yes, I think the Bledsoe-Brady thing is kind of a red herring at this point. I'm sure it bothered him at the time, but that was a long time ago and the decision played out in a way that you really can't argue with.
I was about to post the same thing. This is all about access and that Borges is no longer relevant and it was because Borges was wrong multiple times where BB was right and only made him look like a bigger fool.
To you and me, yeah. I'm talking about Pete Sheppard, who brought up the dinner thing to embarrass/impugn Borges, that's what's relevant to my point, not that Borges was dumb enough to lie about it when confronted. And by the way, Sheppard isn't honest either. You will never hear him say, "Yes, I'm just a homer", just as you'll never hear Borges admit to his obvious biases. That whole "he's the voice of the fan!" thing is you projecting, he would never admit it. Again, I hate them both equally, don't mistake me. And btw, if you honestly think the line between the type of "journalist" Borges is and what Sheppard does hasn't blurred completely at this point, I don't know what to tell you.
This reminds me of a famous exchange between Winston Churchill and Lady Astor:
Jerry Thornton from Barstool Sports. I haven't listened, but he had been doing a spot on Felger and Mazz weekly that was pretty good.
Zero flash experience and apparently the main producer (Chach?) was off today, so the guy was screwed in that he was unprepared and he had no one to cover up for that. I caught the first 10 minutes of the show when they went over that, then they started in re-re-re-re-re-re-re-hashing the whole starters-on-special-teams Gronk thing and I switched off.
I would take Dale and Holley over Gresh and Zo any day of the week. Even though I had already given up on D&C and Ordway I still switched back to EEI and listened to Dale and Holley from 10-2. Once they brought in Mutt & Merloni I just made a clean break from EEI even though I can't stand Gresh.
Yeah, not really sure what the point of that piece was aside from insiders golf-clapping for one another. Felger and Mazz is probably the top rated sports show in town right now and didn't even make the list in favor of three other Boston duos? Hm.
And 90% of it is just bio's and nothing to do with any of the shows. 'Michael Holley started at WEEI in...." etc. etc. Best part about that list is 3 of the 6 Boston selections should be unemployed in the near future.
This has been one of their biggest mistakes recently IMO. I know they had to do something with Holley or he'd probably have jumped ship to a drive time slot but I really liked Dale & Holley. I don't mind Gresh & Zo, but when they start acting like meat heads it'd be nice to have something else to listen to, especially when it's not football season.
Agree 100% on Holley. I think he's a talented, interesting guy who is just stuck in an awful situation on the Big Show. I always thought he'd be a perfect pairing with Felger. That said, I fucking despise Michael Smith. Have you ever heard him sit in and just discuss sports on an open forum? The guy is incredibly delusional. He constantly talks about how he will someday be an NFL GM and how he just needs an opportunity from an organization. And he's serious. He would argue with people about it on twitter, explaining he knows more than many execs and that its only a matter of time before it happens.
It's been mentioned previously, but they were excellent while paired (Dennis was out recovering from surgery). Felger didn't allow Callahan to mentally mail it in and the show had an energy that D&C has never generated. It took Felger about 4 seconds on air to get Callahan to drop the Headlines segment. Considering how much Dennis stunk during Callahan's cancer recovery, Wolfe took the path of least resistance by keeping the established show intact rather than taking a chance on Felger. That one move could have saved that station a ton of headache.
Even if TSH offered Beetle the nighttime slot, a drive time offer from EEI would have lured him away regardless
They did this already, earlier this year when Russillos' deal had expired at ESPN. Reports were it was to pair him with Holley, which I would've loved. Unfortunately, he re-signed with ESPN
This is one huge difference between the two morning shows. The Ninkovich interviews are boring, and have been all year. As soon as he is off the air they make a couple snide comments about it and move on. T&R had Arrington on and those interviews were brutal and they admitted to it the first week or two, so they adjusted and threw in some different games (played guess that rap song/rock song vs Fred, etc) that actually brought out some personality and at least make the interviews listenable.
