Paul Finebaum is a hack.
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The real reason he doesn't have hair is he can get his head farther up Saban's *** without it! Florida was kickin' *** before Meyer got there. Apparently Finebaum forgot that. What a dickhead.
His job is to stir the pot and get discussions going. He does a great job of that by making outlandish statements, insulting schools, or pitting fans against each other.
Every good sports discussion show has at least one Finebaum like character. They are either hired due to their outlandish opinions, or they are asked to take the dissenting opinion. Finebaum just does it himself, and at times he just sits back and stokes the fire.
He's smart enough to know that Urban Meyer's run of success at Florida isn't about to end, even though they will be rebuilding in 2010 somewhat. He's just stirring the pot with the Notre Dame talk and the talk of Meyer being scared of Saban. He knows the backwoods Alabama fan element will eat that up, and they will call into his show talking about Meyer being scared of Saban.
Every good sports discussion show has at least one Finebaum like character. They are either hired due to their outlandish opinions, or they are asked to take the dissenting opinion. Finebaum just does it himself, and at times he just sits back and stokes the fire.
He's smart enough to know that Urban Meyer's run of success at Florida isn't about to end, even though they will be rebuilding in 2010 somewhat. He's just stirring the pot with the Notre Dame talk and the talk of Meyer being scared of Saban. He knows the backwoods Alabama fan element will eat that up, and they will call into his show talking about Meyer being scared of Saban.
I don't listen to Finebaum that often, but when I do it's not for first-class journalism/reporting. I listen to hear how 'Jud in Reform' is upset with Paul because of things he said or didn't say about (insert: Bama coach/player/ath. admin). It's comical. Paul does a great job of playing his audience and stirring the pot.
I listened to his little piece with Brando the other day since Brando stirred the pot with us at No. 3 in his preseason poll.
The minute he said Ole Miss at No. 3, Finebaum immediately responded by calling out to the Bama fans about ranking us ahead of Bama and Brando saying we were going to beat Bama. It wasn't the fact that the only two teams ahead of us in his poll were OU and Florida. It was the fact that we were ahead of Bama that he used to stoke the fire. I could tell Finebaum was just setting the fire, and of course it was followed by a bunch of back woods Bama callers going off on Brando. You can tell he knows what he's doing. He knows his audience and gets them to listen, and he gets them ticked off so they'll call in.
The minute he said Ole Miss at No. 3, Finebaum immediately responded by calling out to the Bama fans about ranking us ahead of Bama and Brando saying we were going to beat Bama. It wasn't the fact that the only two teams ahead of us in his poll were OU and Florida. It was the fact that we were ahead of Bama that he used to stoke the fire. I could tell Finebaum was just setting the fire, and of course it was followed by a bunch of back woods Bama callers going off on Brando. You can tell he knows what he's doing. He knows his audience and gets them to listen, and he gets them ticked off so they'll call in.