Ahhhh... those sports talk show personalities...

What is with those sports talk show hosts and their negativity and all their, shall I say, ignorance?

Week 17 of the NFL season is upon us, and it features a pair of NFC division championship games (Chicago vs Green Bay, Dallas vs Philadelphia).... and yet just because of the holiday season the so-called big talk show personalities are "on vacation" in the days leading up to the biggest day of the season... Perhaps they should get scrutinized just like the way they rip the star athletes who fail to deliver, huh? I give kudos to former Reds reliever Rob Dibble, who was not on vacation this week. In fact, he did his regular show on Christmas night and as always gave very insightful commentary! Well done, Dibbs!

(Rob Dibble also is nice to his callers, even if he does not agree with their take, unlike other egotistical hosts I have heard on the radio before who essentially are calling their callers/listeners idiots for having the "wrong" take. Then why bother inviting people to call in if you think they are idiots for having their own takes?)

Heard today on the "Dan Patrick Show" where the substitute host says something along the lines of "Dan isn't here... I'm here.. and there's nothing you can do about it" (I'm paraphrasing, of course). Well, for your information, there is something I can do. Turn the radio off or switch to a different station where the host isn't "lazy," so to speak, and didn't show up just because of the holidays.

And this is a very common thing I always hear on the JT The Brick show. I have the radio on as I am working from home, and I hear him brag all the time about how his show is a top-rated program that is on over 200 stations, etc. (I can't remember the exact number.) Then he would call fan bases out for saying something like (again I am paraphrasing), "The fans in Detroit should be embarrassed. Your Tigers are in the ALCS and all of the phone lines are open. There is not one caller from Detroit even though we're on the radio on [name of the city's sports talk station]. This is embarrassing. Not one caller from Detroit...." etc. etc.

Well, I do not know the statistics of how many listeners tune in from any market, but doesn't it say something if NO ONE bothers to call into your show? Perhaps it means they do not find your program entertaining enough? ... Or....? Why should it be the fault of the "customer" when they do not show up? Perhaps it has to do with other factors such as the show being preempted due to local programming, or the fact the sports fans from that city are busy tuning into another program or partying because their team is in the championship series? There are so many options for the sports consumer these days that perhaps it is your show that is the problem? Ever thought about that?

And how about the moronic hosts who keep blasting Cowboys management/ownership (ie. Jerry Jones) and coaching staff about keeping the Tony Romo injury situation under wraps? There were those who were complaining on Monday that the Cowboys should have just come out and announce Romo is gone for the season instead of "lying" to fans and the media. Well, has anyone ever thought about the fact the Cowboys perhaps didn't want to give the Eagles a competitive advantage so that Philadelphia can prepare for backup Kyle Orton? Are the sports talk hosts just being like those fans who only care about fantasy football and have no concept about something called "competitive advantage"?

Anyway, just wanted to do this rant to give an example of how we could be bashing the personalities who bash the athletes. That's all! :)