Quick, someone tell that tall ref that his hemorrhoids are obviously flaring up.  It was obvious to anyone watching.

Fucking Roger has stapled his eyes shut AGAIN!!! Damn you Roger!!!

Dakich kept saying that we would appreciate the quickness of the players more from a court level view.  The refs asses were apparently quicker than the players.   I saw more referee booty than Kam Williams'  quick cutting off of screens.

I'm glad it wasn't actually a good game, because who would've see it? I gave up after seeing referee backsides obscuring shots and everything else almost every time down the floor. Watched the score online.

I thought they somehow streamed a "Floor Cam" feed from ESPN3.com.  Once I realized this is what legal cable paying customers were subjected to, I felt instant pain for those who actually pay for crappy ideas like that.  

I do sincerely hope for a glowing ball (NHL on FOX™) that explodes into flames on every successful 3 pointer.

That there really are some things that are off-limits during Take Your Kids to Work Day.

I'm not against trying new things. Innovation gave us the yellow first down line and score overlays. They should've tested this out for a couple of possessions, monitored online feedback, and then scrapped the idea completely.

Hahahaha...this is, like, an old school MGoBlog post. Loved it.

I kept waiting for them to say, 'well this wasn't a good idea' and go back to the regular cameras

But there is a reason coaches have high camera angles when re-watching essentially any sport (or have guys in the press box)... because you can see the game better.

I have no idea what is with TV directors ever-increasing desire to zoom in further and further lower and lower, but it's awful. It doesn't help the viewer view the game, and in fact, makes it much more difficult to actually see what is happening. I don't want to feel the surprise of a back screen because that's what the player feels, I want to watch the game.

The last bit...

...Read like some Stephen King fever dream.

All told, way better than watching that game.

There are lots of cultures and peoples around the world that eat food in various stages of decay.   Let's not single out the Icelandic peoples for eating months old shark.

I mean, I've tried stinkheads and they're perfectly good eatin'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermented_fish

 

I just assumed there was some type of equipment failure where they couldn't suspend the cameras per usual. Whomever was responsible for this decision, and whomever had the authority to correct it midway through the first half and didnt, should be at the very least suspended if not relieved of their duties. How could somebody - professionals no less - think was a good idea?

HI could not believe what I was watching. Whomever is responsible should certainly face the death penalty! I'm strongly against it in general but an exception is highly in order in this case. I was a zillion percent sure they meant they were going to use this horrible gimmick at selected times or when they found a cool shot & used it in a reply. But when they just stuck with it through thicklessness & thinest & thinneryest as if nobody could see the directorers new clothes after 4 seconds it was unfucking believable!!! Wtf? It's not plausible or fathmable that they didn't do any test shots b4 trying this abomination live. How could anyone, let alone everyone who had to approve this let it go forward? Can they not see or think AT ALL??? Really, they should be killed. There was 1, count 'em, 1 play where I thought it did show some speed & in interesting & cool shot. Williams making a good play from the camera closer to the baseline. Aside from that it never showed anything that created the feel of being there up close & seeing the skills in more impressive fashion as they kept promoting. Not once did it give the look, feel or view of being courtside or in the coaches seat. Utter bullshit & stupidity! I've been courtside, I've been on a bench & sat on the floor at the scorers table waiting to go in a game, as most fans have when they played st some level, & that camera didn't capture that view AT ALL! Even if you know nothing about lenses or optics & have no common sense to reject this beforehand, how could you not see the problems as soon as you watch it? They used a wide angle lens which greatley enlarges & distorts objects in the foreground & makes the background recede & shrink. Other than a halfcourt shot or trap or steel, the action is NEVER there! Where the action was looked a mile away even when not obcured by Refassenlargitis or a pile of other bodies or dust bunnies on the floor HI could not believe what I was watching. Whomever is responsible should certainly face the death penalty! I'm strongly against it in general but an exception is highly in order in this case. I was a zillion percent sure they meant they were going to use this horrible gimmick at selected times or when they found a cool shot & used it in a reply. But when they just stuck with it through thicklessness & thinest & thinneryest as if nobody could see the directorers new clothes after 4 seconds it was unfucking believable!!! Wtf? It's not plausible or fathmable that they didn't do any test shots b4 trying this abomination live. How could anyone, let alone everyone who had to approve this let it go forward? Can they not see or think AT ALL??? Really, they should be killed. There was 1, count 'em, 1 play where I thought it did show some speed & in interesting & cool shot. Williams making a good play from the camera closer to the baseline. Aside from that it never showed anything that created the feel of being there up close & seeing the skills in more impressive fashion as they kept promoting. Not once did it give the look, feel or view of being courtside or in the coaches seat. Utter bullshit & stupidity! I've been courtside, I've been on a bench & sat on the floor at the scorers table waiting to go in a game, as most fans have when they played st some level, & that camera didn't capture that view AT ALL! Even if you know nothing about lenses or optics & have no common sense to reject this beforehand, how could you not see the problems as soon as you watch it? They used a wide angle lens which greatley enlarges & distorts objects in the foreground & makes the background recede & shrink. Other than a halfcourt shot or trap or steel, the action is NEVER there! Where the action was looked a mile away even when not obcured by Refassenlargitis or a pile of other bodies or dust bunnies on the floor. Yes, your eyes are also wide angle, about 35 degrees, but we usually have two of them, giving us depth perception, & the shape of our lenses changes as needed on the fly & out point of focus does too. Additionally the brain changes our perception in real life 3D so that things in the middle distance don't appear so small or far away as they do to a fixed lens. If u forced yourself to keep your focus on the foreground right in front of you at courtside than your view would be similar, but humans don't work that way. Lastly, you can anticipate or notice your view being blocked & move your body & your fucking head to see around things, which the camera didn't do! It was totally impossible to follow the game!!!! It would've been easier to "watch" the game by listening to a good radio broadcast!

ESPN, celebrating a successful broadcast of "floor cam."

I expected "Heidi" to come on at any moment.

On the bright side, I was aware, but not fully aware of what was happening.