I almost clicked the link and then I realized the above.JayMags71 said:Who's Jeff Eisenberg, and why should I give a shit what he thinks?
I almost clicked the link and then I realized the above.JayMags71 said:Who's Jeff Eisenberg, and why should I give a shit what he thinks?
moondog80 said:I have no love for Pitino, but that was a lame, shock-jock wannabe stunt.
moondog80 said:I have no love for Pitino, but that was a lame, shock-jock wannabe stunt.
Well, they did try to jump right into another segment but they were distracted and chuckling, the music you hear at the end of the call is the intro to "The stack", one of their daily segments. Then Wallach made the "brilliant" and "every Celtics fans wish" comments and then callers praised them for the remaining 10 minutes of their show. And to be fair, they didn't tweet out or post the situation on facebook, everyone else did. The whole "ordeal" would likely have ended with thier show but Gresh and Zo played it 2 or maybe 3 times and Felger & Mazz played it at least once.mabrowndog said:Smas, your comments on Pitino's tenure are 100% accurate. My issue with T&R was how they turned the stunt into a self-congratulatory sideshow.
I had no problem with the hang-up itself. Had they chuckled briefly afterwards and made a quick segue to another topic, it would have been a better reinforcement of their "we don't have time for this clown" stance.
Frankly I'd much rather they'd have kept Pitino on the line while berating him, just to see if/how he responded. There were a hundred different things they could have used for their pillory. What were you thinking when you shoved Red Auerbach aside? Why on earth did you ever believe Travis Knight or Andrew DeClerq could ever contribute to an NBA team in any meaningful way? How can you possibly justify your credibility after the Chauncey Billups trade? Hammer him relentlessly and put him on the defensive. Let HIM be the one to hang up. I can guarantee it would have made for far more entertaining radio.
Hysterical, overwrought and hyper-critical reactions to just about everything have joined death and taxes in the pantheon of constants.Red(s)HawksFan said:The hanging up on Pitino was sophomoric and whether it was funny or not is debatable, but the hand wringing and indignation over it from all corners is completely over the top. Such a minor and largely inconsequential incident, and everyone is acting like it's the end of the world.
mabrowndog said:
Frankly I'd much rather they'd have kept Pitino on the line while berating him, just to see if/how he responded. There were a hundred different things they could have used for their pillory. What were you thinking when you shoved Red Auerbach aside? Why on earth did you ever believe Travis Knight or Andrew DeClerq could ever contribute to an NBA team in any meaningful way? How can you possibly justify your credibility after the Chauncey Billups trade? Hammer him relentlessly and put him on the defensive. Let HIM be the one to hang up. I can guarantee it would have made for far more entertaining radio.
I'll tell you how he would've responded, "Guys, I'm not here to talk about the past. I want to talk about my book," and about 95 different versions of that.mabrowndog said:Smas, your comments on Pitino's tenure are 100% accurate. My issue with T&R was how they turned the stunt into a self-congratulatory sideshow.
I had no problem with the hang-up itself. Had they chuckled briefly afterwards and made a quick segue to another topic, it would have been a better reinforcement of their "we don't have time for this clown" stance.
Frankly I'd much rather they'd have kept Pitino on the line while berating him, just to see if/how he responded. There were a hundred different things they could have used for their pillory. What were you thinking when you shoved Red Auerbach aside? Why on earth did you ever believe Travis Knight or Andrew DeClerq could ever contribute to an NBA team in any meaningful way? How can you possibly justify your credibility after the Chauncey Billups trade? Hammer him relentlessly and put him on the defensive. Let HIM be the one to hang up. I can guarantee it would have made for far more entertaining radio.
kenneycb said:I'll tell you how he would've responded, "Guys, I'm not here to talk about the past. I want to talk about my book," and about 95 different versions of that.
