In-game interviews are what they are — an unavoidable part of everyone’s viewing experience.
They’re not going anywhere, so we can either accept their existence or find some value in the moments they offer. We understand the complaints, especially during in-game action. But asking a head coach for a comment during a break in play is the best way forward, even if said head coach isn’t going to give you much of anything.
Some do, others don’t.
Baylor’s Scott Drew gave Tracy Wolfson plenty to chew on until he didn’t.
CBS’s lead sideline reporter caught up with the Baylor Bears head coach during a break in the action. While his team held the lead, V. J. Edgecombe was scoreless until then. He had gone 0-for-3 from the field, though he did end the first half with four points.
Wolfson wondered what Drew told the former five-star recruit on the sideline.
“Oh, V.J.’s doing great,” Drew said when Wolfson asked him what he wanted to see from his freshman guard. “He affects the game in every area. He’s playing great defense. He’s rebounding. He’s taking good looks. So, that’s the last thing I’m worried about. We had a couple of guys run something wrong, and I was like, ‘Try to get everyone organized, will you?'”
Drew laughed, looking like he wanted to say more, and then turned to Wolfson to inform her, “That’s all I got.”
Nothing he offered her was groundbreaking by any stretch of the imagination, but that last answer did draw a laugh out of Ian Eagle.
Ultimately, these interviews might not always provide the deep insights we crave, but they’re part of the game’s fabric.
Coaches like Drew give us what they can in the moment; sometimes, that’s all we get.
About Sam Neumann
Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.