Bobby Hebert said he hopes Eli Apple goes to IR (1 Viewer)

[GrandAdmiral]

The fact that people are still trying to justify this is concerning.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

I think I had a lucky dog once or twice. I woke up with mustard under my finger nails so I'm assuming I had one or two.

You sure that was mustard? Did it pass the UV light test?

 

[BuddyDeesGhost]

I come to bury the Cannon and not to praise him. So please, a few moments of requiem for Uncle Bobby before his esophagus blows up from liver blockage.

First, the Christmas party will not be the same without him. He's always drunk and as a result his vocabulary and self control are limited. He expresses what he feels at the moment with the carefree innocence of a special child. He's the one who will tell his cousin her sweater is ugly or relentlessly pick on his nephew for getting a nose ring. There's something refreshing about that. We will always know we are morally superior to this man.

Second, I understand the unique feelings of hate and frustration at the Saints secondary over the last decade. Beast-quake, the San Francisco debacle in 2011, worst historical defense ever in 2012, the Minnesota Miracle?

How many times must our defense be a laughing stock or part of some other teams history reel? How many times must poor tackling and defensive mistakes ruin our Superbowl runs? How many MVPs and rings would our beloved Drew have if the defense did not shart the bed every....STINKIN'...YEAR!!!???

Yes. There are many times, I have thought the Saints secondary should all be cut immediately or just simply put in front of a firing squad. Anyone who does not admit feeling this once in a while is either not a true fan or just a damn liar!

So just think about this before you hate on Bobby - If someone put a microphone and a bottle of Cuervo in front of anyone of us right after the games (especially the nail-biters like today's), we'd probably slip up and say something incredibly stupid too.

And. yes but no, since we are not as deeply entrenched in Saints lore as Hebert, we would be instantly fired on the spot! And we would deserve it.

The biggest question is, I guess, is do we need someone every once and a while to express aloud the most guttural and primitive feelings of every Saints fan? It's nice knowing that if we can't go there, Bobby (out of drunkenness and ignorance perhaps) still has the ability to do so.

As a case in point, I offer you this. I have a friend who will often tell me what's going on via phone in the games when I cant watch them. The second after the "Minnesota Miracle" happened, his first reaction was "damn the whole thing looks like it was set up by the Mafia! Marcus Williams must have took a payoff to miss that tackle". I tune into WWL a few minutes later and hear Bobby say the same thing. Then when I'm looking at SR later that night, people here were roasting Hebert for saying the exact same thing.

Maybe we "need" Bobby; not because he's our answer to Stephen A. Smith, but just to provide a cathartic release for tortured fans who can't express themselves in any other way.

 

[SaintsFanatic]

I honestly can't think of one redeeming quality. What kind of blackmail does he have on WWL? Seriously, he brings nothing to the table that someone, anyone, else, couldn't bring.

 

[Loco Hornet Fan]

I come to bury the Cannon and not to praise him. So please, a few moments of requiem for Uncle Bobby before his esophagus blows up from liver blockage.

First, the Christmas party will not be the same without him. He's always drunk and as a result his vocabulary and self control are limited. He expresses what he feels at the moment with the carefree innocence of a special child. He's the one who will tell his cousin her sweater is ugly or relentlessly pick on his nephew for getting a nose ring. There's something refreshing about that. We will always know we are morally superior to this man.

Second, I understand the unique feelings of hate and frustration at the Saints secondary over the last decade. Beast-quake, the San Francisco debacle in 2011, worst historical defense ever in 2012, the Minnesota Miracle?

How many times must our defense be a laughing stock or part of some other teams history reel? How many times must poor tackling and defensive mistakes ruin our Superbowl runs? How many MVPs and rings would our beloved Drew have if the defense did not shart the bed every....STINKIN'...YEAR!!!???

Yes. There are many times, I have thought the Saints secondary should all be cut immediately or just simply put in front of a firing squad. Anyone who does not admit feeling this once in a while is either not a true fan or just a damn liar!

So just think about this before you hate on Bobby - If someone put a microphone and a bottle of Cuervo in front of anyone of us right after the games (especially the nail-biters like today's), we'd probably slip up and say something incredibly stupid too.

And. yes but no, since we are not as deeply entrenched in Saints lore as Hebert, we would be instantly fired on the spot! And we would deserve it.

The biggest question is, I guess, is do we need someone every once and a while to express aloud the most guttural and primitive feelings of every Saints fan? It's nice knowing that if we can't go there, Bobby (out of drunkenness and ignorance perhaps) still has the ability to do so.

As a case in point, I offer you this. I have a friend who will often tell me what's going on via phone in the games when I cant watch them. The second after the "Minnesota Miracle" happened, his first reaction was "damn the whole thing looks like it was set up by the Mafia! Marcus Williams must have took a payoff to miss that tackle". I tune into WWL a few minutes later and hear Bobby say the same thing. Then when I'm looking at SR later that night, people here were roasting Hebert for saying the exact same thing.

Maybe we "need" Bobby; not because he's our answer to Stephen A. Smith, but just to provide a cathartic release for tortured fans who can't express themselves in any other way.

Perhaps a professional broadcaster shouldn’t drink a bottle of Cuervo and then get on the mic? Then the fact that any of us would say something stupid under those circumstances wouldn’t matter.

I’d also push back on the notion that Hebert being “steeped in Saints lore” (despite going to the Falcons and trash-talking us for a period of time) warrants acceptance when anyone else, by your own admission, would deserve to be fired for the same thing.

I also don’t find comfort in someone on our “flagship station”, who represents our city and team, being able “to go there” (where we can’t) by getting drunk and saying stupid and/or insulting things. “Drunkenness” and “ignorance” (your descriptors for him) are not very good excuses, nor should they be viewed as positives for someone with his job.

