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Originally Posted by The Professor
Nah. Kornheiser can be excellent. I can understand not liking his PTI schtick - it is annoying - but that is all facade. If you don't credit him with much sports knowledge, you're dead wrong. I think he likes to play the "bumbling, I don't know anything" role, but I've read Kornheiser for years and I think he can be really insightful and on the mark. But, I guess to each their own.
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I've never read him, but I would occasionally listen to his radio show years ago and every now and then catch PTI. I was unaware that he was playing a character. If he does have genuine insight, then I wish he'd display that more often. His TV/Radio gimmick doesn't work for him.
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As for Theismann, he was half of what was wrong with Sunday Night Football (Maguire being the other half). Patrick, when he stuck to PbP, was passable and I hope the same will be true of Tirico. Between Paul's "let me tell you" or "look at this" ranting and Joe's fifty "I spoke to [insert name] yesterday and..." or 75%+ incorrect appraisal of the action "they'll run here [as the team drops for a pass]" SNF was a nightmare.
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I agree with most of that, but Patrick killed me, too. ESPN then put Patrick with Dick Vitale on college games and I'm pretty sure I almost killed myself that night. Patrick isn't too bad at just describing the action, but he seems incapable of doing
just that.