At the expense of Tony Kornheiser that is. I couldn’t really put a finger on one single thing, but Tony Kornheiser just got on my nerves and not in a good way. The MNF legend of all time by the name of Howard Cosell got on my nerves sometimes too, but in a good way. He brought flair to the booth with certain dramatics. Tony K. brought  a biting wit and sarcasm that I thought was more suited towards sports talk radio, that way I just had to listen to him and not have to look at him.

I don’t know, maybe it was the way he parted his hair too. Jon “Chucky” Gruden, now that’s what I’m talking about here. MNF needed a blue-collar down to earth guy way up in that booth. He brings a breath of fresh air and a different angle, when you watch and listen to Jon Gruden you can identify with the guy, he has a way of coming down to the common level, just an oridnary kind of guy you know. Not like some un-touchable out of this world super sports commentator. He’s funny and brings great knowledge with his sometimes rough edge. Good going MNF for bringing a good guy on board, now I won’t have to turn down the volume anymore.

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