Originally Posted by brent_dube
I just listened to Al Trautwig complain that this first week has been too boring.
I've worked in TV for over 15 years and let me tell you Al doesn't give a rats a#$ about this sport. I can see it in his body language and how he is just anxious to move on all the time. I spent the last 4 years working with one of the best sports guys in TV and you can tell when they care and when they don't. Al doesn't and his statement about how "boring" the first week was just re-enforces the feeling that he doesn't want to care. The other thing is OLN and Speed TV don't exactly pay the big bucks to the on-air and production staff so my guess is that Al was looking for a "European Vacation"!
At least KG was trying. She came a long way from last years rookie to doing an good job on "Road to the Tour". She learned the language of cycling and asked the right questions at the right time it's too bad that they didn't let her have the slot this year!