I know there was a thread the other day on Maggie and Moose, and some comments inevitably veered towards Carton and Robert new show.
I have tried listening to them, and I just can't. I love Evan, but Carton is such an absolute disgrace to sports talk radio. I don't get why the FAN thinks the audience wants to hear his schtick?
He *does not* talk sports. He's just not a sports guy. Beyond being a massive douche bag, which Francesa was too, he just has no knowledge, and doesn't seem to care to talk about our teams.
It's just him telling personal stories, and trying to have a good old time with his new pal Evan.
and Evan just goes along with it. There is no analysis, the interviews suck, the debates suck.
Carton has good energy, but he just wants to be some entertainer, just telling stories about his days, who he meets, and random shit.
WTF is the fan thinking. They need to get him out of there ASAP. I hate Michael Kay, but at least his show talks about sports; maggie and moose are very mediocre, but they at least talk about sports; the only show now that provides any decent analysis about current events is probably Richard Neer on Saturday mornings and Ed Randall during baseball season.
I grew up listening to the FAN, Mike and the Mad Dog, Sweater and the Schmoozer, Beningo on overnights, Joe and Evan.
It's brutal and sad.
Evan just wants to talk about who will get 10 minutes off the bench for Brooklyn next season.
Dave Deihl fun on SUnday. Too bad is with that loser Moose.
I'm assuming Carton is a Knicks fan? Or Carton is just clueless & doesn't know how to chime in?
He’s just not good at sports talk and the shock jock stuff isn’t much better.
I like Evan’s Saturday morning show, but he isn’t able to articulate his thoughts Monday-Friday. It’s a shame.
I think what's hilarious is - if it's not a staged gimmick - that he got upset about questions that he would have asked himself.
This is all on Chernoff, but Carton will be given every chance to beat Kay. Just feel bad for Evan.
I like Evan’s Saturday morning show, but he isn’t able to articulate his thoughts Monday-Friday. It’s a shame.
He’s just not good at sports talk and the shock jock stuff isn’t much better.
That’s the thing. There isn’t room for shock jocks on radio anymore unless they are supremely talented. Tampa has some solid guys that are syndicated I believe on the bone and I rarely tune in unless I’m commuting and looking for some local Tampa stuff. The podcasts are a billion times better and callers don’t add to the experience like they do to sports shows. The people that call those type of shows are often so dumb it hurts and it’s already showing with the callers they have on Evan and carton. Podcasts like the legion of skanks and Tim Dillon do it a billion times better.