From: dans@rehab1.UUCP (Dan Schein)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: Re: Economaki on PITSTOP (8/11)
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:39:22 GMT
Reply-To: dans@rehab1.UUCP (Dan Schein)
Organization: Reading Rehab Hospital, Reading PA

In article <1992Aug13.144605.7916@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com> wilson@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com (David Wilson) writes:
!In article <358@rehab1.UUCP> dans@rehab1.UUCP (Dan Schein) writes:
!>In article <1992Aug7.170935.11870@ncube.com> bob@ncube.com (Bob Kehoe) writes:
!>#Anybody got any good questions you'd like me to direct
!>#to Chris during the course of the show?  Sorry, flames
!>#not accepted.
!>
!>  No flames. Just ask him when hes going to quit announcing races. Regardless
!> of his "insight" he sucks as an announcer (thats why hes no longer in the
!> booth). Perhaps a review of usenet articles about him might get his eyes open.
!> And then again they might be open and hes just sucking every $$$ he can from
!> the networks.
!>
!> -Dan
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!Look where this fellow works, and yet he's too dumb to read!  Mr. Kehoe clearly
!asked for constructive suggestions, not brainless flames, but what does he get?

  Dave,
       Where I work has nothing to do with my ability to read (or lack of).
  The name of my company (and the city its located in) is taken from the
  English city of the same name. It is pronounced Red-ing, not Read-ing.
  Bob asked for "good questions", not suggestions. I posted my question.

!Instead of giving Chris Economaki shit for what he's NOT good at, why not try
!to get some benefit at what he IS good at?  I suggest asking him for interesting
!and/or funny stories and anecdotes about drivers and incidents from the past.
!He must know hundreds of them that would make fascinating reading.

  My post was not one of flames on how bad he has done at doing play-by-plays.
  It was (and still is) a question, "When is he going to retire?". I am
  sorry if that question upsets you, but thats life. Perhaps if he went off
  and wrote a book I might read it. However in the middle of a race is not
  the place for his stories.

!Does Economaki, or any other person for that matter, have to be EXCELLENT at every
!single thing they attempt in life?  Doesn't the good he's done for the sport of
!autoracing over the decades merit him any slack at all??

  People should try to do what they are good at! No person must be good at
  everything. But if your not good at something at least admit it and stop.
  If someone has done good in the past (lets say the President of your comapny
  Dave). But currently hes not doing a good job, people are laughing at him,
  hes costing the company money. Should the board of directors just continue
  to let him go? No they have to replace him with someone who can turn things
  around. So if Mr Ecnowacky is so good at writing his paper, then let him
  continue to do so. I don't think that I am the only person who feels he
  does a bad job of play-by-play or he wouldn't be on the top of a truck in
  the pits. As for interviews I don't think he does a great job there either.
  My only hope is that the networks contarct will expire soon. Perhaps he
  is a nice guy, and perhaps he has a lot for someone to learn from him. All
  I am saying is that (in my opinon) he does a bad job on the races and I
  would like to see him gone from my tv screen.

  Further flames and cheep shots should be forwarded to me via e-mail, Dave.

  -Dan
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