What is wrong with ESPN??

[djnemo65]

Yeah, I always thought Colin was untalented, but his handling of this situation has just been so hurtful. It's like he's trying to be Howard Stern - being outrageous and firing everyone up - without the comedic wit and talent. I just really feel a lot of anger towards him right now.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

Yeah, I always thought Colin was untalented, but his handling of this situation has just been so hurtful. It's like he's trying to be Howard Stern - being outrageous and firing everyone up - without the comedic wit and talent. I just really feel a lot of anger towards him right now.

The difference between Stern and Cowherd is that Howard actually understands radio as an art form and knows what works well in that medium. It's actually very hard to be good on radio as the recent proliferation of mediocre personalities demonstrates. Cowherd is a hack. He has an unpleasant voice. He seems to have no aptitude for creating the "theatre of the mind" which is so crucial in his business. To make things worse, in the few times that I was able to listen to him for more than a few seconds without changing the dial to a music station, I heard a man who has an extremely superficial knowledge of sports, specifically football. Another time I saw him on one of ESPN's television networks talking in between plays of a college football game. It seemed to be some sort of bizarre experiment in which they were attempting to determine if Cowherd could be as totally ineffective in a visual medium as he continues to be in an auditory one. He succeeded.