tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post8652561406291655410..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: WHAT IS THE POINT OF MEDIA TRAINING?Dave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-57015357292134408862012-06-16T22:57:14.114+01:002012-06-16T22:57:14.114+01:00Monique good points. Dave, deadlines for printed a...Monique good points. Dave, deadlines for printed and resultoriented news are old news out the window.For TV,settled<br />losers will not provide any<br />unprovoked funny material, like whining about Wenbos bowtie f.ex or<br />blaiming the tablefitters when losing 3-10.<br />Mediatraining doesn't work on O'Sullivan neither seem journalists<br />since he is his worst enemy in 19 out of 20 encounters and comes a cross as mostly terrified with the whole thing.kimballnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-2112355630154576082012-06-16T22:11:07.315+01:002012-06-16T22:11:07.315+01:00Dave, call yourself a journalist, why didn't y...Dave, call yourself a journalist, why didn't you tell us Barry had got darts and snooker into the olympics:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/june/eurostar-olympic-ads" rel="nofollow">http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/june/eurostar-olympic-ads</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-35578169435881337902012-06-14T12:56:11.624+01:002012-06-14T12:56:11.624+01:00Yeah those golfers look dead chavvy with their cap...Yeah those golfers look dead chavvy with their caps on I agreeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-11908121835853724382012-06-14T11:56:37.673+01:002012-06-14T11:56:37.673+01:00Monique - good points. In an ideal world there wou...Monique - good points. In an ideal world there would be more of a pause before post match interviews but the reality of newspapers deadlines is that journalists often need players immediately.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-60218011818368720762012-06-14T11:29:50.754+01:002012-06-14T11:29:50.754+01:00The golfers have the balance right, snooker player...The golfers have the balance right, snooker players want to be compared to golfers but you can't turn a chav into a chap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-21371130813609716272012-06-14T11:27:20.469+01:002012-06-14T11:27:20.469+01:00Good article (as usual) David.
I totally agree wi...Good article (as usual) David. <br />I totally agree with you that reducing the players to well behaved clones who don't dare to express their own feelings or opinions is not going to help the public to relate to snooker and its exponents. <br />Although I totally disapprove of Mark Allen's comments under this particular circumstances, I'd rather have the occasional faux pas than an army of identical and sterile "good boys". <br />More than a "media training", one thing that would probably help to get better and more thoughtful stories would be to give the players, in particular the losers, some time, if only a few minutes, before they are interviewed, so that they can get a hold on themselves and deal with their emotions before being exposed to the press. They are only human. They are competitive boys and it's very hard sometimes for them to think clearly when they are caught in a turmoil of various emotions: anger, disappointment, self-doubts, anxiety … Ding's outburst at the Crucible was the perfect example of a very "evitable" incident.<br />I know that this might be easier to write than to organise practically but really, I think some thoughts should be given to that.Moniquenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-43106012859031485062012-06-14T10:14:44.207+01:002012-06-14T10:14:44.207+01:00I agree with the above, it's like he tries to ...I agree with the above, it's like he tries to undo the positive new image that Hearn is cultivating-cutting off your nose to spite your face!Peterhttp://www.iqelectrical.conoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-2019892037216259362012-06-14T09:44:27.816+01:002012-06-14T09:44:27.816+01:00I've got to be honest, if it shuts Allen up I&...I've got to be honest, if it shuts Allen up I'm all for it. Yes, we want to hear interesting stories from the players but Allen's comments are just childish and it does nobody involved with snooker any favours at all.thelhc.tfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720182886988717621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-701992946032754752012-06-14T09:41:03.793+01:002012-06-14T09:41:03.793+01:00I would suggest taping up his mouth, but that'...I would suggest taping up his mouth, but that's been tried.Ron Floraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933989900119158870noreply@blogger.com