Matthew
OK Boomer
I'm not a fan of the head coach doing a show like that during the season.
It's common across the nation for all sports. Thad Matta and Urban Meyer have their own call in shows on the same network. It's probably part of their contracts.
Wasn't exGMDM the first GM to host a regular radio show? And that was only because of his ego. Its pretty standard for those types of shows to be coaches shows.
Yes he was. He liked to brag about that to feed his ego, of course. But I also think he knew he was probably the best choice to use it as a soapbox to help sell the CBJ to a new market. It was one of his Presidential skills that was put to good use and was a success for the CBJ and the city as a whole I think.
The more public you make yourself, the easier a target you are for fans and media's ire when things don't go well is all I'm saying.
Howson was forced to make himself more public, reacting extremely slowly on matters that had clearly spun out of control.
Let JD be a cheerleader in public and be the real power behind the organization behind a closed door.
That's true about the public part. People were definitely sick of xGMDM at the end. Howson being a more reserved guy was seen as a positive trait at the time of his hiring.
So far JD has not been like Howson in that regard. He's been on the air a lot since arriving in Columbus. It's one of the reasons I think he would be able to succeed in doing it.
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JD can donate 15 minutes of his time a week to be on air. It's not like he has to be on the show for the full 40-ish minutes they are actually on air each week. It's not THAT big of a commitment to make at 7pm on a Wednesday for the guy. They can tape it if they need to work around a scheduling conflict.