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What happens when you don't know what you're talking about but pretend that you do?

This:
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Guy is a walking, talking dee to the ooshbag blowhard....
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The lowest common denominator types must listen to him only because they don't know how to switch their radios from 660kHz to FM. Or connect a phone or iPod.
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I actually used to like the Mike and the Mad Dog show years ago, but Francesa is just pathetic now.
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Yeah that's my point.
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He's pathetic and his former partner is just as bad.
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They were talking about this on the Vegas local radio show today , come on Francesca get it together
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.....just listened to that crap, wow that was bad.....guess he is retiring end of year.....some crazy rumor as for a Chris Christie to replace him.....and way back in the day Mike was a go-to-guy for many on all things NCAA hoops....
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we all know how he likes to catch cat naps while he's on air, no big deal, I mean it's only rule number one, no dead air, haha
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section(105) wrote:.....just listened to that crap, wow that was bad.....guess he is retiring end of year.....some crazy rumor as for a Chris Christie to replace him.....and way back in the day Mike was a go-to-guy for many on all things NCAA hoops....
If I recall, he was a St John's homer
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Rhody74 wrote:
section(105) wrote:.....just listened to that crap, wow that was bad.....guess he is retiring end of year.....some crazy rumor as for a Chris Christie to replace him.....and way back in the day Mike was a go-to-guy for many on all things NCAA hoops....
If I recall, he was a St John's homer
....St John's grad I think.....
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Agreed he is probably not up to snuff on the college hoops seen and has a huge ego. But at least he will talk about it listen to eei or the sports hub and they act as if than never heard of college hoops and will not even discuss it. They would rather talk about red sox spring training then march madness zzzzzzzzzzzzz .
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I absolutely refuse to listen to Francesa. I know his ratings are great but I don't want to contribute to that.

His old partner, on the other hand, does a great show on SiriusXM. He's the best host in the business IMO. How Russo ever put up with Francesa for 19 years is beyond me.
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I'd like to buy Fran-say-so for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth.
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He's always been a pompous ass, but when I lived in NYC way before live streaming apps were invented, he and Dog were the only game in town. But on the FAN I actually enjoyed Richard Neer (sp?) the former FM DJ, and of course "The Schmooze" was entertaining.

Love 'em or hate 'em, at least we've got an abundance of talk jocks now - even on TV. I remember the days when the only way I could find out about New England sports teams was to get the Journal and the Globe at the out of town news stand on West 42nd Street .

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He has always been arrogant. His friendship with Parcells never helped, always attempted to carry same demeanor. Remember listening to him on the original all sports WFAN back 30 years ago. Even though his arrogance was difficult to tolerate, he was knowledgeable in all sports. He has faded greatly over the years. Lost his Fox simulcast years ago. He is a St Johns grad too, not just a homer. But always a guy willing to talk college hoops. I recall he picked Seton Hall to win it back in 80s with Gerald Greene, Andrew Gaze , Anthony Avent so on. Got to finals. Real long shot, no one picked them. He seemed to rise his stature with that pick. He was on CBS for a while in a Rothstein type role. Never understood that. I swear he lived off a great prediction in college hoops for years. Never did it again as far as I know and obviously got canned by CBS tv. Rightfully so, should have never been there. Like Woodenickel says, at least talks college hoops and willing. Put on WEEI, which I don't and talking potential Patriot FA prospects and don't seem to realize March madness is going on.
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lol... EEI won't talk college hoops until BC is good again...and maybe not even then...
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Rhody74 wrote:He's pathetic and his former partner is just as bad.

Mad Dog is terrific. He knows his stuff bigly.
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NYGFan_Section208 wrote:lol... EEI won't talk college hoops until BC is good again...and maybe not even then...
Trenni and Thomasi on Saturday afternoon got into it some and Trenni (From Wisconsin and a Marquette grad) mentioned she was pulling hard for Rhody.
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steviep123 wrote:
NYGFan_Section208 wrote:lol... EEI won't talk college hoops until BC is good again...and maybe not even then...
Trenni and Thomasi on Saturday afternoon got into it some and Trenni (From Wisconsin and a Marquette grad) mentioned she was pulling hard for Rhody.
Funny...I actually heard some of that. Thomasi still seemed hardly interested at all and said something like, "are they still called the Rams?". Was a very brief exchange, but still...more than I've heard them talk about it in months.
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Rhody is definitely an afterthought to the EEI Mid-day & Afternoon shows when they discuss the tournament. They seem to have a selective memory of Greater Boston-area college teams. Even PC doesn't get proper recognition (with Merloni being an PC alum!)
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Boston area radio has a selective memory and only talks about local teams within the 495 corridor? Get out.

I honestly don't think there's a city in the country that is more localized than Boston. The average fan probably couldn't even name more than 10 other teams in each of the major sports.
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