Curious Hair wrote:
denisdman wrote:
I think a big part of what he does is some radio character and that there is a real person underneath that he hides really well. I gave B&G a legit shot. And having two of those characters was a disaster. The show had no direction, and it was sad because B&G are talented, local guys who love sports.
You may have missed this the first time I threw it out when Grote sat in, but I feel like Dan and Jason were both too irritable and high-strung to play off each other well. For all the posing Goff does as someone who's super-chill and never lets anything bother him, it's plain as day that
everything bothers him. Neither one could reel the other in when the other gets upset, so there was always this feedback loop of neuroticism that was really offputting. If someone called one of them dumb on Twitter, it was like the end of the world. Terry always knew that at the end of the day, sports were stupid entertainment, and I think Jason and Dan both felt that they were a battlefield for serious issues of race, gender, sexuality, and the professional class. It just didn't work.
Well said.
I don't know how to feel about Goff, even still. He was an awkward choice to replace Terry, and improbably he outsnobbed Bernstein about a great many things. Every conversation that wasn't about hoops was somehow beneath him, and if there were any listeners stupid enough to still be fans of the Bears in particular, why should he waste his energy catering to them when they're all morons in the first place?
Couple that with the political climate bringing out a lot of confrontation, and Dan having no idea how to steer the show whatsoever, it all rang hollow from the outset.
_________________
Quote:
When it comes to the Bears, America is just a slobbering shitwagon. Every single opinion of his regarding this team is the most pristine of doomsday horseshit.
Login
Register
FAQ
Search
