BuffaloRush Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Like most of you I have been listening to nearly all of WGR's coverage on the Bills draft. It's been interesting hearing how strongly different personalities have expressed their views, but they seem to very timid to confront each other on-air. In fact, I can't really remember a time when there was an argument on-air at WGR like I can with other sports talk show. Case and point - all morning Jeremy White was whinging that the Bills overspent to trade up for Allen citing the "draft charts" as evidence. Later that morning, they bring Sal Capaccio on and Howard asked him point blank "did the Bills overspend," to which Sal emphatically responds "oh no" and then proceeds to respond why. Not one challenge from Howard or Jeremy. Then of course, after Sal hangs up, in a very condecending way Jeremy uses to Jimmy Johnson value chart explicitly say how the Bills overspent. Why didn't he just disagree with Sal? http://www.wgr550.com/media/audio-channel/04-27-howard-and-jeremy-show-hr-2 On an unrelated note - if you listen to hour 1, it's essentially Howard and Jeremy complaining about Josh Allen. When a fan on Twitter told Howard to "say it to his face," he went on a 5 minute rant trying to walk back his comments. Surprisingly, when Allen does an interview with Howard and Jeremy they act very nice and lob some softball questions. http://www.wgr550.com/media/audio-channel/04-27-newest-bills-qb-josh-allen-howard-and-jeremy Later that afternoon, it's Schopp and the Bulldog. Mike Schopp also rants about how he hated the Allen pick, why the Bills make dumb decisions, and again how they paid too much to trade up. Bulldog (who seems scared to disagree with Schopp on anything) argues that the Bills "spent like a drunken sailer." Mike then rants about the comments on Twitter and how that situations makes him not want to pull for Allen. Wouldn't you know it...Sal comes on the air. Again he talks about how he didn't think so. Then the whole Twitter story comes out. Sal does an excellent job explaining the situation and passionately shares why the tweets he made at 16 are not indicative of who he currently . Again, no response from Mike who previously said he didn't want to route for Allen because of the tweets. http://www.wgr550.com/media/audio-channel/4-27-schopp-and-bulldog-hour-2 My thing is - if you are an on-air personality and you disagree with someone don't sit there and say "OK" 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Every single person on WGR is terrible. The two morning show guys are probably in the running for worst in the country. I’m not sure either one of them have ever seen a sporting event. 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, BuffaloRush said: My thing is - if you are an on-air personality and you disagree with someone don't sit there and say "OK" Their thing is - they don't really believe what they say, they just spout baseless opinions that rile up fans and fill time. Edited April 28, 2018 by Heitz 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 F em. I'll trust McBeane and Sal's take before the idiots. F em. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushypeaches Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Let's keep this all in perspective. Yes, the WGR guys have lots of obvious deficiencies. But remember when they actually had driveling idiots like Chuck Dickerson hosting shows?? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racketmaster Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 It was so depressing to listen to Howard and Jeremy in the morning. You would have thought someone close to them died. They are so convinced that they are right (Rosen is very good and Allen sucks because he has a low completion%) that they could not accept how an NFL team could see it differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbillsfan2206 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 It’s “whining”. If you’re going to keep using that word at least spell it right 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Anyone that’s spent any time being regularly exposed to sports radio outside WNY knows that GR is total amateur hour. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRush Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Heitz said: Their thing is - they don't really believe what they say, they just spout baseless opinions that rile up fans and fill time. Right - but what would rile up fans more than an on-air debate. Seems like it would be great radio. When the outspoken hosts like Jeremy or Mike have a chance to defend their opinion to a colleague on air, they back down 1 minute ago, racketmaster said: It was so depressing to listen to Howard and Jeremy in the morning. You would have thought someone close to them died. They are so convinced that they are right (Rosen is very good and Allen sucks because he has a low completion%) that they could not accept how an NFL team could see it differently. Howard sounded depressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 What are they gonna do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Can’t believe people actually listen to