In my opinion, replacing Van Earl Wright with David Stein does nothing to improve the quality of the morning extravaganza. As I previously mentioned on this board, the move that should have been made was to move JT The Brick to anchor the extravaganza and Scott Ferrall to host Gametime React.
Here is my reasoning. JT the Brick is a known name to the general sports talk listening audience, people know what they are going to get and like to listen to him. I think the format of the extravaganza, which is more interview based than caller based will improve JT's shows. Lately, he has been spending entire segments hanging up and chastising callers. His show at night also suffers because he has no one to challenge his sometimes outlandish ideas. I think Siciliano will make him more firm and focused and that would make for better radio. Secondly, if anyone heard Ferrall last night he is a natural at late night sports talk, he interacts well with callers and has alot of loyal fans. Also, he has name recognition as most people know who he is. I, personally, think JT would be great in mornings and Ferrall in evenings and David Stein on weekends.
Here is my reasoning. JT the Brick is a known name to the general sports talk listening audience, people know what they are going to get and like to listen to him. I think the format of the extravaganza, which is more interview based than caller based will improve JT's shows. Lately, he has been spending entire segments hanging up and chastising callers. His show at night also suffers because he has no one to challenge his sometimes outlandish ideas. I think Siciliano will make him more firm and focused and that would make for better radio. Secondly, if anyone heard Ferrall last night he is a natural at late night sports talk, he interacts well with callers and has alot of loyal fans. Also, he has name recognition as most people know who he is. I, personally, think JT would be great in mornings and Ferrall in evenings and David Stein on weekends.