Say Goodbye to those ESPN Personalities Ya'll Love So Much: Official ESPN Layoffs Thread

[Legal]

Right. Ain’t nobody out here pressed to hear any of these guys. I was a huge Lebatard guy but after a while , he just became background noise. I’m still trying to figure out what makes Rusillo appealing. He’s just another name dropping blowhard. And Simmons in some ways is becoming white Stephen A. This mf watched one half of a preseason Pats game and said TreyVeon Henderson is Jahmyr Gibbs. The same Henderson who couldn’t stay healthy and that OSU went out and get Judkins cause of it.

Yeah, the disconnect here is that we're still relatively early in this phase of podcasting/online personalities being so prominent in sports, and we're actually kind've reaching the point where some of these bigger names are starting to enter the phase where they start appealing to specific audiences, and not much else. While there's plenty of money being thrown around at these folks now, it honestly wouldn't be surprising to see them see a Howard Stern like career arc where some of theses shows effectively exist in a vacuum for people who aren't dedicated fans.

 

[The War Report]

That's cool. ESPN pivoted from trying to dominate that space when they let Simmons go imo. Pablo failed on TV. Why hasn't he made an effort to get back on that type of medium?

I see Pablo on MSNBC a lot now.


The ESPN baseball guys who left are doing well on the MLB Network

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Fowler, Orlovsky, Riddikk>>>Buck, and Aikman



It's crazy how ESPN, CBS, and Fox #2 broadcast teams are better than their first.

For ESPN, it’s all about stability with their first broadcast team even if it means paying a premium for it.

 

[Green Ranger]

My thing is, with all of the money they have at their disposal, why cant they hire people that are likable. Nobody on the planet turns on ESPN for Mad Dog Russo or Kendrick Perkins but they are on marquee shows. I dont get it.

As a new Yorker who listened to Mike & the mad dog for years mad dog plays his role wellI will check out a mad dog clip on YouTube before almost any of the other talking heads they have on

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

The ESPN baseball guys who left are doing well on the MLB Network

I mean, where else were they going to go?

 

[K-Apps]

 

[Blessings]

Performative BS that gets likes and comments and Twitter. But people with lives are too busy to watch.

 

[dtownreppin214]

America is healing.

 

[jadillac]

Performative BS that gets likes and comments and Twitter. But people with lives are too busy to watch.

People already in bed.

With YouTube, smart phones, why would someone stay up til 11pm to watch sports highlights?

 

[Blessings]

People already in bed.

With YouTube, smart phones, why would someone stay up til 11pm to watch sports highlights?

That's my point...it just gets the computers putin' with comments and likes

 

[VegetasHairline]

As a new Yorker who listened to Mike & the mad dog for years mad dog plays his role wellI will check out a mad dog clip on YouTube before almost any of the other talking heads they have on

Mad Dog's rant on Pete Alonso becoming the HR leader for the Mets had me

His baseball rants are hilarious.

 

[K-Apps]

felt like the old days with that classic intro and music

 

[K-Apps]

 

[Rev]

 

[Black Lightning]