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Originally posted by topjimmy1984
I am a longtime dlr fan, met and drank with him 4-5 times. Dave has to realize that he is in "sales" now, he has to deliver high ratings, hold an audience as long as possible. Over the last 5 weeks dave has shined, but he also goes down wrong paths,ie:talking to animal about hair styles and creams, this went on 30-40 minutes. I blame Tom Chisauno with not lining up a stellar talent coordinator, he needs more high profile guests in the stuidio, or phone. He has to move Animal out of the studio, Stern didnt have ronnie the limo driver in the studio all day and week. I predicted when dave started that he would have this huge problem, he is like an NBA player, he is uncoachable, does not listenm, can't take direction. Big Ed anderson, Ted templeman, Pete Angelus, Don Landee, evh, avh, MA, sheehan, vai. He has had falling out with all of them. It also shocks me that dave admitted he has never turned on a computer, does not surf the net, he relies on Matt and Dutch, and Hutch, and maybe his sister to report what is happening. He also admitted he does not read the paper, only page 6, this is a death knell for him.
Dave needs to build a solid sidekick, and maybe a newskick, or joke writer. The show is very disorganized, you had the lesbo emt, robin, lisa roth, danny, dallas chick, I think Hollander and Tom are frantically looking for a sidekick, they have too much money invested in dave to cut him now, needs two ratings books to see where dave goes, dave has to understand, he is not in the back of a tour bus talking to James Lomenzo and Ray Luzier, he is talking to 6-8 major markets, he needs to appeal to a broad audience, no more Paris Hilton talk, no more etcetera, etcetera. I do like his interviewing style, from bar hopper guy, to Damon, to dna guy, dave asks great open ended questions. His rock n roll stories are great, his war talk is good. I also think he should do a "open line friday" format like Rush, anything goes questions from the audience, he also needs to do mystery guests, and musical rock guests. Just a few ideas.
I wanna hear about your meetings with Dave. :)