Re(1): (no subject) Posted on November 22, 2025 at 05:08:07 AM by jatna77
I don't believe in karma unless you are using the word as a way to describe ironic, after-the-fact observations. If that is the case, then I agree.
The Cyclones exposed every flaw and weakness in the Chargers' game. The exception being Jeden-Bradley vs. Bueno-Stan, where the reverse was true.
I felt particularly sorry for Iturbide, who tried very hard but was simply not up to snuff and lost twice in front of his family.
Yes, Ubilla got crushed by Manu and had no lame excuses about the ref to fall back on. Can a ref's bad call or calls make you lose a game? Sure. But that was not the case in the game Ubilla was referring to. Whining about it made him look like a sore loser.
While we are talking about Battle Court, I would like to draw attention to Thursday's performance in the Alex-Julen vs. Goenaga-Amigorena game. I just went back and re-watched it and while it was not as tactically amazing and perfect as I first thought, it still held up in how economically the Renegades (a tough team) were dispatched.
Julen was flawless, which is quite unusual. I have rarely seen him play that well and confidently. Alex's 3-walls, low runners and drop-shots scored with ease. Julen said in the interview that Alex was not feeling well, so they wanted to end it as fast as possible. Mission accomplished.
If the Cyclones win the championship, I think Bueno should give his prize money to Robin who subbed for him all season. Stepping in at the last second for the playoffs seems like bad form to me; especially if he plays as poorly and blandly as he did last night.
There is one final thing that I have to get off my chest. Andrew: I love you man but you are constantly making weak-ass excuses for the mistakes, bad play and errors of players! Sure, some of your explanations may be true but who wants to hear them??? Not me! It just draws attention to the poor, negative play rather then the good, positive play that often induced the mistake to begin with.
It is a complete bummer to listen to and a lame, color announcement style that detracts from the experience. Most of your explanations are so obvious that they should go without saying to begin with. Please for the love of the insentient, brutally uncaring universe, stop with the excuse making! I know you need something to say but focus on the positive instead. Please! Gah!
Stu has defended that style as explaining things to new viewers but the negative focus and the beyond-tedious repetitiveness it brings to the commentary outweighs any benefit in my opinion.
Grok AI: "The style you're describing — where a commentator reflexively defends, justifies, or softens every single mistake a player makes, no matter how obvious or costly — is most commonly called **"homerism"** (when it's biased toward one team) or, more broadly and perfectly for your case, **"apologism"** or **"chronic apologism"**.
But the single sharpest, most cutting term that sports fans actually use for this exact behavior is:
"excuses-making" or, even better, "apologist commentating" / "being an apologist".
If you want a phrase that instantly conveys how lame and cringe it feels, these are the ones that land hardest:
Examples of how people trash this style:
- "The negativity and relentless apologism isn’t worth any benefit as an announcing style — it’s just weak."
- "All this constant excuse-making for every blown play is pathetic."
- "His chronic apologism makes me want to mute the broadcast."
- "This guy’s a full-time apologist; nothing is ever the player’s fault."
The absolute nuclear option (very common on sports Twitter/Reddit when someone is insufferably doing this) is simply calling them a **"cope merchant"** or saying they’re **"cope-casting"** or **"cope-narrating"** — it brutally implies they’re desperately coping for their favorite players/teams by inventing excuses. It’s savage and instantly communicates how lame it is.
So your sentence could become:
"The negativity and cope-merchant excuse-making is not worth any benefit as an announcing style."
or
"The negativity and chronic apologism is just embarrassing."
Any of those will make it crystal clear how utterly lame you find it."
Thanks Grok AI! Cringe is the exact word I was looking for.
Andrew, if management has demanded that you do this apologist commentary style, please let them know that they are completely, utterly, tragically and horribly in the wrong.
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