Quote:That I agree with.   The best word I can use to describe Frangie is phony.   He's acting.  

 

But I understand why they hired him.  He has the afternoon drive time radio show, so by hiring him, they were basically buying the local media.   He's on the payroll now, so we get more positive coverage.  They also bought Ballou at the same time.   And Mike Dempsey- they gave him a 2 hour show with a studio in the stadium.    Lamping  and his staff are pretty smart.  They know how to sell tickets, and that includes getting positive coverage from the local media. 

They weren't buying the local media.  The team got more money from 7 Bridges to put Frangie in that seat.  It was a financial decision once Sexton had taken the job with the Jaguars.  The Jags actually made money on the deal just so 1010XL could put one of their owners in that spot as the play by play voice.

 

The good news is that from what I understand, there's a 1 year out in the contract to ditch him if it doesn't pan out.  I listen to the radio broadcasts when I'm at the games.  He's horrible.  Someone said Sexton was fake with his excitement.  I never sensed that.  What I do know is that any excitement Frangie shows is strained and as phony as it gets.  He might as well not even be watching the game, but reading a script. 

 

The funny thing is that Frangie spends as little time actually covering the team as he possibly could and still be called the play by play guy.  He's rarely, if ever at practices.  He's not in the locker room.  He shows up on game day and does his bit.  At least with Sexton, you knew he was there, knew the players, and had access and insight that kept things interesting.  Frangie offers nothing of that in his broadcasts because he's simply not there.  The play by play gig is a part time thing as far as he's concerned.  The longest he's spent with the team is when they went to London, and I'm sure he and his wife went off sight seeing away from the team the majority of the time. 

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