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Herd Wanders Too Much

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neutralparty

Here it was again today on The Herd - another segment where Colin had app. 4 minutes of reasonably solid material (in this case, it was a rant about Barry Bonds and how Colin feels that fans are hypocritical in how they view him). Unfortunately for Colin, the segment was 9 minutes long.

This happens a lot and it's very frustrating to listen to - typically, Colin tries to beat the subject into the ground and, if that doesn't fill the time, then it's a clumsy riff on some tangent.

After hearing this multiple times last week, I wondered where the blame should lie? Colin as the host, sure. But, what about the show producers? Seems like a definite lack of planning and assessing the topics and what's assigned to each segment
 
> He has the same problem as many sports talk host of today. He wants to be an FM morning host, but is not funny enough to pull it off. How many times to we have to listen to hosts try to carry 10 minutes when they should be focusing on the specific format that hey were hired for? Case in point, Colin is not Howard, Rush or even Seacrest. Tell these sports radio guys to stick to sports! They sound like bad standup comedians who should get pulled from the stage because their act is old and tired.











Here it was again today on The Herd - another segment where
> Colin had app. 4 minutes of reasonably solid material (in
> this case, it was a rant about Barry Bonds and how Colin
> feels that fans are hypocritical in how they view him).
> Unfortunately for Colin, the segment was 9 minutes long.
>
> This happens a lot and it's very frustrating to listen to -
> typically, Colin tries to beat the subject into the ground
> and, if that doesn't fill the time, then it's a clumsy riff
> on some tangent.
>
> After hearing this multiple times last week, I wondered
> where the blame should lie? Colin as the host, sure. But,
> what about the show producers? Seems like a definite lack of
> planning and assessing the topics and what's assigned to
> each segment
>
 
> Here it was again today on The Herd - another segment where
> Colin had app. 4 minutes of reasonably solid material (in
>
>

I agree with pretty much everything you say. One interesting thing was during college football season Colin was complaining that when he goes beyond Notre Dame and USC, the affiliates call to bitch. My guess is that he is being pulled in a lot of different directions. Where does the blame lie? Don't know.
 
I'm a bit surprised to hear that

Not about Cowherd, but that affiliates tend to moan when he goes beyond Southern Cal and Notre Dame.

Doesn't he have any listeners in the south or midwest?
 
Re: I'm a bit surprised to hear that

> Not about Cowherd, but that affiliates tend to moan when he
> goes beyond Southern Cal and Notre Dame.
>
> Doesn't he have any listeners in the south or midwest?
>
Those are the two I remember him talking about. The way I remember it was that the affiliates bitched when he went beyond the national-type football programs (I mean the half dozen or so programs in the country that have national followings).
 
RD9, you have finally said something that, to my brain, seems coherent. So tell me, don't you think that Andrew Siciliano fits the general profile you've described?

> He has the same problem as many sports talk host of today. He wants to be an FM morning host, but is not funny enough to pull it off. How many times to we have to listen to hosts try to carry 10 minutes when they should be focusing on the specific format that hey were hired for? Case in point, Colin is not Howard, Rush or even Seacrest. Tell these sports radio guys to stick to sports! They sound like bad standup comedians who should get pulled from the stage because their act is old and tired.
 
What is a national program?

And what college programs have a national following?

Does Georgia? What about Texas A & M? Wisconsin?

What about Grambling, which has a national following but it is black?

Michigan I can see as well as Penn State, Nebraska, and Ohio State.

But what about Tennessee, Oklahoma, LSU, and Alabama?

Now, I know Miami and Florida State have national followings, but how about Florida?

How about Army, Navy, and Air Force? Do all the Mormons root for BYU the way all the Catholics root for Notre Dame? The nation seems to be captivated when Northwestern does well.

There are many transplanted Pittsburghers and Clevelanders throughout the nation. So what about Pitt, Kent State and Akron?

What about Colorado? Don't we all hate them now because of the fact they raped their female kicker, Rae Carruth killed the mother of his child and crippled his son, and Ward Churchill?

Can't we report scum on them, or is ESPN so left-leaning now we have to prop them up because of Ward Churchill?
 
Speaking of acts that are old and tired, can Bruce Jacobs
get through a single segment without bashing Liberals,
Democrats, or Bill Clinton?? This guy is a total Rush
Limbaugh wannabee and doesn't have a decent sports take.
I've also heard other FSR hosts reveal their Republican
bias: Andrew Siciliano, Krystal Fernandez, Steve
Czaban, and Jorge Sedano.

I'm all for Sports Talk Radio mixing in a little popular
culture. That's why I enjoy Colin Cowherd and Jim Rome.
Talking only sports would be boring and would degrade into
statistics and fantansy leagues. Having said that,
two things that I don't want to hear on Sports Talk
are religion or politics.




> RD9, you have finally said something that, to my brain,
> seems coherent. So tell me, don't you think that Andrew
> Siciliano fits the general profile you've described?
>
> > He has the same problem as many sports talk host of today.
> He wants to be an FM morning host, but is not funny enough
> to pull it off. How many times to we have to listen to hosts
> try to carry 10 minutes when they should be focusing on the
> specific format that hey were hired for? Case in point,
> Colin is not Howard, Rush or even Seacrest. Tell these
> sports radio guys to stick to sports! They sound like bad
> standup comedians who should get pulled from the stage
> because their act is old and tired.
>
 
Jacobs and politics.

If you don't want to have religion or politics mixed into your sports- then I assume you are boycotting ESPN.

That entire network tries to push a left-wing agenda through sports the way Rolling Stone does through pop culture.

So Jacobs' political leanings don't bother me- and I'm not sure that Andrew "Hip Hop Nerd" Siciliano is exactly showing Republican bias. Certainly I never heard it when he was co-hosting with Tony Bruno.

As far as Jacobs goes, I'm not sure his political leanings bother me (they generally don't if you agree with them). You're trying to find a niche audience in radio- conservative sports fans might not be such a bad way to go.

However, what made him unlistenable in my eyes was his complete inability to get off his "I hate the Miami Dolphins" takes. It's all he had- and while at first he came off as humorous by a year of it you got sick of it.

Besides, if you are such a big New York Jets fan- what are you doing in Phoenix- let alone in a position that requires objectivity.



> Speaking of acts that are old and tired, can Bruce Jacobs
> get through a single segment without bashing Liberals,
> Democrats, or Bill Clinton?? This guy is a total Rush
> Limbaugh wannabee and doesn't have a decent sports take.
> I've also heard other FSR hosts reveal their Republican
> bias: Andrew Siciliano, Krystal Fernandez, Steve
> Czaban, and Jorge Sedano.
>
> I'm all for Sports Talk Radio mixing in a little popular
> culture. That's why I enjoy Colin Cowherd and Jim Rome.
> Talking only sports would be boring and would degrade into
> statistics and fantansy leagues. Having said that,
> two things that I don't want to hear on Sports Talk
> are religion or politics.
>
>
>
>
> > RD9, you have finally said something that, to my brain,
> > seems coherent. So tell me, don't you think that Andrew
> > Siciliano fits the general profile you've described?
> >
> > > He has the same problem as many sports talk host of
> today.
> > He wants to be an FM morning host, but is not funny enough
>
> > to pull it off. How many times to we have to listen to
> hosts
> > try to carry 10 minutes when they should be focusing on
> the
> > specific format that hey were hired for? Case in point,
> > Colin is not Howard, Rush or even Seacrest. Tell these
> > sports radio guys to stick to sports! They sound like bad
> > standup comedians who should get pulled from the stage
> > because their act is old and tired.
> >
>
 
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