Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[johnzo]

yeah, being a good interview / conversation host is a whole skillset. 

you can't just plug in an athlete into that spot like you can plug an RB in at WR.

[wbbfan]

39 minutes ago, johnzo said:

yeah, being a good interview / conversation host is a whole skillset. 

you can't just plug in an athlete into that spot like you can plug an RB in at WR.

Good point that’s why the pbp plus color commentator is such an iconic combination across all sports. The ones who also converse well are the gold standard. like pti on Epsn is peak sports conversation. 
 

Tait is fantastic at writing articles that really get to the heart of a persons story. His piece on hardrick years back was incredible, parts of it are still vivid in my mind. It’s different still in conversation. 

[Noeller]

9 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Good point that’s why the pbp plus color commentator is such an iconic combination across all sports. The ones who also converse well are the gold standard. like pti on Epsn is peak sports conversation. 
 

Tait is fantastic at writing articles that really get to the heart of a persons story. His piece on hardrick years back was incredible, parts of it are still vivid in my mind. It’s different still in conversation. 

For my generation, Ed is the Gold Standard of CFL beat writers and a wildly underrated contributor to the CJOB Pre Game Show. Randy Turner is the all time best print columnist. With respect to everyone out there doing the job right now, it all pales to the level of writing we were spoiled with in the late 90s and early 00s...

[Fatty Liver]

1 hour ago, johnzo said:

yeah, being a good interview / conversation host is a whole skillset. 

you can't just plug in an athlete into that spot like you can plug an RB in at WR.

It really depends on the athletes personality, Simoni Lawrence makes player interviews pretty funny for the Ti-Cats and Micah Awe did it quite well for the RedBlacks a few years back when LaPo was the GM/HC.