I didn't mind Kornheiser, but I prefer broadcast teams that tell me something I didn't know. Not that I need a lesson, but I like it when guys say thing like, "You know the defense knew this was a run play because ...." or "This big run happened because the lineman set up the DE by doing......"
The whole MNF experiment of Dennis Miller in the Booth being the non-insider asking the questions people are wondering didn't work. Kornheiser was better in that respect, but still didn't bring anything special to the table.
Hopefully Gruden can bring his insider knowledge AND his excitement for the game.
The only football crew I really grew to hate was the crew of Tirico, McGuire and Theismann. The were smart and knew football, but I grew to hate how every week the trouble players were "just competitive and in reality were really great guys" and always mentioned how they had met time in meeting this week. Maybe once in a while that is true, but week after week it got stale. Really Paul? You met and chatted with each player on both rosters, at least that seems to be what you said, and they are all great people? Yeah, that Rae Carruth seems just swell.
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