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Both of these statements partially inform this sentiment:

 

God this is so true.... any time I have listened to local radio, the people who call in astound me. Their level of knowledge and understanding of the sport is abysmal and depressing. Really, it's like that anytime I talk to some random person about the Blazers. Most of the time it feels like I'm trying to carry on a conversation with a five year old.

 

People who still think sports radio is their soap box of choice are just below people who think OregonLive is the place to talk about the MAX and TriMet.

 

Original content would be like that article from Quick about Cliff Alexander and Moe Harkless. It's information that we did not already know. He shared quotes from the players about scrimmages that we cannot see. That's worthwhile journalism.

Having a radio show and throwing out some random question like, "Who's going to be your starting five?" is not original. It's something that we talked about months ago. Sure, it gets people talking, but it doesn't contribute anything new to the conversation.

 

Rack 'em!

 

I'm pretty sure he'll be too bashful to say thank you, so I'll help a brother out and do it for him: "Thank you, Nate!"

 

I guess I'm one of the few who actually knew who he was prior to all of this. But, I've only listened on rare occasions. I don't have a morning commute, so my time in the car with radio is limited, but the times I would tune into them over, say, Dan Patrick, it'd be because I wanted to hear primarily about my local team. But they're just not that good. Which is always frustrating. I'd find myself correcting information to myself while listening, or just rolling my eyes. It just sounds like what Nat ehad mentioned about talking Blazers with casual fans, just kind of blah opinions that seem gathered from the national media.

 

Radio is usually lazy journalism, if you can even call it journalism. Unless it's someone who works for the team, or they are a previous player, or they are a writer as well as a radio personality, they generally do not have sources and they do not have original takes. Hell, most of the radio shows don't even talk sports all the time. They end up talking about women or entertainment news, etc. They have to fill 3-4 hours of air with something, so they spend a lot of their time talking about crap that's not even related to sports.

 

To be honest, I blame Dan Patrick for much of this because he effortlessly does a "wider subject area" show that has sports but much more. It succeeds because he's got a great personality and is surrounded by other very funny people.

Most radio talk show hosts just end up trying too hard. If your talent ceiling is Colin Cowherd, you're in trouble.

 

If you watch Isaac and Big Douche when they do their show, they're getting all their stuff off the internet, just like we're doing right now. They aren't breaking news, and most of their show is talking about anything but sports, much like the amount of time we all spend posting about politics, Trump and other bullshit. The only difference is that they get paid to do it and we don't. As a daily thing, they are totally redundant. Not to mention annoying as all hell.

And I'd much rather listen to ex-players as radio hosts, because if nothing else, their stories and perspectives (even those unrelated to sports) are virtually guaranteed to be more interesting and relevant than some anonymous clowns talking about 1000 ways to recycle belly button lint just to fill up off season air space......though thinking about it, all of us anonymous clowns on this site do a pretty damn good job making conversations like those not only commonplace, but even interesting (and funnier than hell) on occasion......that makes the radio guys even more redundant.

 

I rarely listen to Isaac and Suke...... agree they are redundant.... but they are at least mildly entertaining at times. And I usually don't have a ton of time to waste on the internet (today is an aberration, for the most part), so I can go to them to get a quick update on the sports world (or other news) during my commute home. When talking football, Suke often does add some solid insight from a former player. There's more credibility there than the average fan or radio host.

 

Or anything else....

 

Yeah, but that style has been around for a long time. That's what they were doing on The FAN back in the early 2000's.

 

Why are we giving this guy so much attention? He's probably jerking it to this thread.

"Refresh.. refresh... refresh... AH FUCK YEAH "THE" HCP mentioned me again!!! HEEEURRRRGGGGGHHH!!!"

 

Meh, there's nothing else to do right now. First preseason game is in on Monday.

 

"Hot takes!"

 

I have zero idea who this guy is other than him putting our names in his mouth.

But I'm pretty sure everyone just wants to win the fake nic batum warmup or whatever.

 

Hey Taylor, this is Nate in Portland. The Ducks are sinking faster than Hillary in the polls. Don Pellum looks like Charlie Brown after Lucy pulled the football out from under him. Has he not been fired yet? Get on that shit Uncle Phil! The Blazers are about to start their first season without LaMarcus Aldridge in 9 years. I heard the front office has been able to switch out to a one ply toilet paper because they no longer have to worry about his delicate tush. Shout out to Caitlin Jenner! Bruce Bowen! And my boys over at the Jack in the Box on Powell Blvd. I'm out - mic drop.