Colin Cowherd: What's Next in ESPN Anchors

John Quirk

There are now two people who I can sit and WATCH their radio show for more than 2 minutes at a time, Mike Francesa and Colin Cowherd. Cowherd is the next big thing; he makes the jump to ESPN UNO, the mothership, next week. I only bring him up because it is so hard to be so right about so many things that if I can aspire to be that good I’m headed in the right direction I think.

Cowherd was talking about the pitfalls of overrating a player when it comes to building a franchise when Trevor Ariza was all the news the other day. Somehow he tied it to The New York Times slotting their reporters perfectly. Not only was his assessment dead on, but it gave him a chance to real off 4 reporters names off the top of his head, insinuating he reads the times, cover to cover, everyday. Now he may, he may not, point is the guy gets it, he is wildly entertaining and charismatic, and if they team him up with Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter, watch out.

More importantly though I wanted to take a second to reflect on his notion that franchises cannot misinterpret the player, or maybe just as importantly the market for a player. Most recently the New York Jets and the New York Rangers have made big headline grabbing offseason moves, Mark Sanchez for gang green and Marian Gaborik for the blue shirts. Two very different cases, both at the opposite ends of the spectrum and yet a rare great chance to see a good example of why the GM is so important to the success of any franchise.