those fools 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRush Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just now, aristocrat said: What are they gonna do? When you argue that the Bills overspent in the draft and then your guest argues that they didn't - say something! Mike has no problem arguing his point with callers - but he won't dare stand up to Sal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, mushypeaches said: Let's keep this all in perspective. Yes, the WGR guys have lots of obvious deficiencies. But remember when they actually had driveling idiots like Chuck Dickerson hosting shows?? When Jim Rome did a tour stop here many years ago,a young fella was jacking with him in the secured Coca Cola stadium VIP parking lot...good 'ole Chuck was ready to dance and toss a few. I'm not a small guy ..but when I stood next to him..I felt short. Big dude with a no pull punch attitude...I liked him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 This is the first draft I didn't listen to WGR coverage at all. Really can't stand to listen to their awful hosts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRush Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just now, NewEra said: Can’t believe people actually listen to those fools Howard and Jeremy usually are good. I have a hard time listening to Schopp and Bulldog but will for the interviews 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Dude Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 14 minutes ago, BuffaloRush said: Like most of you I have been listening to nearly all of WGR's coverage on the Bills draft. It's been interesting hearing how strongly different personalities have expressed their views, but they seem to very timid to confront each other on-air. In fact, I can't really remember a time when there was an argument on-air at WGR like I can with other sports talk show. Case and point - all morning Jeremy White was whinging that the Bills overspent to trade up for Allen citing the "draft charts" as evidence. Later that morning, they bring Sal Capaccio on and Howard asked him point blank "did the Bills overspend," to which Sal emphatically responds "oh no" and then proceeds to respond why. Not one challenge from Howard or Jeremy. Then of course, after Sal hangs up, in a very condecending way Jeremy uses to Jimmy Johnson value chart explicitly say how the Bills overspent. Why didn't he just disagree with Sal? http://www.wgr550.com/media/audio-channel/04-27-howard-and-jeremy-show-hr-2 On an unrelated note - if you listen to hour 1, it's essentially Howard and Jeremy complaining about Josh Allen. When a fan on Twitter told Howard to "say it to his face," he went on a 5 minute rant trying to walk back his comments. Surprisingly, when Allen does an interview with Howard and Jeremy they act very nice and lob some softball questions. http://www.wgr550.com/media/audio-channel/04-27-newest-bills-qb-josh-allen-howard-and-jeremy Later that afternoon, it's Schopp and the Bulldog. Mike Schopp also rants about how he hated the Allen pick, why the Bills make dumb decisions, and again how they paid too much to trade up. Bulldog (who seems scared to disagree with Schopp on anything) argues that the Bills "spent like a drunken sailer." Mike then rants about the comments on Twitter and how that situations makes him not want to pull for Allen. Wouldn't you know it...Sal comes on the air. Again he talks about how he didn't think so. Then the whole Twitter story comes out. Sal does an excellent job explaining the situation and passionately shares why the tweets he made at 16 are not indicative of who he currently . Again, no response from Mike who previously said he didn't want to route for Allen because of the tweets. http://www.wgr550.com/media/audio-channel/4-27-schopp-and-bulldog-hour-2 My thing is - if you are an on-air personality and you disagree with someone don't sit there and say "OK" Theyre professional. I think they’re good at what they do. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRush Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 Just now, The_Dude said: Theyre professional. I think they’re good at what they do. Mike will debate anyone who calls him....why won't he debate Sal when he has the chance? Ditto for Jeremy. Cowards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 minute ago, BuffaloRush said: Howard and Jeremy usually are good. I have a hard time listening to Schopp and Bulldog but will for the interviews I don’t hate Jeremy and Howard. I don’t like them though. Would prefer to listen to music or have the tv on in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRush Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said: When Jim Rome did a tour stop here many years ago,a young fella was jacking with him in the secured Coca Cola stadium VIP parking lot...good 'ole Chuck was ready to dance and toss a few. I'm not a small guy ..but when I stood next to him..I felt short. Big dude with a no pull punch attitude...I liked him. ...So what you are saying is that Chuck is the polar opposite of Mike Schopp? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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