 

[LogeEndZone]

His coach wouldn't have liked that.

 

[BuddyDeesGhost]

Perhaps a professional broadcaster shouldn’t drink a bottle of Cuervo and then get on the mic? Then the fact that any of us would say something stupid under those circumstances wouldn’t matter.

I’d also push back on the notion that Hebert being “steeped in Saints lore” (despite going to the Falcons and trash-talking us for a period of time) warrants acceptance when anyone else, by your own admission, would deserve to be fired for the same thing.

I also don’t find comfort in someone on our “flagship station”, who represents our city and team, being able “to go there” (where we can’t) by getting drunk and saying stupid and/or insulting things. “Drunkenness” and “ignorance” (your descriptors for him) are not very good excuses, nor should they be viewed as positives for someone with his job.

What is his job though? It's not like he's calling play-by-play. Isn't he a radio personality?

If he's not a colorful and opinionated one - if he says exactly the things we want him to say and approve of - is he a good one or a boring one?

 

[NatureBoy]

I honestly can't think of one redeeming quality. What kind of blackmail does he have on WWL? Seriously, he brings nothing to the table that someone, anyone, else, couldn't bring.

Same program director for years who has a history of providing this level of garbage.

 

[Loco Hornet Fan]

What is his job though? It's not like he's calling play-by-play. Isn't he a radio personality?

If he's not a colorful and opinionated one - if he says exactly the things we want him to say and approve of - is he a good one or a boring one?

He’s a radio personality, yes. That still means he should be expected to have a least a bit of professionalism, be able to clearly make his points, etc.

There are a million ways to articulate that you think Apple should be benched and Jenkins should start while still being a bit colorful. He just can’t seem to figure out ways to communicate his opinions while making sense or behaving appropriately.

Look at the words YOU used to describe him. Those are not fitting for someone with his job, personality or not.

I also think that he CAN be extremely boring, even when loud and drunk (which does not equal having a personality). His reoccurring segments with Brees are very boring because he never has anything of substance prepared and doesn’t let Brees talk. So what’s the point?

 

[Hey Beerman]

Two names popped into my head almost immediately. Jonathan Vilma and Jabari Greer. And yes fire him now as he has absolutely nothing to do with our playoff run run to the Super Bowl.

I was also thinking Vilma but also Jon Stinchcomb, either of these two are miles and miles more professional than anything WWL currently employs.

 

[English]

I turned off that station of ads a long time ago.
The point after is garbage radio now in between "and your mother was riding shotgun" and the Buddy Dee imitator , Our good team and us local fans deserve better.

 

[Stalwart385]

This is why we have the worst local coverage of any team in the country.

Deuce and Zach are legit. Good sports radio. Especially when they get to interview the team.

It's really just Bobby when he gets in one of those moods (aka drunk). When he's calm he's tolerable. Still says stupid things but tolerable.

 

[BuddyDeesGhost]

He’s a radio personality, yes. That still means he should be expected to have a least a bit of professionalism, be able to clearly make his points, etc.

There are a million ways to articulate that you think Apple should be benched and Jenkins should start while still being a bit colorful. He just can’t seem to figure out ways to communicate his opinions while making sense or behaving appropriately.

Look at the words YOU used to describe him. Those are not fitting for someone with his job, personality or not.

I also think that he CAN be extremely boring, even when loud and drunk (which does not equal having a personality). His reoccurring segments with Brees are very boring because he never has anything of substance prepared and doesn’t let Brees talk. So what’s the point?

I agree with your point, he could have simply said something like: "given the way he's been playing, Apple's injury will hopefully equal addition by subtraction", instead Bobby just blurts out: "hey hey ya know what I hope he is on IR!". Granted this is not appropriate and he should have tried to finesse a more humane explanation. But at some level "behaving appropriately" seems like a term that applies more to mid-level managers in corporate America than it does to radio personalities. Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern, as 2 better known examples, are disgustingly "inappropriate". If they worked as Rite Aid managers, they'd be sacked on the first day, but their success among certain segments of listeners can't be denied. People love them or love to hate them, but as long as some controversy swirls around them, their ratings are always profitable for the station.

 

[Dan in Lafayette]

I agree with your point, he could have simply said something like: "given the way he's been playing, Apple's injury will hopefully equal addition by subtraction", instead Bobby just blurts out: "hey hey ya know what I hope he is on IR!". Granted this is not appropriate and he should have tried to finesse a more humane explanation. But at some level "behaving appropriately" seems like a term that applies more to mid-level managers in corporate America than it does to radio personalities. Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern, as 2 better known examples, are disgustingly "inappropriate". If they worked as Rite Aid managers, they'd be sacked on the first day, but their success among certain segments of listeners can't be denied. People love them or love to hate them, but as long as some controversy swirls around them, their ratings are always profitable for the station.

Limbaugh and Stern have national audiences discussing a wide variety of topics on a national level. Like them or not, that is their audience.

Hebert is local on a show that emphasizes the Saints for the most part, but with some LSU and Pelicans coverage. Essentially, Bobby is an arse. Saints fans deserve better from the "Flagship station of the Saints" than the self-proclaimed "Founding father of the Whodat Nation". What a crock. Bobby should have a little control of himself instead of "blurting" things out under the influence. As the true founders of the "Whodat nation", the fans deserve better. Much much better.

 

[Gentilly504]

Wishing someone goes on IR is low. I’m pretty sure Eli mom will tweet about it once she get wind of it. Most likely Bobby will apologize on next show. Instead of saying he hope he goes to IR, he should have said that if he goes to IR it would not be a loss since we have JJ.