The Official LGP Pittsburgh Sport Radio Thread

[Tim Thomasen]

Paul Alexander was actually trying this morning to sell the masses on how Batch is still a solid #2 and that he'd play him over Gradkowski. Would have turned it off except I couldn't believe he was serious. His accuracy is long gone, his arm has been gone for years, and you could probably clock Batch's 40 using a calendar.

But JS he beat Baltimore last year, surely he has something left in the tank!

[cheesesteakwithegg]

Is there any Pittsburgh sports media member more annoying on twitter than Mike Vukovcan from KDKA?

(PS - I am sure Dejan will give him a run for his money in the voting, though I dont mind him as much)

[Letang Is The Truth]

idk ive never heard of that guy

[cheesesteakwithegg]

Sports producer for kdka. If he isnt fighting with some other media member, he is patting himself on the back.

[Malkamaniac]

Sports producer for kdka. If he isnt fighting with some other media member, he is patting himself on the back.

Yea, the guy is a clown.

[jimjom]

Vukvocan is Pompeani's right hand man. I seem to recall him having a twitter battle wih another media figure last year but can't remember who it was or what it was about.

[JS©]

Is there any Pittsburgh sports media member more annoying on twitter than Mike Vukovcan from KDKA?

(PS - I am sure Dejan will give him a run for his money in the voting, though I dont mind him as much)

Rob Rossi says hello.

[PghSkins]

Thank god for free agency so teh Fan can go wall to wall Stiller talk even though the Pens are on a 6 9 game win streak.

[JS©]

I hea

Paul Alexander was actually trying this morning to sell the masses on how Batch is still a solid #2 and that he'd play him over Gradkowski. Would have turned it off except I couldn't believe he was serious. His accuracy is long gone, his arm has been gone for years, and you could probably clock Batch's 40 using a calendar.

I had 93.7 on last night on my way home and happened to hear Poni open his show with the essentially the same thing - basically, "Batch won the Baltimore game and earned the #2 spot because of it; Gradkowski has never won a meaningful NFL game". I gave it two segments. Whenever someone called and argued that durability was a huge concern with Batch, he basically said, "Well, he got through that Baltimore game..." and re-iterated his original premise.

Turned the channel after he refused to engage the second caller who tried to debate the point with him further. Cookie-cutter radio crap from Poni, just like usual. First time I've listened to him in months. Nothing has apparently changed.

I heard that too and it was awful. You know Pittsburgh is a football town first when people are talking about the backup QB situation...in MARCH! Good lord.

That's Poni's gimmick: find one point and stick to it. It doesn't matter if it's wrong, right, or even logical.

[DudeMan2766]

I hea

Paul Alexander was actually trying this morning to sell the masses on how Batch is still a solid #2 and that he'd play him over Gradkowski. Would have turned it off except I couldn't believe he was serious. His accuracy is long gone, his arm has been gone for years, and you could probably clock Batch's 40 using a calendar.

I had 93.7 on last night on my way home and happened to hear Poni open his show with the essentially the same thing - basically, "Batch won the Baltimore game and earned the #2 spot because of it; Gradkowski has never won a meaningful NFL game". I gave it two segments. Whenever someone called and argued that durability was a huge concern with Batch, he basically said, "Well, he got through that Baltimore game..." and re-iterated his original premise.

Turned the channel after he refused to engage the second caller who tried to debate the point with him further. Cookie-cutter radio crap from Poni, just like usual. First time I've listened to him in months. Nothing has apparently changed.

I heard that too and it was awful. You know Pittsburgh is a football town first when people are talking about the backup QB situation...in MARCH! Good lord.

That's Poni's gimmick: find one point and stick to it. It doesn't matter if it's wrong, right, or even logical.

As long as its the opposite of whoever he has on the phone at the time.

[IanMoran]

I actually think Batch > Gradowski...

Gradowski is like a career 63 qb rating..

[jimjom]

Poni sucks. I had his show on for about 5 minutes yesterday and found it entertaining only because he was trying to get Dan Zangrilli fired up about his status among Clarion alumni and Zangrilli was taking the bait. Fitting that literally the only segment I enjoy of his in 3 years isn't about sports and is about teasing the update guy.

