HoS: Tim Kawakami

09/22/23 • 22 min

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Buyer beware, this might be the sports-iest HoS yet. Tim Kawakami, greatest Bay Area sports writer of the last two decades and my former boss, stops by to talk San Francisco 49ers. That’s right, I’m a football guy now, and I need TK to refine my takes. We also get into some Niners-Warriors parallels, Andre Iguodala’s new assessment of Jordan Poole, and where the San Francisco Chronicle erred in its Warriors coverage. Topics on this podcast include are not limited to...

Former Warriors GM Bob Myers is a Niners nut

What positions really matter in football?

Is Left Tackle or Pass Rusher more valuable?

The Brock Purdy Conversation: Why so continuously doubted?

What is Purdy good at? What is he not so good at?

What do we make of Purdy’s Thursday night football performance?

Andre Iguodala gave an interesting recent appraisal of Jordan Poole

Poole and TK had some friction

Why the San Francisco Chronicle messed up the Warriors’ rise

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com

Former Warriors GM Bob Myers is a Niners nut

What positions really matter in football?

Is Left Tackle or Pass Rusher more valuable?

The Brock Purdy Conversation: Why so continuously doubted?

What is Purdy good at? What is he not so good at?

What do we make of Purdy’s Thursday night football performance?

Andre Iguodala gave an interesting recent appraisal of Jordan Poole

Poole and TK had some friction

Why the San Francisco Chronicle messed up the Warriors’ rise

Previous Episode

Spike Eskin, Podbudsman, Tough Love Dispenser

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I needed a talking to by the HoS Podbudsman, otherwise known as Spike Eskin of Rights to Ricky Sanchez and WFAN fame. Boy, did I get one in an appearance where Spike explains how I’m being a whiner and what I must do to fix it. Despite whatever emotional injury I withstood, I always value Spike’s advice because he’s an astute radio/pod professional and well intentioned friend.

Podcast discussions include but aren’t limited to the following topics...

The aftermath of Aaron Rodgers’ disaster on the New York talk radio scene

What it sounded like when a host was dangerously optimistic about the Jets

Why Spike thinks I’m being a “whiny baby” about Elon Musk suppressing links on X

What I must do stop being a whiner and thrive

Is Spike jealous that I got to (briefly) meet the ladies of Red Scare?

A beef that Spike has with a commentator of mine about politics

Deion Sanders’ popular college football ascent and its search for opposing forces

Adam Silver both sidesing players not honoring their contracts

Next Episode

HoS: Adam Mares on the Coach Prime Era

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Adam Mares is the brilliant impresario behind the DNVR sports media empire, a local institution, rooted in a literal Denver bar, that he’s building out to new cities and ventures. While the Denver Nuggets have been central to Adam’s personal coverage and the rise of DNVR, the arrival of Deion Sanders as coach of Colorado has been entirely different sort of windfall. This episode is about how one captures the current Deion moment, Sanders’ brilliance as modern media strategist, and, as always, some gripes about the current NBA state. Topics include but aren’t limited to...

The idea behind creating a physical space for digital fans

The arrival of Coach Prime

The impact of Prime on the media landscape

Has Deion been good for college football?

How Deion Sanders is like Donald Trump

The sneaky success of Deion’s son as personal social media manager

Is Sanders’ success sustainable longterm?

Adam’s take on the internationalization of the NBA

The patriotic reason fro why Adam’s going to root against Team USA

Is nobody learning from Nikola Jokic?

How the NBA needs more leadership and fewer rules