NOW THIS IS WHAT THE FANS WANT TO HEAR - MAX EDISON

NOW THIS IS WHAT THE FANS WANT TO HEAR!
Written by: Lamont Mann

07-04-2010

 (MAX EDISON FROM HOUSTON DEFENDER)

There are very few times in my professional fan career where I heard a local media person speak as a “fan” on SR610 but that was about to change on the 4th of July. Max Edison of the Defender joined N.D. Kalu and Kyle Kennedy to chop it up before he partakes in holiday festivities and dude brought down the house. I thought I was at church about to start doing the “funky chicken”.

KEEPING IT REAL

Over the years the phrase “keeping it real” has taken on various meanings depending on what circles you are associated with. In the local sport’s arena, I must say “Max Edison kept it real”. All so often local sports commentary is equated to the likes of John McClain, Richard Justice, Jerome Solomon in addition to the radio personalities and these guys become almost “as a matter of fact” they say or write team friendly material. All of those guys do their jobs well but man does it feel good to hear a media professional talk as if you debating with him in person.

MAX UNPLUGGED

N.D. Kalu welcomed Max and he lightened it up with some humor and immediately jumped into the BIG LOCAL 3 (Astros, Rockets, and Texans). Radio broadcasting cardinal rule; never try to conduct an interview with a human male on a holiday when barbecue and drinks are ready to be consumed.

ASTROS

Max started by saying all of this talk of no blacks in baseball is a falsehood because most of them come right out of North East Houston. Of course he was joking but there is a certain truth in the regional aspects of his comment. I never realized Carl Crawford, Michael Bourne and Jason Bourgouse all came from the North Side of Houston. N.D. asked him his take on the Astros trading Oswalt and he felt the Astros should make the trade with the Rangers and he really feel Roy would fit in good with Nolan Ryan. Kyle asked him about Jason's future and he felt as if Jason was in an unfortunate situation because he’s the fourth outfielder and he can only serve for defensive purposes behind Carlos Lee however he feels as if it would be a good PR move for the Astros to keep him because he’s a local kid. If you would like to hear Max Edison talk Astros in it’s entirety Click Below.

 

ROCKETS AND FREE AGENCY

N.D. asked about NBA Free Agency and Max Edison spoke the gospel truth. He is sick and tired of all of this “free agency” talk about a bunch of guys that have not won anything. Now that’s what I am talking about. As I look back and think about the greats: Bird, Magic, Jordan, Hakeem, Kobe, Duncan; these guys didn’t manaveur to place themselves in a perfect situation to win a ring. All of those guys made their current situations work for the better and the only ones I can think of that moved around to chase a ring Drexler, Barkley and Shaq. Max drops a phrase on the Sunday Crew about Lebron James “Too Much Too Soon”. He feels that everyone is running around kissing Lebron’s ass and he has not won anything. Daryl Morey is doing the right thing and if Chris Bosch is smart he would come to Houston. Jokingly he says instead of Chris trying to follow Lebron and become his caddy, he could come to Houston and Morey would get him a caddy. The one thing Max said I hate to hear is what everyone in Houston has grown accustomed to saying in the last five years “assuming if Yao stays healthy” then we could contend with the Lakers. Everything these days are predicated on assumptions of Yao’s health. If you would like to hear  Max Edison talk Free Agency and Rockets in it’s entirety Click Below.

TEXANS TALK

For everyone that’s a Texan Fan, I would like for you to hear Max talk Texans. Evidently he did not receive the memo that on SR610, you can’t be talking common sense about the Texans. That’s close to blasphemy. He expounds on how this is the best stable of running backs the Texans ever had, how Kubiak is in a make or break year and much more. Listen closely to how he breakdown Kubiak’s situation as he relates it to other coaches. He didn't understand why the Texans did not interview Sean Peyton when Sean was available in addition to all of the AFC South at some during Kubiak's tenure have made it to the playoffs.  The one thing I don't understand is Max's "Make or Break year for Kubiak".  I can understand the Make part but Max please enlighten me on the Break part.  LOL, do you think this owner is going to fire Kubiak if he don't make the Playoffs?  I love the Texans deeply but I have a fundamental understanding of organization and hierarchy; with that being said, The Texans are one of the few organizations I can think of where it seems as if Kubiak is the boss of Rick.  Wooooo, ole Max got me in "FOOTBALL COMPLAIN" mode in July, don't do me like this Mad Max. Freaking awesome, I couldn’t have said it no better. And Oh yea he feels the Texans will be back at 8-8.  CLICK BELOW FOR MAX's TAKES ON THE TEXANS.

TEXANS TALK

WRAP IT UP

The Weekend Boys came strong with the Max Edison interview, in fact I would go as far to say it was one of the best I heard in some time. When Max spoke about everyone “kissing Lebron James’ Ass” there was an awkward silence and I can only imagine the look on the guys face as they stared at the phone nervously awaiting Gavin's call. Come on guys, ass is not a bad word and we are all men. Les Munves, Purdy nor Spittle is going to get their panties in a bunch over the word ass. Max came strong on the Texans and I am not agreeing with everything he said but he brought something to the table for the listeners to digest. The Texans segment was perfect for the climate, I so needed to hear something about the Texans.

 OK, now that we got the feel good story out of the way, let’s get to my WHINE. My first time hearing Max on SR610 in a long time and therefore I am expecting this interview to be podcast’d. An hour or so passed after the interview before I checked the website to see if the interview was up yet, I mean after all the guys just spoke with him for two segments, close to 30 minutes.   Max Edison's interview is not on  the website.   I challenge all HMW readers to listen to Max's take on the texans and you tell me if this should be posted with the other interviews.  I would assume that it is hard to get 30 listeners on 4th of July to listen and this man was willing to give 30 minutes of his holiday to talk sports and he can’t even get a spot on the site. Most of the other interviews conducted throughout the day were posted immediately and it really bothered me that Max was not. HMW aint slipping though and this interview may have instantly qualified for the HMW RADIO WALL. Big Ups for ND getting Max to drop a few heaters for the "WEEKEND LOVERS"

Will SR610 ever podcast Max Edison? As of 9:52am, Max's interview is yet to be posted on SR610.

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Lamont Mann
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