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Footballguy
Look, I know the world has all types. But it seems everybody and their brother's show is running a Fantasy Football segment now. Almost every single one that I hear is simply a series of WDIS calls. The callers are either clueless or want to get stroked for their rosters or just want to hear themselves on the radio.
The main thing tying most of them together (especially my local station's show) is that the hosts are utterly clueless about fantasy football. The guests are often knowledgeable folks in the field. They get Del Pillar on one of the national shows to answer an hour's worth of WDIS. Why bother? He does it because it's a free pimp, but the time could be better spent.
I pretty much turn the dial when these segments come on any longer, as it's painfully uninformative and a bit embarrassing. Now, I'm not one to usually call folks guppies (I think 'shark' is a pretty lame term) or ask "can i be in your league?". The game has all levels. Everybody's gotta start somewhere.
But most of these shows really do nothing with the allotted time. They could be so much better. Sadly, they're not.
Just wanted to get that off my chest. I feel better now.
The main thing tying most of them together (especially my local station's show) is that the hosts are utterly clueless about fantasy football. The guests are often knowledgeable folks in the field. They get Del Pillar on one of the national shows to answer an hour's worth of WDIS. Why bother? He does it because it's a free pimp, but the time could be better spent.
I pretty much turn the dial when these segments come on any longer, as it's painfully uninformative and a bit embarrassing. Now, I'm not one to usually call folks guppies (I think 'shark' is a pretty lame term) or ask "can i be in your league?". The game has all levels. Everybody's gotta start somewhere.
But most of these shows really do nothing with the allotted time. They could be so much better. Sadly, they're not.
Just wanted to get that off my chest. I feel better now.
Our show is in its rough stages, we're still learning the ropes, trying not to fumble over each other, but I think we'll get it down eventually. We started a show up recently online (just for fun) and we're having a real good turnout each week in the chat room and the live callers. We try to interview a top fantasy player from a national competition each week, and try to get a guest on the show (Lou from BFD, etc.) that can break down 1 game and give a little insight). We also try to cover the other topics that we like.. against the spread picks, player props, and survivor pool strategies. Finally, simple WDIS are boring for the most part. I'd rather throw out some insight on some of the more "obscure" pickups and starts, for those teams that are in a real pinch. Players like Ted Ginn, James Hardy or Cedric Benson. At least try to give a projection on these guys based on past statistical data. Sometimes people don't have time to look up the trends, or don't realize that TEAM X gives up XX amounts of yards against the pass, that kind of thing. That's the type of content that really sparks interest to me, because we're just too busy to study each matchup for all our leagues. Give me a "hunch" to run with based on something sound, and I might just take you up on it.
The AUDIBLE is the CADILLAC of player information radio shows. After I became a fan of that show, there's no reason to try and do another show like that. It fills that need perfectly.
