Some of you should re-watch the trophy presentations from CBS in year's past.
Its always very brief & players aren't generally given the opportunity to 'thank' anyone, they just answer a few questions. Its really nothing like the other slams' trophy presentations.
And this is the first time Mary Carillo has done it, its always Dick Enberg(& before him Tony Trabert), so she may not know how to do this sort of thing(the fact that she didn't announce how much prize money Jankovic was getting - a major part of any trohpy presentation, esp with this USO Open Series stuff - shows that she is a novice at this sort of thing)
Jankovic actually got to say more than Sampras & many other USO champs got to say in years past. CBS cut away from the final the second Becker beat Lendl in '89, & Mats in '88 got to say like 2 words before they ended the tropy presentation(and this was after 5 hour final!) CBS dictates everything about the USO, & their programming time is limited, they are willing to show live tennis as long as it goes, but hearing players thank their coach is not a priority over pre-empting Cold Case, 60 minutes, any longer than is necessary.
Carillo had someone in her ear telling her to speed things up, so her attitude towards Jankovic wasn't personal, if anything her mocking attitude last night was meant more for CBS than Jankovic.
Blame CBS, not Carillo.
And that goes for any criticism of any network, its odd how many here don't seem to realize that commentators are just employees, they really have no say at all in what matches you see, or the schedule, or the trophy presentation, etc. Plus this final was meant to be shown on Saturday, not Sunday, so that really made it harder for CBS to adhere to its normal Sunday night schedule(esp on the west coast)
The TV producers & network heads you never see control everything you see during a sporting event, & often are responsible for the questions players are asked as well.
Its sort of funny that some of you think Carillo should be fired for this when she was specifically instructed to keep things brief by her producer last night & tried, but Jankovic grabbed the mike from her(which I've never seen at the USO before, again another reason Carillo seemed amused)
for being total Obama tools/fools, CBS can demote Mary Carillo.
