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Donald Jones to exit 'John Murphy Show'


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20 minutes ago, CuddyDark said:

This is a ridiculous conversation but your point seems to suggest, they only pay the black athlete?

 

 

I'm suggesting that a "greater purpose" is at odds with "I do it for that money"....

7 minutes ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said:

Maybe something got lost in translation.  

 

Murph is very old school.  Too old school to be left alone as the sole voice of a show.  That show needs a voice from a person with a younger on the ground perspective.

 

so when Murph can’t understand why 20 year olds like to celebrate after Touchdowns a former player who is still youthful can give that view point.  And with other subjects as well.

 

murph has lost touch of the modern day athlete and speaks from a perspective from a past era.

 

Its good counter balance programming for a sports show.

 

Would a young retired white athlete be unable to bring perspective (other than "I do it for that money")?

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6 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

I'm suggesting that a "greater purpose" is at odds with "I do it for that money"....

 

Would a young retired white athlete be unable to bring perspective (other than "I do it for that money")?

What’s the % ?

70% of the NFL is African American?

diveristy in viewpoints is never a bad thing especially when one viewpoint represents the majority of the actual players.

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9 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

I'm suggesting that a "greater purpose" is at odds with "I do it for that money"....

 

Would a young retired white athlete be unable to bring perspective (other than "I do it for that money")?

All athletes do it for the money. Or am I wrong?

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4 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Sal Capaccio would be a good replacement.

I agree Sal would do a fine job.  I wonder though if WGR/the Bills would rather install a former Bills player in order to keep that perspective.

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28 minutes ago, The Tomcat said:

I liked Donald Jones.  I learned a lot from him. 

Seems like I'm in the minority but I like him. 

Have to guess working with Murphy is no day at the beach ? seems very sensitive and has little patience. I do listen on my walks each day. Live in Connecticut and listen via the Bills website. I enjoy it and hope they replace him with another ex Bill. 

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Him and Murphy never have a good dynamic going. I don't think they liked each other very much.

 

Shouldn't be too hard to replace. For a football player, he didn't really seem to know a lot about X's and O's. I was hoping he would provide deeper insight.

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33 minutes ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said:

What’s the % ?

70% of the NFL is African American?

diveristy in viewpoints is never a bad thing especially when one viewpoint represents the majority of the actual players.

 

That's all true.  That doesn't answer my question.

 

31 minutes ago, CuddyDark said:

All athletes do it for the money. Or am I wrong?

 

Yes they do, so why would that represent speaking for "a greater purpose"?

 

The answer is: it doesn't.

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1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

Jones couldn't put two coherent sentences together on that show if his life depended on it.  Very often, he'd just rehash what was said minutes prior.  I didn't know he was going back and forth and didn't even live here in WNY.

 

Gone and forgotten.

 

I feel much the same way. He did get better, though. Still, half the time he would literally repeat what John Murphy just said.

10 minutes ago, Wily Dog said:

Please NOT Freddie !!!...... Unless you like politics from the right. not me, no way.

 

Pretty sure they would be talking about sports, not politics.

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19 minutes ago, MJS said:

 

I feel much the same way. He did get better, though. Still, half the time he would literally repeat what John Murphy just said.

 

Pretty sure they would be talking about sports, not politics.

Freddie gets his politics in on a sports show.

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36 minutes ago, Paul Costa said:

Have to guess working with Murphy is no day at the beach ? seems very sensitive and has little patience. I do listen on my walks each day. Live in Connecticut and listen via the Bills website. I enjoy it and hope they replace him with another ex Bill. 

 

I agree with this.  I think Murph gets sensitive too much when he doesn't agree with a caller or a statement made by Jones.

He says "really" a little smug each time.  He's just good at keeping most of his composure but you can tell he's irritated with that statement.

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32 minutes ago, Wily Dog said:

Freddie gets his politics in on a sports show.

 

You can't handle someone with an opinion that differs from your own?

32 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

I agree with this.  I think Murph gets sensitive too much when he doesn't agree with a caller or a statement made by Jones.

He says "really" a little smug each time.  He's just good at keeping most of his composure but you can tell he's irritated with that statement.

 

I agree. What's weird is I feel like he got worse once Jones started. I get the sense that he really didn't like Jones much. I will say that it didn't seem like Jones ever did anything to prepare for the show and always wanted to take time off, and complained a lot about a lot of things. Murphy probably resented that.

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