This show has become Emmitt Smith on the Cardinals.
I remember when I started listening after Colin left ESPN (back when his show was actually good) and Lebatard’s show was so much more fun. It used to make you feel like one of the family and now it’s just kinda bleh.
So many things have made the show worse. Lucy leaving doesn’t really bug me since she wasn’t with them for long, but Jessica leaving bugs me a bit. Billy leaving was a HUGE blow and Stugotz leaving completely changes the show. Mike not driving anymore hasn’t been great, either. He’s making more money than he ever thought he could and seems to be doing so much less to earn it. He spends so much time and money on The U.
The guests used to be so great! And they were so much better on the show than on their own. When they had regular appearances from Sarah Spain, Mina Kimes, Dominique Foxworth (aka Darnell Foxworthy), Pablo, Marty Smith, Bomani Jones, Tim Kurkjian, etc., that was the other magic of the show. It made people feel so comfortable and they ended up being the best versions of themselves.
It was nice to have Samson do occasional spots and he’s such an a-hole for whom I have no respect. He rips guys now for doing things not nearly as bad as what he’s done in the past. So disingenuous. It’s good content, but is it worth it? It really seems like Dan lost the heart and fun, which was what made the show so great and idk what happened other than focusing too much on the business aspect of it.
Stu and Billy leaving just makes it so obvious that the family and fun aspects of the show, which were what made the show so attractive, are gone.
It may have become Willie Mays on the Mets