We can talk all day long about the loss of Bruno- and that's a big part of it- but there's more.
It seems to me that FSR- from the start- tried to hire failed comedians rather than actual sportscasters with a winning personality.
Outside of Bruce Jacobs- who is a sportscaster with a personality rather than a personality trying to be a sportscaster- there is not one guy I want to tune into.
I'm weary of listening to "Winner-Winner Chicken Dinner!" from David Stien- truly the worst catch phrase I have ever heard.
Jim Rome is just too snide and too urban for me; he looks like he should be taking bets rather than talking sports.
The shortcomings of J.T. the Brick have been discussed to death on this board; any sports talk show host that actually sells a videotape on how to call a sports talk show for $20 is a modern day snake oil salesman.
This goes back to the birth of the network- when they actually sold advertising to housecats.com and regularly interviewed porn stars.
So here's my solution.
YOU ARE FOX SPORTS- DAMMIT! FOX! You know- Red State- best network ever to cover NASCAR- the NFL- Baseball . . .
Those are the top three sports in America- so why don't you focus on them? NASCAR deserves not to have it's own show segregated from the rest of the programming- but rather incorporated into the fabric of every show. You'll get the listener ESPN won't.
End this fascination with "B" level stand-up comedians. They simply do not relate to the sort of listener that normally watches the above three sports- and they aren't funny, anyway.
Jim Rome gives you nothing. He's a horrible lead in to whatever show follows him. Developing a quality mid-day show- perhaps with hook-ups the way Colin Cowherd does to the local FOX affiliates- would go a long way.
It seems to me that FSR- from the start- tried to hire failed comedians rather than actual sportscasters with a winning personality.
Outside of Bruce Jacobs- who is a sportscaster with a personality rather than a personality trying to be a sportscaster- there is not one guy I want to tune into.
I'm weary of listening to "Winner-Winner Chicken Dinner!" from David Stien- truly the worst catch phrase I have ever heard.
Jim Rome is just too snide and too urban for me; he looks like he should be taking bets rather than talking sports.
The shortcomings of J.T. the Brick have been discussed to death on this board; any sports talk show host that actually sells a videotape on how to call a sports talk show for $20 is a modern day snake oil salesman.
This goes back to the birth of the network- when they actually sold advertising to housecats.com and regularly interviewed porn stars.
So here's my solution.
YOU ARE FOX SPORTS- DAMMIT! FOX! You know- Red State- best network ever to cover NASCAR- the NFL- Baseball . . .
Those are the top three sports in America- so why don't you focus on them? NASCAR deserves not to have it's own show segregated from the rest of the programming- but rather incorporated into the fabric of every show. You'll get the listener ESPN won't.
End this fascination with "B" level stand-up comedians. They simply do not relate to the sort of listener that normally watches the above three sports- and they aren't funny, anyway.
Jim Rome gives you nothing. He's a horrible lead in to whatever show follows him. Developing a quality mid-day show- perhaps with hook-ups the way Colin Cowherd does to the local FOX affiliates- would go a long way.