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R.D. Mangles posted:stephen a talking to himself on split screen and getting more and more irate I'd uhhh...If I was drunk enough I may actually watch that for at least 15 to 20 seconds.
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Maybe ESPN bleeding talent will cause them to turn away from hot take machines and towards actual analysis since it won't cost nearly as much to operahahahaha who am I kidding
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Spoeank posted:Maybe ESPN bleeding talent will cause them to turn away from hot take machines and towards actual analysis since it won't cost nearly as much to operahahahaha who am I kidding
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Spoeank posted:Maybe ESPN bleeding talent will cause them to turn away from hot take machines and towards actual analysis since it won't cost nearly as much to operahahahaha who am I kidding Bayless is at least a talented troll, you could find the next Cowherd doing local AM radio in any shithole you decided to look; it blows my mind that Fox put down honest to God money to get him. He was just a name on a time slot you idiots!
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I watched First Take a few times when I was preparing to go in for some Scary Medical Tests because it was impossible to not be "what the gently caress did that idiot just say?" constantly and it was a nice distraction.
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Spoeank posted:Maybe ESPN bleeding talent will cause them to turn away from hot take machines and towards actual analysis since it won't cost nearly as much to operahahahaha who am I kidding Is there any evidence that people actually want that in any significant numbers? Because remember zakharov posted:Your Twitter feed is not the world.
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Peanut President posted:Is Dixie Carter running Fox Sports 1 now? FS1 hasn't come close to being sold to Nazis yet.
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MourningView posted:Is there any evidence that people actually want that in any significant numbers? Because remember There isn't, because ratings say the hot take machines are what people want. They're just lowest common denominator garbage and they bring nothing of value to the table with regards to the discourse.
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ayn rand hand job posted:FS1 hasn't come close to being sold to Nazis yet. We'll know for sure when Jeff Jarrett gets his own show
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R.D. Mangles posted:stephen a talking to himself on split screen and getting more and more irate Poach Katie Nolan to cohost and give her a 12 pack before each show.
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Apr 27, 2016 18:44
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Honestly I'm surprised ESPN hasn't courted Katie Nolan yet, or vice versa. Even a random ESPNEWS show at midnight would probably do better ratings than what she's getting at FS1.
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Benne posted:Honestly I'm surprised ESPN hasn't courted Katie Nolan yet, or vice versa. Even a random ESPNEWS show at midnight would probably do better ratings than what she's getting at FS1. Right before he got fired Simmons tried to do that, Garbage Time was the result.
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Benne posted:Honestly I'm surprised ESPN hasn't courted Katie Nolan yet, or vice versa. Even a random ESPNEWS show at midnight would probably do better ratings than what she's getting at FS1. There was talk a year or so ago of FS and ESPN discussing a talent trade of sorts, and I believe Ian Darke and Katie Nolan were both involved. It was really strange.
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Speaking of Ian Darke, I wonder what he's going to do after Euro 2016. ESPN won't have the World Cup or Euros for at least a decade, and given how penny-pinching they've become I don't imagine they'll want to pay Darke to cover like 2 USMNT games a year. Would he stay at ESPN, follow the World Cup to Fox, move to NBC and get in a literal duel with Arlo White for the top EPL game every week, or just go back to the UK?
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Benne posted:Speaking of Ian Darke, I wonder what he's going to do after Euro 2016. ESPN won't have the World Cup or Euros for at least a decade, and given how penny-pinching they've become I don't imagine they'll want to pay Darke to cover like 2 USMNT games a year. I wouldn't be surprised to see him head to Fox. After the mess of the Gus Johnson experiment, he'd be a really good acquisition for them. Here's the report on the trade that wasn't between FS and ESPN, weird poo poo
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this thread seems to be concerned with the Big Guys, but I'm looking for a good sports podcast. I'm listening to Bill Simmons' Podcast right now because he rules but he talks a poo poo ton about non-sports stuff. Gimme the sports.
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modestmusashi posted:this thread seems to be concerned with the Big Guys, but I'm looking for a good sports podcast. I'm listening to Bill Simmons' Podcast right now because he rules but he talks a poo poo ton about non-sports stuff. Gimme the sports. Pretty football centric, but Move the Sticks is some good stuff from a scouting perspective; the run-up to the draft has gotten a bit repetitive, but c'est la vie. I also hear good things about Around the NFL.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Pretty sure the main reason they are bleeding talent is budget cuts. This is precisely it. Skipper is under a mandate to cut almost $400 million in costs by next year.
