MM is better and seems more comfortable when he's running the show like today. I don't like playing armchair station PD but if these were the budget pieces that the station/Cumulus was forced to use for the midday makeover (MM, Bass, Mino) then I'd have kept the 10-12 and 12-3 timeslots the same. They could have made MM the new Norm to host 10-12 by himself and then have a fun 12-3 show with Donny/Bass/Mino and Monty producing. MM is already used to doing a show by himself in Birmingham and this would have allowed the station to introduce and promote him to the Ticket audience as an individual personality instead of forcing a new pairing.
Good career for Ty. When they went from 3 ticker anchors to just 2, that's when I'd have left. It's one thing to work a low-paying job if it's just a few hours a day but from 12-7, you might as well get a regular job or do something else worth your time.
Norvell is bad. I went from being impressed with how he had his team looking in the 1st half to completely doing a 180 in the 2nd half. There's a reason why he'll probably never be anything more than a below-average G5 coach.
Colorado still has a lot of flaws and holes on their roster from the previous regime. Weak in the trenches on both sides of the ball and they have no running game. If they struggled tonight vs. a bad CSU team, I wouldn't expect them to do much against the Pac-12 heavyweights or even middleweights. But the 3-0 start gave them a good chance to get bowl-eligible so I can see them getting 3-4 more wins in conference play.
I just want someone, anyone (new midday host or weekender) to step up and embrace being a trusted sports personality to continue to give the station some sports credibility. With Norm gone, it's pretty much just Bob now. Jake was also starting to trend towards that category but now, everyone else is just "the guy in the next cubicle over" with generic takes and analysis
Love seeing that Kendal Briles fail! What a choke job on the final drive as soon as they crossed the 50. You could see how they predictably thought they should just run to burn clock/Colorado timeouts and it cost them.
Move the chains and worry about managing the clock once you get inside the 20.
Hahaha yeah I've decided that Ticket Reddit is worse than any sports team's discussion board/forum. At least fans may have played the sport at one point in their life and there are so many resources to review games, film, etc. Not sure how many people bitching about the station/Cumulus actually know anything about the state of the industry and the business.
Yes, Cumulus sounds like a shitty corporation. I'm not defending them but it is what it is. Welcome to the corporate world, especially radio in 2023 where it's an ongoing struggle. Hell, even major media networks like ESPN are feeling the dollar crunch and have had to lay off a lot of their talent.
If you're a successful AM/PM drive host in a top market then you're probably doing good because that's where the money is made in advertising and audience. But if you're a producer/board op/etc. then the pay just won't be there for those roles. There's nothing that local management like Catlin can do about that because it's an industry-wide standard. Some companies might slightly pay more but in the end you'd still be better off financially working a full-time office/professional-type job.
The fact that people are even complaining about a lack of a "bench" or "farm system" for a radio station is hilarious
1st segment from Sean and Mino already so much better than Donovan and MM. I can see this being really good, especially once Monty joins. In fairness to Donny and MM though, it's really weird for MM to go from a show in Birmingham on Friday to a new station/show on Monday (at a remote in California at that).
It's really the only move they could have made. Optics would have been so bad, especially in the coaching community, to not give him the job after the tournament runs. If he doesn't pan out in 2-3 years then so be it, we can just start over and find the long-term solution. The candidate pool is kinda weak right now overall as we're in a transition phase of college basketball. A lot of the old legends are leaving the game and new up-and-comers are still trying to prove themselves with results.
Just too bad...he was ready to put them on his back for a championship run. We needed him to punish Miami's small lineup. If Cunningham was giving Miami problems then Disu would have dominated
Terry gets the job as a placeholder for a few years but then will get the ax. Chris Beard has a few decent seasons at Ole Miss, behaves off the court and will be back
Just a complete mismatch in coaching. It looks like these TCU coaches are playing checkers vs. chess. Their coordinators from Tulsa and SMU thought this was still the AAC
Oklahoma State might be done. Is there anyone left on offense? QB, RB, and all their WRs are transferring lol. I think Gundy is disappointed that no team has hired him away at this point. He doesn't seem like a good fit for the Transfer Portal/NIL Era