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Originally Posted by Thor4140
Cmon Slacker Rogan knows his  about mma. to say he is just a cheer leader is down right wrong. Maybe a couple years ago but not now. |
Joe Rogan does know his stuff about MMA. Just like John Madden knows his stuff about NFL football. But Madden is still more of a cheerleader than analyst. If Madden really did still have supreme mastery of the X's and O's, he have been working within some organization somewhere all these years, but he's really more of an entertainer. Same with Rogan.
Rogan's talent is more of an entertainer and less as a strategist or anything of that nature. Sure, Rogan can spot the various submission moves as they unfold during a match, but often he goes into rants about how great fighter X or fighter Y is. It's always overboard. It's the same as how Madden is always swooning over player X or player Y. If these guys were true analysts, they'd remark about how player X made a great play or used a great strategy and leave it at that, they wouldn't go into detail about generalizations about that player/fighter. I don't want to hear about how this guy had more heart or courage or just wanted to win, etc. Leave that to the imagination of the audience.
But these guys are promoting the sport by creating an icon or hero, which appeals to the simple mindedness of television viewers, same as watching a commercial for the sport. I guess I'm not really critisizing Rogan as much as I'm criticising this particular broadcasting standard. It's the same standard that creates cliches, sound bytes, rumors and other nonsense. Don't sugar-coat my MMA any more than you'd sugar coat my steak, veggies and glass of water. This marshmallow fluff just makes me sick.