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HomeBrew1901
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Posted 07 March 2012 - 11:18 AM
I always liked Pete when he was in the "Big Chair" and anything is an improvement over Mike Adams, but the problem isn't Adams, it's that Ordway and Holley are horrendous together.
Edit: And I really liked Holley when he was paired up with Dale. It'll never happen but Felger and Holley would have been great. Actually pretty much Holley paired up with anyone other than Ordway would be good.
Edit: And I really liked Holley when he was paired up with Dale. It'll never happen but Felger and Holley would have been great. Actually pretty much Holley paired up with anyone other than Ordway would be good.
Edited by HomeBrew1901, 07 March 2012 - 11:20 AM.
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Posted 07 March 2012 - 11:23 AM
First Dale Arnold stays, now maybe Pete Shephard is coming back?
Wolfie trying to bring back the glory days of 'EEI? Who's next? Nuemie and John Wallach?
If they had Dick Radatz' corpse on the show it would be an improvement over Holley and Ordway.
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Posted 07 March 2012 - 05:03 PM
I think that stopped about the time the Sox season ended and they didn't have Celtics games pre-empting Planet Mike. They were able to get a full shift out of Adams more often so they didn't need to make him do flashes to earn his money. That and he added nothing to the Big Show when he was on.I thought Mike Adams used to do the flash starting at 3pm?
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Posted 07 March 2012 - 08:19 PM
I flicked over during a commercial break on TSH and heard Glenn & Holley having a spirited discussion about whether Chris Wilcox was an average or below average player. Holley seemed to be making some point about how Rondo can make a big guy better but Glenn was hung up on Wilcox's lack of ability. Honestly, had you told me they were in separate studios, 3000 miles apart and the signal had a time delay, I would have believed you. Once Glenn finally stopped protesting that Wilcox was, in fact, below average, Holley made the point that Rondo would create "3 or 4" easy baskets a game for any big man...so what IF they got Dwight Howard?
I flicked back to the KARS4KIDS commercial playing on TSH.
Holley brings out all the things that bothered me for years about Ordway - his incessant need to define terms like "below average" in that exaggerated sloooow delivery, his tendency to prevaricate about every subject and the way he just talks over the other people speaking, creating the "primate house" screeching sounds. And Ordway brings out the things that bothered me for years about Holley - his tendency toward the strawman arguments, the ball-washing during interviews and his complete inability to just take one side of a debate.
Ordway and Holley have less chemistry than Bill Belichick and Ron Borges in a one-on-one interview.
And putting can't shoot free throws Rondo together with can't shoot free throws Dwight Howard sounds like a really dumb plan, but I admittedly know less about the NBA than Tony Mazz.
I flicked back to the KARS4KIDS commercial playing on TSH.
Holley brings out all the things that bothered me for years about Ordway - his incessant need to define terms like "below average" in that exaggerated sloooow delivery, his tendency to prevaricate about every subject and the way he just talks over the other people speaking, creating the "primate house" screeching sounds. And Ordway brings out the things that bothered me for years about Holley - his tendency toward the strawman arguments, the ball-washing during interviews and his complete inability to just take one side of a debate.
Ordway and Holley have less chemistry than Bill Belichick and Ron Borges in a one-on-one interview.
And putting can't shoot free throws Rondo together with can't shoot free throws Dwight Howard sounds like a really dumb plan, but I admittedly know less about the NBA than Tony Mazz.
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 02:41 PM
Despite having little info on the Saints' violations and possible previous warnings they got from NFL HQ, Holley AND Ordway are 100% convinced the penalties are out of line.
Yea, that was weaksauce...the whole "Big Bad Goddell" being lied to, and now you are going to pay shtick...i mean, you CANNOT lie to the Commish...and if you do and get away with it, there goes the entire integrity of t\he office!
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 06:06 PM
Just stating the obvious, but would love to hear Felger's opinion. Is there any chance he cuts his vacation short and comes in on Thursday?
When was the last time you cut short your vacation with your family to go to fucking work? Unless someone is dead, I'm not doing that.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 08:12 AM
Yea, that was weaksauce...the whole "Big Bad Goddell" being lied to, and now you are going to pay shtick...i mean, you CANNOT lie to the Commish...and if you do and get away with it, there goes the entire integrity of t\he office!
Brett Favre lied to the Commishioner about his crocks and christmas light picture and Goodell's secret police seemed to be unable to check a phone record.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 10:40 AM
Honestly, Holley is terrible.
Last night on "Sports Tonight," Chris Gasper was running circles around him talking about Bountygate and whether or not is was "worse" than Spygate. Gasper kept saying that from a morality standpoint, of course Bountygate is worse, but from a competitive standpoint, Spygate is far worse. Bountygate didn't put the Saints at an on-field advantage, whereas Spygate put the Patriots at one.
It's a very simple point, and for some reason Holley couldn't comprehend it. He kept shouting at Gasper, "but come on, which is worse! Come on, which is worse!"
I don't listen to "The Big Show" at all anymore, but it seems as if Holley has adapted some of Ordway's worst traits as his own. Last night on Comcast, he sounded exactly like Glenn would have in the same argument.
Last night on "Sports Tonight," Chris Gasper was running circles around him talking about Bountygate and whether or not is was "worse" than Spygate. Gasper kept saying that from a morality standpoint, of course Bountygate is worse, but from a competitive standpoint, Spygate is far worse. Bountygate didn't put the Saints at an on-field advantage, whereas Spygate put the Patriots at one.
