So Long Hub...

The Chicago Tribune is reporting today that Hub Arkush has been fired by the Chicago Bears from his job as the 3rd wheel in their radio broadcast booth. A lot of people are happy about this, but Hub's dismissal will leave a lot of holes in the broadcast. For example:

Who is going to read all those ads? I don't know if I can live without knowing that this extra point was brought to me by the guys who sell tube socks next to the Kennedy Expressway on ramp.

Who will shout "BALL!" whenever there is a fumble, and several times a game when there isn't a fumble?

Who is going to totally oversell me on the talent of whatever mediocre Michigan graduate the Bears draft next? Hub spent all season railing about the unfair treatment that Anthony Thomas received at the hands of the Bears this year, and he insisted that the Bears would regret letting him go. Well, Thomas is such a hot free agent commodity that I think he just signed a two year deal to work at a Citgo Station. Maybe they can write a book together.

And finally, who is going to usher Lovie Smith through the pointless softball questions that are allowed through on the coach's radio show? Lovie's going to be sorry.