Best Media Member Relative to his/her success in the sport

Orlovsky?

This just came up in the feed ...

 

Jesse Palmer has gotten a lot of mileage out of his five years holding a clipboard. Though I certainly wouldn't classify him as a "best media member."

 

Jerry Remy was a decent ballplayer and became a beloved commentator for the Red Sox.

 

Tony Romo.

 

Bob Roll

 

Brady Quinn.

 

You're not trying to say Tony Romo was a bad player, are you?

 

Nate Burleson, Pat McAfee

 

I give a lot of credit to Jonas Knox, who has been doing radio with Quinn for years. That show they do with Lavar Arrington is good. Lavar can be goofy one minute and then give insight into what really goes on in the locker room. They were talking about draining knees of fluid and the size of the needles the other day. And they miss the smell of the training room, cutting it up with teammates with the strong smell of Tiger Balm and other crud you'd slater over sore muscles. You don't get that kind of stuff from people who haven't played the game. And Quinn is one of those guys I really didn't like when he played, seemed to have a life gift wrapped for him, - but he's really good.

 

If the guy is covering pro, he had to be pro. I'm not talking about some guy who played DIII and ended up calling games. It's the guys who sucked who somehow end up being analysts.

 

He's lost some zip on his fastball over the years - and is a much better colour guy than PxP guy - but I will add Buck Martinez.

 

Where does Pat Riley fall? So-so player turned radio analyst turned assistant coach and we know the rest of the story.

On a local LA level, Stu Lantz has been the Lakers TV and/or radio analyst for some 30 years. And Jim Hill, who was an NFL DB, has had a 40-plus year career as a TV sports guy, although he last lost about 20 mph off his fastball and is more likely to mispronounce a name than get it right.