One criticism that I hear about Bearcast is that there isn't a whole lot of feedback that individuals get. We don't require everyone to listen to Bearcast, and we don't require people to review shows, and I think it's unreasonable to assume that directors and our faculty advisor listen to EVERY show and provide feedback. I'm sure we'd like to, but it's just not humanly possible with all of the other stuff we have to do not only for Bearcast, but for other coursework, job, and other extra curricular activities.
The reason I bring that up is because I see Jason as a really good radio person. He's funny, energetic, and knowledgeable, in particular, with football. That being said, we all aren't perfect, and we need to all hear criticism to become better. There were times yesterday where I felt Jason panicked about what to talk about and began to blank. There were a few DJ errors that shouldn't have happened, and while we were all good, we could've been better.
The actual planning part may have lead to those DJ errors. First off, the actual idea is GREAT!!! We should be putting on these type of shows, because ultimately, I think this could be something that people would want to listen to, plus we can get many different people involved. However, I think there was a lack of communication for this event. I didn't know about this until a week ago. Everyone has ideas as to how events should be run, and if more people were involved in the planning, we could have came up with some great ideas, and implemented them. It's the same principal as to when you prepare for my show. I consult Scott, see what ideas he has, and then really over-prepare so that we don't have dumb time fillers.
So for next year, the idea would be to assign a team leader, Jason, and Jason would be in charge of the event. Then you have the Sports Director, Assistant Sports Director, and the Faculty Advisor participate, in other words, 4 representatives from Bearcast. Then this is what I would do. I'd find four respected people in the community to see if they would be interested in participating. Maybe someone from the Enquirer, a Sports radio/TV personality (Mo, Lance, Ken Broo, Dave Lapam, C. Trent, etc..), a member of the Bearcats football team (be it coach or player), and who knows....perhaps reach out to someone like Chad Ochocinco. I think he'd have some fun doing this. He likes doing some interesting stuff, and I think with his presence in the social media websites, he is easier to get a hold of. Lets aim for the sky...right! This is just an idea, but if we get people communicating, and involved, we could really turn this into something really fun, and really big.
Promoting this event was also an issue. When I was asked to become involved, it was, and is Dylan's and Jason's event, so I stayed hands off. I don't want to get the reputation of being a control freak, or someone who takes charge over other people's stuff, it's just not my style. However, suggestions I think are fine. Last week, I suggested to Dylan and Jason to email Zach to promote the event on our website...that just happened the day OF the draft. Next year, we have to promote this better, because everyone likes Mock Drafts.
So, NBA draft is June 24th, but who's to say we can't do a Mock Draft on the Tipoff with Steve Bohne a few weeks prior. In fact, I'm going to talk to him today about his interest in doing this type of thing for the NBA. We can take what we did, what worked, and what didn't work, fix it, and do another Mock Draft.
I thought the two best things that happened yesterday, were two, somewhat shocking, picks. First Dan taking Colt McCoy 8 overall. Normally I'd say that it's really dumb and makes us look bad if we do something ridiculous, but, in this situation, I think it works perfectly. Let me ask you, how many draft "experts" said that the Raiders would draft Darius Heyward-Bey? Exactly. Dan taking McCoy was great because, it was almost like counting on Al Davis to do something stupid. They could certainly trade down to get McCoy, but taking him over Claussen at 8 is genius. Secondly, the fake Buffalo - San Diego trade and the pick of Tebow at 28 overall was great because look how much conflict it started. Conflict makes good radio!
We talk about it in Emedia Programming, and in Ramsey's book that Radio doesn't like to take chances...but I think a Mock Draft on 1530 or 1360 would be a great idea...but if they don't want to do it, lets do it on Bearcast. To me, it is not risky doing any NFL Draft coverage.
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