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Originally Posted by TAFKAS
I miss the days of listening to Jack Buck and Hank Stram do MNF on the radio. They were the best in my opinion.
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Jack Buck was in a class by himself on the wireless. On TV I always liked Tom Brookshirer. He and Sumerall were great fun together.
I think Theismann does a teriffic job, though that booth was weighted down terribly by Maguire. It is a tribute to Theismann's post leg-snap maturity that he tolerated Paul all those years. I would like to see Al Micheals stay but I think Tirico would be adequate. I don't hate Tirico. The danger with bringing in TK and saying "he's the comic relief", is that now Kornheiser has to sit there and try to work in his lines. And then the other two have to pretend to laugh. I thought they would have learned their lesson with Dennis. I think it would be better to put Tony Realli in the booth and have him correct Tirico's mistakes as "Stat Boy". " Actually Mike, it's Mark Brunell, not Scott Brunell..."
IMO, the only time that three man booth succeeded was with Howard Cosell. Even then, half the country would disagree. I think MNF should go with a two-man booth and emphasize the game over personalities. And PLEASE for God's sake. Let go of the Hank Jr. thing. They had the best, most recognizable theme in sports and they've made us listen to that awful country song for fifteen years now. Enough is enough. Make it about the game!