(07-21-2021 02:11 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  Personal observations of the first "Zoom Day"....

The Bad

Someone should have got with Tulin about his suit. If you are going to have a black "dungeon" background you can't wear a dark suit. Tulin looked like a floating head. Also, the black clothe covering the wires hanging from the back of their Samsung TV looked very bush league. It is sad when I watch this event on a bigger and better TV than the one C-USA uses as their background.

Too many programs had no backgrounds behind their coaches and players. They looked like the Taliban videos seen on cable news that were shot off in caves from the middle east.

The lighting was terrible in almost ever setting, especially Tulin's at C-USA. Who hard is it to get some extra lighting in the room and spruce up the production. Most amateur Youtubers can do this with no budget.

Q&A from the media? Just Tulin asking questions. Not really a media day if the media isn't thee to answer questions.

The Good

Most of the players and coaches were very good interviews. In my opinion, Charlotte's personnel did a fantastic job of handling the content of their interviews.

The overall graphics were much better than what we have seen in the past, and much better than I expected.

The western programs have about 24 hours to muster up some better production equipment and effects (lighting, backgrounds, props, ...). I pray Littrell doesn't do his interview from behind his cheap particle board IKEA desk.

The western programs have about 24 hours to arrange some of their local media to be present and ask questions. Don't know if C-USA would include that portion in the stream, but it would look good to have actual media at a "media day" event.




The Worst and Most Obvious Fact

In 2013 when our current configuration first got together, C-USA had a weekly spotlight show on the Fox regional networks. Now we are reduced to a Zoom media day's event being streamed online. Wow, that is a sad indictment of our leadership. Judy has to go. After that, we need to look at the rest of the conference office and start asking our AD's some questions that might make them uncomfortable. C-USA has to be better than what we are now.