Out of the gate, there is a LOT to like about Mohr Sports. There is though, in my opinion, a few rough edges:
1.) The open feels a little clunky. Mohr's podcast open, The Jungle open, the Crab Feast open, when it hits, you know that IT IS ABOUT TO BE ON. I realize you can't get a lot of the podcast mashup-style stuff on corporate radio, but a mash of announcing calls repeated every hour is just a little jarring. Tighten up your kitchen, JJ! (the van halen still gets me pumped, glad that made it through)
The interviews are incredible. Frankly, i never gave a shit if Steve Smith was "a big fuel guy", or all those others hacky cliches. Jay talks to the guest like a real person, and gets stuff out of them that Rome never would. You could tell Toby Gerheart was expecting the boiler plate "athlete interview", and JJ threw him off, but it's way more interesting than "are you just wired that way?". I never thought i'd say this, but now I look forward to the interviews. Good shit.
2.) The pre-produced audio drops. I'm hoping this is just temporary, so the audience can learn the beats of the show, but the FOX sports guy is bad (i do like the birthday song though). I'm hoping once the show is more established, we won't have to be subjected to these. (The content is fine, just the announcing of it.)
Nothing sounds scripted. No pregnant pauses listening to KB to whisper the next "zinger" to the host. This is probally the best aspect of JMS so far. Everything feels smooth and natural. Even if it's not, the execution is way better.
3.) The callers. I'm interested to see how this develops. I know JJ has said he doesn't wanna shame anybody, and I can get behind that, but sometimes you gotta put someone out of their misery. "Let me jump in here" is not a bad thing, when dude starts drifting towards Ryan Fitzpatrick when the discussion is about Ray Lewis.
That's enough outta me. If you're gonna weigh in, make sure you say a.) why you don't like something, and b.) how you would do it different.
That's how you be constructive and not a tard.
If this was the first game of a rookie QB, the pundits would already have him in the conversation for rookie of the year.
