ESPN and Cam Newton

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, NorthTryon said:

They have essentially turned it into the View. I was over my mother's house doing some yardwork and had went in to get water. I hear these women shouting over each other, unable to make points due to interruptions by cohost, thus seeming incoherent, and in the end just coming off as next level annoying. It was the View. At some point ESPN execs looked at that format and were like you know what might work!

That dates back to my college days and their turn toward "idiots screaming the dumbest hot takes at each other" programming. ESPN was a helluva lot better when it was basically just live sports and a neverending cycle of SportsCenter. My dorm TV was pretty much on ESPN 24/7 back then and then came the hot take bullshit.

[jtm]

Cam needs to engage whoever Smitty hired years ago to help him with public speaking.  Smitty use to struggle to find the correct word and is public speaking has improved tremendously.  Cam seems to always struggle to find the correct word and this makes it tough to listen to.  

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, jtm said:

Cam needs to engage whoever Smitty hired years ago to help him with public speaking.  Smitty use to struggle to find the correct word and is public speaking has improved tremendously.  Cam seems to always struggle to find the correct word and this makes it tough to listen to.  

Based on what I've seen from Smitty's commentary recently, this seems like the worst advice ever. Smitty is terrible on the mic these days. Listening to him ramble on and on about god knows what while Jake and the other guy desperately tried to pivot back to the actual game they were supposed to be calling was nothing short of painful.

[HaricotVert]

I just wish the man would file his paperwork for retirement so he could get the accolades he so richly deserves form the Panthers and the NFL

 

He is being a damned knucklehead

[kungfoodude]

4 hours ago, NorthTryon said:

They have essentially turned it into the View. I was over my mother's house doing some yardwork and had went in to get water. I hear these women shouting over each other, unable to make points due to interruptions by cohost, thus seeming incoherent, and in the end just coming off as next level annoying. It was the View. At some point ESPN execs looked at that format and were like you know what might work!

All TV media is basically that now. Idiocracy is becoming more prophetic by the day.