TSN Radio: 1290 am - Part VII

[MrBoJangelz71]

Ugh is Westwood horrific running the Big Show.

 

[GaryPoppins]

Ugh is Westwood horrific running the Big Show.

It is ACTUALLY awful. Makes me miss Toth...which says a lot.

 

[DRW204]

Ugh is Westwood horrific running the Big Show.

he is. Toth is good at running the show but his opinions are head-scratching. I do enjoy Rewucki's takes and he gets more of an opportunity when either of the two are away

 

[TS Quint]

I haven’t heard Kevin Omin a while and god damn I can’t do it. He interrupts Farhan Lalji on every question. Lalji is sounding like he has an informed opinion I want to hear but Kevin O won’t shut up.

Give me Westwood at the controls all day over a Kevin O interview.

 

[Board Bard]

I haven’t heard Kevin Omin a while and god damn I can’t do it. He interrupts Farhan Lalji on every question. Lalji is sounding like he has an informed opinion I want to hear but Kevin O won’t shut up.

Give me Westwood at the controls all day over a Kevin O interview.

Helen Keller would be an improvement over Olszewski.

 

[SensibleGuy]

I think when Toth is away they should let Rewicki run things. I actually like Westwood ftmp aside from a couple little issues, but he just isn't good at running the show. Somebody else needs to be moving the topics along and so forth.

 

[GaryPoppins]

Brandon is the most informed and the best overall. He deserves better people to work along side hin

 

[ps241]

The weird part about the big show is it was at its best in the first iteration with Richardson Westwood and Libel.

 

[SensibleGuy]

The weird part about the big show is it was at its best in the first iteration with Richardson Westwood and Libel.

agreed. It's never been as good as that original group.

Listening to KO's opening Shakespearean Soliloquy just now. Guy seems to love the sound of his own voice...basically the first 20 minutes of the show is just him going on and on...

 

[Gm0ney]

agreed. It's never been as good as that original group.

Listening to KO's opening Shakespearean Soliloquy just now. Guy seems to love the sound of his own voice...basically the first 20 minutes of the show is just him going on and on...

He's killing time. Not enough guests to fill the show, I guess, so he's gotta pad it out with monologues.

 

[SM]

He's killing time. Not enough guests to fill the show, I guess, so he's gotta pad it out with monologues.

Is he practicing for the World Filibuster League? Today’s was pretty painful just to get to “But I guess I’m a little late on commenting about Nichols”

 

[SensibleGuy]

He's killing time. Not enough guests to fill the show, I guess, so he's gotta pad it out with monologues.

I'm pretty sure the fellow filling in for him for the past few days didn't spend the first 20 of every show "filling time."

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Is he practicing for the World Filibuster League? Today’s was pretty painful just to get to “But I guess I’m a little late on commenting about Nichols”

Maybe old timey boxing?

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

Not 1290 but closely related...

I listened to the "Bob Cast" Canadian team preview for the Jets earlier tonight. In the opening review of the Jets 2017-18 season Bob states that we lost in game 7 of the second round to the Predators. This is not corrected at any point. Bizarre.

 

[Board Bard]

Not 1290 but closely related...

I listened to the "Bob Cast" Canadian team preview for the Jets earlier tonight. In the opening review of the Jets 2017-18 season Bob states that we lost in game 7 of the second round to the Predators. This is not corrected at any point. Bizarre.

That's his retroactive wishful thinking kicking in.

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

That's his retroactive wishful thinking kicking in.

That's dementia kicking in, if you ask me.

 

[Board Bard]

That's dementia kicking in, if you ask me.

I asked you yesterday. Don't you remember?

 

[Al Camino]

The biggest problem with 1290 is they are cheap and lazy. On air talent is what it is. Every station has some good and bad hosts. So this morning the essentially replayed a 20 minute podcast twice and broke it down again for 10 minutes in the 11 o'clock hour. This and replaying an entire coaches and player scrum interviews where by they say nothing, seem to comprise a large quantity of air time. This seems to be done to avoid paying analyst interviews. Never mind the weekend shows Illegal Curve guys who I'm sure work for press passes the games. The Weigh In is un-listenable.

 

[tbcwpg]

The biggest problem with 1290 is they are cheap and lazy. On air talent is what it is. Every station has some good and bad hosts. So this morning the essentially replayed a 20 minute podcast twice and broke it down again for 10 minutes in the 11 o'clock hour. This and replaying an entire coaches and player scrum interviews where by they say nothing, seem to comprise a large quantity of air time. This seems to be done to avoid paying analyst interviews. Never mind the weekend shows Illegal Curve guys who I'm sure work for press passes the games. The Weigh In is un-listenable.

I don't think analysts are paid by the interview. I think it's just a part of the job of being a TSN analyst.

It's a budget thing, for sure, but I don't think it's about being "cheap and lazy". It's limited money to work with, and it can show a lot of the time

 

[Briscodog]

Analysts certainly get paid. Dreger, McKenzie, Lebrun all get paid to do their weekly hits.

 

[tbcwpg]

Analysts certainly get paid. Dreger, McKenzie, Lebrun all get paid to do their weekly hits.

I would've thought it would be in their contracts to do weekly radio, not paid by the station. If that's the case, then I would again point to the minimal budget

 

[drumzan]

And there’s the non-TSN guys like Murat Ates, David Pagnotta, Jason Cole, etc that are on regularly.

 

[sipowicz]

Ugh is Westwood horrific running the Big Show.

Westwood is plain awful period, bad voice, wrong takes on most everything, condescending, know it all all wrapped into one!

Best of all stopped listening to TSN 1290 entirely and realize there is nothing to miss!

 

[SensibleGuy]

i disagree Westwood's takes are wrong. most of the time he's pretty on the ball with stuff. Toth otoh, yeesh. did anyone hear him rationalizing the idea of playing Myers at 2nd pairing LHD yesterday? holy...he just makes stuff up out of thin air to bolster his position.

 

[Neuf]

i disagree Westwood's takes are wrong. most of the time he's pretty on the ball with stuff. Toth otoh, yeesh. did anyone hear him rationalizing the idea of playing Myers at 2nd pairing LHD yesterday? holy...he just makes stuff up out of thin air to bolster his position.

And after getting challenged, just says he remembers a game where Myers played left and Maurice said it worked, and that in Buffalo he played left multiple times.

No proof, examples, etc.