Einstein Spectator Experience

[James1902]

Originally Posted by AlexD744

I don't know if the champs interviewer is affiliated with FIRST or not, but it helps if the interviewer knows the game and teams really well. Would've also been good to talk to the 4th alliance memebers and get their perspective, e.g. talking to 900 about the harpoons.

I could be wrong, but I believe she was one of the two commentators from Georgia's GameTime so I think she's a FIRSTer.

To be fair, that sort of interviewing is a tough gig. Usually, if it's the interviewer's first or second time doing it, they'll end up having a catch all filler word that they keep going back to, hers seemed to be "awesome", mine was "fantastic" in the past. This can be trained out of you with enough repetition and experience. For me that took the form of watching past interviews wanting to bang my head against a table because I couldn't believe I said the stupid word "fantastic" AGAIN!

I do think FIRST, or her producers on the floor, should have done a better job prepping her about that catch word. It also probably would have helped to let her do some warm up interviews at a bunch of different fields on Thursday and Friday just to get some practice in before the big show.