There was a period that ended a few years ago where KCBS (the Bay Area all-news radio station) would have him on during drive time to give his opinions and observations on sports and current events.
Let's be charitable and say he was no Red Barber. He wasn't even Floyd the Barber. --Dave Sikula On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 9:18:02 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote: > He was great. And then…he wasn’t. He smartly quit coaching 5 years too > soon, then stayed in broadcasting maybe ten years too long. His lasting > influence on televised football has been horrendous, and we have only just > started recovering. For decades commentators imitated the Madden shtick, > combining bombast, faux every man self presentation, with self important > analysis that, in the hands of most non-Maddens, was most often nonsense. > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/bf902358-cbdb-4c2b-8c6e-a9b700d24e56n%40googlegroups.com.
