To Rik De Saedeleer
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by Cooke4444
A tribute to one of the best sports reporters ever. In succesion to the golden boot award yesterday. My apologies to non-Dutch speaking/reading readers for some Dutch quotes.
Not everyone will know the legendary quotes from Rik De Saedeleer, certainly not in Wallonia, but it's not just about his quotes. He did something completely different with journalism in sport.
"You need to give the viewer a break. Or else he won't remember everything". In complete contradiction with today's journalists, Rik De Saedeleer was able to create a silence in his commentary. Where now other (football) journalists give commentary about how a player manages to control the ball or talk about the personal life of the players, Rik said nothing. And even when he gave commentary, he wasn't only talking about who had the ball, or what the player did with it, no, he said what he thought he was going to do with it. This subjective commentary, mostly seen as "not-done", was maybe one of the most entertaining ever.
And it was not just entertaining. Rik De Saedeleer had a very good view on the game. He was able to shout "goal" several seconds before it happened, where journalists today say it as it already happened. Remember the commentary in Belgium-Hollan
Off course, his popularity boomed with the results of the Red Devils on the World Championships in Mexico. But with popularity came critic. He wasn't a really big fan of Enzo Scifo, some people noticed he was less enthousiastic when Scifo scored. I guess, with subjective commentary, it's only normal you get this. But it's honest of him he admit it, and that's what makes him so unique in sports commentary.
An overview from his most known quotes ("Dag moeder!, "Daar is 'm!",...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1SM06TpubY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2tGPoG8LVg (Mexico '86)
Golden boot
An open award this time. With Courtois and Witsel only able to gain points in the first round of voting, everything could change in the second one. Courtois was out in the first round, as Witsel had more points, and both went to another country in the summer.
In the final round, Vadis Odjidja got a lot of points, but not as much as Matias Suarez from RSC Anderlecht. The striker got 19 points more than ex-Standard Axel Witsel. A first win for the Argentinian.
Not everyone will know the legendary quotes from Rik De Saedeleer, certainly not in Wallonia, but it's not just about his quotes. He did something completely different with journalism in sport.
"You need to give the viewer a break. Or else he won't remember everything". In complete contradiction with today's journalists, Rik De Saedeleer was able to create a silence in his commentary. Where now other (football) journalists give commentary about how a player manages to control the ball or talk about the personal life of the players, Rik said nothing. And even when he gave commentary, he wasn't only talking about who had the ball, or what the player did with it, no, he said what he thought he was going to do with it. This subjective commentary, mostly seen as "not-done", was maybe one of the most entertaining ever.
And it was not just entertaining. Rik De Saedeleer had a very good view on the game. He was able to shout "goal" several seconds before it happened, where journalists today say it as it already happened. Remember the commentary in Belgium-Hollan
😛"ze gaan lopen, ze gaan lopen!".
Off course, his popularity boomed with the results of the Red Devils on the World Championships in Mexico. But with popularity came critic. He wasn't a really big fan of Enzo Scifo, some people noticed he was less enthousiastic when Scifo scored. I guess, with subjective commentary, it's only normal you get this. But it's honest of him he admit it, and that's what makes him so unique in sports commentary.
An overview from his most known quotes ("Dag moeder!, "Daar is 'm!",...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1SM06TpubY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2tGPoG8LVg (Mexico '86)
Golden boot
An open award this time. With Courtois and Witsel only able to gain points in the first round of voting, everything could change in the second one. Courtois was out in the first round, as Witsel had more points, and both went to another country in the summer.
In the final round, Vadis Odjidja got a lot of points, but not as much as Matias Suarez from RSC Anderlecht. The striker got 19 points more than ex-Standard Axel Witsel. A first win for the Argentinian.
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You have found your own niche in eBe journalism, cooke. Congratulations!