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Post by Northbound on Feb 12, 2006 16:37:23 GMT -5
How abaout Tava's performance in Anaheim? She totally blew an interview with Tater Porter, then asking JW if he could take a punch was just dang weird. I am really starting to feel sorry for her.
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Post by chrisshiversn2006 on Feb 12, 2006 17:27:54 GMT -5
She is struggling but give her a break. Hopefully , she will get better. According to most she can't get any worse. So lets see after her first year.
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Post by twinpinesmt on Feb 12, 2006 17:50:58 GMT -5
She just keeps getting worse IMHO. She should be getting better not worse by now.
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Post by weezer06 on Feb 12, 2006 18:33:03 GMT -5
I hope she gets better, too. I wish Leah would come back!!
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Post by cowboy4443 on Feb 12, 2006 19:11:09 GMT -5
Maybe Tava should just undo a couple of buttons on her blouse and let the riders do the talking.
Cowboy4443
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Post by chrisshiversluver on Feb 12, 2006 22:34:27 GMT -5
haha! i agree with everybody else shes getting worse. I think that it has been plenty of time for her to adjust and get used to the job. So for everybody that says its too early to judge...its almost been 3 months she should have been fine by now.
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Post by ziaria on Feb 13, 2006 10:30:41 GMT -5
I'm gonna have to agree, she's getting worse. I had hoped she would've improved a bit by now, but neither my husband or I like to listen to the interviews she does now  |
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Post by milo on Feb 13, 2006 11:26:30 GMT -5
I don't think she is improving. For her background and experience you would think she would be better than she is. I find myself not even watching when she is on - BAD!
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Post by twinpinesmt on Feb 13, 2006 13:15:25 GMT -5
I usually get up and go get a drink or something....then again sometimes its out of morbid facination to watch and see how awful she is going to be this time.......she just keeps getting worse...
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Post by BucknSpin on Feb 14, 2006 10:11:26 GMT -5
Didn't the PBR say that they were giving her "x" amount of time to prove herself? When is that time up? I initially thought that she wasn't too bad, and after a week or two, I actually thought she was showing improvement, but now it seems that she's trying too hard to act like she and the riders have a long-time rapport. Seems to me that some of the riders wonder about her, too, by the look of surprise or bewilderment on their faces when she comes up with some inane or obvious question, or when she does stuff like pretending to punch JW. Oh, and the touching/hugging! I don't think she's "earned" the right to do that yet - or maybe ever. I have great respect for Leah because she never seemed to overstep the boundaries of good taste, and genuinely had a real rapport with the riders. This broad seems to have no clue about that kind of stuff.
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Post by cowgirl4life30 on Feb 14, 2006 11:22:17 GMT -5
When I talked to the produced of the OLN show, he made it sound like the job was by no means permanent and that she may not work out. If you really want to see her go maybe send OLN an email. The PBR is totally seperate from her and the executive producer at OLN who is the one that made the final decision.
I do agree with you all, that whole Tater Porter thing was awful... does she pay attention to the scores or what? The J-dub thing was pretty bad too... The sad thing is that now she sounds like she is comfortable with them (I mean we all heard the way she was bossing Tater around). Maybe we are just seeing her personality?
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Post by Gus on Feb 14, 2006 11:57:25 GMT -5
OK, I guess I'll stick up for Tava and put some of the blame on whoever is responsible for the overall production of the telecast. They know she is new and they should be feeding her the questions to ask. It happens in TV news all the time. Obviously she's inexperienced and interviewing cowboys, even TV-experienced ones, is not an easy task, so someone ought to be guiding her.
That said, the fake punch at J.W. was just stupid.
Maybe they should send her to learn Portuguese so we can actually hear Marchi talk one of these days.
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Post by rossjustinfan on Feb 14, 2006 20:09:07 GMT -5
I don't really like Tava all that much. She is better than Donna Brothers, but she is not as good as Leah. I think she is trying to hard to fit in and I really don't think she can if she doesn't know a lot about the sport. You need to have a sideline commentator who knows the sport which includes how events are scored,injuries that may or have occured and be able to ask questions related to the rides. I remember when she said Little Yellow Jacket was one of her favorite bulls and and she loved watching except he retired last October which I don't think she was even being concidered for the job then. I have also seen her high five Ross and the look on his face was one of those "what the heck is that about"as well as the hugs and pats on the back/fake punches. I agree that she shouldn't be trying to be one of the guys just yet. I could probably do a better job as could a lot of PBR fans since we watch the events every week-end and actually pay attention to the event.
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Post by rossco4worldchamp on Feb 14, 2006 22:15:29 GMT -5
O.K. so I must have missed the whole Tater thing. What happenend there? I did see the awful attempt at humor with the J-Dub thing, but what happened with Tater?
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Post by CThrash13 on Feb 15, 2006 9:54:44 GMT -5
Well, most of you know I could care less who the announcer behind the chute is. But even I have to admit that Tava has gotten worse over the course of the season. I thought she started off pretty good, but she hasn't improved any. As for the fake punch, everyone would have thought it was funny if Leah did it. That's kinda unfair in my opinion. But like I said, I could care less if she stays or goes. I could honestly care less if they even had an announcer behind the chutes. Hell, just invite the riders up to the booth and let em' talk.  |
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