Mike Lamb, Grant Napear's Radio Partner, No Longer at KHTK

All of Ziller’s criticisms of his broadcasting style are spot on, but I always preferred the pairing of Lamb and J-Ross to Lamb and Peaches.

Long story short, they fired the wrong guy.

I vote yes.

Seems like there ought to be a pithy two-word phrase to describe this.

He never seemed to provide any insight that any soccer mom reading the headlines at the grocery store couldn’t tell you.
As much as we may hate him, at least Peaches has an opinion or two.
Good riddance.

I actually liked Lamb. He wasn’t always great, but it turned into the only KHTK show I could stand. Murph & Mac are better than The Rise Guys, I can’t stand Geronimo, but the only time slot i thought 1140 had 680 beat was the evening drive time. I realize 680 isn’t exactly our local sports market, but it’s the next best thing.

Koz had, I think, had the best show on 1140 and the phones were always busy, but his “ratings were poor,” so he was dropped for someone who could care less about local sports.

I didn’t know he could function as a radio host without someone’s nose in between his butt cheeks

never like to hear someone losing their job, but I couldn’t stand the way he’d kiss Peaches’ ass. I’ve listened to him on the weekend and he’s a lot better on Fox Sports Radio.

Not sure the station was ever a good fit for him. His wheel house of knowledge was in college football which no one in Sacramento cares about. He had a few ties to the Raiders but the Kings are King in this town.

It just got worse and worse the longer you were around him. He is clearly somebody’s fair-haired boy because he has extremely little (IMO) player cred as a former sometime USC lineman and NO for repartee which is an absolute necessity in radio. Maybe it’s his chummines with Marcus Allen. I dunno. His perspicacity on things football was shockingly narrow. His vocal presence was nil. He has no gift for his medium as he drones in a monotone like clothedryer tumbling clothes. The absolute worst he was on radio was not amazingly with Napear. He was paired with Joey Harrington on some radio broadcast (FOX?). OMG!!!!! Dork and Dorkier.

It is sad to see anyone lose their job. A friend of mine told me about the firing. I never saw what the big deal about this guy. I haven’t listened to the show very much in the last three years. I never thought the team of Peaches and Lamb was sublime.
     He (Lamb) took so long to make a point. He would go into a slow analysis at times about subjects. He could be wrong about a topic or subject and he could not let it go. He had to argue everything and make excuses like a fifth grader. You could have the worst phone caller call their show. Grant would just shut his mouth and Lamb had to argue with the dumb ass caller.
     Lamb was really good at kissing people’s assess such as: Sean Sallisbury (spelling) and Jim Mora. Mora never won a playoff game, but he was a god like figure to Lamb. Sallisbury who once pulled a Favre, took a picture of his (Johnson) and sent it on his cell phone. I remember a caller called in and said something to Lamb about the matter and Lamb said “boys will be boys”. Lamb couldn’t say anything bad about Sallisbury. Salisbury is a class act.
     Also, Jason Ross should be Grant’s partner. Ross is a company guy. He will never says anything bad about anyone. I think Ross is very boring, but some people think he is the cat’s meow.
Lastly, USC is the greatest football team ever in Lamb’s eyes.. Lamb thinks this team is the best ever. Every once in a while USC would lose and Lamb was shocked. Always making excuses why USC lost a particular game. Blame things on the refs and the whole nine yards. If USC loses to Sac State, that is a shock. Lamb was shocked when Texas beat USC for the National Championship. Lamb was whining like a little kid after the game. Shocked that Texas beat USC! Give me a f-ing greak Lamb.
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Jason Ross should be Grant’s partner. Ross is a company guy. He will never says anything bad about anyone. I think Ross is very boring, but some people think he is the cat’s meow.

I agree that Ross should get more air time, and that likely will not say anything bad about anyone. However, I don’t see that as boring. I see it as the guy giving me what I want when I tune into 1140 – sports news and access.

The reason that I don’t listen to much of the show that Napear hosts is that I have no interest in his opinion. Napear is not especially knowledgeable when it comes to any sport, and his conversations are often not based in reason. I don’t care for that. When I do listen to the show, it’s for access to people like Petrie and Westphal and Jerry Reynolds. Those are the guy that I want to listen to, not Grant Napear. A guy like Jason Ross would probably be much better at staying the hell out of the way of the storyteller, instead of insisting on being the storyteller. This is how I feel about the de-evolution of ESPN. SportsCenter used to be an hour of news and highlights. It has become roughly 1/3 news and highlights, and 2/3 bluster and conjecture. And I understand that this appeals to a lot of people, and I may be in the minority here. But that kind of “coverage” just leaves me flat.

Bore me, please. Just give me the news and the access, and I will form my own opinion from there.

       It seems that Jason Ross has a huge following as one of the most dynamic sports personalty in Nor Cal. He does it all. Kings, Sac State, Sportsline and so much more. I guess I’m the only guy that finds him boring. Does anyone realize that he hardly ever makes any the road trips for the Kings? The guys is almost always in studio.
       If the guy is so talented and such a dynamic sports personality , how come he has never moved on? Tim Roye, Eric Hasseltine, and Brian Wheeler have all moved on and done well. Television stations and radio stations have satellite capabilities and they can find talent.
     Not to give a whole bio about myself, but I use to live in Reno, Nevada. There was a anchor at channel news channel 4 and her name was Bonnie Bernstein. Channel 4 decided to make her the new sports anchor. She was there about six months and the rest is history.

So. The question then becomes. If. You’re Norm Chow. And. Grant Napear. Is. Of the opinion that. Norm Chow. Is not the key. To an offense. Which. Suits. What. This station is trying to. Put across. Then. How do you continue. Within that system. Because. If I’m Norm Chow. I do. What’s best. For Norm Chow.