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Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:28 am
by nogerO
What do you think?
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:32 am
by karlhungis
He is an actor who plays a role. He is playing the same role as Skip, Max Kellerman and all of the other hot take artists. His whole job is to trigger debates like this and by that measure, he is pretty good at his job. Personally, I can't stand the hot take aspect of sports but outrage is profitable, so it isn't going anywhere.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:46 am
by OregonFan4Life
karlhungis wrote:He is an actor who plays a role. He is playing the same role as Skip, Max Kellerman and all of the other hot take artists. His whole job is to trigger debates like this and by that measure, he is pretty good at his job. Personally, I can't stand the hot take aspect of sports but outrage is profitable, so it isn't going anywhere.
Totally agree, I have friends that follow people on twitter that they hate, like Skip Bayless and Aaron Fentress, they send me their tweets to show how annoying they are and in reality doing that only encourages and gives them a career. These guys are just trolls who only care about making money.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:54 am
by dthomas=ddixon
Acho is the newest one. Literally hitched his entire career to hating Herbert and it’s worked to perfection. His popularity has exploded and he trends any time Herbert does anything. These guys would disappear overnight if people stopped falling for it.
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Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:30 am
by Alan
karlhungis wrote:He is an actor who plays a role. He is playing the same role as Skip, Max Kellerman and all of the other hot take artists. His whole job is to trigger debates like this and by that measure, he is pretty good at his job. Personally, I can't stand the hot take aspect of sports but outrage is profitable, so it isn't going anywhere.
Agree, I have heard, I believe on the Conzano show, he is a normal nice guy off air and it is all an act when the mic is on. A lot of shows or networks have their villains. It is just an act but I still dislike his character.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:40 pm
by RebelDuck
Too bad you can’t select more than one option…
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:21 pm
by OregonFan4Life
dthomas=ddixon wrote:Acho is the newest one. Literally hitched his entire career to hating Herbert and it’s worked to perfection. His popularity has exploded and he trends any time Herbert does anything. These guys would disappear overnight if people stopped falling for it.
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Pretty sure he just hates Oregon in general. Seems like he takes any opportunity he can to hate on Oregon and Herbert.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:03 pm
by greenyellow
Best advice is to just not interact with those that are doing nothing but clickbaity stuff.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:49 pm
by gogreen55
I haven't spent a minute watching any of these clowns for years now.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:32 pm
by pudgejeff
gogreen55 wrote:I haven't spent a minute watching any of these clowns for years now.
After ESPN had it's big purge, I've essentially stopped watching any and all sports shows. It's either vanilla boring commentators or these hyperbolic windbags.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:16 pm
by pezsez1
Stephen A is pure theater. When I want sports drama, I pull him up on YouTube. Most of the time, though, I can't stand him. Too much yelling. And, to make things worse, after kicking Max off of his show he brought in more guys who just stand around and yell. It's just... too much.
If I could add an option to the poll, it would be "uncloseted sexist." It's painful watching him interact with Molly. Not that I think she's the world's best moderator, but sometimes I really feel sorry for her.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 6:40 pm
by dd10snoop28
He used to be hilarious until he got bought-out by the corporate media are started pulling the lazy race card whenever possible.
Re: Stephen A Smith
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:00 pm
by nogerO
So to summarize, he’s an irritating closet racist that people can’t stand.