Joe Theismann Calls Kornheiser 'Extremely Neurotic,' Says MNF, PTI Shouldn't Mix

please dont ever insult kornheiser, he is the man. He was awesome on MNF. He referred to steven jackson's balls as the "man zone".... ppl like him are needed for MNF... Theisman is a moron

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Tony Kornheiser is the biggest loser on TV. He doesn't know anything about sports and just talks about American Idol.

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TK has no biz in football...hes like that other clown that used to be on MNF and heck, what was his name?? Keep football ...football...Joe is right....should have kept him (JOE) and jaws...

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I thought the other big problem last year was the Kornheiser hate Theismann. It was immediately obvious that they had no chemistry, and worse, when Kornheiser would make a joke, Theismann would pretend like Tony had never made the joke, or even more awkwardly - argue with the point as thought TK was being serious.

I expect Jaworski, who's more laid back and less self-serious than Theismann, to be a much better fit. A big improvement from Kornheiser wouldn't surprise me much.

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My only regret about MNF this last season is that JT didn't take Korny outside the booth and kick his butt.

It wouldn't surprise me either if kornu couldn't tell you what happened during his whooping because he never watches the action, he only looks through his script and notes to try a vain attempt at humor.

JT is rather intense in his announcing game, just like he was as a player. That is a good thing, it gives you the feeling of the game that only MEN sho have played it have.

Wherever JT does in the future I will certainly watch.

As for MNF football, my wife and I will be taking a class that night in gourmet cooking I hope. Or maybe I might just play softball. Or be real daring and listen to my wife play her guitar and sing Carol King songs.

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The best crew was Theismann, Patrick and Paul MaGuire - Kornheiser knows nothing and Jaworski is in love with himself and what he thinks he knows - I will miss Joe Theismann - thought he was the best!

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About the only thing I agree with Joe T about. Losing him was a good decision, the better choice would've been to dump them both.As the season dragged on I noticed my dislike for Kornheiser on MNF carried over to PTI and left me wondering what I ever enjoyed about him in the first place.

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Jaworski is clueless about football he gets away with the crap he says because nobody else knows the game either. Theismann is 10 times the analyst that "Jaws" is, was, and ever will be, but Jaws is ESPN!

Note Jaws will attack black qbs all season long, I guess he's bitter about his own inept career. To think Jaworski could know a lot about football is to never have watched him play.

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Theismann is an idiot. I don't know how he was ever a good QB. Kornheiser called him on all of his stupid idiocy, and played dumb in an attempt to play off of Theisman's supposed "knowledge" of the game, which I am sure was the producers doing. Theismann is right up there with Madden as one of the worst announcers ever.

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For what it's worth I do not like to see comedians
like Tony the K in the booth. Just like Dennis "Mr.
Obscure" Miller, Tony's humor is really an acquired taste. If he was on the 4th or 5th crew on a Sunday I would not mind, but not MNF. ESPN pays gigantic
bucks to land Monday Night and loses market share to the Sunday Night Show. One thing ESPN has going for it is technology, i.e. camera views and their use of graphics and replays are the state-of-the-art. Their
booth crew is not. As far as Jaws is concerned, I really think that the arguement on whether or not he is better than Joe T. is moot, they are both very good at what they do. I really do not like the way ESPN handled the handoff from one great QB to the other. I will choose to watch this year with the sound off, thank you very much.

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Joe is only thinking and saying what the rest of us think anyway. Kornheiser is a joke and is the main reason I watch MNF with the mute on

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How out of touch can Theismann be? First Brady Quinn has to get a haircut. Now, ESPN's best draw is "neurotic"? Maybe this is a ploy by the network to create a Cosell/Meredith type chemistry in the booth. But I can't give Joe that much credit, I think he's just shooting off his mouth as usual. We all can't stand listening to this guy. Hey ESPN, how about pushing him into the background and giving a real talent a shot at the booth?

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Dear Jay, It's obvious the average football fan has forgot more about the game then you will ever know.

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mike terico is the guy i dont care for. listening to him talk makes me sick . i dont like the way he talks ,his voice up and down sounds like hes reading nursury rymes. cant stand to listen to him do aan nba game either. his voice really bothers me and i would sure enjoy mnf more if he was gone.his play by play is the worst ive ever heard. please get rid of terico . dan

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It never fails to amaze me that television networks make so many mistakes. Tony K is a funny writer and a terrible football announcer. Theismann is not only one of the great quarterbacks in NFL history, he was a highly knowledgeable and passionate announcer. ESPN make the wrong call and it will not profit from it. Then, they will can the K man.

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wow. so much support for thiesman... makes me lose faith in the average american. good riddance to thiesman, the last of the three MNF stooges to get the can. i look forward to thoughful analysis from jaworski.

kornheisers only redeeming quality last year was the way he would mock theismans stupid, contradictory and/or obvious statements. we'll see what happens when kornheiser is paired with a competent play-by-play guy and a good analyst.

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Of Mike, Tony and Joe - Joe was the only one worth listening to. Tony knows absolutely nothing about the game of Football, and Tirico isn't worht a big pile of Bullshit. You need to get Patrick, Joe and maybe Jaws as the crew. Jaws is low man on the totum-pole but is better than nothing at all. If possible bring back McQuire instead of Jaws. Jaws his EGO is bigger than his HEAD. Leave it to ESPN to screw up as always. Sportscenter has gone downhill lately so i guess MNF might as well go to the pits toooooooooooo.

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MNF Booth is not exciting anymore, I thought ESPN,should have kept the sunday night crew and put them on Monday Night.

Theismann, McQuire & Patrick, ther were really good working together.

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ESPN you are fools to let Joe Theismann go. And to keep Tony Kornheiser ? What are you thinking??? He is a complete idiot. It is just as terrible as when MNF had Dennis Miller in the booth. It was so obvious that the two disliked one another. It was uncomfortable to watch and listen to. Tony has no football knowledge. His humor is empty. He is annoying and a complete distraction to our beloved Monday night game.

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Anyone who thinks Jaws is an expert should look at the progress of the Philadelphia Soul under his leadership. That guy is a brainless blowhard. Of all the QB's turned analysts, Troy Aikman comes across as the most insightful and in tune with the game. Jaws is just a guy with diarrhea of the mouth who likes to hear himself talk.

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