karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 13, 2011 4:32pm
Pretty soon they will be left with Craig James, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack. Good work.
TheBigLead Jason McIntyre
TheBigLead Jason McIntyre
Breaking sports media news: pat Forde is leaving Espn for yahoo sports at the end of this month. Post coming shortly.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Oct 13, 2011 4:38pm
I always liked his Forde Yard Dash columns
TBone14
Posts: 6,383
Oct 13, 2011 4:56pm
I'm sure he will be doing them for Yahoo.jordo212000;932625 wrote:I always liked his Forde Yard Dash columns
krambman
Posts: 3,606
Oct 13, 2011 5:03pm
Don't forget Mark May too.karen lotz;932622 wrote:Pretty soon they will be left with Craig James, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack. Good work.
TheBigLead Jason McIntyre
dazedconfused
Posts: 2,662
Oct 13, 2011 5:56pm
college football is one of espn's biggest cash cows and now they've lost two of their better talents in about a month and a half. the herd is certainly thinning. great net for yahoo, though
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Oct 13, 2011 7:49pm
Anything to challenge ESPN's dominance is a good thing.
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Oct 13, 2011 8:33pm
Yahoo is really starting to put together some good talent.
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dave
Posts: 4,558
Oct 13, 2011 8:34pm
When you have Dr Lou you don't really need anyone else :rolleyes:
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Oct 13, 2011 9:57pm
karen lotz;932622 wrote:Pretty soon they will be left with Craig James, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack. Good work.
TheBigLead Jason McIntyre
jordo212000;932625 wrote:I always liked his Forde Yard Dash columns
TBone14;932637 wrote:I'm sure he will be doing them for Yahoo.
krambman;932639 wrote:Don't forget Mark May too.
dazedconfused;932676 wrote:college football is one of espn's biggest cash cows and now they've lost two of their better talents in about a month and a half. the herd is certainly thinning. great net for yahoo, though
Fly4Fun;932770 wrote:Anything to challenge ESPN's dominance is a good thing.
thedynasty1998;932793 wrote:Yahoo is really starting to put together some good talent.
These.
Not This.dave;932794 wrote:When you have Dr Lou you don't really need anyone else :rolleyes:
Tobias Fünke
Posts: 2,387
Oct 14, 2011 12:24am
Good. Fuck ESPN.
Also, Pat Forde is a dumbass.
Also, Pat Forde is a dumbass.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Oct 14, 2011 12:29am
Tobias Fünke;933017 wrote:Good. Fuck ESPN.
Also, Pat Forde is a dumbass.
This.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 14, 2011 12:34am
What's wrong with Forde?
Tobias Fünke
Posts: 2,387
Oct 14, 2011 12:58am
He has a way with words, but I don't think I've ever seen him discuss the strategy of the game once. To me, he just jumps on bandwagons and looks at W/L records to see "trends" and be silly. I just don't get any insight out of his writings at all.
I think he is one or two steps ahead of the rest of ESPN, which seems to measure how good a play is by the player's "swag" of lack thereof and completely disregard the one million other reasons--from skill to coaching to luck to work ethic--whenever they publish anything or show a highlight.
I think every one of the guys who are considered by ESPN to be "experts" should be required to pass some tests on whatever they are writing/talking about.
I think he is one or two steps ahead of the rest of ESPN, which seems to measure how good a play is by the player's "swag" of lack thereof and completely disregard the one million other reasons--from skill to coaching to luck to work ethic--whenever they publish anything or show a highlight.
I think every one of the guys who are considered by ESPN to be "experts" should be required to pass some tests on whatever they are writing/talking about.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Oct 14, 2011 6:06am
He's humorless.karen lotz;933028 wrote:What's wrong with Forde?
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Oct 14, 2011 6:11am
Who the flock is Pat Forde?
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Oct 14, 2011 6:13am
I agree. Thank you Dan Patrick for leaving the mothership and showing people in the business ESPN isn't the final frontier.Fly4Fun;932770 wrote:Anything to challenge ESPN's dominance is a good thing.
Who the flock is Pat Forde? (Googling)
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Oct 14, 2011 6:46am
queencitybuckeye;933116 wrote:He's humorless.
His sense of humor is just really dry and sarcastic.
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Oct 14, 2011 9:35am
I actually can't argue with what you wrote here.Tobias Fünke;933045 wrote:He has a way with words, but I don't think I've ever seen him discuss the strategy of the game once. To me, he just jumps on bandwagons and looks at W/L records to see "trends" and be silly. I just don't get any insight out of his writings at all.
I think he is one or two steps ahead of the rest of ESPN, which seems to measure how good a play is by the player's "swag" of lack thereof and completely disregard the one million other reasons--from skill to coaching to luck to work ethic--whenever they publish anything or show a highlight.
I think every one of the guys who are considered by ESPN to be "experts" should be required to pass some tests on whatever they are writing/talking about.
What kills me is having to listen to Jesse Palmer and Dan Polluck as if they actually know something.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Oct 14, 2011 9:37am
and nearly always leaves out the funny.ts1227;933122 wrote:His sense of humor is just really dry and sarcastic.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 14, 2011 10:56am
ah, didn't know he was supposed to be a comedian. He was probably the best ESPN had once Feldman left.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Oct 14, 2011 11:00am
Yahoo is def gaining talent. I have been using Yahoo alot more than ESPN lately to get my sporting news. It would be nice to see Fox, CBS, or NBC strike a deal with Yahoo sports to get this talent on TV and legimatize themselves as a media sports provider.
I don't like Dan Patrick, but props to him for for leaving ESPN, and starting what seems to be like a trend. Hopefully this teaches ESPN to get their act together.
I don't like Dan Patrick, but props to him for for leaving ESPN, and starting what seems to be like a trend. Hopefully this teaches ESPN to get their act together.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Oct 14, 2011 11:01am
Also, mark it down, Bill Simmons will be gone from ESPN in a few years. He is in the beggining stages of his departure with grantland.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Oct 14, 2011 11:13am
You don't find that he takes a lot of things deadly seriously when discussing something (sports in general) where practically none of it matters in any real sense?karen lotz;933238 wrote:ah, didn't know he was supposed to be a comedian. He was probably the best ESPN had once Feldman left.
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Oct 14, 2011 7:38pm
I think he may have just resigned, and Grantland was a way to keep him. I always thought he would go independent with something like Grantland, but why not use Disney money if you can.like_that;933245 wrote:Also, mark it down, Bill Simmons will be gone from ESPN in a few years. He is in the beggining stages of his departure with grantland.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Oct 14, 2011 8:37pm
I'm a Simmons guy, but I don't think it would be the end of the world if they part ways. He's getting awful complacent. He rarely writes anymore and when he does, he is usually whining about the Red Sox or Celtics.thedynasty1998;933653 wrote:I think he may have just resigned, and Grantland was a way to keep him. I always thought he would go independent with something like Grantland, but why not use Disney money if you can.