Vagrant
The Czech Condor
Noticed this as well over the past couple years. And Tripp never mentioned JF in all his thanking people who reached out to him, etc. during his recent struggles.
JF is an interesting guy. It's hard to get a true read on if he's just really straight laced and professional or if he's overbearing and perfectionistic. Some guys play the grump really well and some guys are just actually grumps. He's amazing at what he does and there's some cheerfulness to him, it's just tough to get a true read on what he's like as a person from how he presents. He had an almost pathological aversion to talking about himself or his family on the broadcast to the point of awkwardness. There were very clear boundaries when he had his work face on. Tripp has never met a stranger. It was an odd couple to say the least, but they figured out how to make it work at least during the hours of the broadcast. I always got the sense that JF spent most of his road time solo doing prep for the game while Tripp was fraternizing with the players and executives on the other teams and making contacts. Just two different gears. I think I just wanted them to be friends more than they wanted to be.