Tuned in to try and catch some mort bashing but got treated to Callahan letting us know that the only reason the shooter of that TV crew was ever employed is because he's black and gay. Click.
nattysez said:I hope they give out Mort's cell phone number on the air. That's probably the most damaging thing they could do to him that doesn't involve physical violence.
CantKeepmedown said:Tanguay seems to be getting a lot of heat, whether it's from callers/twitters, or whatever. Question, does EEI see this as a good thing? And think that giving him the mid-day job would be the right call? I rarely listen to MFB anyways, but if you throw Tanguay in there, I'll never turn my radio on EEI from 10-2.
You may want to pay more attention to the news. The guy leading the polls for D&C's political party of choice just did the same thing to an opponent, so it seems like it'd be right up their alley.ForKeeps said:
You know, I always assumed D&C appealed to an older audience, but they're apparently working really hard to get that 12-15 demo.
Definitely kirky trolling. He also retweeted a bunch of people declaring how awful Tanquay is.Dan Murfman said:Minihane just tweeted that all three of them are off next week and Tanquay is going solo all week.
That's about the worst insult I can imagine for somebody on radio.thurin68 said:I'd rather be forced to listen to a Mustard & Johnson Labor Day telethon than 5 minutes of that fool Tanguay
What I'm finding amusing is the mediot who is most intellectually challenged is the same one who is most cock-sure certain what the ruling/outcome will be.CantKeepmedown said:Tanguay seems to be getting a lot of heat, whether it's from callers/twitters, or whatever. Question, does EEI see this as a good thing? And think that giving him the mid-day job would be the right call? I rarely listen to MFB anyways, but if you throw Tanguay in there, I'll never turn my radio on EEI from 10-2.
DourDoerr said:I listen to their podcasts which is ideal because you can pick and choose when it goes off the rails. They've been excellent on deflategate, holding Sal Palantonio's, Mortensen's and others' feet to the fire. Callahan's stubborn insistence (a liability on politics) is a real asset here.
It's been fascinating to follow Tanguay of late. First off, he is the biggest moron I've ever heard on sportstalk and that's saying something. But for the last couple of weeks, Minihane and Callahan have been calling him stupid and a moron over and over and he's allowing it. Seems like a bad strategy to be painted as dumb to listeners - why would they ever take you seriously after that? He seems desperate to catch on at EEI, but I'd guess this can only backfire. I don't think I've ever seen a co-host - who aspires to have his own show - allow himself to be humiliated on a daily basis.
CantKeepmedown said:He also just said that he thinks Brady is going to settle soon because his marriage is on the rocks due to all the stress that deflategate has caused.
Citing the NYDN, of course.
You joke. There are 2 times a year that I can count on getting into a fight with my wife. The day we put to cover on the pool and the day we take it offallstonite said:
Pool covers have been tearing apart marriages for too long in this country
It's like christmas tree decorating!allstonite said:
Pool covers have been tearing apart marriages for too long in this country
Another reason I can feel better about paying someone else to open and close my pool.steveluck7 said:You joke. There are 2 times a year that I can count on getting into a fight with my wife. The day we put to cover on the pool and the day we take it off
By "giving it to him" you mean being a giant douche?jacklamabe65 said:Kirk is just giving it to CHB live right now - with Shag backtracking better than JHB.
He was kidding and said it last night on TV. Bart Hubbach edited it to cut the kidding part.PC Drunken Friar said:Kirk Minihane will no longer be hosting anything on Comcast, after he joked last night that someone should murder Goodel..or at least thats what I heard, or thought I heard this morning. Can't find a link yet.
Joking about it this morning, D and C joked that he should also be suspended from EEI for a couple of days and that they will "C U Next Tuesday"...then yucked it up for a couple minutes and kept on saying See You Next Tuesday. These guys are the worst.
It's all pro wrestling. And Kirk is playing the role once occupied by the late Rowdy Roddy Piper. Even the "suspensions" are likely part of the script.NortheasternPJ said:By "giving it to him" you mean being a giant douche?
CHB was decent enough to call into the show and apologize and Kirk's response is he's lying and it's because he's afraid of him?
Does Kirk really think he's a big tough guy? He always wants to fight people.
I'm not sure what's more pathetic, if he really thinks he's some big sports radio tough guy or it's all an act. Either way it's sad.
He was kidding and said it last night on TV.
chonce1 said:Does Minihane get suspended on purpose? He seems to enjoy it.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
It builds his brand and gets people talking.
"Boy, that Kirk Minihane pulls no punches. Glad to hear someone tell it like it is!"
Or
"Did you hear what Kirk Minihane said last night? He's a menace!"
Either way it works. Just look at Jim Rome.
Listened to the end of the show today and he seems to understand that he's got to diffuse this as quickly as possible because of the paucity of places he could supposedly go after. To be fair Hubboch editing out the clip right before the joke part is pretty egregious.Vinho Tinto said:
Minihane is currently persona non grata at Fox because of his insightful comments on Erin Andrews. CBS and Disney are more conservative than Fox, so he's unlikely to get a shot with them anytime soon. If he were to blow his spot at Comcast, then NBC also becomes a door that closes. He's acting like his only career trajectory is to work for Entercom until he's fired and gets to host his own podcast. I can't imagine he thinks the ceiling for his career is to be a heel on a local sports radio show, but that is how he is acting.
I agree with your general point, but Jim Rome is someone he actually should take a cue from. In the 90s, he was much more of a shock jock with his opinions and how he presented himself. I think it was around the time he went back to ESPN to host "Rome Is Burning", but he has became much better at marketing himself without imploding. The Jim Rome of ESPN 2 was incapable of having successful runs at Fox and CBS Radio.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
Yeah, but Minihane is where Rome was when Rome started with the Chris (Jim) Everett stuff*. That happened in 1994 (holy shit, that clip can legal drink.) and it went viral, or as viral as a clip could go in 1994 making Jim Rome a household name.
I think that Minihane is looking for that same moment to catapult him somewhere. And I don't think that Fox, CBS, Disney would give a shit about his past, if he could prove that Kirk Minihane: the Last Angry Man, could bring in viewers. The folly is that Minihane isn't the first guy to do this post-Rome and all of them are littered on the highway. What these people don't see is that aside from his cadence and his stupid buzzwords, Rome is talented and knows what he's doing.
* I did a Google search on Jim Everett (actually LA Rams QB Everett -- I couldn't remember if his name was Jim) and the Rome clip is the second and third things that popped up. Everett was a very good quarterback and this follows him everywhere.
Exactly - except morons like Hubboch don't realize wrestling is fake and supposed to be entertaining.cornwalls@6 said:It's all pro wrestling. And Kirk is playing the role once occupied by the late Rowdy Roddy Piper. Even the "suspensions" are likely part of the script.
Great, another "everybody knows he still cheated! He only got off because the NFL bungled the investigation!" And he'll try and tell us that the NFL will probably win the appeal, as many other law experts tell us differently.RedOctober3829 said:Mad Dog Russo is going to be on at 8:05.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll make sure not to tune in for 20 minutes of blathering.RedOctober3829 said:Mad Dog Russo is going to be on at 8:05.
putting a speaker in my front window right now. That'll chase those dasm deer off my front lawn.......RedOctober3829 said:Mad Dog Russo is going to be on at 8:05.