I mean, I don't listen to commentary at all these days for the most part. But when I do, I can't stand guys like Martino and Lalas, who never played in a top league, champions league, etc., act like they've been there done that. The only reason anybody even knows who Lalas is, is because he was the long haired hippy that played on the '94 world cup squad when it was in the states. A team that had pretty much no accomplished players outside of say Tab Ramos and John Harkes, who played for Real Betis and Derby at the time, and Brad Friedel but before he moved his career to England and was the second choice keepter behind Meola.. But you have to sit there and listen to Lalas like he's some kind of soccer god, a guy who had a very brief stint with a bottom tier Seire A club, then found his level in the just starting out terrible level of the 90's MLS.
These guys are unwatchalbe on TV. As terrible as the level of MLS is, I still go to a lot of matches in Seattle, LA, Portland, all along the west coast, just because besides enjoying hating myself, MLS is a decent product to watch live, if not on TV. So I see these guys quite often in person as they are doing pre-game shows and whatnot from the stadiums and they are just as awful in person as they are on TV.