Sean&Steve or Sal&Rosey or Bury&Bloom or

Let's start with the premise that I really like Sean Salisbury. I like his passion and his personality. When he did some extensive guest host duties on ESPN1000 several months ago I thought it would be a terrific idea for him to continue on a more regular basis. Hence, when I heard that he was going to be the regular co-host for the new mid-day show from 9-12, with Steve Rosenbloom, I was pretty geeked about it. Today was their first day and I was all ready to listen.

Then came the first 20 minutes of the show. Sean was his usual bombastic self, only he committed possibly one of the worst crimes for a sports radio host - an unfamiliarity with the local market. Look, in order to have any credibility with a Chicago sports fan you have to at least understand what it means when your co-host refers in shorthand to the "2003 Choke." I'll admit, you had to be listening fairly closely to catch it, since he covered it up fairly well and then changed the course of the argument somewhat crudely.

Since I like Salisbury's style and delivery, I am willing to give him another chance (it is better to be interesting and dumb than boring and dumb, just ask the former tenant of the mid-day show). However, he is on a very short leash if he is going to continue to demonstrate a lack of knowledge about Chicago sports.

Best of luck Sean!