“Are you crazy?! You think I’m going to go for seven years and try to get there? You enjoy the 2030 draft picks that we have holding? I want to try to see the game today.” — Ish 3/13/25
That's an important mention, the tidbit about Bledsoe being in tremendous shape. That was the one negative that came out about him last year, that he could have been in better shape.
I can't help but feel a little bad for the guy. He seems so nervous out there. Leander is all laid back and relaxed and Espo is over there almost shaking.
EDC wrote:I can't help but feel a little bad for the guy. He seems so nervous out there. Leander is all laid back and relaxed and Espo is over there almost shaking.
For those looking in who haven't seen Greg Esposito in action, the fact that someone is actually giving Leander some props ought to be indication enough of what kind of utter paper weight/doorstop this guy is.
I'm sorry - as I said before, maybe Esposito is a decent enough guy off-set, but when he's in front of a camera taking interviews into dry sewage while living in his own head where that's the only place his out-of-place humor is funny, it's beyond sad. It's downright disturbing.
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Yes, what swing said. Espo is massive doorknob.
Yep - and by "doorstop", I'm talking about envisioning those springy wall mounts they used to put behind house doors. When one of those things are flicked, that's the sound I hear every damn time the guy picks up a mic for an interview - done in a hollowed-out bathroom.
Guy needs to quit trying to be something he's not and stick to behind-the-scenes production - serious.
If you can make Tom Leander look good, you're really accomplished something.
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