Which VJ Should MTV Re-Hire as a 'Twitter Jockey'?

MTV's hurtling into the post-TRL future by opening up a new position: "Twitter Jockey." The lucky hire will cover events like the Video Music Awards in 140-character blurbs while being just as unbearably live as the event itself. Though the network's holding a giant contest in order to recruit, I say this is a grand opportunity to re-hire some of the network's best vets. Join us as we rank the finest candidates from old MTV.

5. Kennedy

Pro: Twitter is run on Kennedy-style snark and detachment, making the monotone '90s VJ a good candidate for dependable authority.

Con: Her cynicism may be too headmasterly for the tweeting demo.

4. Matt Pinfield

Pro: The 120 Minutes legend who wowed us with encyclopedic pop culture knowledge is out of rehab and ready for a comeback.

Con: Comes from the David Fricke school of music appreciation, and he may be unready to shed long-form reportage in favor of truncated Twitter bits.

3. Su-chin Pak

Pro: Successfully covered music and world news during her post-millennial MTV career, moving from gossip to hard journalism with ease.

Con: But is she funny enough? MTV clearly wants a resplendent personality for the task -- worldliness and earnestness may not be enough.

2. Gideon Yago

Pro: Proved himself as MTV's scruffier version of Anderson Cooper during several Emmy-nominated MTV news specials -- plus, he already understands this madcap Twitter thang!

Con: His tastes -- as evinced in that Twitter account -- may be too nerdy for mass MTV fist-pump appeal. Recently he's been on about screenwriting and AMC's zombies.

1. Dave Holmes

Pro: Holmes is not just a good Twitterer -- he's a positively primed one. MTV's been missing confident, smart personalities for years, exactly the qualities Dave Holmes took with him upon leaving the network.

Con: Could be entirely over MTV. But the title of "TJ" is the sort of thing he could make fun of with continued aplomb.