Dan Patrick Leaving ESPN

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Redskins_P

Damn that sucks. I really enjoy his show.

SS, is he going to host the price is right? I heard that he had been contacted for that.

Well I would tell you but I'd hate to bore the Carnage's and Skinsfan_nn's of the world. From now let's all just wait for their approval on what to discuss first.

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well I would tell you but I'd hate to bore the Carnage's and Skinsfan_nn's of the world. From now let's all just wait for their approval on what to discuss first.

Seriously... SportsCenter would not have the viewership without the anchors. If you just showed 45 minutes of the day's highlights, it wouldn't work. DP wasn't a pioneer in sports journalism, but him and Olbermann were the two that really took sports writing to another level.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

Seriously... SportsCenter would not have the viewership without the anchors. If you just showed 45 minutes of the day's highlights, it wouldn't work. DP wasn't a pioneer in sports journalism, but him and Olbermann were the two that really took sports writing to another level.

If he took it to another level , wouldn't that make him a pioneer? The essence of good writing is avoiding cliche. Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann never passed that simple test. Watch Olbermann on MSNBC. He is full of stock phrases and worn out analogies. They are both boring as hell. If I weren't sure that his absence from T.V. would be short-lived, I would say good-riddance.

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

If he took it to another level , wouldn't that make him a pioneer? The essence of good writing is avoiding cliche. Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann never passed that simple test. Watch Olbermann on MSNBC. He is full of stock phrases and worn out analogies. They are both boring as hell. If I weren't sure that his absence from T.V. would be short-lived, I would say good-riddance.

Not really, because writing is still writing... the two just made it better, imo. The "schtick" used by SportsCenter anchors has evolved with time.

And we'll just have to agree to disagree re: the quality of their writing. I think Olbermann is a pretty darn good journalist on MSNBC.

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

Not really, because writing is still writing... the two just made it better, imo. The "schtick" used by SportsCenter anchors has evolved with time.

And we'll just have to agree to disagree re: the quality of their writing. I think Olbermann is a pretty darn good journalist on MSNBC.

i agree. Patrick was very good on sports center. and sage steel is horrible. watching her on comcast d.c the last couple of years was painful

[Moseley_in_the_snow]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well I would tell you but I'd hate to bore the Carnage's and Skinsfan_nn's of the world. From now let's all just wait for their approval on what to discuss first.

Yeah, no doubt....