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re: The Saints can’t be serious with having Zach Strief as their radio play by play guy.

Posted on 8/20/18 at 1:29 pm to
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 1:29 pm to
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Someone's a thinker here


are you really going to go out on a limb and directly say he was hired over person A or B (please feel free to name him) because PBP B wanted X salary and Strief was willing to take X/2. Please go directly on record and say Strief is getting paid this and this person wanted that.
Posted by stratman
NOLA
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 1:31 pm to
Yep. Totally amateur at this point.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 3:20 pm to
why is that so far-fetched?
strief was not a professional broadcaster and doesn’t need the paycheck to feed his family.
the other guys were/are and presumably do need it and/or were above the budget pay grade that the owners of the station wanted to spend

speculation no question but certainly plausible

Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 3:22 pm to
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why is that so far-fetched?


did i say its far fetched? i'm asking to simply state his know and quit beating around a bush like an a-hole. i seriously doubt WWL went with strief over myers cause joel wanted more money than zach. Just don't see it actually going like that. That is to say that WWL actually had contract negotiations with multiple candidates.
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 3:30 pm to
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i seriously doubt WWL went with strief over myers cause joel wanted more money than zach. Just don't see it actually going like that.

joel meyers (if it actually got that far) has a price tag...he's been a professional PBP man for decades. if you think that he wasnt going to be more expensive than zach strief i dont know what to tell you
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 3:36 pm to
Meyers is also like 65 or so. Jim Henderson just retired at age 70. That is also a factor worth considering when WWL may be reaching for the long term hire.

Plus, you don't know what his price tag would have been compared to zach's contract. Do you actually know? tzimme is a a balling insider, if he knows, he needs to say he knows. He's not in a position to ponder that kind of shite without actual knowledge.
This post was edited on 8/20/18 at 3:37 pm
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 3:36 pm to
That's exactly it though. But you wouldn't know the reasons why
Posted by LafTiger
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 7:22 pm to
Here’s the problem with your post. You have no idea what my background actually is, or what I do.

PM me and we can discuss. I guarantee you I have a college degree in the field and worked in the field for more than 2 decades in some way, shape or form
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 8/22/18 at 12:59 pm to
It’s a good enough reason to wish the guy the best, no?
Posted by ulsaint
Member since Oct 2007
2460 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 1:17 pm to
The hiring of Payton’s daughter is even more egregious. Talk about nepotism. There are qualified journalists that would kill for that gig but it goes to the coach’s daughter.

Embarrassing
Posted by potent357
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Member since Jan 2010
4031 posts
Posted on 8/25/18 at 8:36 pm to
It's not getting any better. If Dan Fouts was not on the television broadcast I would turn the radio off. What the hell was Entercom thinking?
Posted by mindbreaker
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 8/25/18 at 9:24 pm to
First time I got to listen to him tonight. Either he's gotten better than yall were saying last week or you guys are completely overreacting.

Is he as good as Henderson absolutely not but also not the train wreck I was led to believe
Posted by HeyCap
Member since Nov 2014
611 posts
Posted on 8/25/18 at 9:41 pm to
I tried again since the TV guys sucked too. Strief has been better tonight with the verbiage. His vocal quality is still lacking and probably always will.
This post was edited on 8/25/18 at 9:42 pm
Posted by Hoodoo Man
Sunshine Pumping most days.
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 8/25/18 at 9:42 pm to
Daveroe Lawrence again.

Damn, this team has depth.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Member since Feb 2005
166142 posts
Posted on 8/25/18 at 9:53 pm to
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First time I got to listen to him tonight. Either he's gotten better than yall were saying last week or you guys are completely overreacting.



They were acting like whiny bitches from the get go
Posted by theicebox
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 8/25/18 at 9:54 pm to
Zach Strief should stick to brewing beer
Posted by windshieldman
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 8/25/18 at 9:59 pm to
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First time I got to listen to him tonight. Either he's gotten better than yall were saying last week or you guys are completely overreacting.


Yeah I listened to him some today and I thought it was fine. Grown men bitching about a radio broadcast for a football game b/c he isn't "enthusiastic enough" or "pauses to much" is kinda gay anyways. We've got women in here complaining about a dude just starting out doing radio and another queen mad about Payton's daughter having a job as a journalist. If I'm listening to the radio I just wanna know what's going on, Strief explained exactly what was going on. I turned the radio on just to check it out while watching the game some. He is fine. Geez there are some beta back bitches in here.
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
24364 posts
Posted on 8/25/18 at 10:17 pm to
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Yeah I listened to him some today and I thought it was fine. Grown men bitching about a radio broadcast for a football game b/c he isn't "enthusiastic enough" or "pauses to much" is kinda gay anyways. We've got women in here complaining about a dude just starting out doing radio and another queen mad about Payton's daughter having a job as a journalist. If I'm listening to the radio I just wanna know what's going on, Strief explained exactly what was going on. I turned the radio on just to check it out while watching the game some. He is fine. Geez there are some beta back bitches in here.


It’s was a stupid hire for a professional football organization. My family has muted the tv and listened to the radio for every Saints game my entire life so I just do it out of habit now. He’s shouldn’t be THE voice of an NFL team. Next Friday night go check out whatever local high school broadcast you get in your area then listen to Streif again. That’s the level he is on. We already know from Timmy’s posts that WWL went cheap. You get what you pay for.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164078 posts
Posted on 8/25/18 at 10:21 pm to
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His vocal quality is still lacking and probably always will.

I mean this is a huge reason why I made this thread. His voice doesn’t have you thinking you’re listening to a big time game. That’s why I said it makes it sound like the high school Cox 4 game of the week.
Posted by DontCare
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2012
2516 posts
Posted on 8/26/18 at 1:45 pm to
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Could they have hired someone from Westwood 1 ?

Do you mean Westwood 2 / Westwood None?

Do you get the reference?
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