Harbaugh on 97.1 Jamie and Stoney - McDooooom
Harbaugh was on 97.1, per usual, this morning. Seemed to be in a great mood, and had some very high praise for Peppers, McCray, and Gedeon. I don't know about y'all, but after all the hand wringing this offseason about the LB group, I'm very happily surprised with last Saturday's production.
He also had a great quote on McDoom: "We picked up on that in recruiting him. That's a great football name, isn't it? McDooooooom!" (paraphrased)
September 9th, 2016 at 8:03 AM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 8:04 AM ^
They do the Harbaugh interview during the 8 o'clock hour on Thursday. They replay it Friday morning earlier to hit the crowd that rolls into work early.
September 9th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
Thanks for the heads up!
September 9th, 2016 at 8:20 AM ^
they dumped Bill off that show
hopefully it will be more actual sports instead of all the stupid crap
same rules that apply here should apply to that show, especially the no politics
September 9th, 2016 at 8:32 AM ^
Did Sara go too? Those two really dragged Stoney down. That show was just awful. Luckily I get reception for 1050 where I live.
September 9th, 2016 at 8:43 AM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 8:44 AM ^
stoney i was always under the assumption that he only went to 97.1 to end up getting the drive time slot again (especially when wojo came aboard) when valenti's contract was up and went on to bigger and better things... so when valenti resigned, i was amazed that 105.1 didn't go all in and try to steal stoney and wojo for their drive time slot after they shit canned drew... i honestly think that 105.1 would still be all sports if they had better sports talk talent in that drive time slot...
September 9th, 2016 at 9:21 AM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 10:58 AM ^
In August, they outperformed 97.1 with virtually no marketing.
One other thing they screwed up was going with Mike & Mike when they started out. They should've gone with Drew like you said, or at least another local host.
September 9th, 2016 at 11:23 AM ^
Mike & Mike
I like to get a more national perspective sometimes
September 9th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 1:11 PM ^
just need to mix it up more. They play the same songs every 3 hours for like days at a time. I like the idea but they have to get some more songs to play.
September 9th, 2016 at 9:18 AM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 9:38 AM ^
I read rumors that Valenti didn't like Bill either and that helped push him out the door. The one guy that is still there, that I for the life me can't understand is Terry Foster. He is just bad at everything.
September 9th, 2016 at 9:50 AM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
I read the opposite. That Valenti gets annoyed because Foster never does show prep, you know, like a professional radio personality should. My guess is that it's the station that wants Foster around because of the reasons you stated above.
September 9th, 2016 at 10:28 AM ^
really interesting has happened in the last month. I didn't know it until yesterday but Foster has been in the hospital since early August being treated for a stroke. Apparently, he went to the hospital because of symptoms that he could no longer manage. While the Free Press(my bad) article that I read said the stroke happened very recently, it talks about how he was mispronouncing words and slurring speech. I listen to them a lot on the way home and I have to say that I think that has been happening for a while now, years, not months or weeks.
They have joked about some of the things like "Ninety Seven the One Ticket" and some other things, but I think there was a medical reason for it. Over the last year, you could really hear Mike almost covering for him when Foster could not get words out. He is not the greatest host but I do hope he recovers and gets back because I can't take much more of Dan Leach.
September 9th, 2016 at 10:37 AM ^
Thanks for the info ijohnb, I had no idea about this. But it does appear to explain some of his on-air issues. Also thanks for not linking to the freep article.
September 9th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^
problem. Yeah, I think it could explain why he essentially does not provide any content anymore. He has almost become like a prop and this could explain why.
September 9th, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^
I can't figure how they have any ratings. You have to be a sparty to listen to Valenti (Caputo and Anderson too) . Foster knows absolutely nothing. Maybe its the total lack of prep work that was mentioned. On top of that they ridicule their callers. It makes you really appreciate the intelligence of WTKA callers.
Only Wojo and Karsch are good on that station. What amazes me about Karch is that he is a MSU alum. You would never know it by listening to him.
September 9th, 2016 at 10:38 AM ^
foolish for callers with an actual point to call into that show. Hatchett and Sulivan only allow calls through that are "ridicule-worthy" to begin with. That is the structure of the show, the entire purpose of the callers at this point is to enhance a kind of Jerry Springer effect. You're right, the show can be entertaining, but it is not a really serious sports show anymore. It was in the beginning, if you wanted to really hear sports talk that was the show. It is not like that any longer for sure.
September 9th, 2016 at 10:00 AM ^
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September 9th, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
when mike and terry were the mid day show on 1270 and their show was called the sports inferno... they had a webiste with message boards and stuff... i remember mike posting a comment on there about terry because there were rumors flying around about mike not liking terry and that terry was going to get let go... basically mike said that when he first interviewed for the job he said that he wanted terry as his co-host and wouldn't want it any other way...
the way i look at it, is that mike likes terry because hes a door matt to mike and mike can say anything wants and terry will never take the other side and if he does mike tells him to shut up...
September 9th, 2016 at 10:23 AM ^
will be better now. The show was an absolute unmitigated mess with Stoney and Bill. Bill was not a sports radio host, he knew very little about even basic sports topic. So the show was basically a morning variety show with one host having a vast knowledge of sports but nobody to discuss it with him. So, essentially, every show divolved into "small talk topics" that nobody cared about and Sarah had to contribute. From the very limited sample size so far, they are talking far more sports and she is involved far less and essentially just comments every now and then. I am still not a huge Stoney fan and think he is disingenious in this discussion of pretty much all things Michigan, but it will likely be an acceptable moring sports show going forward. Many people don't particularly like him but Jamie is a pro and could carry the show by himself if he needed to.
September 9th, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^
Was probably the first time I've listened to the morning show all the way to work. It was all sports and an enjoyable drive. I'd probably listen to them over Valenti & Foster if they were on at the same time. Too bad 105.1 is no longer around to make that happen.
September 9th, 2016 at 8:23 AM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 8:37 AM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 9:37 AM ^
"Apparently they don't do the same for everyone" - Aubree Solamon
September 9th, 2016 at 9:48 AM ^
On a semi-related note, Marcus Ray's new show on WTKA is excellent. Would highly recommend. I'm not sold on Jamie Morris as his co-host, but Ray's analysis and insight is always excellent. Here's the link to the podcasts if anyone is interested:
https://audioboom.com/channels/4497733
September 9th, 2016 at 11:01 AM ^
Has he ever gone through a show without talking about 1997? Even once?
September 9th, 2016 at 11:09 AM ^
No. No he has not.
September 9th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^
September 9th, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
...I think the LBs look pretty good thus far. What I was mildly concerned about after watching the Hawaii game was that all the blitzing seemed to leave us vulnerable to quick slants over the middle.
September 9th, 2016 at 11:33 AM ^
Yeah. You're always giving up something, a weak spot somewhere in your D, whenever you blitz. Brown believes that more often then not, a college QB isn't going to make the correct read in time with pressure barrelling down on him.
Live by the sword die by the sword.
But pressure can come from anywhere on any level of the defense, and so the reads are always changing for the QB to find that soft spot. Its a lot to process in seconds.
September 9th, 2016 at 10:25 AM ^
here's the link