RuffDraft

I agree us being spoiled by the wings achievements definitely play a role. I love football so i dont mind the talk about it. I just dont want it to be all they talk about. I was tellin my buddy how sad it is that 971 has probably 16 hours of local shows a day and dont talk wings yet drew and mike do 4 hours a day for an all around talk show and still get more wings coverage in. Even if mike doesnt know jack sh*t about sports. I love when they have Mickey on. Apparently Valenti stopped posting on his own shows forums because users were attacking him for not talking about the wings. His cop out was ratings, ratings, ratings. Well apparently the ratings are good enough for them to be the radio host of the wings games.

I listen to 97.1 probably 6 hours a day. Drew and mike in the AM on the wrif, then Karsh and anderson onto Valenti and foster until i finish my shift. Probably another hour after that during car rides. I never ever hear them and so rarely Caputo discuss hockey. Its getting really stale talking about football all day. Theres no way in hell the wings are that much lower in popularity than say the Pistons. When ESPN covers a certain sport they are sure to hype it up, cover it alot. 97.1 just doesn't do it. I'll still listen. Its the only thing that takes my mind off the mundane mind-numbing factory i work in but i still would like at least an hour or so a week of wings talk. Im not even asking for NHL coverage, just our local team!

We went all training camp as well as the dropping of the puck without so much as a blurb. Only hockey we get on 97.1 is a score and we rarely even get those. It took the retirement of a Detroit legend to even bring it up at all and oh wow it lasted for 2 minutes and they parlay it into "best detroit role players ever" and they d*ck ride Dennis Rodman for an hour. If i have to hear them breakdown Denard Robinson taking a sh*t or Brandon Inge tripping on a crack on a sidewalk again im going to go insane! You would figure since they carry wings games that it would be in their best interest to discuss it from time to time. You can tell they dont know squat about hockey. Whenever some miracle happens and a hockey player gets brought up Valenti and Foster (or anyone) both go silent and let the caller handle it. They can't chip in with a stat or something that shows they are well rounded and actually even follow our most successful team. In this market and with this fanbase is it really such a ratings boon to discuss hockey? If i was an unthawed caveman and i listened to 97.1 i would never even know hockey existed. Edit: And no, a post-game wrap up does not suffice.

Dayummm, that s***s cold as f***.

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