In fairness, sjh ridiculed him mercilessly, albeit fairly.The guy who quit SoSH because people told him he was wrong about something has thick skin?
In fairness, sjh ridiculed him mercilessly, albeit fairly.The guy who quit SoSH because people told him he was wrong about something has thick skin?
Cmon broThe guy who quit SoSH because people told him he was wrong about something has thick skin?
Considering he hasn’t exactly been lacking wins ever since, wouldn’t SOSH be the injured Ewing in this analogy?Was SoSH better after he left? Cuz, you know, Ewing Theory...
Oh jeez, my bad. Blame it on...I dunno.Yes.
Almost as thick as the sarcasm in my post. Simmons is the dude he kicks the PlayStation when he’s losing.
Was SoSH better after he left? Cuz, you know, Ewing Theory...
You need to listen to Cris Carter more.Oh jeez, my bad. Blame it on...I dunno.
Do you ever wonder that now that Simmons has F you money and immunity from any significant punishment because of said wealth, he might try to get revenge on you for running him off?Who's his fall guy?
"I'd like to donate $5m to your library system...on one condition."Do you ever wonder that now that Simmons has F you money and immunity from any significant punishment because of said wealth, he might try to get revenge on you for running him off?
He has the attention span of a sand gnat, I highly doubt he remembers the interaction at all.Do you ever wonder that now that Simmons has F you money and immunity from any significant punishment because of said wealth, he might try to get revenge on you for running him off?
You can rest assured that he remembers.He has the attention span of a sand gnat, I highly doubt he remembers the interaction at all.
I've spent the past week bingeing a bunch of the recent Rewatchables -- Swingers, St. Elmo's Fire, The Perfect Storm, Fletch. Say what you will about Simmons, but this podcast is fantastic. Granted, given that I am squarely in this demo, a bunch of middle-age guys talking about 80s and 90s movies is an adrenaline shot straight to my heart, but it is by far my favorite podcast.Stand By Me Rewatchables is up.
Same. Some of the picks aren’t in my wheelhouse but that’s to be expected. Chris Ryan carries these. There’s a few enormous ones just begging to be picked off the tree like Goodfellas, Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction.I've spent the past week bingeing a bunch of the recent Rewatchables -- Swingers, St. Elmo's Fire, The Perfect Storm, Fletch. Say what you will about Simmons, but this podcast is fantastic. Granted, given that I am squarely in this demo, a bunch of middle-age guys talking about 80s and 90s movies is an adrenaline shot straight to my heart, but it is by far my favorite podcast.
They are holding off on some classics to keep the Podcast going.Same. Some of the picks aren’t in my wheelhouse but that’s to be expected. Chris Ryan carries these. There’s a few enormous ones just begging to be picked off the tree like Goodfellas, Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction.
The Rewatchables is good even if you haven't seen the movies. I listened to their Gone Girl podcast, then watched it after. Loved it.The Rewatchables is good even if you don’t like/love the movies
I’m a middle aged woman and I adore these pods. My fave so far is Jaws, so many great back stories I’d never heard and something about Bill imitating Robert Shaw being crunched by the shark killed me every time he did it.I am not a podcast guy generally but Rewatchables is the only one I listen to. I haven't listened to more than a handful of them, and I pick and choose based on the movie choices, but it's really fucking fantastic if you love movies. The best ones I have listened to so far are, Ferris Bueller, Top Gun, Boomerang and Fletch. As @8slim said upthread this is totally in my wheelhouse as a guy who grew up in the 80s, but man they are great.
The Frank Sinatra-as-John McLane bit in the Die Hard episode almost made me pull my car over.I’m a middle aged woman and I adore these pods. My fave so far is Jaws, so many great back stories I’d never heard and something about Bill imitating Robert Shaw being crunched by the shark killed me every time he did it.
His take on fans it particularly bad.I've found Bill's constant talking up of how well the NBA's handled this and how poorly MLB has tiring. In particular, his talking about how much baseball sucks without fans but the NBA is fine, infuriates me.
I've watched a ton of baseball so far, and while it's not normal, it's basically been fine. The issue is Bill is no longer a baseball fan. He simply doesn't; like the sport and he loves basketball. Honestly, it's like listening to Eddie Andleman talk about hockey back in the day, but because he doesn't take calls, it's not even amusing trolling.
I mean based on the Marlins developments and the 60-game schedule at 30 different sites with no wiggle room he's not wrong about how MLB has handled the reboot compared to NBA, but I get what you are saying about the source.I've found Bill's constant talking up of how well the NBA's handled this and how poorly MLB has tiring. In particular, his talking about how much baseball sucks without fans but the NBA is fine, infuriates me.
