Woody Paige complains about ‘around the horn’ over time

Everyone has a view why To the horn ends after more than 20 years. When the show entered ESPN last week, we finally found out what the all-timer discussion participant Woody Paige is thinking.

In contrast to Paige, his feelings are used to developing ATH over time – in a new profile of the show at given New York Magazine – are nuanced. Paige believes that the cast had to expand and grow to keep up with the sports discussion of the time, but he also believes that these changes may have limited the growth of the show.

Paige agreed in the early days Ny likes“It was always a middle -aged white types.” This does not mean that women and people from other races are included, was the only impetus for expanding the occupation. Paige gave examples like the Analytics movement in sports as another change that old sports athletes could not keep up with.

So ATH Brought younger, various discussion participants such as Pablo Torre, Bill Barnwell, Mina Kimes, Sarah Spain, Clinton Yates and others in the past ten years. This led some, including the shameful former Chicago sports columnists and ATH The discussion participant Jay Marroti to connect the points and to give that “Going Wok” killed the show.

Paige didn’t go that far, but he told it Ny likes The fact that he complains that the show may not have become as productive as its competitors because it was pursued after a far -rich sports talk.

“We not only had to grow and expand with the people of the show, but also expand with our topics of conversation,” said Paige. “I think that kept us fresh, but it would also have prevented us from reaching higher heights in our reviews.”

The top content of magnetic individual personalities is directed from television to digital shows. Hosts are brands, no networks. Perhaps Paige is on something if he realizes that the expansion of the pool has violated the end product.

At the same time Ny likes The story, ESPN Executive Vice President of Sports News and Entertainment Dave Roberts, emphasized that the show was not canceled due to delayed reviews.

“Reviews were not a factor for this decision,” said Roberts. “After 23 years we have just made a determination that we have to develop further.”

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Indeed, more people observe ATH Today as most studio shows on the network.

The latest reports indicate that ESPN is considering expanding the population Forgive the interruption to replace an hour ATH. Or the network could create a talk show around Peter Schrager, which it recently held it from NFL Network and Fox.

The move to cancel ATH Wasn’t a big shock, but it will not be easy to replace brand recognition and the audience. Nevertheless, it is rare to hear a discussion participant like Woody Paige Share management perspective on your show in cans.