Daugherty: Nice-guy Stewart didn't fit

[missionhockey21]

You can tell him and Paul must of been friends. I personally don't understand why the Reds decided to let him go. Obviously I am not his biggest fan, but he did his job and like the article points out, no large group of Reds fans were calling for his release (nobody for that matter that I knew.) Anyway, it's a pretty good read.

Nice-guy Stewart didn't fit

Steve Stewart didn't have the dynamic personality he needed for the nearly impossible situation he found himself in. It's never good to be the man after The Man, whether you're Ray Perkins following Bear Bryant or Steve Stewart replacing Joe Nuxhall. Stewart was gentlemanly, self-deprecating and well-prepared. He never had a chance.

He's done at the end of this year. Apparently, team brass is looking for an "analyst." Translation: A former player. Baseball is brain surgery: Who knew?

The bosses feel you need less play-by-play on the radio and more "backdoor sliders" and "cut fastballs" and "inside-out" swings. What? Me, I just like someone who calls a good game. That's so 1950.

Unless you are among a handful of long-running, truly outstanding broadcasters - Vin Scully, Marty Brennaman, John Rooney in St. Louis - you had better have some tap-dancing in you. Because, just as the game isn't enough to hold our short attention spans anymore, neither is simply calling the game. If it were, Steve Stewart wouldn't be on the bricks in October.

Stewart didn't have a shtick. He didn't rant, he wasn't a wiseguy. He just came prepared to do his job. He spent four hours a day during homestands, three hours on the road, reading local newspapers and surfing the Net. He talked to people: Players, coaches, managers, people connected to the game. He did his homework, in other words. Stewart didn't just show up and talk smack.

If only he had worked on his persona. If only he had talked smack.

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[Slyder]

Maybe they want to try and get Barry Larkin in the booth or Mic up Adam Dunn as he's playing ?

[redsfan28]

The reason why Stewart didn't fit is because he was following Joe Nuxall. Anyone who follows a "legend" is doomed from the beginning. The next guy they get in there should have a easier time than Stewart did.

[NFLman2033]

i can't speak for anyone but myself, but I honestly didn't think he was a good fit, I mean he didn't compliment Marty well.. it wasn't anything like Marty and Joe, it was more like Marty and Marty, only with less flair than Marty.. i want Marty to be in the booth with someone who actually played the game, Steve can come back and try and replace Marty(hopefully a long time from now) I mean Larkin would be ok, i would rather him be on TV, since i think anyone is an improvement over the TV guys(Grande and Welsh) but Tracy Jones has been on the radio for a long while now and would be perfect fit in the booth with Marty

[CincyRedsFan30]

He seems like a really nice guy, but i simply don't care for the way he calls games. He does seem fairly prepared, but I don't like the way he announces the game in terms of his intonation, etc.

I do wish him luck though!

[redsfan28]

Tracy Jones is too arrogant for Reds fans.

[NFLman2033]

Tracy Jones is too arrogant for some Reds fans.

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