quite possibly the best show on radio, is 'the breakfast jam' on minneapolis' kmoj (89.9fm), hosted by sonny day.
how can you not host a morning show with a name like sonny day? clearly, it is what you were born to do.
sonny has some great mannerisms that make his show unlike any other morning show that i've ever heard. for one thing, he's calm.
i really appreciate that in the am.
his show is a call-in style show, where he selects a topic from the news headlines or that affect the community in general, and asks people to call-in with their opinions.
he just acts as a facilitator to the discussions.
he's super respectful, and appreciative of everyone and their (sometimes hilarious and insane) opinions.
the topics are usually really good, and it is interesting to hear the range of opinions without some fat, blowhard, radio guy yelling over them not listening and putting words in their mouths... even if the blowhard agrees with the caller.
my favorite mannerism of sonny days is how he gently reminds you too get your ass to work;
"it's 8:42am, if you were supposed to be to work at 8:30, you are late. If you have to be to work at nine, well, your doing ok".
and;
"we're gonna listen to a nice song or two. then, we'll come back and continue our discussions".
sonny day. check him out.
there are some discussions going on in the local cycling world right now as well. i think we are gonna need sonny day to help us remain clam, and not get all heated about this stuff- but, unfortunately he's booked.
one is bergman v. doping. boy, that is a topic that has been done to death. i, for one, am not interested in getting involved.
bergman is a nice guy, and he got a shot at the bigtime. for one reason or another he blew it. i won't judge him on that.
but, i guess people still want to act like they know what's best for the man...
the price he has to pay for getting "famous", i guess.
seems like it would suck to have all kinds of folks chirping about you all the time.
...i mean, that's why i never pursued that acting career. otherwise i'd be the new brad pitt.
(oh, you know it's true.)
another good one is this discussion over at trissels weblog. actually, there is very little discussion on the blog, but i'm sure there is plenty behind-the-scenes.
the topic is cat 1/2's leaving birchwood for other teams, and trissels/birchwoods frustrations about not being able to hold on to them.
the question (if i understand it right) is basically, should bwood create an "elite team" that would receive more benefits than the "regular" team members?
in my opinion, i would say that even asking this question is skipping right over the problem, and missing point completely.
if i were on birchwood, (and i was), i would look at the question of why they are leaving very carefully.
i wouldn't look at bribing guys to stay at, (or join), the team.
i would try to answer the question of what are they looking for in a new team, rather than what can we give them not to leave.
think about it;
are they really leaving because they don't get free stuff?
are they getting free stuff at their new teams?
what benefits are these new teams offering?
so, what if they aren't offering free stuff, what is the draw?
is it the smaller size of the team? the functionality? the teamwork?
now, i don't know the answers to these questions, but, if i had to guess, i'd say added benefits will;
a) not keep riders like you might expect.
b) not entice many new elite riders to the team. (at least, not for the right reasons)
and,
c) piss off the lower cat riders who bear the burden, so to speak.
birchwood is a fast growing team, and i think that growth was a little unexpected.
but, elite team or no, i think birchwood should be very proud of their role as a fantastic beginning team, with a ton of enthusiastic members that really make racing fun, and accessible. a really great team to start racing for.
not very many teams do a good job at that.
it really is something to take pride in. guys/girls may move on, but you provided a solid foundation to move on from. that is just as important.
these issues they are grappling with are part of the growing pains, and whatever decision they come up with, the cycling scene will keep rolling.
"it is 9:45am, if you were supposed to be to work at 9:30, you are late. If you gotta be to work at 10, you got a good job".
3 comments:
Dis, The point isn't for us to have an elite team capable of competing with Grandstay. The point is being able to have a few people around that know what the heck they're doing in a bike race and someone that doesn't mind passing the baton.
don't confuse category with expertise.
brunyeel never won the tour, but he knew how to.
experienced riders that are c4's and c3's have plenty to teach.
my thought though, is still:
figure out why they want to leave before you figure out how to bring them back.
Cat 6 recently had a discussion about sponsors and incentives. We concluded that people don't ride with Cat 6 for BMC bikes and Lazer helmets. We also concluded that if someone were lured to another team for free or cheap stuff, they're probably not Cat 6 people. So far we've been right. Similarly, if someone wants a disciplined, hard core team, they should join another team.
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