If you take Steve Young seriously as an analyst...

[CatMan72]

How does this make him different from anyone else @ ESPN? lol

[OneBadCat]

39 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

See, my thing on that front: Like with The Terminator, it's what he does. It's all he does (or at least all he's supposed to be doing).

Pretty sure that for the vast majority of people here, were they found by their employer to be on their job but actually doing something other than their job, said employer would disapprove.

Plus, let's be real. We're not exactly talking about a kid working in a sweatshop for pennies here.

If you're being paid (handsomely) to simply talk about a football game, I don't really think it's out of line to ask that you actually watch the game.

I agree but I think you could say that about a lot of analysts and broadcasters. How many times do they routinely pronounce our players names wrong or say ignorant as hell statements about Cam Newton. All the time. That's a business problem not a Steve Young problem.

[Mr. Scot]

11 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

I agree but I think you could say that about a lot of analysts and broadcasters. How many times do they routinely pronounce our players names wrong or say ignorant as hell statements about Cam Newton. All the time. That's a business problem not a Steve Young problem.

Lazy analysis definitely isn't limited to Steve Young.

And I know the measuring stick for being a good analyst tends to be what they say about Newton and the Panthers in general.

[L-TownCat]

It's more important now to say something controversial or flat out offensive than it is to say anything correct.

 

If you give facts and do your job no one cares and you're labeled boring.

If you make poo up, spew hot takes, get it wrong all the time and do it confidently you're constantly talked about, shoved into the spotlight, given a larger platform and more money.

 

which would you choose?

[Davidson Deac II]

To many analyst anyway.  

[JawnyBlaze]

Anyone who's heard or watched his "analysis" has no problem believing this. 

[csx]

15 hours ago, L-TownCat said:

It's more important now to say something controversial or flat out offensive than it is to say anything correct.

 

If you give facts and do your job no one cares and you're labeled boring.

If you make poo up, spew hot takes, get it wrong all the time and do it confidently you're constantly talked about, shoved into the spotlight, given a larger platform and more money.

 

which would you choose?

When your audience is stupid it can land you the presidency.