It's a very simple point, and for some reason Holley couldn't comprehend it. He kept shouting at Gasper, "but come on, which is worse! Come on, which is worse!"
I don't listen to "The Big Show" at all anymore, but it seems as if Holley has adapted some of Ordway's worst traits as his own. Last night on Comcast, he sounded exactly like Glenn would have in the same argument.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 03:41 PM
Well if the story is big enough, I could see his bosses ordering him back. Suppose Tom Brady suddenly called a press conference to announce his retirement on Friday. You gotta believe that Mike would be at that press conference. Fatso Franscesa has cut his vacation short in the past if there was a major story breaking or a major press conference. Well, the Saints bountygate and the Tebow story are both stories of national and local importance. If I was the station manager, I'd at least like my main host to maybe call in for a 20 or 30 minute segment. Francesa has done that in the past too. By the time Felger gets back on Monday, the story while still big, will have lost some of its immediacy. Anyway, to each his own.When was the last time you cut short your vacation with your family to go to fucking work? Unless someone is dead, I'm not doing that.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 04:06 PM
Despite having little info on the Saints' violations and possible previous warnings they got from NFL HQ, Holley AND Ordway are 100% convinced the penalties are out of line.
Without naming them, their old nemesis, Ron Borges, demolished their position in writing this morning:
http://www.bostonher...ceivejust_fate/
It's very simple:
1. Unless the NFL gets a handle on the violence and injury in this sport, it's faces a very serious long term economic risk.
2. It faces a more immediate legal and economic risk with hundreds of permanently damaged former players as plaintiffs.
3. As PC Friar notes, no business, much less a giant business, can function when executives feel free to look their boss square in the eye and lie through their teeth.
The "everybody does it" crap doesn't wash anymore.
In any case, their teeth gnashing is irrelevant. The owners understand the above, have Goodell on a contract for very big money for lots of years, and seem quite content with the way he is handling the big picture problems.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 05:33 PM
Well if the story is big enough, I could see his bosses ordering him back. Suppose Tom Brady suddenly called a press conference to announce his retirement on Friday. You gotta believe that Mike would be at that press conference. Fatso Franscesa has cut his vacation short in the past if there was a major story breaking or a major press conference. Well, the Saints bountygate and the Tebow story are both stories of national and local importance. If I was the station manager, I'd at least like my main host to maybe call in for a 20 or 30 minute segment. Francesa has done that in the past too. By the time Felger gets back on Monday, the story while still big, will have lost some of its immediacy. Anyway, to each his own.
Felger is by far their #1 talent, I doubt anyone at the station has the power to 'order' him back from VK. Also doubt that Felger still has any press credentials, so he wouldn't be at any press conferences. At the most he'd cover it live from his show so the second the press conference was over (obviously if it occurred during his time slot) he could give his opinion asap.
He's admitted over and over that his role as a newsperson is long over, he's been in entertainer mode for awhile now.
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Posted 04 April 2012 - 01:46 PM
This so awful, Ordway started his interview with 5 minutes of grilling Valentine about how he is doing a weekly interview in NY. Valentine was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say to the questions until they finally said "lets talk about the roster."
Valentine said he doesn't expect Aceves to be used in a non-tradition closer role, but he wouldn't be afraid to bring hims back to the dugout then send him back to the 9th.
Valentine says he doesn't foresee many squeezes or sacrifice bunts. They will steal when opportunity arises.
Valentine said he doesn't expect Aceves to be used in a non-tradition closer role, but he wouldn't be afraid to bring hims back to the dugout then send him back to the 9th.
Valentine says he doesn't foresee many squeezes or sacrifice bunts. They will steal when opportunity arises.
Edited by SoxScout, 04 April 2012 - 01:46 PM.
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Posted 04 April 2012 - 01:51 PM
I was going to post the same thing. I was yelling at the radio when Ordway asked about the 4th different question about his radio gig and had not even asked a thing about the team. After the last long winded rambling question Valentine was just silent until Ordway said let's move on. Brutal.
Edit: Only reason I was listening was because they posted on twitter he was coming up...then I was quickly reminded how bad that show is.
Edit: Only reason I was listening was because they posted on twitter he was coming up...then I was quickly reminded how bad that show is.
Edited by Gambler7, 04 April 2012 - 01:51 PM.
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Posted 04 April 2012 - 01:58 PM
Awful, awful interview with BobbyV -- Ordway and Holley are pathetic. BobbyV annoyed as hell about them not talking baseball the day before Opening Day, but trying to make it all about it him.
No wonder BobbyV contracted to talk with Kay, because that was sad.
No wonder BobbyV contracted to talk with Kay, because that was sad.
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Posted 04 April 2012 - 02:13 PM
I honestly had almost forgotten about the Big Show. It's just not on my radar anymore it's so bad. They are so completely out of touch and seem like they have no idea what they are doing. Holley is completely overexposed on that show for the dullard he is.
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Posted 04 April 2012 - 02:18 PM
I honestly had almost forgotten about the Big Show. It's just not on my radar anymore it's so bad. They are so completely out of touch and seem like they have no idea what they are doing. Holley is completely overexposed on that show for the dullard he is.
It's unbelievable that's the "flagship" show for the same station that employs Bradford and Speier.
Well, I guess it's good to know now, that I don't have to remember to stream that weekly spot anymore.
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