The segment was short and hyper-focused on New Jersey basketball. Tate also sets up how vital Lombardi has been to his career and seems to be one of his mentors.
I think Tate handled it well to go through the matches by himself and then bring Lombardi for a short segment. He even acknowledges at the beginning itās odd to have him on for basketball vs. football.
Anyways, I know people are generally out on Lombardi and I agree with most of it. I just appreciate that in this instance, he was clearly a sentimental/personal guest which I think is nice - we get to know the host more.
I think Tateās pod is for people who donāt really watch the games and just want to hear someone point out things that would appeal to casual fans. This is why thereās a cringey focus on ācharactersā and āKyleās mans.ā J. Kyle Mann was a good guest because he balanced this out by actually providing intelligent insight, but itās a pretty hard pod to tolerate and it pains me to say that.
Post March Madness, me listening to Titus or Tate will likely be a "depends on the guest" situation whereas before I just needed Titus and Tate and that was enough.
Itās almost like it takes some adjusting to be a one. Who on earth just steps right into hosting a show for the first time and is a complete success.
The fact Lombardi is a guest this early in the new history of OSP is a very bad omen. Iāve really enjoyed Kyle J Mann as Iāve never heard him before but other than him every segment of this new OSP has been hot garbage.
Is Tate a lite Bill Simmons? Successful home sports team, bias, likes historical references, player comparisons, legacies and no basketball experience beyond high school.
2021 gonna be an all timer for me just because not having it in 2020 sucked and getting the 2 best teams all year in the title was great even though it was a blowout (UCLA Gonzaga was amazing though)
If you listen to Lombardis betting show he is always talking college basketball because he is friends with a ton of head coaches in college hoops and he cares about the sport so this is not some just out of nowhere guest
Especially with no UNC, Ohio State, or Michigan and Duke out in the first weekend meant theyād have to talk about all the other teams. Really missed out
Itās just random asf. Lombardi is probably one of the last people I would want on to talk about college basketball. NFL? Fine thatās what he does. But I donāt wanna hear him talk about the NCAA tournament.
There is no one on earth I want to hear discuss College Basketball less than Michael Lombardi
This def was the absolute most random person he could bring on as a guest to discuss college basketball! šš
He presented ācoaching mattersā as a hot take and called Kyle āCousin Kyleā Delivered some unintentional comedy at least
The segment was short and hyper-focused on New Jersey basketball. Tate also sets up how vital Lombardi has been to his career and seems to be one of his mentors. I think Tate handled it well to go through the matches by himself and then bring Lombardi for a short segment. He even acknowledges at the beginning itās odd to have him on for basketball vs. football. Anyways, I know people are generally out on Lombardi and I agree with most of it. I just appreciate that in this instance, he was clearly a sentimental/personal guest which I think is nice - we get to know the host more.
Just weird to talk about NJ at all in the scope of college basketball. Has to be the most underperforming state in terms of college success by far
I think Tateās pod is for people who donāt really watch the games and just want to hear someone point out things that would appeal to casual fans. This is why thereās a cringey focus on ācharactersā and āKyleās mans.ā J. Kyle Mann was a good guest because he balanced this out by actually providing intelligent insight, but itās a pretty hard pod to tolerate and it pains me to say that.
Yeah very random
Tate can pull it off
I really enjoy listening to him, but Tate is over qualified for a #2 and under qualified for a #1
The tee Higgins piece
6.5 catches and 93 yards per game and 2 total TDs in the 4 games chase missed this season š§
Itās not that deep lol heās just the go to WR2 that could be a WR1 in my mind
J Kyle Mann really needs to be a permanent host
Post March Madness, me listening to Titus or Tate will likely be a "depends on the guest" situation whereas before I just needed Titus and Tate and that was enough.
Titusās dad was hilarious on his episode today
Titusās dad is a true hater. Man comes in with Purdueās entire season and history memorized.
It was inspiring. I thought I hated Ole Miss until I heard himā¦
The Karl Anthony Towns or podcasting
Itās almost like it takes some adjusting to be a one. Who on earth just steps right into hosting a show for the first time and is a complete success.
The fact Lombardi is a guest this early in the new history of OSP is a very bad omen. Iāve really enjoyed Kyle J Mann as Iāve never heard him before but other than him every segment of this new OSP has been hot garbage.
Is Tate a lite Bill Simmons? Successful home sports team, bias, likes historical references, player comparisons, legacies and no basketball experience beyond high school.
Tate Frayjuh
This tournament has been completely wild. Iām enjoying myself thoroughly
Itās definitely felt more fun this year than the past few years
2021 gonna be an all timer for me just because not having it in 2020 sucked and getting the 2 best teams all year in the title was great even though it was a blowout (UCLA Gonzaga was amazing though)
If you listen to Lombardis betting show he is always talking college basketball because he is friends with a ton of head coaches in college hoops and he cares about the sport so this is not some just out of nowhere guest
The fact that we were deprived of Titus and Tate with this tournament should legally be a war crime.
Yeah listening to each other their respective shows just make me wish they were together covering this tournament.
Especially with no UNC, Ohio State, or Michigan and Duke out in the first weekend meant theyād have to talk about all the other teams. Really missed out
TAte repeats sentences...Tate repeats sentences
I think it's great Tate gets Lombardi on. The irrational hate people on this sub have for him is insane to me.
Itās just random asf. Lombardi is probably one of the last people I would want on to talk about college basketball. NFL? Fine thatās what he does. But I donāt wanna hear him talk about the NCAA tournament.
I donāt think itās insane to not want to hear an NFL guy talk college hoops.
I donāt hate him, but I donāt see any criticism of him that Iād call irrational, either. You got any examples?
I'm gonna be honest, I still don't know which is Titus and which is Tate.
You might be stupid then
Thanks
I really like Lombardi, but Iām going to guess he just talked about culture.
And made the same Goodfellas or Sopranos or Godfather references
So does Lombardi normally refer to everyone by their full name, and every 5 minutes at that?
Tate, we understand that you work at Spotify and weāre very proud of you and are excited that their facility is super cool
GM Street reunion, loved that show