There is no way that the current crop of wannabes comes close to past versions. As has been said, this group is a bunch of guys who sound just like the other. Worse, they pair some of them together. While some callers do occasionally get Terry and Dan, or even Mully and Hanley, confused>>>the rule is, with the fill in and weekend guys, that callers have no idea who just said what.

McKnight is awful. I've seen it posted that he is too breathy, and that is dead on. Remedial would be a good term to describe his sports thoughts.

Joe O is brutal. Usually paired with the rube above, it sounds more like a couple of high school kids pretending to do radio than it does an actual big city radio station.

Finfer is just another guy. Again, I've seen it posted that it sounds like something, I don't know what, is stuck in his mouth when he talks. He tries to use his serious voice when he's trying to hammer a point home, but it just sounds forced and Bush League.

Rodewald, Grote, and whoever else sounds like a awful Frankenstein mixture of the three listed above & a dash of a Bernstein impression: bad.

Rosenbloom and Rozner are as close to unique voices as you can get out of the backup team, but that doesn't mean they're great. Rather, much like that screaming producer Rhodes from the morning show, oft times it sounds like they're taking the contrarian stance just to take the contrarian stance.

I certainly hope that the Holmes experiment is over soon, hopefully heading off into the TV sunset. While he might have some true fans, his reach can't be considered wide (and his version of narrow isn't the 'smart' audience that guys like Bernstein like to think they're speaking to). While the giant ego, talking about 'his' guys, and talking 'more than sports' may have worked for North for quite awhile>>>Larry trying to replicate it, with his own flavor, results in awful radio.



There is no doubting that the quality of past WSCR 'Bench Mob' personnel is overrated, with time and fading memories being their best friend, I just don't see a guy like Bernstein lurking in the shadows at this time. Much like Jimmy Fallon becoming a face of comedy, today, I certainly hope that the talent(less) pool of backup Score guys doesn't represent where Sports Talk is headed. LOL

While we're doing revisionist history (forgetting how bad guys like Chuck Daly were as 'experts'), I do want to say that the morning show (as frustrating as it can be) is the only one with worthwhile experts. I know some think Jim Miller and Matt Bowen are great, but I remember fondly the days where a Walter Payton or Doug Collins would talk us through the season.

Was J Hood considered A or B team back when he was at WSCR?

I think Jonathan Hood was B team at The SCORE, and I'm not sure what he is at ESPN Radio 1000, KS.

/\ Quite possibly the most racist thing Ive ever seen written here. Especially the last part.

When Laurence refers to the "A Team" on The SCORE at night, he refers to his producers Joe Ostrowski, Chris Tannehill & Herb Lawrence, along with update guy Connor McKnight. Last night was one of those nights where we got the full "A Team" theme...