stony Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Seems to me Cowherd just syas things to make things seem interesting. Forget the facts. A few weeks ago he claimed he did not like slow guys that clog the bases like Pujols and the future is guys like Cano of the Yankees taht can steal 20 bases a year. forget the facts that Cano averages about 3 sbs a year and gets caught 50% of the times and is the slowest 2b I have ever seen while Pujols averages about 3x as many sbs per year as Cano. The guy just makes things up to get attention. Forget even looking up the facts or watching guys play. That's a perfect example of him glossing over facts when something sounds right. The other day he spent 30 min debating Jordan/Pippen vs Lebron/Wade in a 2 on 2 game. Fine, but then he says something about Jordan being 3 1/2 inches taller than Wade which is just factually incorrect. Nothing big, but he seems to do it quite a bit. If someone calls to correct him on this, he'll degrade him and call him trivial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Seems to me Cowherd just syas things to make things seem interesting. Forget the facts. A few weeks ago he claimed he did not like slow guys that clog the bases like Pujols and the future is guys like Cano of the Yankees taht can steal 20 bases a year. forget the facts that Cano averages about 3 sbs a year and gets caught 50% of the times and is the slowest 2b I have ever seen while Pujols averages about 3x as many sbs per year as Cano. The guy just makes things up to get attention. Forget even looking up the facts or watching guys play. Wow - what an idiot. Pujols had 30 stolen bases over the last two years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 After the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs, after a few commercial teases, Cowherd revealed that as much as some "bitter" sports fans might like to see the big dog fall, it makes for a far less entertaining, and far less interesting NBA "final four"...despite the fact that the callers who were calling in, and the emails he was receiving, were overwhelmingly delighted the Lakers were done...I think he was just disappointed because it eliminated the tired schtick he has had about the Lakers for the last four years, from his daily drivel... now he only has LeBron to talk about... I think that might have something to do with the fact that that vast majority of the population could care less about hockey. Unless you're a city with an NHL team it's easy to forget that hockey is even a pro sport. The season last 10 months, almost everyone makes the playoffs and the sport translates terribly to TV. It just isn't that important to most of the country. It hasn't stopped ESPN from cramming the WNBA, Women's NCAA and US prosoccer down our throats...or FOX Sports from cramming NASCAR down our throats... I would argue that those sports are very relevant, in some areas, and off the radar in most...not unlike the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 After the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs, after a few commercial teases, Cowherd revealed that as much as some "bitter" sports fans might like to see the big dog fall, it makes for a far less entertaining, and far less interesting NBA "final four"...despite the fact that the callers who were calling in, and the emails he was receiving, were overwhelmingly delighted the Lakers were done...I think he was just disappointed because it eliminated the tired schtick he has had about the Lakers for the last four years, from his daily drivel... now he only has LeBron to talk about... It hasn't stopped ESPN from cramming the WNBA, Women's NCAA and US prosoccer down our throats...or FOX Sports from cramming NASCAR down our throats... I would argue that those sports are very relevant, in some areas, and off the radar in most...not unlike the NHL. while i agree with your points about WNBA, ETC, i kinda disagree about the NHL. sure im biased about my love for hockey, but the NHL did strike a lucrative deal with versus/NBC, and just maybe it is taking some baby steps into some real growth. i think it wasnt that long ago that the NHL had to pay to get their product on the national airwaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 After the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs, after a few commercial teases, Cowherd revealed that as much as some "bitter" sports fans might like to see the big dog fall, it makes for a far less entertaining, and far less interesting NBA "final four"...despite the fact that the callers who were calling in, and the emails he was receiving, were overwhelmingly delighted the Lakers were done...I think he was just disappointed because it eliminated the tired schtick he has had about the Lakers for the last four years, from his daily drivel... now he only has LeBron to talk about... Let me take a wild guess and say that he is pro-Lebron? Pro-decision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Cthulhu Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Let me take a wild guess and say that he is pro-Lebron? Pro-decision? Of course he was. We (and the rest of America) were disgusted by that fiasco simply because we're too dumb - Then again, I didn't attend prestigious Eastern Washington University so obviously I'm too dumb to understand Cowherd's genius take on Lebron and the rest of the front-runners he ballwashes on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Let me take a wild guess and say that he is pro-Lebron? Pro-decision? Yes, you could say Cowherd is very "pro-choice". Since the NBA season has started, he has been railing on all the "haters" saying that Lebron/Heat are the new shiny object, so we should just learn to enjoy it, rather than be a "hater"...he reminds everyone daily, that he has had "Lebron's back" all along, the only one in the media...etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Thanks for the answers, both of you.........That just shows how much he has no idea what it is like to be a fan. You don't go onto the next shiny object. He has no idea why people around the country are empathetic with Cleveland fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 So, this is where this dude ended up. Used to be a news sports guy for a local TV station here in Portland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 After the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs, after a few commercial teases, Cowherd revealed that as much as some "bitter" sports fans might like to see the big dog fall, it makes for a far less entertaining, and far less interesting NBA "final four" He always says that...and that's what I can't stand most about this guy. In his world, it would always be the large market teams in the championships...there's really no point in having ANY small market franchises if he could have it his way. That's when it became clear to me that this guy is anything but a sports fan. His job is to talk about sports and make it as interesting as he can, but he's by no means a "fan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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