I dunno, I found it far more entertaining than hearing a host berate a guest for 5 minutes as he dances around answers. This made me laugh. Your version would've made me forget about the interview 2 seconds after Pitino hung up.mabrowndog said:
Then they should keep hammering him with the questions and not let him mention a single word about the book. The entertainment comes in us knowing he's sitting on the other end of the line with no choice than to listen to the barrage or hang up, and in him knowing millions of listeners are enjoying hearing him get verbally ass-raped on live radio.
There was a way to do something far more effectively (and far more "friggin' brilliant") than what they did.
mabrowndog said:
Then they should keep hammering him with the questions and not let him mention a single word about the book. The entertainment comes in us knowing he's sitting on the other end of the line with no choice than to listen to the barrage or hang up, and in him knowing millions of listeners are enjoying hearing him get verbally ass-raped on live radio.
There was a way to do something far more effectively (and far more "friggin' brilliant") than what they did.
mabrowndog said:
Agreed. The cackling afterwards followed by "that was frigging brilliant!!" was pathetic.
The Theo Fleury one was the absolute best. They had been trying for weeks to get him on, he kept blowing them off last minute. It happened so many times it became a running joke that they kept teasing it every day then saying he postponed again. Then one day he finally did call in and Fred hung up on him right away. It was the first time he had done something like it and it was completely unexpected and valid due to all the crap Fleury was pulling on them.kenneycb said:Per Fred, he's done it four times in his 8 years. Pitino, Theo Fleury, Terrelle, er it's Terrell, Owens and Bill Walton.
kenneycb said:Per Fred, he's done it four times in his 8 years. Pitino, Theo Fleury, Terrelle, er it's Terrell, Owens and Bill Walton.
Kenny F'ing Powers said:
The guy is a mealy mouthed, arrogant, adulterer and is a fucking prick to boot.
Yes, this.kenneycb said:I dunno, I found it far more entertaining than hearing a host berate a guest for 5 minutes as he dances around answers. This made me laugh. Your version would've made me forget about the interview 2 seconds after Pitino hung up.
mabrowndog said:
Frankly I'd much rather they'd have kept Pitino on the line while berating him, just to see if/how he responded. There were a hundred different things they could have used for their pillory. What were you thinking when you shoved Red Auerbach aside? Why on earth did you ever believe Travis Knight or Andrew DeClerq could ever contribute to an NBA team in any meaningful way? How can you possibly justify your credibility after the Chauncey Billups trade?
He has credibility as a college coach. History has shown there's a distinction between the two levels.riboflav said:Douche on douce crime. Blah is my reaction.
As for Pitino's credibility in the wake of the Billups trade, I'm sure we'd all settle for being one of the five best college basketball coaches in the country and perhaps one of 20 best of all time. I think he's got basketball credibility in droves.
EDIT: Also, while he sucked with the Celtics, he did not "suck in Boston;" he was great at BU.
moondog80 said:
Again, I have no love for Pitino. But a year after he traded Billups, the Raptors traded him to Denver. A year after that, he was traded to Orlando, who simply let him go via FA to Minnesota, and then two years after that he was again a FA and signed with Detroit. It was at that point, five years after Pitino traded him, that he found himself. Meanhile, they got four good-to-decent years from Kenny Anderson. For all Pitino did wrong, I can't hold that one against him.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
He was the third pick of the first round the year that they traded him. Pitino didn't give him an opportunity to grow or mature and he got Anderson for a team that wasn't going anywhere. I can't remember Pitino's contract, but it wasn't like he was under the gun to win that year. The Celts FO and the fans knew that Boston was probably going to be bad for a little while and there was a ton of leeway given to him and the team.
Trading Billups at that moment was dumb, no matter how many other teams let him go after that -- those are mistakes too. You don't get extra credit for being the first one to fuck up.
BTW, did he actually play a game for the Magic. I went through his basketballref page and couldn't find anything.
kenneycb said:He has credibility as a college coach. History has shown there's a distinction between the two levels.
Lose Remerswaal said:They should have saved that for tomorrow (Wednesday)
The Napkin said:Yes, that was the joke. Very good. We're all very proud of your ability to understand jokes.