MSG won't show faceoffs

[qwksndmonster]

MSG broadcasts regularly miss roughly half of the faceoffs of any given game.  I'm emailing them in hopes that they'll get better.

 

It really is unacceptable and amateurish for TV in the 80s.  In 2015? Please.

 

msgnetpr@msgnetwork.com

 

This is the text of my email:

 

Dear MSG.

 

I have been watching Sabres games on your network for years now, and am continuously disappointed by the regularity with which the faceoffs aren't showed.  Rob Ray will be narrating a replay when it suddenly cuts to a play in progress.

 

Faceoffs are important to show because it gives spectators a chance to see the line match ups before the play starts, and more importantly, goals/scoring chances can instantly occur afterwards.

 

Please take steps to rectify this problem.

[Stoner]

Good for you. Totally agree.

 

FWIW, my recollection of old-timey broadcasts is that there might be a very short replay between whistles, but for probably a good 10 seconds before the faceoff, you'd see the prelude to the draw. You might even have dead air. It added drama and also gave your mind a chance to rest from the frenetic action of the game. It was great. (And there was no score/time clock. You relied on Ted Darling.)

Edited November 8, 2015 by pASabreFan

[Randall Flagg]

Good for you. Totally agree.

 

FWIW, my recollection of old-timey broadcasts is that there might be a very short replay between whistles, but for probably a good 10 seconds before the faceoff, you'd see the prelude to the draw. You might even have dead air. It added drama and also gave your mind a chance to rest from the frenetic action of the game. It was great. (And there was no score/time clock. You relied on Ted Darling.)

I like this point. When they go from game action to replay back into game action without seeing the faceoff my mind is still trying to process the last few plays and I'm not focusing on the current play as much as I want to.

[Stoner]

qwk, is that the best address to send the email? MSG PR? I'm afraid your complaint would end up in the old circular file.

[qwksndmonster]

It was the only email address I could find on their website, and I had to go through a captcha to get it. If they bothered setting up a spam filter like that I'd hope that a human reads it.

[Stoner]

It was the only email address I could find on their website, and I had to go through a captcha to get it. If they bothered setting up a spam filter like that I'd hope that a human reads it.

But it's going to be some PR person/intern in Manhattan. It might be better to use the contact page on sabres.com. http://sabres.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=36376A really smart thing to do would be to snail mail it to the VP of broadcasting or producer. It's old-fashioned but carries more weight.

[That Aud Smell]

Good eye. Agree 100℅.

[Eleven]

Tweet it.  Embarrass them publicly.

[qwksndmonster]

Somebody with some modicum of twitter cred wanna tweet it?  Chz perhaps? Sizzle?

[TrueBlueGED]

Obviously MSG has taken the "faceoffs don't matter" a bit literally. Another example of analytics ruining the game.

 

(I agree though, it's just unacceptable)

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Somebody with some modicum of twitter cred wanna tweet it? Chz perhaps? Sizzle?

Twitter cred? Me? You have the wrong guy for that.

[ubkev]

Twitter cred? Me? You have the wrong guy for that.

I think he's counting trolling Mike Schopp as cred. :p

Edited November 8, 2015 by ubkev

[qwksndmonster]

I know the editor for a Sabres blog. I'm waiting to hear back from him.

[Stoner]

I know the editor for a Sabres blog. I'm waiting to hear back from him.

Wow, this thing is gaining traction.

I think he's counting trolling Mike Schopp as cred. :P

You beat me to it.

[drnkirishone]

I think trolling schoop counts as cred on twitter

[Andrew Amerk]

Someone needs to get Nicolas Cage for this Faceoff thing.