I've noticed that Beane has a different demeanor on the national shows than WGR.
Probably, there's a little bit of "you guys are small potatoes AND you're going to criticize me?" going on. There's been some criticism nationally as well about asking Allen to do too much, but those guys have way bigger platforms and frankly mean more in the national sports conversation. National guys are also more measured and less repetitive about it.
I will say McDermott seems the same everywhere. He's exactly the same person whether he is on local media, national media, or you bump into him at Wegmans.
That's not a criticism of Beane. I think I would be annoyed at the amateur hour level of questions he gets from WGR too. It's one thing to politely go on and put up with being asked unimaginative NFL 100 level questions, but it would be another entirely to have to listen to constant criticism from the same people whose idea of a probing question is "so, did you think of drafting a WR?"
I think it honestly comes from the reality that a lot of local guys on radio have a schtick. They play a character to stand out. Everyone has a personality, that's not what I mean. I mean a persona that they seem to artificially cultivate or lean into, instead of just being a guy or gal on the radio who talks sports and has something interesting to say OR at the very least acts like a professional broadcaster.