I know the Fan got some new manager for DJs/anchors. One thing he or she must be pushing is having a benchmark segment on every show -- the Power Rankings, the Sour Rankings, Dunlap's Dilemma, To Tell the Truth, 5:40 Free for All, Ask Josh Anything (ripping off Madden's worn out schtick that he started 10 years ago)...these are tiresome to me and have nothing to do with sports, does anybody actually like these things?

[pens9192]

This is annoying to me about 93.7:

Say it is 10:20 and time for the news update. They come back from the update around 10:25, talk, and then go to commercial around 10:33-10:35 and then another update at 10:40. Rinse, repeat. I understand the update frequency, but it seems like the actual talk time has been reduced. Or is it just me? So being in the car for 20 minutes yields only 8-10 minutes of talk.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

As long as its the opposite of whoever he has on the phone at the time.

the guy is hellbent on disagreeing with everyone.

the best part is, when someone calls and agrees with poni, poni never is enthusiastic about it, like hes actually annoyed if someone actually agrees with him. he always says sarcastic stuff like "well thanks bro for pointing out the exact things i pointed out"

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

I stopped listening to The Fan months ago, mostly because their mobile app buffers every minute and pretty much sucks, but also because the discussion is usually pretty boring. I also get annoyed by the updates. They have a soundbite to announce that an update is on the way, and then right afterwards have another announcemen that it's time for an update before even going into the announcement. Just have one or the other not both.

[DudeMan2766]

I've been listening to triblive more. Its nothing earthshattering and its sometimes bland but its a nice change.

And I know I rip on the Vinnyisms alot so Im going to do it again. I went about 5/6 weeks without listening to the Fan, turned it on last week at work and within the first 30 seconds heared Vinnie "sho on and sho fort" ...I turned it right off.

[pensfan1989]

I've been listening to triblive more. Its nothing earthshattering and its sometimes bland but its a nice change.

And I know I rip on the Vinnyisms alot so Im going to do it again. I went about 5/6 weeks without listening to the Fan, turned it on last week at work and within the first 30 seconds heared Vinnie "sho on and sho fort" ...I turned it right off.

dish, dat, and de uddah ting

[JS©]

I actually think Batch > Gradowski...

Gradowski is like a career 63 65.8 qb rating..

Big Batch's 2012 rating is a 64.9, 68.9 over the last two seasons.
Gradkowski's 2012 rating is a 64.6, 62.2 over the last two seasons although with a much smaller sample size.

In this case, I'm not sure either can be considered a winner for the #2 going into 2013.

[pensfan1989]

Listening to Vinnie talk about hockey is painful

[Pavel Bure]

Listening to Vinnie talk about hockey is painful

En den da Pensh woll ween da Schtanley Cup!!!

[Letang Is The Truth]

not as painful as listening to him talk about the national sport of afghanistan

[newarenanow]

I guess Vinny and Cook got into an on air fight last week. Smizik has in his blog from the other day that he thinks they actually truly hate each other.

[Letang Is The Truth]

i dont need smizik to tell me that. cook has so much contempt for vinnie it is obvious

[pensfan1989]

Read the Smizik blog. I don't think it's as bad as Smizik is making it. Though I do agree they don't like each other.

The verbal sparring between Vinnie Richichi and Ron Cook (‘Vinnie and Cook’) on The Fan took a decidedly ugly turn on Thursday, and not, I’m told, for the first time. Cook called Richichi a ‘homer’ and said he was trying to ‘curry favor’ by predicting Pitt wins in the NCAA tournament. Richichi got so angry he told Cook, who was in Utah covering the NCAA tournament for the Post-Gazette, that he should ``stay in Salt Lake City,’’ ignoring the fact that Cook has a family, a home and a job in Pittsburgh. These are two guys who don’t like each other.

[Letang Is The Truth]

OMFG COOK HAS FAMILY A HOME AND A JOB IN PIXSBURGH? WHO WOULDA THUNK!?!