Tuned in to find backup Andy Sweeney hosting and trashing the win and the team. Quickly turned it off.
What's up with 680's angry, yelling negative sidekicks?
What's up with 680's angry, yelling negative sidekicks?
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I don't even think he is a UK homer. I just think he's not intelligent.Originally posted by AzCard:
It's their formula for attracting both UofL and UK fans. Have a "UofL" host and a "UK" homer as his antagonistic counterpart.
I've never heard the guy but it sounds like he's lazy to me. I mean if all he is doing is looking at sound bite information about the opponent without researching and injecting in variables which create the moment, then he's just lazy or stupid.Originally posted by cuzimacardfan:
I don't even think he is a UK homer. I just think he's not intelligent.Originally posted by AzCard:
It's their formula for attracting both UofL and UK fans. Have a "UofL" host and a "UK" homer as his antagonistic counterpart.
Why do they need to resort to yelling and talking over people to prove they are right. They have a mute button, they can hang up. And this guy was ranting even before he took any calls.
No credit given to the adversity they have had, that it was on the road, or the fact that Georgia Tech played other great teams close. He was just yelling that we were down 13 to *gasp* GEORGIA TECH. Name on jersey and the record is all that matters. That is not an intelligent way of breaking down the win. Valvano wouldn't have done that.
I don't need a host to pump sunshine but I don't need one to go the whole opposite direction of gloom and doom either.
I had the same thought. Was looking forward to Valvano and then got Sweeney? He pissed me off to the point that I called in to the show. First time I ever called into a radio show. I think I was the 2nd caller (Hank).Originally posted by cuzimacardfan:
Tuned in to find backup Andy Sweeney hosting and trashing the win and the team. Quickly turned it off.
What's up with 680's angry, yelling negative sidekicks?
I don't know who exactly runs the station, but yesterday Sweeney said that Drew Deener is his boss. So Deener appears to have some influence on the programming at both ESPN680 and 93.9. I know Deener calls UofL games and, probably because of that, lately hasn't been overly negative of Louisville, but I also know that before he got the UofL gig, he was VERY pro-UK.Originally posted by gocards1234:
One of them seems to find their way on to every show too. You can't escape them. I'm not sure how the people who run the station can't see that.
I saw Valvano right after that day's show and mentioned to him that Sweeney seemed really feisty. Valvano said, "He shouldn't have told that guy to shut up." He didn't seem too thrilled with Sweeney for doing that.Originally posted by Rob_deVille:
Andy Sweeney called a caller dumb and told him to shut up yesterday. Unprofessional.
These shows are pretty bad. I love Denny, but his show with Joe B was unlistenable and it's probably a good thing it's off. As much as I hate Pittsburgh sports, their 93.7 FM "The Fan" station is terrific. Fortunately all my sports teams (UofL, Bengals, Reds) play theirs (Pitt, Steelers, Pirates) so I get to hear sports talk that is interesting for me. I encourage you guys to check out 93.7 sometime. And, they are on 24/7, taking calls from fans. You can listen to The Fan at 1am after a Steelers loss and hear drunk yinzers calling into The Fan bitching about the refs or how Ben needs to hand the ball off more.Originally posted by cuzimacardfan:
Tuned in to find backup Andy Sweeney hosting and trashing the win and the team. Quickly turned it off.
What's up with 680's angry, yelling negative sidekicks?