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Posted on 10/2/15 at 8:17 am to Fus0623
That corporate shill Chris Connelly (who maintains this topical aura of "being real" because so many grew up with him on MTV news)
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Posted on 10/2/15 at 8:27 am to SirWinston
Bill Simmons has been the most influential sports media-person in the last 20 years.... maybe ever. He has essentially done everything from broadcast (admittedly a rarity for him) to producing to writing.
His most recent podcasts have been pretty open that Deflategate was probably a make-up for not going hard enough on New England during Spygate. That plus Goodell's just general incompetence is the most likely explanation.
His most recent podcasts have been pretty open that Deflategate was probably a make-up for not going hard enough on New England during Spygate. That plus Goodell's just general incompetence is the most likely explanation.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 8:34 am to CorporateTiger
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Bill Simmons has been the most influential sports media-person in the last 20 years.... maybe ever. He has essentially done everything from broadcast (admittedly a rarity for him) to producing to writing.
I'd go with widest range, but it's hard to put him over Bob Costas.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 8:35 am to Jcorye1
Has Costas really pioneered anything? Other than talking incessantly over A-Rod's 3000th career hit?
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Posted on 10/2/15 at 8:40 am to SirWinston
Influential and pioneering are two completely different concepts.
You could argue MadDog and Dan Patrick are both in comparison to Simmons because they managed to take their act and remove themselves from any "network".
You could argue MadDog and Dan Patrick are both in comparison to Simmons because they managed to take their act and remove themselves from any "network".
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Posted on 10/2/15 at 8:44 am to SirWinston
Yeah, I like the guy, but he is basically a top end anchor type who gets to editorialize once in a while.
Simmons is the most influential sports dude in the last ten years, I'd say. Before that, he was just a Page 2 guy.
I know everyone hates him, but runner up would probably be Olbermann.
I only listened to the first Simmons podcast so far, so didn't hear the really critical stuff. But, I actually thought like most people who have left ESPN, he wouldn't blast away too bad. People say that about Patrick, but I've never heard him really go off. Gottlieb has kept things in check. Never heard that bad of stuff from Eisen. Really, only Olbermann was harsh, and that was specific to a few guys. It would be hard not to be bitter if you're Simmons. You've done absolutely incredible work for ESPN and should have been paid as much as anyone other than maybe Tirico/Fowler/SVP, but get treated on the level of Rick Reilly.
Simmons is the most influential sports dude in the last ten years, I'd say. Before that, he was just a Page 2 guy.
I know everyone hates him, but runner up would probably be Olbermann.
I only listened to the first Simmons podcast so far, so didn't hear the really critical stuff. But, I actually thought like most people who have left ESPN, he wouldn't blast away too bad. People say that about Patrick, but I've never heard him really go off. Gottlieb has kept things in check. Never heard that bad of stuff from Eisen. Really, only Olbermann was harsh, and that was specific to a few guys. It would be hard not to be bitter if you're Simmons. You've done absolutely incredible work for ESPN and should have been paid as much as anyone other than maybe Tirico/Fowler/SVP, but get treated on the level of Rick Reilly.
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Posted on 10/2/15 at 8:44 am to Jcorye1
Yeah I actually like Costas but I feel like he's not even the preeminent broadcaster of our time - I'd go with Al Michaels.
I feel like Simmons is more "outside the box" yet more corporately influential than anybody else - he maintains his outsider status even while he brought basically the only content of any real value to a multi-billion dollar corporation over the past 5 years.
I feel like Simmons is more "outside the box" yet more corporately influential than anybody else - he maintains his outsider status even while he brought basically the only content of any real value to a multi-billion dollar corporation over the past 5 years.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 9:01 am to TigerintheNO
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Bill Simmons ?@BillSimmons 32m32 minutes ago
PS: One last pod with @housefromdc coming this afternoon - Week 4 NFL picks plus some long overdue NBA talk.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 9:03 am to TigerintheNO
Now tell me something I don't already know!
Posted on 10/2/15 at 11:03 am to SirWinston
His 3rd one was good except I didn't really like his interviewee
Dude was made because The intern didn't have enough black people in it
Dude was made because The intern didn't have enough black people in it
Posted on 10/2/15 at 11:05 am to wildtigercat93
Yeah I didn't like the movie talk but the ESPN gossip at the beginning was great.
I'd advise people to skip the movie talk unless you for some reason love Anne Hathaway
I'd advise people to skip the movie talk unless you for some reason love Anne Hathaway
Posted on 10/2/15 at 11:10 am to TigerintheNO
I haven't read the entire thread and I'm sure this has been brought up.
But,
1) Did anyone really think ESPN was not in the bag for the NFL?
2) Simmons has a beef with ESPN and has never been a fan of Roger so anything he says about either should be taken with a huge grain of salt.
But,
1) Did anyone really think ESPN was not in the bag for the NFL?
2) Simmons has a beef with ESPN and has never been a fan of Roger so anything he says about either should be taken with a huge grain of salt.
Posted on 10/2/15 at 7:28 pm to SirWinston
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attention whore
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SirWinston
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mate
Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:29 pm to SirWinston
Cousin Sal and Sportsguy's Week 5 podcast is up 
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Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:35 pm to SirWinston
Yea the beginning of the Wesley Morris one was super interesting. Looking forward to hearing more about what happened with nba countdown.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:42 pm to floridatigah
It doesn't sound like Bill is going to talk about that part much - I think he views it with some embarrassment. I was one of the few who actually loved him on Countdown - I thought his irreverence was funny. He was like a cocky 14 year old at the grown up table. 
Cousin Sal had an epic rant about the new kicking about 10 minutes into this new pod
"Kickers shouldn't be this important! It's already stressful enough!"
Cousin Sal agreeing with me about the "batted ball" controversy - not a big deal it was clearly a great play and a fumble and would have been a shame had Detroit won on some bullshite technicality.
Cousin Sal had an epic rant about the new kicking about 10 minutes into this new pod
"Kickers shouldn't be this important! It's already stressful enough!"
Cousin Sal agreeing with me about the "batted ball" controversy - not a big deal it was clearly a great play and a fumble and would have been a shame had Detroit won on some bullshite technicality.
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Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:47 pm to SirWinston
We will get something. He at the least probably wants to blame someone. I liked him too because it was something different. Espn nba coverage is the worst.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:58 pm to SirWinston
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would have been a shame had Detroit won on some bullshite technicality.
Its ok for seattle to win on a blown call? If there were a facemask or a PI on the play would that have been a technicality? Its a penalty and should have been called.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 3:01 pm to floridatigah
Can we just start a BS Podcast thread that hopefully won't get anchored like the one I made for the first episode?
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