on a UConn player was justified, or that the UConn player should have been whistled when she wasn't, or when she "excuses" officials for not calling a foul on an opponent when the crowd wanted one. Can you imagine how The Boneyard would react if she or Maria appeared to act confrontational with Geno?

I thought that All Sports Journalists and Personalities had a Professional Obligation to be fair and impartial when reporting on or covering an Athletic Event or conducting an interview, no matter what the team is or who the Sports Individual is? Isn't that what is taught in Journalism Classes in College?

 

[JellyBean]

I am wishing Maria all the best. She is great at what she does and will be great at her next stop and even better at the stop after that. She is really good at what she does.

 

[HuskyNan]

All SNY personnel (In Studio, Play by Play, Color Commentary, and Side Lines Reporters) are SCARED TO DEATH to ever cross the line and ask any "Tough" Questions to Geno Auriemma. (because they all know that it would be one quicker step to the Unemployment Line if they did so).

Do you think Kara Wolters and Meg Culmo are scared of Geno?

 

[Tufkas]

Do you think Kara Wolters and Meg Culmo are scared of Geno?

For me, definitely not scared, at all. Setting aside justified, or not, more aligned with reverent, deferential, devoted, enamored. For me, for tactical analysis, especially post game, their commentary is not at all unbiased. Everyone makes mistakes, yet I cannot remember them elucidating on such, while offering tactical alternatives that might have been more effective. That is a large part of an analysts job.

 

[CONNCAN]

Do you think Kara Wolters and Meg Culmo are scared of Geno?

Nan - to be frankly honest with you (and this is just my opinion, of course), but YES, I do. I have yet to see anyone from SNY going out and either asking a tough but honest question to Geno or if they did (like in the rare handful of cases that Maria Marino asked a subtle but to the point question to Geno, he would always either give a "Flipid Response" or would just blow her off, take off his headphones and walk away. Thus the reason why no one else from SNY would want to attempt to make any statements on the air regarding something that they felt that either Geno and/or a member of his Coaching Staff, that might have been considered by the SNY Talent, as being "Game Questionable". [I have seen Meg be DIRECT and HONEST about UCONN Players, which is, in my opinion, refreshing, but never Geno directly. And I have not seen Kara speak out "On Air" concerning something Geno or the Coaching Staff that could be seen as questionable. Again, just my personal opinon.

 

[CL82]

All SNY personnel (In Studio, Play by Play, Color Commentary, and Side Lines Reporters) are SCARED TO DEATH to ever cross the line and ask any "Tough" Questions to Geno Auriemma. (because they all know that it would be one quicker step to the Unemployment Line if they did so).

Lol, and what exactly do you based that on, I mean other than your imagination?

 

[CL82]

Do you think Kara Wolters and Meg Culmo are scared of Geno?

Well, Kara may still be traumatized from being called the worst center in America.

 

[MSGRET]

Her cadence was off and she was absolutely monotone on most occasions. I always felt that Geno was annoyed by her questions because they were so remedial and obvious. Give me someone who shows emotion like Holly Rowe any day of the week.

Whenever Holly Rowe is on I have to mute her, she drives me up the wall more than any other sideline reporter out there, be it basketball, football, soccor, even if she announced whiffle ball I would still mute her.

 

[#12in21]

I enjoyed Maria and wish her all the best. Maybe Bri Mahn will be next up for SNY sideline reporter. I believe she is a senior and graduates this spring. She would be a natural for the job and she already is quite familiar with the team, players and coaches. Nice first gig for her as she goes professionaL