Pennington Responds to Kornheiser
“Can I say something terrible, something that’s going to sound awfully critical? My daughter throws the ball harder than him.”
Well, Pennington didn’t take it as personally as I did. I have to say that the conversation bothered me during MNF, but with a little distance now, I can see what Kornheiser was doing, and it is kind of funny, just funny in that “you’re making fun of something that’s important to me” way.Â
I will say that at least Kornheiser is doing what he does best, which he seemed to be avoiding during the better part of the season, as he bowed and scraped to King Theesman and asked him things like “now what’s a hard count?” Props to Kornheiser for finding his fastball in Week 16.
14 Responses to Pennington Responds to Kornheiser
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Dave says:
Theisman has a brain like a bowl of mushy applejacks. My 3 yr old cousin gives more insightful football commentary. Thank God Kornheiser has been lacing into him all year, hopefully someone will take a cue and boot from the booth.
Id rather watch Shannon Sharpe recite the alphabet backwards then listen to anything theisman has to say. He contradicts himself over 20 times a game.
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will says:
In the end, Chad and the Jets shut them both up :)
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Andrew The Great says:
Kornheiser…he will be gone in a year just like most Monday Night football “experimental” commentators.
I personally like the CBS show with Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe, Dan Marino
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This is just another example of a sad ESPN ratings ploy, trying to make itself part of the story rather than just showing us the game — like the incident with Strahan and that reporter. Fortunately for the Jets, Chad saw it for the ridiculous joke that it was and took the high road.
In the end, Chad’s standing there with his head held high while Kornheiser is only standing there with the last few strands of hair left on his head that he uses for that stupid rakeover. Oh, and the broken shards of what was once his journalistic integrity
(Psst, Tony — you’re bald and it’s okay. Really. Have a little dignity and ditch the rakeover.)
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Allen says:
Props to Kornheiser? No way, he’s a clown as an analyst, and he’s not even remotely funny in the booth. He sounds like someones wise-cracking little brother who wants so badly to be accepted.
The ratings numbers have shown over the past few years that there really aren’t that many “casual fans” watching MNF, and those casual fans really don’t care what the announcers are saying. There are like 546567567678 fantasy football players out there…is anyone as casual fan anymore?
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Mick says:
MNF feels it needs a comedian in the both along with the other two announcers. Years ago it was Dennis Miller, who was terrible and now it`s Tony Kornheiser with the same result. They must be looking for a new audience because real football fans don`t like him. When an announcer has actually played the sport professionally , it`s much more interesting.
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Doctor K says:
They haven’t been able to replace Country Don Meredith who brought both wit and knowledge to the booth as a counterpart to the epitome of announcers, Al Michael. Tony K needs to go back to PTI, and stay there.
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Bent says: Yeah, what will said.
Kornheiser is indeed much better on PTI. He is miscast there (like a 225 pound OLB in a 3-4), or perhaps if they had someone with a better sense of humour (sic) there would be better chemistry.
It would be hypocritical of me to moan about Tony K picking on a guys weakness and making a joke of it, because I do that myself. However, I try to do it within the context of sound football analysis (which is where Theismann lets him down) and with confidence that the readers are smart enough to know that I am deliberately going over the top.
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vurtualife says:
Both Kornheiser and Theisman are low-quality commentators, lacking in substance and wit.
As far as Pennington much-maligned arm strength is concerned, it would be a non-factor if the Jets had pro-bowl caliber Running Back and Tight End. In fact, that’s really all they need going into next year [offensively at least] to be SB contenders: a solid RB [perhaps Michael Turner] and highly efficient Tight End; this would open up the pass considerably and allow Pennington to throw the occasional deep ball to McCareins/Coles/Cothery, etc, while keepin the short pass threatening with the RB/TE combo.. -
I like Baker (he does a little bit of everything). But I agree re the RB though I have a soft spot for Houston (Jet pick; low round; tough runner; never had an extended opportunity). It seems pretty clear that the Jets need a RB that can break some big plays and take some pressure off the passing game. Having Houston and Washington behind a good ‘everydown’ back would give the offense unlimited flexibility.
And I think they can use a better deep threat too. I’m not sure what the cap hit would be to jettison McCairens (though he seems to get open deep and might develop further as a receiver under this Jet regime) or whether they think Brad Smith can grow into the role.
I’m sure they want to upgrade the RT position too. Clement is very big but he is a stopgap guy at best. And it seems the Jets are looking for a versatile athletic line (not unlike the ones they had when Mawae and Fabini were younger and the they also had Thomas at G)
But in the draft I see the Jets concentrating on defense. A CB or DE with the first pick, unless an elite RB falls to them in the first round (and they havent signed Turner from SD).
Its incredible how far the offense has developed under Mangini. Besides the RB its more about tweaking the parts. I thought the offense would be abysmal this year.
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Was it just me or was anyone else thinking that this guy would be “Willie Beamon”….I was almost expecting him to barf on the field…..
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Mark says:
In the draft I expect them to pick up a big run stopping DT. I think the Jets are one Keith Trailer or Sam Adams away from greatness.
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I dont think they will reach for a particular position. Since the Jets are working there way down the draft there is almost no chance for them to draft a really excellent DT in the first round. Much more likely to get a top DB or LB in this particular draft.
Kornheiser is an entertainer. He is there to amuse viewers who arent hard core football fans.
Its Joe’s fault. Theisman should have used TK’s stuff as a platform from which to offer some real analysis about Chad and why the Jets have a successful offense despite Chad’s lack of tremedous arm strength (and their lack of a feature RB or super speedy WR or prolific TE). Instead Joe offered more fluff.