Kirk and Callahan: Done
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dale arnold and the Preacher on today.
Dale has got to have days when he's like wtf did I ever do to Entercom to deserve this.
Dale has got to have days when he's like wtf did I ever do to Entercom to deserve this.
and all this time we thought you were Jason Wolfe. Only Meter would want Meter over Bradford in any situation.
You could have knocked me over with a feather this morning. I swear I heard Gerry Callahan come out in favor of an assault weapons ban.
Not possible. He owns 56 of them himself and has 24 on order for his kids.
So, apparently Heidi Watney tweets this morning that she was woken up by an earthquake. Dennis actually offers up the fact that he texted her later this morning to say, "You still up, earthquake girl?"
What a sad, creepy dude. He's married right? I love how these two nazis spent months savaging Tiger Woods for being such a bad person. If someone half as attractive as any of Tiger's GFs threw themselves at John Dennis he would jump on her in half a second (sorry for the image).
What a sad, creepy dude. He's married right? I love how these two nazis spent months savaging Tiger Woods for being such a bad person. If someone half as attractive as any of Tiger's GFs threw themselves at John Dennis he would jump on her in half a second (sorry for the image).
ForKeeps - Thanks for writing that because as I was driving into work I heard him say that and was cringing. It was completely out of left field and had zero to do with what they were discussing. He sounded like a 10th grader who just got a text back from the popular girl. What a creep.
John Dennis is divorced.
But you are correct about the creepy quotient, I figured his talk on the radio was just trying to be a man's man type thing, but some of his tweets are downright creepy.
But you are correct about the creepy quotient, I figured his talk on the radio was just trying to be a man's man type thing, but some of his tweets are downright creepy.
Also, I think it's pretty obvious that they were told to leave the Crawfrod/racial slur story alone, and in response they're absolutely burying Crawford (as a player) the last week or two.
BTW, please don't think I listen to this show for more than 30 minutes a day, at most.
BTW, please don't think I listen to this show for more than 30 minutes a day, at most.
John Dennis is up on his soapbox at his supercilious worst this morning. He spent 30 minutes-plus criticising Andy Reid for having the gall to show up at Eagles training camp a day after his son's funeral. Apparently having absolutely no knowledge of the guy's family life and having never lost a child himself didn't deter Dennis from going on and on about how Reid should be grieving for his son. Dale wisely kept his foot out of his mouth for the most part. I can only imagine how long this would have gone on if Callahan wasn't on vacation.
People deal with grief in different ways, some need a few weeks or months off to deal with it, others just want to jump back into work.
What you wrote is true. In general, I have a pretty low opinion of big time college and pro football coaches. Maybe it's my bias, but I can't help but view him as a guy who's more focused on tonight's preseason game than going through the grieving process with his family.
I think it's just the athlete's mentality. I can't stand Brett Favre but throwing 4 touchdown passes and 399 yards the day after his father died was a pretty fucking cool way to honor him.
Edit: Looked up the Brett Favre game and fixed his stats, 4 TDs not 5.
He's John Fucking Dennis, that's who. Same clown who once tweeted this.
The fat fuck is a moron of immense proportions. Nothing would ever surprise me from this clown.
it sounds like Meter is getting another shot at Red Sox PA tonight(?) or sometime during this Angels series
They are talking about the trade and I have never heard them so giddy. It's actually entertaining
Considering the de-emphasis the station put on flash guys by letting Wallach walk (not that he was a huge personality, but he was there quite a long time) as well as laying off Sheppard, it was really only a matter of time before Meterparel would find the door, too. It's not like flash-boy is a profession with limitless potential. And unlike Wallach and Sheppard, I don't recall Meterparel ever coming out of the flash booth to host, either on the weekend or to fill in for D&C. Wouldn't surprise me if he's maxed out salary-wise and either he wants more or Entercom wants to pay less for the position.
The writing has been on the wall for a long time, the only time he ever was in the primary fill in slot was when D&C had their contract dispute and went on vacation until it was done as opposed to Sheppard who always filled in the Big Chair when Ordway was out.
Dennis' joke about Meter interviewing with a tennis station earlier this week makes more sense too, there is only so long you can get paid to kiss someone's ass I guess. I'm sure he'll land somewhere.
Dennis' joke about Meter interviewing with a tennis station earlier this week makes more sense too, there is only so long you can get paid to kiss someone's ass I guess. I'm sure he'll land somewhere.
