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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1422467, member: 837"]
I guess. I mean, I love Kornheiser and he was an ESPN guy at one point but again he was canned b/c he didn't toe the line. My theory on mass media is that the guys who are the most popular are that way because they are put in some of the few spots that garner a mass audience. And then, even if they were great at one point, they are often either fired or forced to leave those gigs (Stern leaving NBC and KRock) to find a place that allows them to be themselves, or they become watered down shells of what actually made them great (Letterman moving to 11:30; what they tried to make Conan on the tonight show). I guess that doesn't account for the Greenbergs and Lenos of the world -- who just basically specialized in fluff and cliche, but that's the general pattern. Guys who actually have something interesting to say generally have to be creative in finding an outlet that lets them fully explore that creativity (Stern, Simmons, Conan at TBS post-Tonight Show, Adam Carolla, Dan Patrick, etc.).

Maybe Cowherd fits in there for a lot of people. For me, personally, he can't hold my interest for more than a few minutes.
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