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One of those obviously “too good for the CFL” guys. 

6:53 left in the 3rd quarter in 2021 for me.

Scott Oake is the first sports guy I remember not taking sports too seriously and it was so refreshing. 
 
I know people who have worked professionally with Maclean and my opinion of him has dropped accordingly. 

And yes... I have had a lot of home brew tonight watching the Jets game and then the 2019 GC....

Many thanks.

Kelly is gonna be a guy ppl look back on In 3 years and go, remember that guy who had 1 ok year and won the MOP, yeah Jim Kelly's nephew, yeah wonder what he's doing now. 
That's 3 years from now 
Cuz if I'm Toronto oline, first few plays of next season,  I let the other team kill him cuz bullshit he had a concussion. Honestly the guy is just clueless, talk about putting your entire organization and the league really  in a bad spot
 
Concussion is just an excuse.  He wasn't concussed, he was exposed playing a good D for the first time 

Ahhhhh man... I feel the shame. Based on the context of the tweet, I thought they were doing a CFL vs NFL debate. And I'm gonna be honest..... Why in the **** was anyone debating Brady O vs Kevin ******* Brown??? Good gravy. 

Don't want to say too much, but I know enough to know that some personalities that come across as authentic have actually (perhaps organically) become character actors.  Not questioning his knowledge or memory, but I think it's safe to say that's why we might get along.
 

Don't want to say too much, but I know enough to know that some personalities that come across as authentic have actually (perhaps organically) become character actors.  Not questioning his knowledge or memory, but I think it's safe to say that's why we might get along.
 

Bwha haa ha Rachel Maddow oh boy wow.  Anyway, whatever happened to old Strombo?  I liked his interviews on his show back in the day.

It HAS to be a conversation and not a scripted Q n A session. That's something young journalists do... They over prepare because they're terrified of the conversation. It's just a lack of confidence more than anything. As you get more experience, you gain confidence and a comfortability with open conversations. But you're exactly right... You have to be willing and able to let the conversation go where it will. That's just my take anyhow.
As for MacLean, I don't know if there's ever been a better conversational interviewer in Canadian sports than him. And it comes from an insane encyclopedic knowledge of virtually everything. He's like a jeopardy contestant, that guy. 

Rod Hill, Less Browne too. 

You’re not asking me, but there’s a world of difference between talk shows and interviews that really matter. 
 
Letterman in the Netflix format is far superior to the old days because he has all the time he needs now. 
 
As far as serious reportage, it’s hard to beat Maddow or Mehdi Hassan. They obviously put in the work. 

Scrums are rarely meaningful. Proper interviews take 15-30-60 minutes and there are very few orgs that even afford that opportunity anymore. One of the reasons I like Sirius/XM so much. 

Research, research and then more research. A guest respects someone who has taken the time to learn something about them and their work. 

Scott Oake is the first sports guy I remember not taking sports too seriously and it was so refreshing. 
 
I know people who have worked professionally with Maclean and my opinion of him has dropped accordingly. 

The great interviewers actually listen to the answers and are willing to allow their interviews to go off course.  Nothing worse than interviewers ignoring answers that have obvious follow up questions. 

To be fair he has been drinking moonshine... it tracks that the mind loses things jn that scenario 

You’re not asking me, but there’s a world of difference between talk shows and interviews that really matter. 
 
Letterman in the Netflix format is far superior to the old days because he has all the time he needs now. 
 
As far as serious reportage, it’s hard to beat Maddow or Mehdi Hassan. They obviously put in the work. 

Stern is a really good interviewer, but there are better interviewers on NPR who do it for less than 1/100th the cost. 

Never been a huge fan of his but the few I’ve watched have been really good. He seems to wrap him self in an edgy cloak but is an excellent media type at heart. 
 Joe Rogan is really divisive these days, but especially for a none professional he has done some great interviews. I haven’t watched his stuff in a few years but he does have a lot. 
 
I think that combined with the ability to make an interview not feel like an interview. Not being overly guided but more a natural conversation, and being genuinely intrigued and teachable is big too. No one wants to see an expert talk to a  none expert and see the none expert act like an expert. I think this is a pitfall rogan has fallen into at times.