Murray Camp Angry

[adidasman]

Originally Posted by sureshs

If TV viewers don't like to see boring baseline pushing play, the AO has to listen to them. It is a business at the end.

Boy, that's a rather harsh analysis of Murray's game. I'd hardly call what Murray does boring or pushing - we should all push so well. It's about popularity of the player, not the nature of his game; Fed is the darling that everyone wants to see - he's the grand champion in the last few years of his career. Did the US Open do the same thing for Connors back in '92 or whatever because everyone loved his style of play??? No, they did it becauase people wanted to see him play, and they wanted to give him an advantage. So they did.

[NadalDramaQueen]

Cry some moar Murray and then come and poast on TW about it.

There really wasn't any exciting matchups in his draw.

[axel89]

Originally Posted by TMF

Night session is PRIME time, which fans want to see the star players. Not to say Murray isn't a star player, but he's playing under Roger's shadow. Lendl has to understand that his boy has to wait his turn. In the future perhaps Murray will be the main man and get schedule to play at PRIME time.

but tomic is a prime time playeer he played mayer

[Mainad]

Murray had 2 night matches at the USO last year so what's the problem with the AO?

If they carry on like this, he might begin to feel he's not as welcome in Melbourne as he is in New York. Everyone knows he plays his best in the night matches.

[NatF]

Non of Murray's matches have seemed interesting on paper that's the main reason, plus Federer is Federer. He's earned his primetime slots I'd say.

[SwankPeRFection]

Look, no one outside of GB is going to be watching any of Murray's matches. Lendl is just a dick as he's always been. When Murray's #1 in the world and people still don't watch him they'll still be crying as to why that's the case. Face it, a ton of people didn't watch the long *** Nole/Murray match last year, they didn't particularly care of Nole/Nadal matches either, so what's the problem? The fans will want to watch them, but the largest group of prime time investors (i.e. the people who pay for tickets and pay for cable to be glued to the TVs at home) want to see Fed play. He's the most popular and that's all there is. The guy could be 3rd in the world and people still show up to watch him play. Bottom line is this... if given the choice, people would rather watch Fed matches. If they can't because he's not playing and they need to get their tennis fix, they'll watch the next popular match.

[axel89]

Originally Posted by SwankPeRFection

Look, no one outside of GB is going to be watching any of Murray's matches. Lendl is just a dick as he's always been. When Murray's #1 in the world and people still don't watch him they'll still be crying as to why that's the case. Face it, a ton of people didn't watch the long *** Nole/Murray match last year, they didn't particularly care of Nole/Nadal matches either, so what's the problem? The fans will want to watch them, but the largest group of prime time investors (i.e. the people who pay for tickets and pay for cable to be glued to the TVs at home) want to see Fed play. He's the most popular and that's all there is. The guy could be 3rd in the world and people still show up to watch him play. Bottom line is this... if given the choice, people would rather watch Fed matches. If they can't because he's not playing and they need to get their tennis fix, they'll watch the next popular match.

i watch the murray matches the thing is australia has a terribad timezone for me

[axel89]

Originally Posted by SwankPeRFection

Look, no one outside of GB is going to be watching any of Murray's matches. Lendl is just a dick as he's always been. When Murray's #1 in the world and people still don't watch him they'll still be crying as to why that's the case. Face it, a ton of people didn't watch the long *** Nole/Murray match last year, they didn't particularly care of Nole/Nadal matches either, so what's the problem? The fans will want to watch them, but the largest group of prime time investors (i.e. the people who pay for tickets and pay for cable to be glued to the TVs at home) want to see Fed play. He's the most popular and that's all there is. The guy could be 3rd in the world and people still show up to watch him play. Bottom line is this... if given the choice, people would rather watch Fed matches. If they can't because he's not playing and they need to get their tennis fix, they'll watch the next popular match.

the nole murray match was 100x better than the fedal one

[paulorenzo]

Originally Posted by Mainad

Murray had 2 night matches at the USO last year so what's the problem with the AO?

If they carry on like this, he might begin to feel he's not as welcome in Melbourne as he is in New York. Everyone knows he plays his best in the night matches.

not always. a few finals/ semifinals come to mind where he's poorly at night and well during the day.

[tennis_pro]

I think it has something to do with his draw. Night matches usually feature a top player vs a homeboy or a top player vs a solid/other top player. Murray has played journeymen from the beginning.

[stringertom]

Originally Posted by batz

Also, like many Scots, his standard colour is a kind of pale blue. Murray is actually sporting a Scottish tan - he has gone from light blue to very white.

Finally, a logical explanation for the Scottish flag color scheme!

[Steve0904]

Originally Posted by axel89

the nole murray match was 100x better than the fedal one

No it wasn't Get real! Also Tomic is Australian. Of course he gets night matches in Australia. That's different.

[pennc94]

People are confusing style of play with and whether or not it is boring or exciting. Murray's game is not exciting nor compelling to watch. Not because he is a defensive player. Nadal and Djokovic are primarily defensive, but are exciting to watch. Murray plays his style well no doubt. He is a smart player and is very effective. His results speak for themselves. However, how he plays is not exciting to the vast majority of ticket goers or viewers.

[paulorenzo]

Originally Posted by pennc94

People are confusing style of play with and whether or not it is boring or exciting. Murray's game is not exciting nor compelling to watch. Not because he is a defensive player. Nadal and Djokovic are primarily defensive, but are exciting to watch. Murray plays his style well no doubt. He is a smart player and is very effective. His results speak for themselves. However, how he plays is not exciting to the vast majority of ticket goers or viewers.

nadal and djokovic wait aggressively, while murray likes to wait passively.

[underground]

What's the point of moaning? Who would want to see Murray-Chardy when you get Federer-Tsonga? That's what you get for a joke draw.

[SwankPeRFection]

Originally Posted by axel89

the nole murray match was 100x better than the fedal one

Ya, what about the Nole/Nedal one? Ya, I didn't watch it because I didn't want to fall into a comma accidentally.

[Hawkeye7]

Originally Posted by underground

What's the point of moaning? Who would want to see Murray-Chardy when you get Federer-Tsonga? That's what you get for a joke draw.

Murray over Fed any day of any week. I also wouldn't assume that everyone finds Murray's game boring. I know a lot of people who don't. Bad taste isn't mandatory.

A lot of people just like Fed because he won a lot of trophies, not necessarily because they love his Tennis. You can bet your *** that if he hadn't won slams 'no one' would care.

As for the argument, I understand why Fed got the night matches over Murray. If I was responsible for the schedule I would've done the same as none of the match-ups were interesting. And considering they all resulted in straight-set-routine-wins that was a good assumption to make.

[smoledman]

Fed has been hogging RLA for the last 8 years. How dare he play such beautiful tennis that makes people buy tickets to see him! The outrage!

[Hawkeye7]

Originally Posted by smoledman

Fed has been hogging RLA for the last 8 years. How dare he play such beautiful tennis that makes people buy tickets to see him! The outrage!

RLA has just as many seeds during the day.

[Sreeram]

Originally Posted by SLD76

Its not even that Murray isnt prime time, but who wants to see murray vs no name scrubs as a main event?

Agreed. THis is the reason. There are many who love to see Murray play and I am one of those. He is a natural talent and not just a power basher who comes to the net and gets confused what to do next. But it is his opponents that were not well known. Murray vs Delpo would have been main event for today even if Fed played anyone else. Just a guess.