The John Murphy Game

[Stads]

So, Stads, when you're listening to the John Murphy show, you get a little frustrated with the line of questions, right?

Well played. I deem you winner of the first annual, never to be repeated, John Murphy Game.

[uticaclub]

Sal > John. I try to listen to as much WGR as I can since i live in San Diego. When Sal guest hosts, i get excited.

[eball]

Chris Brown, a/k/a scared lemur, also asks questions in this manner.

 

Add me to the list of fans who aren't enamored with Murph as the "voice of the Bills." I'll echo what someone else said -- he seems like a terrific guy, but his announcing style is bland and because of his position his "interviews" are little more than propaganda and/or reminiscing with former Bills greats.

 

I certainly don't ever feel as though I'll pick up some new or insightful information from his show -- which is why I rarely listen.

[machine gun kelly]

This is one of the reasons I'm more inclined to listen to NFLR. The Bills come up more than enough as there are so many avid Bills fans out there. There is never a show where some Bills topic doesn't come up. Murph is ok, but I'll agree he is a little bland. Seems like a nice man though.

[Beerball]

John Wawrow with us tonight. So, John...The Replacements are the most overrated band in history, right?

[CardinalScotts]

Apparently he's not into the contrived controversy/argument schtick like on GR

this should have been typed in capital letter bold print

[YoloinOhio]

this should have been typed in capital letter bold print

half the time I even tune into Schopp (not often) they aren't even talking about sports. I like the morning show, but they obsess about the Sabres a ton. The one thing I know about the JMS is it will be Bills-related. If it's boring that night, I turn it off. Edited July 10, 2016 by YoloinOhio

[K D]

John's show is always upbeat and positive. the other radio guys spend too much time arguing with callers that don't agree with them. Sal didn't used to but I think the other WGR guys (Schopp) have rubbed off on him in a negative way in the past year or so and he now spends a lot of time trying to argue with everyone. John uses the tactics mentioned to steer the conversation back into a productive discussion and it works well

[ExWNYer]

Chris Brown, a/k/a scared lemur, also asks questions in this manner.

 

Add me to the list of fans who aren't enamored with Murph as the "voice of the Bills." I'll echo what someone else said -- he seems like a terrific guy, but his announcing style is bland and because of his position his "interviews" are little more than propaganda and/or reminiscing with former Bills greats.

 

I certainly don't ever feel as though I'll pick up some new or insightful information from his show -- which is why I rarely listen.

 

I am firmly entrenched in this camp, as well. While I appreciate the fact that Murph is a Buffalo guy and is truly a Bills fan, he does nothing for me in either the booth or on his show. I know it's not fair to compare him to Van Miller in his prime but I guess Van spoiled me over the years. It wouldn't bother me in the least if the Bills announced tomorrow that they were replacing Murph in the booth with somebody else. His calls are simply not that good. He tends to miss a lot of things and hesitates quite a bit ("And the catch is made at the Buffalo 40 by...let's see..........Robert Woods. No, no...it's Sammy Watkins. Sammy actually hauled it in."). The most annoying thing to me about his show is that he throws out a topic and asks for "your opinion" and then if a caller has anything even slightly negative to say about the Bills or takes a contrarian view from his, he invariably responds with, "I don't know", "That's your opinion but I would tend to disagree", "I'm not so sure about that" or something along those lines. He's always polite about it but it's annoying nonetheless. I listen from time to time on the Bills app or the WGR app when I'm walking the dog just because it's Bills related and I can get a quick fix but a lot of it is simply Bills propaganda, as others have stated. He's merely a company shill and is a loyal soldier indeed. I'm glad that he's not a Negative Nelly but he's a little too Pollyanna for me. I also believe that Sal Capaccio does a much better job on 'The John Murphy Show' than John Murphy does...but I'm sure that Murph would respond with, "I'm not so sure about that". JMO

[chaccof]

Chacof- I'm with you in only 8 years behind you, but to help, just go to the App Store n your smart phone or I-pad amd download the free WGR App. It's really that simple bud.

 

I laughed though as I have to do everything for my dad who is much older than you at 85, but have all his favorites chosen to make life easy for him on his computer and I-pad.

you're a good man to your father....i'm hoping one of my children will change my diaper when the time comes on the theory that I had to change theirs so it's only fair.....my wife tells me not to get my hopes up!

[bbb]

I think John is one of the he asks and answers the question in the process, like he does not want to give the interviewer a chance at saying something contrravercial(sp) . I for one am not a fan of this type of questioning, I would rather have a question like Seeing your from Rochester where would like to see a stadium built? Whats the point of interviewing a guy for yes and no answers and they are struggling to make it more than yes and no.

 

My two cents worth.

 

Yup, this has bugged me for years - leading questions and putting words in the interviewees mouth............Oddly, I have Sirius radio for the first time and have been listening to Howard Stern's interviews. He gets praise as the best, and I do remember his interviews being good on terrestrial.........They're not bad, usually interesting, but he does the exact thing with putting words in the interviewees mouth. It drives me nuts.