Let me start by saying that Salk is the perfect host for Seattle Sports. That is, if you like East Coast, faux erudite, nasally, asomewhat whiny affect, and a host that sounds like an 8th grade girl who had her Hello Kitty Purse stolen when he gets a little verklempt. He also sounds really macho and cool when he unnecessarily abbreviates words like velocity (veeelo) and comparison. “That’s a far comp, Brock” could be a drinking game phrase.
He does have a couple of redeeming qualities, however. He doesn’t like soccer, he looks exactly like the Hobbit from the 1970s cartoon versions of LOTR, and he obviously puts in a lot more time than Brock, doing what seems to be some producing tasks. In a fair world, the show would be called Maura, Salk, and Brock, but more on that later.
As a Husky fan since the Warren Moon days, Brock Huard is easily in my top 57 favorite UW Quarterbacks of all time. Oh, the days when Brock wore that big ol grape on his head in that era of underachievement and terrible uniforms. Brock seems to take a lot of time off. He can’t be bothered to wake from his peaceful slumber for the 0600 hour of the pod and he has a wedding, fishing trip, is coaching, analyzing some game no one watches, or a monster truck show several times a month it would seem. One of my favorite things about Brock is when he played QB for the Seahawks and would take his helmet off. You couldn’t tell which was the Seahawks logo and which was Brock’s head since both had those piercing eyes on the side. However, when Brock graces the airwaves with his presence he brings it. What that ‘it’ is depends on the day and subject. It is fun to hear Salk splash around verbally and Brock come to the rescue and bail him out. I was born at Good Samaritan hospital many moons ago, so I feel a kinship to Brock due to our Puyallup connection. And my head is huge. When I was in Pony League and Jr. High football, I had to wear a High School helmet. So I feel his pain. He carries it well.
Very quickly on Lyle; I didn’t think I’d miss him, but I do. I miss the utter bewilderment that I felt when he would reveal that he knew absolutely nothing about anything, ever other than sabermetrics. I am half convinced he was raised by pigeons with that vast span of worldly knowledge. I follow him at Marine Layer which is very good, and he gave me lots and lots of incredulous laughs.
Now for Maura. Nope. No critique. She’s awesome, a backbone of the show, and she will be kicking butt in the sports community as she moves forward in her career.
Then there’s me who for some reason listens to nearly every show via podcast (except for the first hour. IFKYK). The show is awesome. Top 2 or 3 show in the history of Seattle Sports talk, including that drek from the competing station. Love you guys, really.
VR,
Big Koop
