On his show today.
He's such a West Coast homer, I was really surprised he didn't pick the Doyers.
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On his show today.
He's such a West Coast homer, I was really surprised he didn't pick the Doyers.
He also talked about how it was Griffey that kept the Reds from winning and how when he left, they got good. Which of course wasn't close to true. We had no farm system and our owner was cheap. When Griffey left it coincided with some semblance of a farm system showing some fruits and a new owner.
Yeah his whole discussion on that point was pretty dumb.Quote:
Originally Posted by dougdirt
The Reds signed Joey Votto so they could negotiate their TV deal? I mean, really. :rolleyes:
This should be a really awesome thread... I know we're all huge Cowherd fans here. Haha.
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84775
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Don't like him. But hey, I'll take it. :beerme:
He also said that Vegas currently has the Reds at 88 wins. Seems a tad low.
I'm surprised he knows who the Reds are. I'm surprised he knows who any teams are besides his favorites: Yankees, Lakers, Cowboys, Red Sox, Dodgers, Heat, Celtics, Patriots, Tim Tebow and the entire SEC.
That is actually really surprising considering how eager he has been the past few years to dump on the Reds to draw attention to himself
However, this is good news for Reds fans...
http://deadspin.com/5970095/ugh-coli...pundit-of-2012
I'm not a Cowherd fan by any means, but weren't there some on this board who speculated the same -- that Castellini is trying to position the franchise for a good deal by signing good players and upping ratings?Quote:
Originally Posted by WMR
we were 5th best and the 3 teams tied for 1st are set at 90. So its not like anyone set at 95.Quote:
Originally Posted by MBZags
Well, I'll give him credit--he's saying something no one else is. Don't get me wrong--the Reds have a legitimate shot--but he works in a business that requires saying things to get people's attention, and if he said what everyone else is saying, people wouldn't pay as much attention.
Does this mean he has figured out who Joey Votto is?
Cowherd remains and always will be an uber-tool.
Colin Cowherd is the Bud Light to Jim Rome's Budweiser. Very weak and watered down version of something that's not any good to begin with.
It's unbelievable how awesome, and accurate, of a quote this really is. :beerme:Quote:
Originally Posted by TSJ55
That there is sig worthy!Quote:
Originally Posted by TSJ55
Aw shucks, thanks Matt and Cy. Put another tick in "W" column for craft beer and baseball!
Disagree. Colin is controversial, but Rome's canned, scripted, rehearsed takes were old in 2002.Quote:
Originally Posted by TSJ55
Can anyone find the audio or at least tell me which day on his show Colin predicted this?
Yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghosts of 1990
Funny, as I recall it was just 2 years ago that Cowlick said he didn't even know who Joey Votto was.
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by dougdirt
Yea, and people got all over him for it. He electrified the Cincinnati market back in those days and gained listeners and interest. If you listen to him year round, he does that from time to time. He'll pick on a fan base for something he probably doesn't have much conviction for and he does it to generate listeners. It's low-hanging fruit to get more listeners but it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Always Red
He picks on Cam Newton incessantly.... Cam is as elite as it gets IMHO. Same thing as Votto, or at least a comparable situation and fan base.
Yeah, I try to avoid his show, but I turned it on during the drive to lunch because it beat "oldies lunch" that every station around here does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghosts of 1990
I am actually a big Cowherd fan--- not of him personally per se or all of his takes, but I love his show. He is very well prepare daily and always has something to say. He will say a lot of things that other hosts won't.
Today he was talking about the image of the NBA an how he believes there are racial undertones from the fans and media in regards to how the league is perceived. I agree with most of where he was going with it-- most talk show hosts won't even go there and unlike a guy like Skip Bayless, I don't think Cowherd says stuff he doesn't believe just to get a rise out of people.
Cowherd is very, very smart. He knows marketing and he knows his audience. He is also exceedingly arrogant, which leaves a bad taste for many fans. But his show is good.
He's all over Pacers fans right now.... Horrible attendance despite being one of the ten best teams in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghosts of 1990
I agree with this. Whether or not you like him, he takes a different perspective on most issues than anybody else in sports. And he almost always has a good reason to hold that view, even if he's wrong. I hated what he said in 2010 about the Reds, but, as it turned out, he wasn't wrong. He was wrong about Votto though and he's admitted that he was way off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edskin
Also, Colin actually likes the Reds. He talks about how he grew up a huge fan of the BRM. They're not a team that he fawns over like USC, but he still roots for them.
For the most part I like Cowherd. More than anything else, he is honest in his takes and backs them up. He has long talked about how on a national show he needs to talk about the national teams. He couldn't do an hour long segment on the Reds because most of his listeners don't care.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edskin
I don't think he is very knowledgeable when it comes to baseball. He knows his stuff when he talks football or basketball (I don't listen to the NBA stuff). But when it comes to baseball he doesn't know much outside of what Buster Yankee talks about.
Cowherds wheelhouse is the NFL, college football, and the NBA. He knows it and that's where he focuses most of his attention. And not coincidentally, those are the three sports that get the best ratings and generate the most buzz nationally.
MLB to me is now like a super-sized version of the NHL.... It is wildly popular in certain segments and cities, but it has lost its grip nationally. Cowherd hosts a national show and he plays to the masses.
Once I understood and remembered that his show was not about the actual knowledge and intelligent discussion of the games and sport, but pandering to his mostly east coast and west coast audience, then I understood his penchant for ticking off fan bases of midwestern teams not based in Chicago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edskin
It's showbiz. Armed with that knowledge, I can actually listen to him once a month or so, and like doug said above, he's better than some of the dreck on radio around these parts.