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Posted on 10/25/15 at 10:24 pm to TheNicktator
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The sec network is great
I wouldn't know because I've only watched the game broadcasts because they have a-hole Finebaum on all the rest of the time and I don't watch him.
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I'm sure most of us would enjoy it a lot better if that annoying little twat was fired tomorrow.
Well, I would watch and see. So far, I can't say how I would enjoy it because I've literally never watched it when he was on. Now that they have him on GameDay some, I switch the channel as soon as I see his face.
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He possess little to no football knowledge of any kind.
Obviously, but that's no different to most other sportscasters these days. They don't know a damned thing, they don't even pretend to know anything, they are just entertainers trying to get attention. Finebaum has never known anything, but he knew that talking shite would get him attention. He started by trolling the Auburn and Alabama fan bases, and as his audience has increased, his trolling targets have likewise increased. He loves to talk shite about LSU because he knows LSU fans are passionate and there are some who are too stupid to ignore him, just like the Auburn and Alabama fans that he got his start trolling.
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He's hard to listen to with all his mumbling, stuttering and searching for words. How espn didn't require him to take some broadcasting 101 classes is puzzling.
ESPN couldn't give a rat's arse about any of that. They know that Phyllis from Mulga and a million like her will fall for his tired bullshite and as long as they do, ESPN makes money and is happy.
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He mostly appeals to residents of the free bird trailer park
Of course he does. No one with an IQ over 70 would listen to him. There's a reason why he got his start in Alabama, but it could just as easily have been Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, etc.
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an embarrassment to the network.
A network doesn't get embarrassed, unless they get shitty ratings. They would put on two bubbas from Alabama (the state, not the school) acting like children if it got ratings, which, thanks to the stupidity of Alabama and, apparently, the whole South, it does.
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The SEC deserves better. Much better.
No, it doesn't. "The SEC", if defined by the collective fan bases of all its schools, deserves exactly what it has, a shite-stirring hack with no talent trolling them every fricking minute. The fact that they are so stupid that they make him rich because they hate him is the proof that they deserve him.
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Spurrier is available and would be a treasure of football knowledge and insight
Yes, he would be extremely informative and helpful to any real fan wanting to learn something, which automatically excludes 99% of all SEC fans.
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Just a thought.
Having one of those while trying to evaluate what SEC fans want/need/will get is where you went wrong. Finebaum specializes in manipulating people who can't think, which is what made him a perfect fit for talk radio in Alabama and now, apparently, TV through the whole of SEC country.
This post was edited on 10/25/15 at 10:57 pm
Posted on 10/25/15 at 10:31 pm to sullivanct19a
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Threads like this are job security for him.
Not true even one bit. Discussing how awful he is does not give him an increased audience. I'm in this thread and do not listen to him or watch SEC Nation.
Posted on 10/25/15 at 10:39 pm to Nuts4LSU
nuts4Lsu
You said it all, you really nailed it.
You said it all, you really nailed it.
Posted on 10/25/15 at 10:51 pm to northshorebamaman
That makes it a caller driven show. Which I am ok with, at least its different.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 1:31 am to TheNicktator
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The sec network is great and I'm sure most of us would enjoy it a lot better if that annoying little twat was fired tomorrow. He possess little to no football knowledge of any kind. He's hard to listen to with all his mumbling, stuttering and searching for words. How espn didn't require him to take some broadcasting 101 classes is puzzling. He mostly appeals to residents of the free bird trailer park and is an embarrassment to the network. The SEC deserves better. Much better. Spurrier is available and would be a treasure of football knowledge and insight as well as a lot of fun to listen to. Just a thought.
Why would a bammer want Finebaum gone? He licks Nick Saban's nuts.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 1:45 am to Nuts4LSU
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There's a reason why he got his start in Alabama, but it could just as easily have been Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, etc.
Um, he got his start as a beat reporter covering LSU football.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 6:40 am to GeauxToBed
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It would take some other jackass coming along with the ability to fill 20 hours of air time each week for pennies (by television production standards).
^This.^
Besides, who really listens to and hangs onto every word Paul says?
Granted, he has great connections in the SEC. Fun to listen to his guests.
FTR, whoever takes the time to listen intently to four hours of radio in the work day
Is usually either a loser, time thief or mental midget.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 7:04 am to Evolved Simian
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Um, he got his start as a beat reporter covering LSU football.
Whatever. I have followed LSU football pretty closely since 1971 and I never heard of the guy until I saw his columns in the Birmingham paper in the '80s or '90s, covering Alabama and Auburn. If he did start in Louisiana, then I'm proud of the fact that his antics didn't work there and he had to go to Alabama to find the kind of audience he needed.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 7:19 am to TheNicktator
He is entertainment--nothing more.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 8:03 am to TheNicktator
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What would it take to have Finebaum removed from the SEC network? by TheNicktator
A brain with some common sense?
Posted on 10/26/15 at 8:15 am to GregAl
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He is entertainment--nothing more.
I wish more people understood this. They take Finebaum way too seriously. I enjoy his show. I've listened to it since the early 2000s. It's not to be some insightful show about the actual sport or an accurate portrayal of reality...it's basically "reality" TV on radio. In that regard, it's a goldmine.
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