That being said — I don’t think putting Keith on ESPN Radio for 3 hours to replace Dan would be a good idea, even if Keith was interested.

Think about it — 3 hours is a long time for anything. And to me at least, the best sports radio shows are those that have co-hosts. Part of the reason the Dan Patrick show was as good as it was is that Dan always had a million big-name guests to interview in the hours where Keith wasn’t on with him.

I think Keith could be great on ESPN Radio for an hour by himself — 3 is pushing it.

At the very least, maybe these reports show that ESPN and Keith are on slightly better terms than before, which is a good thing for us. The next time they have self-promotion for Sportscenter and bring back a lot of the old hosts, maybe they can finally have Keith back. In Bristol. And it won’t burn down.

Even on the radio, Dan has only referred to the hour Keith has been on with him as “The Big Show,” and when Keith has been out he’s said things like “No Big Show today.” Or when Keith is only going to be on for 15 minutes, “Not quite as big a Big Show today” or something like that. The whole idea of “The Big Show” at ESPN is premised on Dan and Keith’s presence together. Wherever Dan and Keith are gathered together in Sport’s name…there is The Big Show also.

The only formal entities they have been involved with called “The Big Show” are the book they published together and Keith’s old MSNBC show (which, looking back, he would probably say should have been called “The Big Lewinsky”). But even that wasn’t a precedent…NBC actually used to have an hour-long prime-time variety program in the ’70s called “The Big Show”…if you don’t believe me, look it up.

Suffice it to say, I think Dan and Keith can call whatever they do “The Big Show” if they want to. And that it would be smart to do it, because that’s how they’ve trained us all to think by now. No Dan, no Keith, no “Big Show.” But when you’ve got Dan, and Keith, you’ve got “Big Show”! Wherever you take it!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must get my walker…

Needless to say, I disagree with this writer that Keith’s current TV efforts are not “must-see TV.” Otherwise, it’s educational.

That’s something I sure never expected.

I’m also a bit surprised that The Content Factory seems naive enough to think that “The Big Show” is Dan’s brand alone and that he alone could market himself that way (which seems apparent now if the first time Keith heard about it is when we heard about it). That doesn’t bode really well for their marketing savvy.

Is anyone else wondering whether Dan could use some really good guidance about now, and Keith could provide it?

Dan and Keith should definitely stick together. I’d love to hear Keith have his own radio show (although I’m not sure how he’d find the time), but not necessarily on ESPN if they’re going to continue to act like he’s their back-door man. And without Dan, what’s the point?

I think Dan and Keith would be better off marketing something they can do together, provided it doesn’t tack on more to Keith’s heavy schedule than he already had before Dan quit ESPN.

Another excellent reason for Keith to decline their “generous” offer. First-rate people shouldn’t be treated like second-class citizens.