Fred Toucher doesn’t want to hear what a gifted broadcaster Tony Romo is. Monday morning, the 98.5 The Sports Hub morning show host went off on Romo’s performance during the Bills’ playoff victory over the Miami Dolphins.
Ben called in to discuss Romo. He said that even his 8-year-old began complaining about the former Cowboys quarterback overuse of a telestrator during the broadcast.
That gave the Toucher & Rich crew a chance to go off. Fred Toucher said he saw a lot of complaints about Tony Dungy’s work on Saturday night. While he agrees that it wasn’t good, Toucher said that he was not as insufferable as Romo has proven to be for a long time.
“He sucks, but he doesn’t talk constantly,” Toucher said. “Romo just talks and talks and talks. Do any of you guys like him?”
Rich Shirtenlieb chimed in saying that this weekend was an indictment of many of the NFL’s partners.
“I just don’t understand how it can be this difficult,” he said of the networks. “What do you need? Like a dozen decent color guys? Of the thousands of players that go through the NFL, you can’t find twelve of them that can discuss the game intelligently, be a little entertaining, show some personality? Fox goes out and hires Greg Olsen. That number one crew is so milquetoast. They should be doing the fourth or fifth best game of the week and they’re the number one crew on FOX!”
Tony Romo first caught the attention of many fans and won praise for his ability to predict what was going to be called next in a game. Toucher isn’t sure that is really of value to anyone watching a game.
“You don’t sit there yammering about things that haven’t happened yet. That’s of no concern to me. I can watch the game. I don’t care what you think is gonna happen.”
Shirtenlieb, who is an Eagles fan, took the chance to get a jab in at the former QB of his favorite team’s arch rivals.
He pointed to John Madden as one of the best NFL analysts in TV history. He said that Madden defined the role by being so good at explaining why a play was called or decision was made based on the circumstances in the game. That isn’t what Tony Romo is known for.
“I don’t think Romo’s capable of doing that,” Shirtenlieb said. “If he was, he would have been a better quarterback.”
