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The Ringer is a horrible site and Bill Simmons should feel bad about it
Posted on 11/4/16 at 10:51 am
Posted on 11/4/16 at 10:51 am
it seems like just a bunch of dip shite millennial writers that try to make every article as dramatic as possible.
and most of the sports articles are worthless
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The Leading Man Is Dead
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The Indians Revolutionized Baseball and Still Came Up Short
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Race Is the Past and Future of Horror Movies
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How Instagram Is Destroying Our Natural Wonders
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The Cubs Just Ended Baseball's Analytics War
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Movies Aren’t Dead, but They’ll Never Be the Same
and most of the sports articles are worthless
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 10:53 am to BilJ
I was just telling my bro recently that Simmons' biggest fanboys on the message boards are destroying him and have lost interest, in part due to the political talk. My bro couldn't understand because he is a bit of a libtard. He thought Simmons is staying pretty neutral.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 11:02 am
Posted on 11/4/16 at 10:56 am to BilJ
Outside of his Cousin Sal podcast (which is only good cause of Sal) everything else he does now is pretty terrible. His show is as interesting as the guest is.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 10:57 am to BilJ
Does he still do the mailbag? In college I enjoyed reading while I was taking a shite
Posted on 11/4/16 at 10:58 am to apfour21
"This is just one of those weekends where I just have no idea what to think about the lines"
Posted on 11/4/16 at 10:58 am to BilJ
His show sucks also and podcast has gone downhill. He's pretty much mailed it in after getting the big HBO money.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:01 am to DupontsCircle
He wrote a great article about LeBron before the NBA season and showed that he's still an entertaining read. I'm rooting for his TV show ratings to continue to bomb so that he will be forced to come back and write some more. Articles & Podcasts = Good, TV Show & Running the Ringer = Bad.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:02 am to BilJ
He's a clown.
Dude made a career on delving into rumors and hearsay, particularly NBA gossip. Yet he decides to be critical of people trying to analyze KD's move to GS, his influences, etc.
Still laugh about him continually ripping OKC over the Harden trade because he killed them equally when they originally drafted Harden. Weak...
Dude made a career on delving into rumors and hearsay, particularly NBA gossip. Yet he decides to be critical of people trying to analyze KD's move to GS, his influences, etc.
Still laugh about him continually ripping OKC over the Harden trade because he killed them equally when they originally drafted Harden. Weak...
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:02 am to apfour21
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Outside of his Cousin Sal podcast (which is only good cause of Sal) everything else he does now is pretty terrible. His show is as interesting as the guest is.
Even the cousin sal podcast have been terrible because he rushes the lines so he can squeeze in a 30 minute Guest to talk about the NBA
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:02 am to BilJ
Its almost like they want to the headline to try and convince you spending time reading an article about movies or sports is worth your time.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:04 am to wildtigercat93
Even at the height of Grantland, reading some of the material on music or movies gave me douche chills.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:05 am to Bunk Moreland
He really wants to be 25 forever. Instead of accepting his age he just hired shitty 25 year old writers so he could try to stay hip
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:08 am to Bunk Moreland
i don't understand them bringing politics into it. i quit listening to their podcasts because it just became too much. they are running off a segment of their audience.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:08 am to wildtigercat93
Great timing for this thread. I was reading Clay Travis mailbag earlier and wondering if Simmons still did his. Simmons actually knew how to do a lengthy and worthwhile mailbag article.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:09 am to BilJ
Have there been any reports on how successful the whole Ringer venture has been? I was all in when it first started, but then I quickly lost interest in the website and articles. They all just seemed like a lot of words that resulted in saying a whole lot of nothing. Then I got tired of the podcasts, especially the NBA one. So, I was just wondering if there are actual numbers that allign with our opinions that site that it is struggling.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 11:12 am
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:13 am to TU Rob
I think the only article he's written the past couple months was a big "Lebron is good at basketball" article
Way to really go after the big stories bill.
Way to really go after the big stories bill.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:13 am to BilJ
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The Indians Revolutionized Baseball and Still Came Up Short
I assume they're referring to the usage of Andrew Miller in the postseason. But that headline still wouldn't be right. A revolution would imply something completely new. Not just going back to the way relievers were used before the save became a stat.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:13 am to BilJ
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it seems like just a bunch of dip shite millennial writers that try to make every article as dramatic as possible.
It's a "pseudo-intellectual" version of SBNation at this point. The content is mediocre but thinks its better than that with a pretentious left leaning slant .
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:14 am to DestrehanTiger
His show is epically bombing. Getting horrible ratings. Harder to tell on the website, but it certainly doesn't seem to have as much buzz as Grantland did and that was ultimately a financial loser.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 11:15 am to BilJ
His TV show is horrible. That needs to be put out of it's misery. The problem with the Ringer is the quality of writers there. There is no Zack Lowe or Jonah Keri on the writing staff. The Ringer is the Grantland leftovers other sites did not want to hire plus a bunch of way to green writers. I am sure some great writers will emerge eventually from the website but they are not there yet in terms of quality. The politics stuff is just awful.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 11:17 am
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