While this is true I don't think it applies here. SAS wanted the juice. He wanted it to be HIS show. It couldnt be that with Max there and Max acknowledged this. With Skip is was different, as Skip did him a solid in bringing him on and was his legit friend. Once Skip was gone SAS was all about establishing himself as number 1 on the show and the network.
Max Kellerman breaks his silence on Stephen A on Bill Simmonds
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It makes sense because you are a non-black poster who used to say the n-word and has disdain for black athletes (and probably black people in general).
It is of no surprise you love Max Kellerman, and it is of no surprise you disagree with my posts. I would hope I would never find common ground with a prejudiced non-black poster.
Thank you. This is another myth just based on him being present during a prominent era of boxing. He sucked then and he sucks now.
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I just looked at a clip(from this) of him breaking down FT and why he couldnt really get with it. Basically SAS was ok saying wild shyt like "Bronson is the best Knicks ever" and Max wasnt comfortable with saying a take just for the views/rating. If he said a take, he wanted it to be something he actually believed and could back up with facts instead of something outlandish with nothing to really back it up.
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Dumbass post fr fr
He had plenty of outlandish takes that someone would only hope he was doing for the sake of TV. Max needs to stop pretending he was some serious sports commentator above the fray of trash. He was a clown.
He argued in all seriousness that Andre Igoudala should shoot an open shot to save the universe before Steph Curry
somehow this doesn’t make him a clown but Stephen A is. Dumbass existence frfr
Being performative and hot take ish is way more lucrative these days in sports media than just being normal unfortunately
first take was the nail in the coffin for sports media. Now every show is full of hot takes and contrived arguments
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Kellerman is just not fit to be a lead on a live TV broadcast, it is what it is. It's just not his skillset
He thrives better in a long form, slowed down form of media where he can flesh out his thoughts and give longer breakdowns. This is why his current show, The Ring Magazine Podcast, it's a longer 2 hour show. He's doing great at that. Also did Radio, great at that as well
His time on First Take was clunky. He's just not a natural with quick witted hot takes, couldn't make his point in under 2 min, and had no comedic timing, etc
You can also look at when he was on HBO Boxing on a live broadcast, he was always the 3rd guy on the mic
I think the fact that he wasn’t a fit on first take speaks well for him
Hacks tend to do well on there because anyone could say something stupid for attention and take a dumb contrarian viewpoint for the sake of arguing for TV