Oh...my...God, though that would perfectly fall in-line with the recent decisions the Red Sox have made.
But seriously, I don't know where else Meter could wind up. Finn writes in his article Meter will continue to announce BC football and basketball games, but I don't see him expanding his presence in the Boston sports media world.
There's no way TSH would take him, and frankly they don't need him. Wallach, Hardy and Bertrand are perfectly capable weekday "sports flash" guys. Plus, the last thing TSH needs is another contrarian on-air personality. They have more than enough of those.
It's clear the higher-ups at WEEI never thought of much him, considering he never filled-in for D&C and never hosted his own weekend show. Hell, even Wallach used to host one with Dickerson back in the day.
Maybe he gets a job hosting "NESN Daily." They have a rotating door over there.
I've heard Meter's a really good guy, so I wish him well in his pursuits. Unfortunately we're not always skilled or cut out to do what we love most. He's no more a good broadcaster or listenable radio voice than any of us are qualified to bat cleanup for the Sox.
I was actually listening when they closed the show with him talking about leaving. Who knows what the real story is, but there was much talk about it being Meter's decision, it was supposedly a surprise when he told them just a few days ago, and they actually asked him to stay/offered him a raise.
He said he was leaving to pursue play-by-play opportunities. He's keeping the BC gig and wants to see if he can add other PbP gigs, not necessarily in Boston. I have no idea what he sounds like announcing BC games, but can't imagine he's great at it.
I actually thought he was alright as in-studio clown and general yuks guy. Nothing special, but I didn't hate him as some apparently do. But I actually think D&C are alright when they're actually talking sports, so I'm in the minority in general.
He said he was leaving to pursue play-by-play opportunities. He's keeping the BC gig and wants to see if he can add other PbP gigs, not necessarily in Boston. I have no idea what he sounds like announcing BC games, but can't imagine he's great at it.
I actually thought he was alright as in-studio clown and general yuks guy. Nothing special, but I didn't hate him as some apparently do. But I actually think D&C are alright when they're actually talking sports, so I'm in the minority in general.
Leaving EEI to pursue play by play opportunities...one p-b-p job in town is expected to be opening up next year. "There's a Patriot in the end zone, Rob Gronkowski, TAKE A BOW!!!" Yikes.
I don't think he's objectively that bad at PBP...it's just impossible to give him the benefit of the doubt because of how much of a douche he acts like every morning. If he were to do PBP for a place where he hasn't worked, i doubt the people would riot at how terrible he is. I'm just not sure he could do it here.
Maybe he'll enter the pipeline of PBP guys that start doing Pawsox games... that's worked out well for a number of guys
They actually read a hilarious text from someone saying Pete Sheppard could be seen driving 100 mph down the Mass Pike. Pretty funny.
On that note: who do they put in if anyone as the "Flash Guy"? If it's true that they offered Meter a raise "to stay", then I guess it's still in the budget.
On that note: who do they put in if anyone as the "Flash Guy"? If it's true that they offered Meter a raise "to stay", then I guess it's still in the budget.
My good friend, Scott Sudikoff, will be filling in as the flashboy on D&C from Wed-Fri for the next two weeks.
Pete Sheppard will be handling the duties Monday/Tuesday.
Pete Sheppard will be handling the duties Monday/Tuesday.
He's intolerable and noticeably ignorant announcing BC basketball games. His BC football announcing is bad but doesn't reach the depths of his hoops hackery.
His voice sucks. Even if he had searing insight or inspired descriptive abilities there's no getting around his awful, awful voice. It's like asking a polio victim to become a track star.
Back in 2008, he filled in on pbp for a Sox-Dodgers exhibition game at Vero Beach. He called it like it was Game 7 of the World Series. Because of the set-up at the park, the radio folks were in the same open-air bleacher-like section as the writers. We could not stop laughing the entire game. It was hilariously cringe-worthy.
I'm all for clowning on media personalities when they deserve it (and they often do,) but potential infertility issues are not really something that should be joked about.
Is there a back story to this I don't know about or are you just a giant d-bag and making this up out of left field?
He said he wishes that someone would call up Pete and troll him with this, on a regular basis. Someone else, mind you.
I think "giant d-bag" is a vast understatement.
I think "giant d-bag" is a vast understatement.
No. Other than you, and possibly a member of his family, I can safely assume the answer is no.