At least he’s consistent. He said the same thing about Dwyane Wade in 2011.In last night's podcast, Simmons argued that LeBron should get extra credit in the MVP voting for willing Anthony Davis to join the Lakers, and thereby making his team better. Which...is certainly a take.
Should he have lost MVPs with his other teams for making them make stupid signings?At least he’s consistent. He said the same thing about Dwyane Wade in 2011.
I just listened and he sounded like Baghdad Bob for the NBA. Every league Is trying its best, but there are clear limitations. To act like watching NBA in a high end gym is wonderful, while MLB with no fans and fake noise is terrible, is really Pollyanna fandom. I loved watching last night’s NBA games, but it still feels like a severely inferior presentation.He's already talked about how it's fine because it sounds like summer league and we all love summer league.
The NBA is clearly a better run league, and the players, by and large, are more likeable, and the NBA is probably on the up while baseball, relatively speaking, is on the way down. But baseball is still plenty popular--it's just not with Bill Simmons.
Agree with your overall point, but we have no idea when stuff was greenly or paid for vis a vis the pandemic. Just grabbing one thing, there's no reason to think they didn't have the Cam Newton series in the can before all this got started, in fact I'd argue that production of such probably had to start well before.Oh noes. The horror.
The Ringer’s also hired multiple people and greenlit several new shows since the “crisis”. Tyler Tynes on Cam. Bakari Sellers. A guy who was covering the protests whose name I can’t recall. Kyle Brandt. The new show with CC and the other guy from NY. Can’t remember timing on the Higher Learning pod.
Yea, he read the full quote in one of the podcasts.Wasn't the "Open Mic" quote was taken out of context and actually about The Rewatchables falling into a set host group rather than a rotating cast?
Beyond the open mic being a deceptive quote, it's pretty clear the Ringer (likely due to the union pressure in part) was already starting a real effort to diversify before it became a twitter conversation. The Wire pod with Lathan and Hill, the Sellers pod, the Cam project, higher learning pod with Lathan and Lindsay, all basically had to have been in process before then. Stadio probably was as well. The Ringer wasn't very diverse, and the top level still isn't, but I think you have to give them some credit that when the union brought it to them they did go out and hire really good people and give them space and a platform rather than just some cosmetic fixes like "ok no more of Bill's kid, problem solved".After the "open mic" NYT comment I could not believe he brought back his daughter. Notice she is not listed in the show notes. In fact, since his crisis he basically just laid low without much change other than the recent hire of Logan Murdock. In fact, he has not put out his own original tweet since June 22.
He said yesterday on the podcast that he hasn't been on Twitter for six months, "and they've been the best six months of my life."Bill hasn't put out an original Tweet since June 22? Gee, I wonder why? Maybe because Twitter is a cesspool and a zero-win situation for someone like Bill?
Six weeks, not months, but yes.He said yesterday on the podcast that he hasn't been on Twitter for six months, "and they've been the best six months of my life."
And that dunking is more than a bit silly. Hiring practices at The Ringer shouldn’t be in anyone’s top 1,000 things to worry about, unless you’re an employee at The Ringer. Bill has his warts. I know from personal experience. But he’s making progress, and the positive impact he’s had on people is farrrrrr greater than the negative.He's not tweeting because he knows he'll get viciously dunked on and he can't take that kind of public humiliation and it'll hurt his brand. Don't believe his spin, if this was a normal time he would have live tweeted the Celtics/Bucks game for sure. He is as now as he was here, allergic to criticism. I do give the Ringer Union credit for pushing him into a better direction for sure but he's not tweeting because he knows the reception he will get.
It's really not even a question and it shouldn't be. But, then again, even Lin Manuel Miranda took a truckload of heat when the Hamilton movie came out because he didn't solve slavery in a 2.5 hour Broadway Musical.And that dunking is more than a bit silly. Hiring practices at The Ringer shouldn’t be in anyone’s top 1,000 things to worry about, unless you’re an employee at The Ringer. Bill has his warts. I know from personal experience. But he’s making progress, and the positive impact he’s had on people is farrrrrr greater than the negative.
My point was that those who would be “clapping back” at him while he was live tweeting the Cs game are moronic.A huge part of Bill's brand is his online presence and he leveraged those eyeballs into his current deals so it's very important for him. He's using typical brand crisis management strategy which is to lay low, wait out the bad PR cycles and slowly rebuild with new tweaks. It's smart but that's what it is. Of course he "feels better" he's not getting clapped back as much, which he would be if he were tweeting.