Blog On Fox-Owned Network Slams Speed Channel Fans

Awful Announcing is a blog that's self-described as "putting announcers on notice since 2005." They're also a part of Fox's Yardbarker network. So it should be no surprise there's been little criticism from the blog who's whole purpose is criticizing the sports media. So on Thursday, Awful Announcing chose the tried-and-true method of trolling - publishing internet comments.
More after the jump.
They started out with this gem:

Let's go ahead and ignore the final week of Speed ratings, where just one program drew more than 325,000 viewers (compared to eight for Fox Sports 1 during its first two days of launch on a weekend). Ignore the fact that on launch day, Fox Sports 1 aired six and a half hours of live NASCAR coverage. These Speed fans are pissed off and aren't going to stand for it anymore!

Of course, those were programs on a new network that everyone was interested in seeing. After all, the XFL got great ratings Week 1, and we all know how that turned out. Not to mention the fact Fox left their programming to rot over the summer, with re-runs of Pimp My Ride and other reality shows to fill their blocks. And they don't indicate where that "week" started, so we don't know if that includes the live racing of the previous weekend, or the final episodes of Wind Tunnel and Speed Center on Sunday night.
So on to the comments, which as with most trolling articles, find the worst, most flattering comments to go with. But this one was notable:

I was very sad when I learned that SPEED was being taken away from me but tried to give Fox Sport 1 a chance. They failed miserably.... they cut or cut in half all of the motorsports shows, failed to show crucial parts of a featured NASCAR race because they were in commercial break and never bothered to show a replay! That's a sports channel???

Which, of course, author Joe Lucia attacks as so:

I mean, I understand that people might not like the network that has been around for all of six days, but the main complaint seems to be "this is different and I don't like things being different!"

Yeah, because someone who gives it a chance hates anything different. And Joe Lucia adds this at the end:

If you ask these commenters what they're looking for in an ESPN alternative, I don't even think they'd be able to form a cogent thought. No matter what Fox did with Fox Sports 1, there would be segments of people that would be irritated. They seem to be catering to both the smart sports fan and the casual sports fan and the same time, and all that's doing is driving both sides away. It'll be interesting to see their strategy going forward.

Nice editorializing, Joe! Allow me to add some at the end of my article:
Anyone who knows Fox's record knew this channel would be no different than ESPN, and that it was nothing more than a bargaining chip in the sports rights arms race. Frankly, I don't understand anyone who thought it would be different. Adding more debate shows, hiring hosts like Erin Andrews based on their Twitter popularity, and reducing the actual amount of sporting events is not being different than ESPN. And to have a blog on a related network slam anyone who believes otherwise is completely ridiculous, not to mention one who's been "putting announcers on notice since 2005" is hypocritical. It's easy to slam ESPN; they usually hand it to you on a silver platter. But when NBC's coverage is garnering rave reviews for the F1 and Premier League programming you gave up, and you chose to ignore Fox's NASCAR, MLB, and soccer coverage being criticized, you might want to leave your comments to yourself.
Read more of this pile of shit at Awful Announcing.