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“There is so much potential in this podcast to be a thought provoking, cutting edge deep-drive into the sports media business; one that blows Deitsch and Traina’s listless hot air tropes out of the water. It falls short of what it could be too often though.
-The incessant drooling over Tom Brady (literally every show from this past winter), Stephen A, and Barkley can be nauseating. The talent space in this business is much bigger than a few names. Ourand does a better job of giving props to up and coming talent than Marchand.
-Ourand and Marchand beat the same Apple and Amazon topic to death for at least 20 minutes every single week. It’s nauseating given they have not breached new ground on this debate since episode #2. It is boring and tiresome to listen to at this point.
-Both hosts at times can show a blatant bias toward everything ESPN in order to protect their relationships with ESPN sources. Even in cases where ESPN falls short on contracts it desires or makes poor talent decisions are spun in such a way that paint everything ESPN does in a positive light, often going so far as nixing the organizations that end contracts with the operation (see SBJ article on “Will Big Ten regret leaving ESPN” from this week and Marchand praising how great ESPN losing the Big Ten is while trashing CBS for losing the SEC—a pure double standard).
-“Big Get” guests can be extremely interesting to the show’s credit. I like the conversational style and they often elicit great information from guests (e.g. Perkins, Levy).
-Ourand is the more intelligent of the two and should not be so nice/deferential to Marchand in order to improve the podcast. He often knows more than he lets on, but is reticent to show his partner up. Putting Marchand’s arrogance down would make for a more entertaining podcast at times.”
Will ZA via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/11/22
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“Great chemistry
Good sense of humor and preparation
It’s the only podcast to get the most info about the world of sports media
If you like sports and are a nerd for sports media, this podcast will be your new friend!
PS: Yes, I get Statler and Waldorf vibes with their debates!”
SuperSam97 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/27/22
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“Super informative…well done”
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United States of America ·
03/24/22
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“MLS is usually ranked around 15. At best, using certain metrics, I have seen it ranked 10th. Top MLS club in 538 world club rankings is below 110.”
Goal26 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
06/23/22
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