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  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #1

    Dan Marino and Shannon Sharpe lose their jobs on the CBS pregame show. Tony Gonzales replaces them.

    Truthfully, Marino and Sharpe were not very articulate. Gonzales appears to be more so. But those 2 did have personality.....which is what I thought they were going for.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/shannon-sharpe-dan-marino-tony-gonzalez-major-cbs-173946358--nfl.html

    Of course, Sharpe was heavy on the ebonics with his speaking style and Marino had a lot of Pittsburghese, dees and dems and dose in him.....but it never bothered me.

    I also think CBS had too many cooks on that show. Sharpe/Marino/Esiason/Cowher...to me one too many.

    Same with Fox when they added Strahan. 1 host and 4 commentators was a bit much.

    Same with ESPN, with Berman as host and Jackson/Johnson/Carter/Ditka...and they added Ray Lewis.

  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on
    #2

    Shannon Sharpe was speaking ebonics or something. Had a hard time understanding him. Marino I liked. He should have stayed.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • Bob806B Bob806 wrote on
    #3

    Yes, Shannon Sharpe was bad for the most part. The FOX pregame show is better, because they don't take themselves very seriously. I only watch this stuff if the Browns are away anyhow, no biggie to me.

    Karlis Missed
  • Z Zombo wrote on
    #4

    Did not like either of them ... Sharpe outright bothered me ... Gonzalez much more likeable than both.

    Zombo

  • darren15D darren15 wrote on
    #5

    Terry Bradshaw is so fucking annoying ........... always laughs at his own attempts at jokes and he was a squealer too ....... that's enough for me to want to stick his bald eagle head in a pile of buffalo dung ....

    tml1138T 1 Reply
  • jrb12711J jrb12711 wrote on
    #6

    Gonzalez has a similar personality to Strahan in a lot of ways and I'm sure that's why they did this.

  • jrb12711J jrb12711

    Gonzalez has a similar personality to Strahan in a lot of ways and I'm sure that's why they did this.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #7

    @jrb12711 said:

    Gonzalez has a similar personality to Strahan in a lot of ways and I'm sure that's why they did this.

    Demographics perhaps? Appeal to the new large Hispanic population?

    jrb12711J 1 Reply
  • C Clevfan4life wrote on
    #8

    i thought Sharpe was hilarious, no issue with him. Nor with Marino for that matter. I think it's just after awhile these shows have to change face. Guaranteed both have jobs within a month.

  • BadNewsBrownsB BadNewsBrowns wrote on
    #9

    To me Marino was dull and didn't bring much to the table but Sharpe played the role as the fool and the guy who would say controversial things.. don't know how they are going to replace that.. like him or not won't be as interesting without him.

    "All Truth Passes Through Three stages. First, It Is Ridiculed, Second It Is Violently Opposed, And Third, It Is Accepted As Self-Evident" ~Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Browns149B Browns149 wrote on
    #10

    Marino was boring and Sharpe was an idiot. Good riddance

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • Browns149B Browns149 wrote on
    #11

    The more the better does not apply to NFL pre-game shows

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • bbedwardB bbedward wrote on
    #12

    I don't really pay attention to the pre-game show so I don't really care. I do like Tony Gonzalez a lot though.

  • PoeticGP PoeticG wrote on
    #13

    My wife and I love listening to Babaloo lips. He's always adding extra syllables to words, lol. We always get a kick out of him, he makes us laugh, that's a plus in my house as I'm usually depressed on gameday... Sharp was good.

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  • PoeticGP PoeticG

    My wife and I love listening to Babaloo lips. He's always adding extra syllables to words, lol. We always get a kick out of him, he makes us laugh, that's a plus in my house as I'm usually depressed on gameday... Sharp was good.

    bbedwardB bbedward wrote on
    #14

    @poeticg said:

    My wife and I love listening to Babaloo lips. He's always adding extra syllables to words, lol. We always get a kick out of him, he makes us laugh, that's a plus in my house as I'm usually depressed on gameday... Sharp was good.

    I'd agree to that. When I do watch the show I like loud enthusiastic rants. Deion Sanders was good when he did it too.

    The other guys have a duller personality for sure.

  • darren15D darren15 wrote on
    #15

    I was hoping Boomer I Love The Patriots Esiason would be gone ...... his love for all things Belichick is nauseating ..... anyone says anything negative about them and he gets really upset ....he picks them every year to win the AFC

  • D BoneD D Bone wrote on
    #16

    The NFL Network has the best pre/post game shows bar none. CBS could replace them all and it still wouldn't matter.

  • nickersN nickers wrote on
    #17

    I thought everyone was annoying except Marino and Cowher. They really need to shake up the whole thing and scale it down...

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @jrb12711 said:

    Gonzalez has a similar personality to Strahan in a lot of ways and I'm sure that's why they did this.

    Demographics perhaps? Appeal to the new large Hispanic population?

    jrb12711J jrb12711 wrote on
    #18

    @the-gipper said:

    Demographics perhaps? Appeal to the new large Hispanic population?

    Perhaps, but more what I meant is that both Gonzalez and Strahan are easy-going type personalities who bring an edge of comedy and 'likability'. It's hard to explain typing it but if you watch the FOX morning show I think you know what I'm saying. I also read some rumors that they're keeping the 4th seat warm for Rex Ryan and/or Peyton Manning when they get out of the league. Who knows on that front though.

  • darren15D darren15

    Terry Bradshaw is so fucking annoying ........... always laughs at his own attempts at jokes and he was a squealer too ....... that's enough for me to want to stick his bald eagle head in a pile of buffalo dung ....

    tml1138T tml1138 wrote on
    #19

    @darren15 said:

    Terry Bradshaw is so fucking annoying ........... always laughs at his own attempts at jokes and he was a squealer too ....... that's enough for me to want to stick his bald eagle head in a pile of buffalo dung ....

    Bradshaw has always been a goofball. I just find him silly without really annoying me.

    I never paid much attention to the pregame shows.

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