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re: Why does Paul Finebaum have his head so far up Alabamas arse?

Posted on 7/30/21 at 9:01 am to
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
43012 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 9:01 am to
Why do you listen to Finebaum? It's a stupid show that survives on getting reactions like yours.
Posted by KingOfTheWorld
South of heaven, west of hell
Member since Oct 2018
5462 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 9:06 am to
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He’s part of the hills have eyes family. All inbreds are Bama fans



Is that like the 18-year old Church Point, LA girl who fvcked her father-in-law in her marriage bed and had kids by him and it all played out on HER Facebook page?
Posted by Jack Daniel
In the bottle
Member since Feb 2013
25637 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 9:12 am to
I understand this is foreign to Bama fans, but in-laws aren’t blood related.
This post was edited on 7/30/21 at 9:13 am
Posted by cyde
He gone
Member since Nov 2005
31793 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 9:29 am to
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He said, live on tv, 2 yrs ago : " the 3 greatest days of my life have been the 3 NC's that Alabama has won". He's openly bragged about "Mrs. Terry , showing me around their home, let me look into Nick's closet". He takes his promoting of bama to extremes. It all may well be an act but he's putting bama front & center on a show that's supposed to cover the SEC.
It's almost like you managed to grasp what is — and has always been — the fundamental concept of his show without really understanding that you just grasped it.

He puts on an act which inflames a large part of his listener base and sits back while the calls roll in. Used to be it was either Alabama fans or Auburn fans. Now it's the entire SEC.

He's doing what he's always done and, with you at least, it's working.
This post was edited on 7/30/21 at 9:31 am
Posted by paperwasp
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23343 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 10:01 am to
People have speculated for years that callers were paid to maintain their over-the-top personas for entertainment purposes, which is probably true.

One thing that's never discussed, however, is that he seemed to have a similar m.o. when certain coaches got on his bad side (say, for example if they had a contentious media relationship, or had "wronged" someone in particular).

Back in the day I had heard several callers phone-in out of the blue with a short blurb about a random coach, which oddly launched Paul into a tirade about how said coach arguably needed to be fired if something didn't change, solely as if the caller had brought the concept up. And it would keep happening over time until the discussion became self-perpetuating through other callers.

Over the years this used to occur regularly enough that you could tell it was purposeful on his part, and that he was using certain shill callers to not only provide entertainment, but possibly advance his personal agenda by sowing targeted dissension, IMO.

I'm not sure if he actually wanted someone fired, or if he just wanted other people to argue about it, but I have a feeling it was possibly a little bit of both.
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9358 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 10:48 am to
$$$
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
80781 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 10:52 am to
Stockholm Syndrome.
Posted by mulletproof
Shambala
Member since Apr 2013
4672 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 11:12 am to
He stuck it up there when he was a reporter during the Bear years because he had a man crush. Now, because of those giant ears it won't come out. This assclown actually had the gall to call Tuberville "wing nut" because of his big ears.
Posted by CharlotteSooner
Member since Mar 2016
11127 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 11:14 am to
Because he's bald and there's less friction.
Posted by Dudebro2
San Diego
Member since Dec 2011
8967 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 11:40 am to
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Why does Paul Finebaum have his head so far up Alabamas


Cause that little paint chip eater went to Tennessee!!! Come on think about it, look at that little dweeb, he has to be protected by someone he couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag! So who would you rather have on your side Bama or Tenn?

I rest my case!
Posted by Ghost of Barnwell
central alabama
Member since Dec 2013
1773 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 11:41 am to
I thought he died years ago.....where has he been ?
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
20536 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 11:42 am to
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Why does Paul Finebaum have his head so far up Alabamas arse?


Because it pisses people off and that makes for good ratings.
Posted by Irons Puppet
Birmingham
Member since Jun 2009
25901 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 11:45 am to
You have to understand the roots of his radio/TV career. He sucked early in his career, but some Bama Boosters used him to get rid of some coaches they did not like. He was a sock puppet for them and they financed his show during the early years. He remained loyal to them and vice versa until he got syndicated. Most of his inside sources were Bama Booster or Bama connections within the SEC Offices. He knows who buttered the bread.
Posted by Keltic Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2006
19400 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 11:45 am to
Oh, I get what he's doing, as neither he or his regular callers are rocket scientists. In his first years on his show, he admitted that he would meet with a few of them off the air & script their call ins. I know he is a shite pot stirrer. But in doing so during Saban's run, he's still putting bama in front of the camera way too much. I know a high placed alum from a League school whose athletic dept. had an intern counting how many times a show he talked about bama and showed film clips. That his "report" was sent to the League office & nothing happened was no surprise.
Posted by FreddieMac
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
21151 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 12:03 pm to
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I still don't get it. He's annoying,


And remarkably uninformed, Bama's version of Stephen A. He is just at troll that looks like one.
Posted by StopRobot
Mobile, AL
Member since May 2013
15420 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 12:18 pm to
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People have speculated for years that callers were paid to maintain their over-the-top personas for entertainment purposes, which is probably true.



LOL They were not paying the callers. Do you really think you need to pay people to be attention whores?
Posted by StopRobot
Mobile, AL
Member since May 2013
15420 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 12:19 pm to
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You have to understand the roots of his radio/TV career. He sucked early in his career, but some Bama Boosters used him to get rid of some coaches they did not like. He was a sock puppet for them and they financed his show during the early years. He remained loyal to them and vice versa until he got syndicated. Most of his inside sources were Bama Booster or Bama connections within the SEC Offices. He knows who buttered the bread.



Sorry youre too poor to have a radio host
Posted by Irons Puppet
Birmingham
Member since Jun 2009
25901 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 2:06 pm to
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Sorry youre too poor to have a radio host



You are correct, Bama spent a lot of money propping up Jay Barker, Matt Coulter, Ryan Brown, Lance Taylor, Jim Dunaway, Wes Neighbors, Redfish and Moore (bamascoop). Too bad they were not worth a shite. If you throw enough crap against the way a Finebaum will stick.
Posted by Kwai Chang Caine
Member since Jul 2021
11 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 2:21 pm to
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What I want to know is, what the frick happened to his face?


There does appear to be something amiss with the ear to head ratio.
Posted by cyde
He gone
Member since Nov 2005
31793 posts
Posted on 7/30/21 at 2:32 pm to
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But in doing so during Saban's run, he's still putting bama in front of the camera way too much.
That's because he's won consistently and the more he wins, the more irate it makes the rest of the conference and, as such, the more continuing to parade Alabama around on his show works for him.

Don't worry. Once we hit the skids (and we will eventually) he'll have the knife in our backs before we even realize what happened.
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