High Comedy from Hobson

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(02-24-2021, 03:46 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: You clearly don't read Paul Daugherty if that's what you think.  You're basing that off an article or two (or three...) that you've read over the years that you've allowed to shape your entire opinion about him as a writer.

Fwiw, Daugherty actually did a 180 on the Bengals years back and while I wouldn't say he was a homer, I would say he defended them more often than not.  He's soured a bit in recent years, but that's to be expected of any objective reporter.  Even still, he writes quite a bit that is positive.

He also writes a ton about his daughter, who has Down Syndrome.  He writes a lot about his vacations, his golf game, his favorite beers, and ends every article now with what old school music he's listening to.  And of course he talks about UC and Luke Fickell, and XU, and the Reds, and so on and so on.

I don't want sound like the President of his fan club, but as someone who has read the Enquirer every single day for the last 30 years I can't help but call out bs like this.  He never tried to appeal specifically to any type of fan.  He just has a certain personality that you'd have to actually read or listen to day in and day out (I'm still mad Lance McCalister replaced him as the host of Sports Talk) to fully understand.  He never had any agenda in regards to the Bengals.  He's not a "hater".

I would encourage everyone to read some of his articles to see if I'm wrong, but of course as we all know the Enquirer as been behind a paywall for the last decade so if you aren't in town then you're probably not going to be able to read anything that's not linked here.

Back when he first showed up, i thought he was trying to walk in Mike Bass' shoes (i could never stand that guy). Over time i was able to acquire a taste for him (no cannabalism). He's probably more on the pessimistic side than i am (from what i recall when i used to read him regularly) but it's a nice change from the 'everything is wine and roses' takes.