this was particularly brutal and a microcosm of the issues.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2276548308?t=6h33m25s

Leila no-sells a Dan bit immediately, and does her brand of humor of saying something LOUDLY AND SARCASTICALLY

I think she then no-sells two more Dan jokes in the next five minutes

And simply sounds bad...I listened on podcast (it was noted as 'bears stadium talk') and then when looking it up on Twitch you can see she literally has food in her mouth.

Why would anyone think that's a good idea? Does anyone actually like Leila?

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One part of me is ok with her being there more so they can stop having complete segments of getting her horrible thoughts over things she hasn't been on to discuss over the last week.

If she's going to be on the show more now, can they refer to her by her first name or will Dan be offended?

Why not give Marshall a chance to grow vs. having a part time host there to help with the conversation with Dan?

Dan specifically said Leila Rahimi Tuesday and Wednesday.

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I think Mully still says just 'Leila', he must know her like that

Alternatively, Dan will embrace problematic tradition here if her days are sponsored.

"Tomorrow is a Tinder Tuesday with Leila..."

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It's a little less painful when one watches as opposed to just listening in the car.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Nobody calls her by her full name when introducing her. Dan has to be outraged/offended.

I'm in Chicago for a couple of days visiting family, so I put on the first couple of hours of today's show in the car; I got to my hotel before High Noon started. I had not listened since my last trip here in June, when I had to PTFB on LoHo.

Marshall is an improvement over Laurence because he's mostly inoffensive and steers Dan away from social pontificating. His thoughts are not particularly great but not particularly awful. Leila is superfluous, and a Leila/Marshall show when Dan gets his salary cut enough to decide to retire will still be better than Jurko. Dan's just playing out the string in year #30 and I won't be surprised if he decides to leave at his 30th anniversary.

The show is not a top-half show in Score history, but it's no worse than the local Raleigh ACC and Hurricanes-heavy talk I get at home. On the daily commute I used to have, I would probably split my time between this, Dan Patrick, and music.

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So far, Marshall hasn't really taken the bait when Dan decides to act like Keith Olbermann. Will that last? Probably not, but it's been better than Lawrence adding to what Dan says in a slow, serious voice.

Both Marshall and Leila have tried to avoid special Bernstein story time.

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