Simms still has several years left on his CBS contract and could still end up in the booth.
I honestly don't know what makes Romo so appealing that CBS would put him in the No. 1 spot with no experience. Maybe dating Jessica Simpson would make him more appealing with women. But didn't he criticize her weight? Maybe they feared Fox getting him and giving him the top analyst position was the only way they could land him. Simms is almost a generation from his glory and he wasn't as big of A Star outside New York. Maybe it is youth alone that prompted CBS to hire Romo. Not sent from an iPhone. On Apr 6, 2017, 10:03 AM, at 10:03 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:00 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, I know what I would mean by "technical skills" in a football >> analyst, I just didn't know what Steve meant by it. >> >> I think the three guys you list here (McCarver, Madden, Simms) are >pretty >> different - Madden may have worn out his welcome with some (including >me) >> after many decades, but even at the end I dont think he would have >been >> replaced by an untested underperforming QB. McCarver was once an >excellent >> MLB analyst; I dont think he wore out his welcome, I think he got >> objectively bad at his job. Simms is maybe the best example of having >worn >> out his welcome - I think the best parallel for him is someone like >Jeff >> Van Gundy. I actually still like both of them, but the bloom is >probably >> off both roses as their once fresh act has gotten a bit stale. But >even so, >> I think each is better than most of their peers. >> <[email protected]> >> > >I find a world where Solomon Wilcots has a job as a network booth >analyst >and Phil Simms does not befuddling. And replacing Simms with someone >who >has never been in a booth before even more befuddling. But here we are >unless Fox or NFLN pick him up. > >With booth announcers, and especially with the top teams, the networks >need >to have them serve as the face of the brand and also keep the >broadcasts >from becoming stale. So there might be merit in changing the analyst >more >frequently while it is understandable that the network will not do >that. > >The advantage of having an ex-player or coach as a booth analyst is >that he >has spent years immersed in the sport and can spot things that the >viewer >will not and be able to explain what is happening. Hines Ward has a >dormant >podcast and he said several times (in fact he repeated himself a lot >and >that may be why he has not put out a new one in months) that it is >difficult for him to watch NFL games with non-players. He knows a lot >just >by seeing how the offense and defense line up and who goes in motion. >But >the game is going through constant evolution as offensive and defensive >try >to outgame each other and after 20 years a booth analyst might not >instinctively see what a certain formation means. Bringing a more >recent >retired player/coach might lead to a better broadcast. > >-- >-- >TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
