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JOEY SUNSHINE DOESN'T LIKE BRADY
There has been a Joe Theismann sighting.
After a weekend marathon of draft coverage that did not involve in any way the presence on the air of the fallen MNF analyst, the ESPN employee-without-an-assignment offered up his opinions regarding quarterback Brady Quinn, who plunged to pick No. 22 in the draft.
In a Tuesday appearance on ESPN Radio's Man-Girl & Meatball in the Morning, Theismann said that Quinn came off as unprofessional at the draft, based on his intentionally unkempt hair, his askew tie, and his chewing gum.
Theismann thinks that, when a player is in a leadership position, everything should be evaluated.
To a certain extent, we agree. But his hair? His tie? After four hours in which he saw millions of dollars disappear before his eyes?
How about the fact that Quinn handled himself with grace and dignity even when the special green room provided to him by the Commish (drawing high praise from ESPN) was invaded by ESPN's Suzy Kolber, who asked him asinine questions like "What's your game plan?"
Brady should have said, "Um, if I score in here, I might go for two."
Back to Theismann, we get the impression that he has tried to temper his reputation of always being blindly positive by periodically going negative on someone -- without regard to whether he is being consistent with his criticism.
A year ago, for example, Theismann mercilessly ripped Ricky Williams after he was booted out of the league for a year for multiple violations of the substance abuse policy. In August, however, Theismann had his nose in Koren Robinson's rear end only a day or so before a lubricated K-Rob led the C-ops on a three-digit car chase through rural Minnesota roads.
After Robinson got his own one-year pass, Joey said nothing.
All of this further confirms our belief that the guy simply spouts off aimlessly based on how he feels at a given moment, with no regard to his core beliefs (if he has any) and no memory of the things he has said before.
So we're not surprised that ESPN is phasing him out. The only thing that confuses us is why it took them so long to realize that need for it.
UPDATE: Brady Quinn apparently would be wise to take his pointers regarding hair care from a young Joey Sunshine, who at the same time he changed the pronunciation of his last name to rhyme with "Heisman" should have changed the pronunciation of his first name to rhyme with "Elvis."
There has been a Joe Theismann sighting.
After a weekend marathon of draft coverage that did not involve in any way the presence on the air of the fallen MNF analyst, the ESPN employee-without-an-assignment offered up his opinions regarding quarterback Brady Quinn, who plunged to pick No. 22 in the draft.
In a Tuesday appearance on ESPN Radio's Man-Girl & Meatball in the Morning, Theismann said that Quinn came off as unprofessional at the draft, based on his intentionally unkempt hair, his askew tie, and his chewing gum.
Theismann thinks that, when a player is in a leadership position, everything should be evaluated.
To a certain extent, we agree. But his hair? His tie? After four hours in which he saw millions of dollars disappear before his eyes?
How about the fact that Quinn handled himself with grace and dignity even when the special green room provided to him by the Commish (drawing high praise from ESPN) was invaded by ESPN's Suzy Kolber, who asked him asinine questions like "What's your game plan?"
Brady should have said, "Um, if I score in here, I might go for two."
Back to Theismann, we get the impression that he has tried to temper his reputation of always being blindly positive by periodically going negative on someone -- without regard to whether he is being consistent with his criticism.
A year ago, for example, Theismann mercilessly ripped Ricky Williams after he was booted out of the league for a year for multiple violations of the substance abuse policy. In August, however, Theismann had his nose in Koren Robinson's rear end only a day or so before a lubricated K-Rob led the C-ops on a three-digit car chase through rural Minnesota roads.
After Robinson got his own one-year pass, Joey said nothing.
All of this further confirms our belief that the guy simply spouts off aimlessly based on how he feels at a given moment, with no regard to his core beliefs (if he has any) and no memory of the things he has said before.
So we're not surprised that ESPN is phasing him out. The only thing that confuses us is why it took them so long to realize that need for it.
UPDATE: Brady Quinn apparently would be wise to take his pointers regarding hair care from a young Joey Sunshine, who at the same time he changed the pronunciation of his last name to rhyme with "Heisman" should have changed the pronunciation of his first name to rhyme with "Elvis."
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and he managed to do ok...