Television is All An Elaborate Ruse
by Matt Coyne on May 14, 2025 2:54 PM EDT
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PrintFor those of you forced to stay home and spend time with your mothers Sunday instead of making the trip to Chester for the Red Bulls' 3-2 win over the Union, you probably watched it on TV. And if you watched it on TV there's a good chance you caught Taylor Twellman making light of Wilman Conde's Saturday morning arrest.
Twellman said something to the effect that maybe Conde got arrested for the questionable barber skills he took to Ryan Meara's head last week during some rookie hazing instead of shoving a Fort Lee police officer.
Here's the thing, though. ESPN set Twellman up for that one.
A lot of the announcers' conversation during a game that is not calling plays is scripted. It's not the producer and cameramen following what the announcers say - the announcers know what the anecdote is and when it's coming.
Here's an example. When Healey and Twellman talked in the 14th minute about Red Bulls defender Wilman Conde's arrest, Alexopoulos had set them up for it a minute earlier.
He and Frattaroli had arranged for the cameras to be trained on New York manager Hans Backe at just that moment. Alexopoulos offered a few reminders of the facts, and seconds later you heard the conversation on air. Cue the camera switch to Backe - albeit blocked by an assistant coach - and it all looked so smooth.
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It does get tiring
In an instance like this, with a player arrested, it has to be mentioned. The same talking points get recycled game to game though. If you follow any team you’ll hear the same anecdotes or little facts over and over every time there’s a new broadcast crew covering the game. Again, don’t mind it as much when it’s recent news, as it was with Conde, but when they’re manufacturing a story or kind of hammering home a point made in pregame at the first opportunity it’s cringe-worthy.
by GCox on May 15, 2025 12:23 AM EDT reply actions
If my memory is correct
They didn’t mention it during the pre-game (though, it was hard with that whole Man City thing) so I was a little surprised to hear Twellman address it the way he did.
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by Matt Coyne on May 15, 2025 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
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