Charles Barkley was reportedly offered the Monday Night Football job . . . and turned it down (1 Viewer)

[woohoosaint]

DEVASTATING NEWS: Charles Barkley was reportedly offered the Monday Night Football job . . . and turned it down

It's tough living in this world knowing that we could have been living in one where Charles Barkley called Monday Night Football.

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[St.Fury]

ESPN likes to make terrible decisions. Barkley bailed them out on this one.

 

[whodatphil]

Idk his football IQ....his regular IQ is bad enough for that matter, but the guy is hilarious

 

[superchuck500]

ESPN likes to make terrible decision. Barkley bailed them out on this one.

You mean turrible?

 

[Madmarsha]

I think that is the best almost-horrible news I've ever heard.

The worst almost-horrible news was earlier today when I found out Kevin James will be playing Sean Payton. (What keeps it from being horrible horrible is that at least it's about the Saints)

 

[El Caliente]

I suppose I don’t follow Barkley enough to notice his bad takes. I know he is outspoken, and more caricature than analyst, so perhaps they wanted him to fill dead time with some commentary.

 

[woohoosaint]

I suppose I don’t follow Barkley enough to notice his bad takes. I know he is outspoken, and more caricature than analyst, so perhaps they wanted him to fill dead time with some commentary.

That's what I was thinking.

But I'm afraid that ABC was trying to go down the same road they did with Dennis Miller...which didn't work out well.

 

[gtaz21]

Smart move by MNF. Even smarter move by The Round Mound of Rebound.

 

[Consigliere]

They could have put him and Booger on matching cranes...

 

[jasonsw]

They could have put him and Booger on matching cranes...

Ah, opportunity missed. They could have done a crane jousting or fencing contest.

 

[zeetes]

i would actually watch mnf for this alone. sad that i found out it could have been.

 

[rail]

i would actually watch mnf for this alone. sad that i found out it could have been.

Totally. Would have made a standard same ol' boring broadcast into something more entertaining. And ftr - I loved the Dennis Miller experiment for the same reason.

 

[St.Fury]

Ah, opportunity missed. They could have done a crane jousting or fencing contest.

Halftime entertainment!

 

[Nolan]

I don't blame them for trying to hire him. Make fun of him all you want, but NBA on TNT is honestly the best national sports show and it's not even close. He would have been a huge draw.

 

[Twyst]

Huge draw and he's hilarious. He says some controversial things but he's also very intelligent and a lot of his "stupidity" is an act to get laughs. I remember seeing him talk football sometimes on college shows when Auburn was relevant and he did have some football IQ, he would have been a big upgrade in the "Booger" role.