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If you make a lot of money at ESPN and are an on-air talent, they are probably not renewing your contract.
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FlamingLiberal posted:If you make a lot of money at ESPN and are an on-air talent, they are probably not renewing your contract. I think SAS is still their higest paid guy by a wide margin. Be interesting to see if he's shipped off too.
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DJExile posted:I think SAS is still their higest paid guy by a wide margin. Be interesting to see if he's shipped off too. Last I read, Gruden makes something like $6 or $7 million a year.
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Apr 27, 2016 20:25
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DJExile posted:I think SAS is still their higest paid guy by a wide margin. Be interesting to see if he's shipped off too. Given the things Smith has said and done you have to wonder why ESPN hasn't pulled that trigger yet.
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FlamingLiberal posted:If you make a lot of money at ESPN and are an on-air talent, they are probably not renewing your contract. It's not really that. They're cutting on the producers and staff for the high profile talent in order to retain the talent.
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sportsgenius86 posted:It's not really that. They're cutting on the producers and staff for the high profile talent in order to retain the talent.
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FlamingLiberal posted:But the talent is still leaving? I mean in a year they have lost Olbermann, Cowherd, Simmons, Bayless, and Tirico. Simmons and Tirico were cornerstones of the network. You aren't wrong, but Olbermann never saw a bridge he didn't want to torch and Simmons basically kept daring ESPN to fire him.
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DJExile posted:You aren't wrong, but Olbermann never saw a bridge he didn't want to torch and Simmons basically kept daring ESPN to fire him. Beyond that, Simmons openly hated John Skipper, and he was running a vanity project that was getting no viewership and therefore no ad revenue.
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FlamingLiberal posted:But the talent is still leaving? I mean in a year they have lost Olbermann, Cowherd, Simmons, Bayless, and Tirico. Simmons and Tirico were cornerstones of the network. Yes because ESPN lacks foresight. They're hedging on the brand and individuals being powerful enough to overcome the production losses except the production losses are seemingly giving everyone a fresh excuse to leave because they're essentially starting from ground zero anyway with new staff.
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They have like 20 dudes on payroll they could replace Tirico with without anyone noticing after like 3 weeks
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I was hoping Nessler would get the MNF gig but he's replacing Verne I guess.
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MourningView posted:They have like 20 dudes on payroll they could replace Tirico with without anyone noticing after like 3 weeks Seriously, Tirico is a pretty awful announcer and has been for like 15 years.
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sportsgenius86 posted:I was hoping Nessler would get the MNF gig but he's replacing Verne I guess. I think I read the favorite is sean mcdonough, which I object to only because I think he's the best football play by play guy currently working anywhere and I'd much rather have him calling college games. Beyond that I have a hard time believing it's a change that is going to upset that many people. Gruden is the star of the MNF booth anyway, even though his appeal is completely lost on me. MourningView fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Apr 28, 2016 |
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Have you never heard of a Gruden Grinder?
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MourningView posted:I think I read the favorite is sean mcdonough, which I object to only because I think he's the best football play by play guy currently working anywhere and I'd much rather have him calling college games. Beyond that I have a hard time believing it's a change that is going to upset that many people. He is wacky and being a former coach has just enough knowledge to trick you into thinking what he says has any meaning. It's not hard.
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Gruden is one of the few NFL announcers who sounds like he actually enjoys watching football. Nearly everyone else working today is so humorless or self-serious about THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, that Gruden's wide-eyed, knee-slapping "AIN'T THAT THE CRAZIEST PLAY" is almost a breath of fresh air. In this thread making fun of hot takes, I'll make a take of my own: Jon Gruden is the Madden successor we've been waiting for.
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Also I'm going to miss Tirico openly making GBS threads on a bad game while Eternal Optimist Gruden sheepishly admits "well, these guys probably won't enjoy watching the tape."
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FlamingLiberal posted:But the talent is still leaving? I mean in a year they have lost Olbermann, Cowherd, Simmons, Bayless, and Tirico. Simmons and Tirico were cornerstones of the network. Were they planning on letting Cowherd go before he called Dominicans dumb or was that just a convenient way to look tough and not pay him?
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Schremp Howard posted:Were they planning on letting Cowherd go before he called Dominicans dumb or was that just a convenient way to look tough and not pay him? He'd already given notice that he was leaving when his contract was up so it was a good way to look like they gave a poo poo without actually losing anything
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I didn't think Tirico was great or anything but I think you guys are underestimating how bad some of the other PbP folks are out there. He was boring but competent in multiple sports.
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